| Class / Patent application number | Description | Number of patent applications / Date published |
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| 162358100 |
Press and felt
| 92 |
| 162348000 |
Flexible endless band type mold (e.g., Fourdrinier)
| 32 |
| 162315000 |
Means directing stock into contact with molding surface
| 25 |
| 162361000 |
Solid means acting on formed web
| 9 |
| 162308000 |
Means treating stock on molding surface
| 7 |
| 162363000 |
Suction devices
| 6 |
| 162357000 |
Cylinder molds, per se
| 6 |
| 162296000 |
Irregular or configured molding surface (e.g., corrugated) | 4 |
| 20120043042 | PAPERMAKING BELT WITH A KNUCKLE AREA FORMING A GEOMETRIC PATTERN THAT IS REPEATED AT EVER SMALLER SCALES TO PRODUCE IRREGULAR SHAPES AND SURFACES - The present disclosure is directed toward a papermaking belt having an embryonic-web-contacting surface for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers and a non-embryonic-web-contacting surface opposite the embryonic-web-contacting surface. The papermaking belt has a patterned framework having a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits isolated from one another by the continuous network region. The continuous network region has a pattern formed therein by a plurality of tessellating unit cells. Each cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center. At least one of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before the bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after the bifurcation. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120193058 | COMBINATION OF A PRESS FELT WITH A PRESSURE ROLL COVERING AND/OR SUCTION ROLL COVERING FOR A PAPER MACHINE - A combination of a press felt with a pressure and/or suction roll covering for a papermaking machine, including a porous press felt with a carrier structure. The pressure or suction roll covering having a circumferential groove surface structure having a groove width in the range of 0.5 mm to 1.5 mm, a distance between grooves in the range of 1.5 to 2.5 mm and a groove depth in the range of 1.5 mm to 4 mm. A percentage of an open surface relative to an overall surface of the pressure roll covering is in a range of 20% to 50%. The suction roll covering additionally having an arrangement of holes with a plurality of suction holes completely penetrating through the suction roll covering, whereby a percentage of an open surface in relation to an overall surface of the suction roll covering is in a range of 30% to 50%. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20150068698 | SINGLE LAYER PAPERMAKING FABRICS FOR MANUFACTURE OF TISSUE AND SIMILAR PRODUCTS - A woven single layer papermakers' fabric, having a sheet support surface and a machine side surface, comprises a set of monofilament machine direction (MD) oriented warp yarns interwoven with a set of monofilament weft yarns in a ten shed repeating weave pattern, wherein in each repeat of the repeating weave pattern, at least 50% of the warp yarns each forms in the sheet support surface at least one long float over nine consecutive weft yarns. Adjacent long floats define elongated MD oriented pockets in the sheet support surface. The fabrics provide improved properties for forming and conveying topographically patterned products such as tissue. | 03-12-2015 |
| 20160060811 | DEVICE AND METHOD FOR GENERATING A PATTERN ON A CLOTHING FOR A MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING A WEB MATERIAL, AND CLOTHING - A device for producing a pattern combination on a clothing includes the following: a rotary screen, a cylindrical jacket surface with a perforation pattern that defines a first pattern component. Material in the liquid or pasty state is pressed through the perforations of the jacket surface of the rotary screen and deposited on the surface of the clothing in order to produce the first pattern component on a surface of the clothing, while the rotary screen, rotating several times about a longitudinal axis thereof, rolls on the surface of the clothing in at least one path that continuously revolves on the surface of the clothing at least once. At least one device produces, synchronously and/or simultaneously, a second pattern component, which device is connected indirectly or directly to the rotary screen. The device for producing the pattern combination also includes a post-run system. | 03-03-2016 |
| 162290000 |
Molding and heat exchange means | 2 |
| 20120103552 | CALENDER FOR CALENDERING A PAPER WEB - A calender ( | 05-03-2012 |
| 20140053998 | APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING A MATERIAL WEB - An apparatus for producing a fibrous web, in particular a tissue, paper or cardboard web, has a forming section and a dryer section, whereby the dryer section includes a pressure nip formed by a suction roll and a press roll, a drying cylinder and a transfer pressure nip which is positioned downstream from the pressure nip for transferring the fibrous web to the drying cylinder, whereby the fibrous web together with a clothing wraps around the suction roll in a wraparound region in such a way that the clothing is positioned between the suction roll and the fibrous web. | 02-27-2014 |
| 162297000 |
Pneumatic pressure or vacuum means acting directly on stock on mold surface | 2 |
| 20120312491 | Method and Apparatus for Making Absorbent Structures with Absorbent Material - Apparatus and method for producing absorbent structures with absorbent layers with channel(s) without absorbent material, using a first moving endless surface with specific raised strip(s) and a second moving endless surface with specific mating strip(s). | 12-13-2012 |
| 20130105101 | Roll Coating Roll and Method for its Manufacture | 05-02-2013 |
