Textiles: weaving – Fabrics – Drier felts
Reexamination Certificate
1999-08-27
2001-11-20
Falik, Andy (Department: 3765)
Textiles: weaving
Fabrics
Drier felts
C442S270000, C428S058000, C428S193000, C162S904000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06318413
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND
The present invention generally relates to an open ended, woven fabric which is designed for use in a papermaking, cellulose or board manufacturing machine. The fabric has a plurality of loops at each end to form a seam for rendering the fabric endless.
As will be known to those skilled in the art, papermaking machines generally include three sections commonly referred to as the forming, press and dryer sections. The present invention finds particular application in the press section of a papermaking machine.
Typically, press felts include a supporting base, such as a woven fabric, and a paper carrying or supporting layer. Frequently, the paper support layer is a homogeneous, nonwoven batt that has been affixed to the base. Base fabrics are typically woven fabrics which are used as an endless loop. Such an endless loop fabric may be woven endless with no seam or the fabric may be woven with two ends which are joined by a seam. Typical seams include pin type seams which utilize a pintle inserted through seam loops to close the fabric.
Some prior art seams have employed threads in the seam area to increase batt adhesion. However, these efforts have not always produced the desired contact area or the desired interconnection between paper and machine side machine direction threads.
As a result, there exists a need in seam loop construction to provide increased surface contact in the seam zone for better batt anchorage and a better interconnection between the paper and machine sides.
SUMMARY
The present invention relates to an open ended papermaker's fabric of a type woven from a longitudinal thread system and a transverse thread system. A plurality of seam loops are formed at each end of the fabric by the threads of the longitudinal thread system. A seam zone exists at each end of the fabric between the respective seam loops and the last thread of the transverse thread system. Two additional transverse threads are interwoven with the longitudinal thread system in at least one seam zone in complementary weave repeat patterns that combine to provide a paper side repeated pattern of over one, under one across the repeat.
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AstenJohnson, Inc.
Falik Andy
Volpe & Koenig P.C.
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