| 162300000 |
Plural molds or plural spaced areas of application on a single mold | 2 |
| 20100043995 | SEALING ELEMENTS IN A TWIN-WIRE PAPER MACHINE - Twin-wire presses are disclosed for dewatering fiber suspensions comprising endless upper and lower wires defining a dewatering space, upper and lower wire guides for guiding the wires obliquely towards the inlet end of the dewatering space, and upper and lower wedge-shaped seals extending from an inlet box towards the dewatering space inlet to create a seal in the tapering space between the wires and the fiber suspension entering the dewatering space. The inner surfaces of the wedge-shaped seals define a passage for the fiber suspension and the outer surfaces extend at an acute angle towards the inner surfaces so that at least part of the seals are sealed against the wires and the distance between the inner surfaces of the seals is substantially equal to the distance between the wires at the dewatering space inlet. | 02-25-2010 |
| 20150122443 | METHOD AND MACHINE FOR MANUFACTURING PAPER PRODUCTS USING FOURDRINIER FORMING - An improved method for producing paper from pulp includes a plurality of subassemblies arranged in the forming or wet section of a Fourdrinier. The Fourdrinier includes a dewatering table having a plurality of blades that are static and on-the run adjustable in height and/or angle to control orientation of paper fibers in the stock to create a superior quality of paper and improved paper strength characteristics. Gravity and vacuum assisted drainage elements are equipped with on-the-run adjustable angle and height dewatering foil blades starting from a paper dryness of 0.1% and extending all the way to 5% dryness. The result of this process and machine is to improve the paper quality, save fibers and chemicals and fulfill the required paper properties. | 05-07-2015 |
| 162306000 |
Means removing web product from molding surface | 2 |
| 20100043996 | WET PAPER WEB TRANSFER BELT - A wet paper web transfer belt ( | 02-25-2010 |
| 20150122444 | DOCTOR BLADE HOLDER SYSTEMS - The invention provides a doctor blade holder system that includes a doctor blade support structure, an adjustment profiling plate, and a series of adjustment mechanisms. The doctor blade support structure includes an elongated slot for receiving a doctor blade and a separate elongated slot to house mounting hardware. The adjustable profiling plate causes pressure to be applied to the working blade in a continuous manner along the length of the working blade, wherein the profiling plate is mounted to a holder mounting plate with a series of pairs of mounting structures allowing unconstrained flexure, or rotation, of the profiling plate with respect to holder mounting plate around two axes. The series of adjustment mechanisms attach to the holder mounting plate and acting on the profiling plate, wherein the adjustment mechanisms are capable of displacing the profiling plate in a bi-directional manner. | 05-07-2015 |
| 162295000 |
Concave molding surface in longitudinal or transverse section | 1 |
| 20090151886 | DEVICE FOR WEB CONTROL HAVING A PLURALITY OF SURFACE FEATURES - A papermaking apparatus having a machine direction, cross machine direction, and a z-direction. The papermaking apparatus also has a web stabilization device. The web stabilization device has a plurality of surface features that have a feature depth of greater than about 0.02″. | 06-18-2009 |
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| 20090139679 | FORMING SCREEN FOR USE IN A PAPER MACHINE - The invention relates to a forming screen for use in the forming section of a paper machine, comprising a paper and a machine side as well as longitudinal threads extending in the intended running direction and binding cross threads extending transversely thereto, wherein the longitudinal threads are divided in the ratio of the number of threads of 1:1 in a longitudinal thread layer on the machine side and a longitudinal thread layer on the paper side, and the binding cross threads bind in both longitudinal thread layers, which is characterized in that the forming screen has a fiber support index (FSI) which is in the range of 230 to 250 and has an air permeability which is in the range of 5700 to 10600 m | 06-04-2009 |
| 20090199990 | DEVICE FOR THREADING A PROCESSING INSTALLATION, SUCH AS A DRYER - A device for feeding web material through a processing installation comprises a conveyor belt which has a first segment and a second segment. An opening roller and a guiding surface are adapted for unfolding the conveyor belt by means of separating the first and second segments. A spreader roll is adapted to keep the conveyor belt unfolded while a tail of said web material is placed on said first segment. A folding roll is adapted for folding said second segment over said first segment for to enclose the tail in the conveyor belt. The spreader roll comprises a first roll portion, a second roll portion and a circumferential guiding track separating the roll portions. The first roll portion, which is adapted for supporting said first segment, has a cylindrical outer surface. | 08-13-2009 |
| 20090294085 | STEAM SHOWER HAVING IMPROVED MAINTENANCE ACCESS - A steam shower is provided for supplying steam to a web in a paper machine. The steam shower includes a diffuser assembly mounted to the cross-beam for movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cross beam. The cross-beam defines an interior steam header for connection to a source of steam. The diffuser assembly includes a plurality of separated steam compartments. The diffuser assembly may be part of a steam provision assembly that is also mounted to the cross-beam for movement in the direction of the longitudinal axis of the cross beam. In addition to the diffuser assembly, the steam provision assembly includes a second steam header and steam valve modules. | 12-03-2009 |
| 20100089543 | PAPERMAKING BELT - A papermaking belt | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100101744 | WET PAPER WEB TRANSFER BELT - A wet paper web transfer belt ( | 04-29-2010 |
| 20100170652 | PRESS FELT - The present invention relates to a press felt having a first surface provided by a nonwoven structure and a second surface opposite the first surface, as well as a load absorbing base structure which is bonded with the nonwoven structure and is arranged between the first and the second surface. The press felt according to the present invention further includes particulate polymer material which is penetrated into the nonwoven structure from the first surface in sections in the direction of the second surface and which is adhered to the fibers of the nonwoven structure in a manner that the press felt has a permeability of at least 5 cfm, for example, at least 10 cfm. The present invention is characterized in that at least one filter layer is arranged in the nonwoven structure or at the barrier surface between the nonwoven structure and the base structure which is permeable for fluid and is substantially impermeable for polymer material from, for example, a predetermined particle size on. | 07-08-2010 |
| 20100186918 | SHOE PRESS BELT FOR PAPER-MAKING MACHINE AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A shoe press belt for paper-making machine that reduces belt damages attributed to the friction between belt and shoe. The shoe press belt for paper-making machine having a wet paper contact surface and a shoe contact surface, is characterized in that the shoe press belt for paper-making machine has a base member and at least a polymer elastic part constituting the shoe contact surface and that the shoe contact surface of the polymer elastic part has a surface roughness (Ra) of 1.0 to 3.5 μm. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100186919 | TRANSPORT BELT - A transport belt, in particular for machines for the production of web material such as paper or paperboard. The transport belt includes a web material contact side having a substantially smooth unstructured web material surface and having printing material thereon. | 07-29-2010 |
| 20100200188 | FELT FOR PAPERMAKING - The present invention provides a papermaking felt which exhibits a good dewatering capability (water permeability) and resistance to flattening in a papermaking machine, and which is capable of improving surface smoothness of a wet paper web and has improved anti-dehairing property. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100230064 | INDUSTRIAL FABRIC INCLUDING SPIRALLY WOUND MATERIAL STRIPS - An industrial fabric, belt or sleeve and a method of making the fabric, belt or sleeve are disclosed. The industrial fabric, belt or sleeve is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon material, and joining the adjoining sides of the strips of material using ultrasonic welding or laser welding techniques. The fabric, belt or sleeve may then be perforated using a suitable technique to make it permeable to air and/or water. | 09-16-2010 |
| 20100236739 | PAPERMAKING MACHINE DEWATERING BLADE INCORPORATING ATTACHMENT MECHANISM - Segments, typically ceramic, for use in dewatering blades for papermaking and similar machines comprise lower surfaces to each of which at least one interlock member is bonded. The segments are installed by inserting the interlock members into a channel in an intermediate sub-assembly or base member. The members are securely attached within the channel by a suitable adhesive, or clip means to engage the interlock members, with the optional addition of an adhesive. The segments and dewatering blades, and a method of manufacture, allows for the segments to be made as flat units, without unnecessary angular surfaces, simplifies their attachment to the base, and reduces the occurrence of stress cracking or other damage to the segments. A single segment can be used in various dewatering blade types and in more than one orientation in dewatering blades, reducing manufacturing costs by unitizing construction. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236740 | INDUSTRIAL FABRIC FOR PRODUCING TISSUE AND TOWEL PRODUCTS, AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - A nonwoven fabric includes a plurality of through voids, where each of the voids has a first opening associated with a top surface of the fabric and a first raised edge circumferentially adjacent to the first opening. The voids may each further include a second opening associated with a bottom surface of the fabric and a second raised edge circumferentially adjacent to the second opening, such that the first opening may have a surface area that is larger than or the same as the second opening. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236741 | FORMING FABRIC - The present invention relates to a paper machine fabric, especially a forming fabric, including a top woven fabric layer and a bottom woven fabric layer which are connected with each other by paired binder yarns. The present invention is characterized in that at least one of the binder yarn pairs is formed by machine direction yarns (binding machine direction yarns) and at least one of the other binder yarn pairs is formed by cross machine direction yarns (binding cross machine direction yarns). | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100236742 | WOVEN FABRIC BAND FOR CIRCULATION IN A MACHINE - The invention relates to a woven fabric band having a first and a second woven fabric layer comprising second longitudinal and second transverse threads, the outer side of the second woven fabric layer being formed by floats of longitudinal threads, wherein the longitudinal threads form a first longitudinal thread group with outer longitudinal threads and a second longitudinal thread group with inner longitudinal threads and that the outer longitudinal threads form the outer side of the second layer and the inner longitudinal threads extend within the band. | 09-23-2010 |
| 20100252217 | PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING WITH EDGE REINFORCEMENT - The invention relates to a clothing for a web-processing machine, in particular a tissue machine, including a flat basic structure with an upper side and a lower side, and with a coating which is applied to the upper side and/or lower side and includes at least one polymer material. At least one polymer material is a polyurea, in particular an elastomer polyurea. | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100252218 | FELT FOR PAPERMAKING - The papermaking felt | 10-07-2010 |
| 20100258259 | WOVEN FABRIC BELT FOR A MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF WEB MATERIAL, ESPECIALLY PAPER OR CARDBOARD - A woven fabric belt for a machine for the production of web material, especially paper or cardboard, includes a web material side first fabric layer and a machine side second fabric layer, with threads extending in machine direction and respectively with threads extending in cross machine direction, whereby the first woven fabric layer and the second woven fabric layer are connected with each other by paired binder threads, whereby the binder thread pairs tie off with threads of the second fabric layer extending in one direction of machine direction and cross machine direction in such a way that in the second fabric layer—in the other direction of longitudinal direction of the belt and cross direction of the belt—consecutive groups of threads which are gathered by the binder threads and extend in the one direction are formed and/or whereby inside one field of repeat extending in the second fabric layer in machine direction and cross machine direction the threads of the second fabric layer which extend in the other direction of machine direction and cross machine direction tie off at the threads of the second fabric layer extending in the one direction in order to form respective tie-off points on a side facing away from the machine contact side in such a way that at least one group of tie-off points is formed within the field of repeat which press the threads of one group of threads of the second fabric layer extending in the one direction against each other in the other direction. | 10-14-2010 |
| 20100263820 | PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING - The invention relates to a clothing especially a press felt for a paper, cardboard or tissue machine with a nonwoven structure comprising staple fibers and which provides the paper and running side of the clothing and with a base structure which is embedded into the nonwoven structure, whereby the base structure comprises a warp knit structure which has sewing threads and reinforcing threads extending lengthways parallel to each other and which have a greater flexural strength than the sewing threads, whereby the sewing threads form loops into which the reinforcing threads are tied thereby forming the warp knit structure. The invention is characterized in that an intermediate layer is arranged at the warp knit structure which is connected with the reinforcing threads by way of the sewing threads. | 10-21-2010 |
| 20100282426 | BELT FOR CONVEYING WET WEB - A belt for wet-web conveyance which includes a hydrophilic fibrous structure formed by needle punching in a wet-web-side layer thereof and which can be inhibited from increasing in belt width dimension with water absorption of the hydrophilic fibrous structure and from forming base fabric marks. The belt for wet-web conveyance includes a wet-web-side layer including a hydrophilic fibrous structure and a machine-side layer. A base fabric disposed in the belt is constituted of a first woven fabric disposed on the wet-web side and, laminated therewith, a second woven fabric disposed on the press roll side. The first woven fabric is woven from a machine-direction yarn material and a cross-direction yarn material, the machine-direction yarn material being a spun yarn and the cross-direction yarn material being a yarn having a low water absorption. | 11-11-2010 |
| 20100288459 | INDUSTRIAL FABRIC FOR FORMING AND PRESSING - The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial fabric used for forming and pressing building material which is capable of exhibiting a good water suction property, while at the same time of preventing spots from being generated and bristles from being fallen out even if it is repeatedly used for forming and pressing building material and a strong washing shower is applied thereto. | 11-18-2010 |
| 20100314063 | BAR ARRANGEMENT FOR A MACHINE FOR THE PRODUCTION OF A FIBROUS WEB - The invention relates to a bar arrangement for a machine for producing a fibrous web. The bar arrangement according to the invention is characterized by at least one restoring mechanism for bringing the mobile bar from the operating position into the rest position. The at least one restoring mechanism comprises at least one guided piece arranged on the mobile bar on the exterior and alongside thereof, said piece having an inclined contact surface the incline of which is directed at an angle (α) in the range of 5 to 60°, preferably of 20 to 45°, especially of 25 to 35°, relative to the longitudinal direction of the mobile bar, at least one guiding piece on the interior of the C-shaped guiding unit, which has a preferably inclined guide surface that can be brought in contact with the inclined contact surface of the guided piece arranged on the exterior and alongside thereof when the mobile bar is brought from the operating position into the rest position, and at least one displacement device for displacing the mobile bar in its longitudinal direction which acts upon the mobile bar, preferably the face thereof, and which can preferably be controlled/regulated. | 12-16-2010 |
| 20100319869 | CARRIER BELT FOR WET PAPER WEB - A wet paper web transfer belt | 12-23-2010 |
| 20110005700 | PAPERMAKER'S FORMING FABRICS INCLUDING MONOFILAMENTS COMPRISED OF A BLEND OF POLY(ETHYLENE NAPHTHALATE) AND POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE) - Papermaker's forming fabrics including extruded thermoplastic monofilaments formed from a polymer blend consisting of from about 51%-90% pbw (parts by weight) of a poly(ethylene naphthalate) (PEN) polymer having a melt point of from 249° C. to about 278° C., most preferably between about 262° C. and 273° C., and an intrinsic viscosity of from 0.45 to about 0.95, preferably from about 0.65 to about 0.85, along with from about 49%-10% pbw of a poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) polymer having an intrinsic viscosity of between about 0.55 to about 1.05, preferably from about 0.85 to 1.0. Monofilaments formed from the novel polymer blend exhibit physical properties differing from those obtained from monofilaments formed of 100% PEN polymer, making them particularly suitable for use in weaving and processing the forming fabrics of the present invention. | 01-13-2011 |
| 20110011551 | PAPERMAKING FELT - Papermaking felts include a base material and a batt layer provided on one or both sides of the base material. The batt layer includes a water-absorbing resin, and the water-absorbing resin has a coefficient of water absorption of from 1.05 and 10. | 01-20-2011 |
| 20110017419 | PAPERMAKING SHOE PRESS BELT - A papermaking shoe press belt is formed of a reinforcing fiber base material and a polyurethane layer integrated with each other. The reinforcing fiber base material is embedded in the polyurethane layer. The papermaking shoe press belt includes, as the polyurethane layer, a polyurethane layer obtainable by curing a composition composed in combination of a urethane prepolymer and one or more curing agent. The urethane prepolymer is obtainable by reacting a p-phenylene diisocyanate compound with a long-chain polyol. The at least one curing agent is selected from 4,4′-methylene bis(2,6-diethyl-3-chloroaniline), 4,4′-methylene bis(2-chloroaniline), methylene bis(2-ethyl-6-methylaniline), 4,4′-methylene bis(2-ethylbenzeneamine), methylene bis(2,3-dichloroaniline), 4,4′-methylenedianiline, 3,5-dimethylthiotoluene-2,4-diamine, 3,5-dimethylthiotoluene-2,6-diamine, 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,4-diamine, 3,5-diethyltoluene-2,6-diamine, polytetramethylene oxide di-p-aminobenzoate, poly(tetramethylene/3-methyl tetramethylene ether)glycol bis(4-aminobenzoate), trimethylene bis(4-aminobenzoate) and isobutyl 4-chloro-3,5-diaminobenzoate. | 01-27-2011 |
| 20110100576 | SEAMED PRESS FELT OF MULTILAYERED BASE-FABRIC STRUCTURE FOR PAPERMAKING AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A single-seam felt which employs a base fabric of a multilayer structure and which, despite this, is excellent in wet-web surface smoothness and has satisfactory batt adhesion. It is free from wrap protrusion and weft fraying in the seamed part of the layered base fabric. | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110100577 | Papermaker's Forming Fabric with Engineered Drainage Channels - A papermaking forming fabric includes: a set of top MD yarns; a set of top CMD yarns interwoven with the top MD yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom MD yarns; a set of bottom CMD yarns interwoven with the bottom MD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; and a set of binding yarns that interweaves with and binds together the top and bottom fabric layers. The fabric has a Channel Factor (CF) of greater than 2.0, the CF being defined in Equation (1) as: | 05-05-2011 |
| 20110114277 | BELT HAVING SEMICONTINUOUS PATTERNS AND NODES - A macroscopically monoplanar secondary belt for manufacturing a cellulosic fibrous structure is provided. The belt, having two mutually orthogonal principal directions, a machine direction and a cross machine direction, and having a reinforcing structure; and a framework of protuberances joined to said reinforcing structure and extending outwardly therefrom to define deflection conduits between the protuberances, the framework of protuberances having a semicontinuous pattern and the deflection conduits having a semicontinuous pattern, is further provided. The protuberances and the deflection conduits have a vector component extending substantially throughout one principal direction of the belt, each protuberance of the pattern being spaced apart from an adjacent protuberance in the pattern. The protuberances have primary protuberances having a first width, T and the nodes have a second width, N, wherein a ratio of N to T is from about 1.5 to about 5. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110114278 | HIGH FIBER SUPPORT INTRINSIC WARP-TIED COMPOSITE FORMING FABRIC - A woven filtration fabric for cellulosic sheet formation. The warp yarns comprise intrinsic binder yarn pairs, and a set of dedicated machine side layer warp yarns. The members of each intrinsic binder yarn pair alternate with each other to define a single combined path in each layer. Whenever a member interweaves with a machine side layer weft yarn, at least one machine side layer warp yarn interweaves with the same weft yarn in the same knuckle. In some embodiments, the members form double knuckles in the machine side layer, firstly together with a first machine side layer warp yarn and then together with a second machine side layer warp yarn. The warp yarn path ratio of machine side layer warp yarns to single combined paths of the intrinsic binder yarn pairs is at least 1.5:1. The fabrics provide increased center plane resistance, resulting in improved drainage and sheet uniformity. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110127000 | PROCESS BELT FOR PAPERMAKING AND METHOD FOR MAKING THE SAME - A process belt for papermaking with a long operational life comprises an integrated structure of a reinforcing fibrous base material | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110265966 | PAPERMAKING BELT HAVING A PERMEABLE REINFORCING STRUCTURE - A papermaking belt having an embryonic web contacting surface for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers and a non-embryonic web contacting surface opposite said embryonic web contacting surface is disclosed. The papermaking belt comprises a reinforcing structure having a patterned framework disposed thereon. The patterned framework has a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits. The deflection conduits are isolated one from another by the continuous network region. A plurality of pores is randomly disposed within the continuous network region. The pores have one opening disposed upon the embryonic web contacting surface and one opening disposed upon the non-embryonic web contacting surface. Each of the pores provides at least one pathway between the embryonic web contacting surface and the non-embryonic web contacting surface. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110265967 | PAPERMAKING BELT HAVING INCREASED DE-WATERING CAPABILITY - A papermaking belt for carrying an embryonic web of paper fibers is disclosed. The papermaking belt has an embryonic web contacting surface and a non-embryonic web contacting surface opposite thereto. The papermaking belt also has a reinforcing structure having a patterned framework disposed thereon and a plurality of non-random distinct pores disposed within the continuous network region. The patterned framework has a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits. The deflection conduits are isolated one from another by the continuous network region. Each of the pores has an opening disposed at a predetermined location upon the embryonic web contacting surface and an opening disposed at a predetermined location upon the non-embryonic web contacting surface. Each of the pores defines a single pathway between the embryonic web contacting surface and the non-embryonic web contacting surface. | 11-03-2011 |
| 20110272111 | PAPERMAKING PICKUP FABRIC - A papermaking pickup fabric having two ends seamed together with a pintle. The fabric including a first plurality of monofilament yarns directed in a machine direction, a second plurality of monofilament yarns directed in a cross machine direction, and a plurality of multifilament filler yarns. The first plurality of monofilament yarns and the second plurality of monofilament yarns being woven together to form a weave pattern. The plurality of multifilament filler yarns are captivated in the weave pattern. The first plurality of monofilament yarns forming seam loops on each of the ends in a seam loop area, said multifilament filler yarns not extending into said seem loop area. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110272112 | Permeable Belt for Nonwovens Production - A fabric structure used to make textured nonwoven products, the structure being permeable to air and water, comprising a web contact surface having a pattern including a series of raised land areas and corresponding depressions adapted to impart a texture to the nonwoven product produced thereon, and a series of through voids adapted to allow passage of both water and/or air from the fabric surface into and/or through the structure. | 11-10-2011 |
| 20110303380 | Arrangement For Washing And Dewatering Cellulose Pulp - The invention relates to a washing arrangement ( | 12-15-2011 |
| 20120000623 | Roll Assembly for a Fiber-Web Machine and Method of Attenuating Vibration of a Fiber-Web Machine Roll - A roll assembly ( | 01-05-2012 |
| 20120024489 | STRUCTURED FABRIC - A fabric for a papermaking machine, the fabric including a single layer of yarns arranged in a repeating weave pattern, each weave pattern including a plurality of warp yarns substantially oriented in a machine direction (MD) defining MD yarns; and a plurality of weft yarns substantially oriented in a cross machine direction (CD) defining CD yarns. The MD yarns each having at least one long float within the weave pattern. Each long float being adjacent to at least one other long float of an MD yarn. The weave pattern being a plain weave apart from the long floats. | 02-02-2012 |
| 20120043041 | PAPERMAKING BELT WITH A KNUCKLE AREA FORMING A GEOMETRIC PATTERN THAT IS REPEATED AT EVER SMALLER SCALES TO PRODUCE IRREGULAR SHAPES AND SURFACES - The present disclosure is directed toward a papermaking belt having a patterned framework having a continuous network region and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits isolated from one another by the continuous network region. The continuous network region has a pattern formed therein by a plurality of tessellating unit cells. Each cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center. At least one of the continuous land areas at least bifurcates to form a continuous land area portion having a first width before bifurcation and at least two continuous land area portions having a second width after bifurcation where the at least two continuous land area portions are disposed at an angle ranging from about 1 degree to about 180 degrees relative to each other. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120061044 | ADVANCED DEWATERING SYSTEM - A permeable belt for use in a system for dewatering and/or drying a fibrous web. The permeable belt capable of being subjected to a tension of at least approximately 30 kN/m, the permeable belt having at least one side having an open area of at least approximately 25% and a contact area of at least approximately 10%. | 03-15-2012 |
| 20120103551 | METHOD OF APPLYING DE-DUSTING AGENTS TO FIBROUS PRODUCTS AND PRODUCTS - A system and method for applying de-dusting agents to fibrous mats, webs, and/or blankets requiring a lower usage of the de-dusting agents, and producing fibrous products having improved dust suppression are disclosed. The dedusting agent or agents are first reduced to very fine particles or droplets and then, in an air suspension, are passed through the fibrous mat, web and/or blanket to deposit the very fine particles or droplets onto the surfaces of the fibers. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20130008621 | PMC FABRIC YARNS WITH IMPROVED VISIBILITY - A PMC fabric includes a plurality of monofilament yarns. At least some of the monofilament yarns have a composition which is a mixture of a thermoplastic resin and an additive to improve yarn visibility. The additive may be, e.g., a UV additive, an IR additive and/or a metal powder additive. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130146243 | PRESS BELT AND SHOE PRESS ROLL, AND MANUFACTURING METHOD OF PRESS BELT - In a press belt ( | 06-13-2013 |
| 20130220566 | DRAWN ENDLESS CLOTHING - A fabric for papermaking machines is produced from a belt-shaped film substrate which consists essentially of a non-oriented polymer. The film substrate is bent in such a way that the two end edges of the film substrate adjoin one another. Subsequently, the two adjacent end edges are joined to one another in a material-to-material manner. The endless film substrate which is formed in this way is finally stretched in the circulating direction of the endless film substrate which is formed in this way. | 08-29-2013 |
| 20130327490 | PAPER MACHINE FABRIC - A paper machine fabric that includes at least two separate layers that are formed of at least two separate yarn systems, one forming the paper side and composed of longitudinal and crosswise yarns and one forming the wear side and composed of longitudinal and crosswise yarns, the yarn systems being arranged to form structures independent of each other in the longitudinal and cross directions of the fabric. The structures are bound to each other by means of a binding yarn system, whereby the binding yarns in the binding yarn system are arranged to form part of the layer on the paper-side surface. Each binding yarn of the binding yarn system is arranged on the wear side to bind in the weave pattern repeat to more yarns than on the paper side. | 12-12-2013 |
| 20130340965 | Multiaxial Fabrics - The present invention provides a multilayer multiaxial woven fabric for a papermachine having a reduced interference pattern and accordingly improved dewatering uniformity. The present invention also provides a method of forming such multilayer multiaxial fabric. | 12-26-2013 |
| 20140130998 | NON-THERMOSET SHEET-LIKE STRUCTURE FOR A SPIRAL SIEVE, AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A SPIRAL SIEVE - A method for producing a spiral link fabric with a plurality of spirals joined to one another in an overlapping manner, with a plurality of seam wires stitched into overlapping regions of adjacent spirals and connecting the spirals to one another to form a flat structure, and with a plurality of packing elements introduced into free cross sections of the spirals, wherein the flat structure runs through a thermofixing operation before or after the introduction of the packing elements. The spirals are joined together to form the flat structure such that, before the thermofixing operation, the result is a clear width, as viewed in the plane of the flat structure, for the free cross sections of the spirals connected to one another to form the flat structure, which clear width is larger than a clear height of the free cross section of each spiral. | 05-15-2014 |
| 20140174689 | INDUSTRIAL FABRIC COMPRISING SPIRALLY WOUND MATERIAL STRIPS AND METHOD OF MAKING THEREOF - An industrial fabric, belt or sleeve and a method of making the fabric, belt or sleeve are disclosed. The industrial fabric, belt or sleeve is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon material, around two rolls in a side-to-side manner in which a gap between adjacent edges is formed. A second material, for example a gap filler material, is placed between the adjacent edges, and the adjoining edges are joined by melting the filler material, strips of polymeric material, or both. The gap filler material can have a specific cross-sectional shape corresponding to the gap. | 06-26-2014 |
| 20140231039 | TEN-SHED SEMI-DUPLEX THROUGH-AIR DRYER FABRIC - A papermaker's through-air dryer (TAD) fabric for use in the production of tissue and towel products. The fabric is woven according to a 10-shed, semi-duplex weave design in which the warp and weft yarns are arranged so as to form pockets of at least two differing sizes in a first planar fabric surface. The pockets are designed and arranged to impart a measure of bulk and absorbency to the paper products conveyed thereon by providing MD oriented recesses in the PS fabric surface into which a portion of the component fibers of the paper products formed on the fabric are deflected during manufacture. | 08-21-2014 |
| 20140262098 | MONOFILAMENT YARN FOR A PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING FABRIC - A paper machine clothing (PMC) fabric includes a plurality of monofilament yarns, at least some of the monofilament yarns having a composition formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PET monofilament yarns have an abrasion resistance of greater than 6,000 cycles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140262099 | MONOFILAMENT YARN FOR A PAPER MACHINE CLOTHING FABRIC - A paper machine clothing (PMC) fabric includes a plurality of monofilament yarns, at least some of the monofilament yarns having a composition formed of polyethylene terephthalate (PET). The PET monofilament yarns have an abrasion resistance of greater than 6,000 cycles. | 09-18-2014 |
| 20140345819 | PAPERMAKING FABRIC - The invention relates to a papermaking fabric which is designed as a multi-layer woven fabric having an upper fabric layer and a lower fabric layer. The upper fabric layer has a plurality of upper longitudinal threads which run solely in the upper fabric layer and a plurality of upper transverse threads which are interwoven with the upper longitudinal threads and each run at least primarily in the upper fabric layer. The lower fabric layer has a plurality of lower longitudinal threads which run solely in the lower fabric layer and a plurality of lower transverse threads which are interwoven with the lower longitudinal threads and run solely in the lower fabric layer. The upper fabric layer has a repeating upper weave pattern on the upper side thereof which is formed from nine upper longitudinal threads and three upper transverse threads. The three upper transverse threads of the upper weave pattern each have the following course in the upper weave pattern: under a upper longitudinal thread, over the next upper longitudinal thread, under the next upper longitudinal thread, over the next upper longitudinal thread, under the four next successive upper longitudinal threads and over the following upper longitudinal thread, wherein, in the upper weave pattern, the course of the respective upper transverse thread is arranged offset to the course of the adjacent upper transverse thread in the transverse direction by three upper longitudinal threads. At least some of the upper transverse threads in the woven fabric are designed as binding transverse threads which, in order to bind the upper fabric layer to the lower fabric layer, temporarily switch into the lower fabric layer during the course thereof under the four successive to longitudinal threads and there run under at least one lower longitudinal thread. | 11-27-2014 |
| 20150129149 | DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING A MATERIAL WEB - A device for manufacturing, processing or finishing a web-shaped material web, in particular a fiber-material, paper, tissue or cardboard web, includes an interior space and a housing which, at least in part, surrounds the interior space and has an inner face and an outer face. The interior space has a temperature which is different from that of the surroundings of the housing, and the inner face and/or the outer face, at least in partial-regions, is/are provided with a thermal-insulation layer composed of at least one coating. | 05-14-2015 |
| 20160130755 | SHOE PRESS BELT FOR PAPERMAKING - The purpose of the present invention is to provide a shoe press belt which exhibits improvement in mechanical characteristics such as crack resistance, wear resistance, delamination resistance and bending fatigue resistance, particularly in the surface wear resistance of the shoe press belt and the crack resistance of the bottom regions of water receiving parts. A shoe press belt which is produced by integrating a reinforcing substrate with a polyurethane layer including at least a felt-side layer and in which water-receiving parts are formed in the felt-side layer, wherein the polyurethane equivalent value of the second resin layer including the bottom regions of the water-receiving parts is adjusted so as to be larger than that of the first resin layer including a surface which is to be brought into contact with a felt. | 05-12-2016 |
| 20160145801 | SHEET MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - A sheet manufacturing apparatus includes a drum unit having a plurality of openings, a housing unit covering the drum unit, a transport unit on which a material containing fibers passing through the openings is accumulated as a web and which transports the accumulated web, a first roller that abuts the web transported by the transport unit, and a first seal unit that is provided on a first side wall of the housing unit and comes into contact with the first roller. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160145804 | DRYING ROLLER AND A METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION OF SAME - A drying roller includes at least a cylindrical cylinder shell, two caps which are attached to both sides of the cylinder shell, and two journals which are indirectly fastened to the caps by way of a hollow shaft which is connected to the caps or are directly fastened to the caps, wherein the cylinder shell and the caps are welded to one another by way of an annular weld seam. The weld seam has a joint having at least two mutually opposite and parallel flange regions which are mutually spaced apart. A method for manufacturing a drying roller is also described. | 05-26-2016 |
| 20160153140 | CLOTHING AND METHOD FOR THE PRODUCTION THEREOF | 06-02-2016 |
| 20160177506 | Clothing | 06-23-2016 |
| 20160201264 | FABRIC AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING SAME | 07-14-2016 |
