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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8394239 | 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 ... | 03/12/2013 |
| 8388812 | Industrial fabric including spirally wound material strips An industrial fabric such as an endless belt or sleeve for use in the production of nonwovens, and a method of making thereof are disclosed. The industrial fabric is produced by spirally winding strips of polymeric material, such as an industrial strapping or ribbon... | 03/05/2013 |
| 8372246 | 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. | 02/12/2013 |
| 8366878 | Structuring belt, press section and tissue papermaking machine for manufacturing a high bulk creped tissue paper web and method therefor A structuring layer of a structuring belt for structuring a wet fibrous web in a press section of a tissue papermaking machine for manufacturing high bulk tissue paper, the structuring layer having a web-carrying side with a surface for cooperating with the fibrous ... | 02/05/2013 |
| 8241464 | Papermaking clothing defining a width of a paper web and associated system and method A clothing for supporting a wet paper web for dewatering is provided, comprising a dewatering fabric extending in a machine direction and formed only from a woven material to have a single, substantially consistent, permeability. A pair of laterally-spaced strip por... | 08/14/2012 |
| 8225821 | Pintle for spiral fabrics A connecting element for use in an industrial fabric. The connecting element includes a center portion and a plurality of lobes extending therefrom. The industrial fabric may be a spiral link fabric. The connecting element deforms under compression or tension reduci... | 07/24/2012 |
| 8216427 | Structuring belt, press section and tissue papermaking machine for manufacturing a high bulk creped tissue paper web and method therefor A structuring layer of a structuring belt for structuring a wet fibrous web in a press section of a tissue papermaking machine for manufacturing high bulk tissue paper, the structuring layer having a web-carrying side with a surface for cooperating with the fibrous ... | 07/10/2012 |
| 8202396 | Structural clothing and method of manufacturing a tissue paper web A clothing for structuring a wet fibre web (1′) in a press section of a tissue papermaking machine is described which has a three-dimensional woven structure forming elevations (62) and depressions (63), said elevations, like the depressions, ... | 06/19/2012 |
| 8123910 | Forming fabrics A papermaker's fabric for use as a forming fabric. The fabric may include bondable or meltable monofilament yarns which may be formed from materials that retain substantial strength and tenacity after thermal treatment. Further, the remaining yarns in the forming fa... | 02/28/2012 |
| 8088256 | Process for producing papermaker's and industrial fabric seam and seam produced by that method The invention disclosed herein relates to the use of laser energy to weld or fuse selected locations in paper machine clothing (“PMC”) and other industrial and engineered fabrics. The invention also relates to an improved loop seam for an on machine seamable pap... | 01/03/2012 |
| 8080137 | Shoe press belt having a grooved surface A belt for use in a long nip press having an arcuate pressure shoe. The belt has at least one layer having a polymer resin coating on at least one surface thereof. The resin coating has a plurality of grooves arranged therein and wherein a number of the grooves has ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8062480 | Process for producing papermaker's and industrial fabric seam and seam produced by that method The invention disclosed herein relates to the use of laser energy to weld or melt selected locations in papermachine clothing (“PMC”) and other industrial and engineered fabrics. The invention also relates to an improved seam for a papermaker or other industrial... | 11/22/2011 |
| 7981252 | Multiaxial fabrics The present invention provides a multilayer multiaxial fabric for a paper machine having a reduced interference pattern and accordingly improved dewatering uniformity. The present invention also provides a method of forming such a multilayer multiaxial fabric. ... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7922868 | Forming fabrics A papermaker's fabric for use as a forming fabric. The fabric may include bondable or meltable monofilament yarns which may be formed from materials that retain substantial strength and tenacity after thermal treatment. Further, the remaining yarns in the forming fa... | 04/12/2011 |
| 7919173 | Method for controlling a functional property of an industrial fabric and industrial fabric A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on a base substrate using an array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of ... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7901752 | Advanced battery paster belt A belt designed for lead acid battery plate pasting that is rendered dimensionally stable and incompressible and is also rendered hydrophobic to allow water handling without absorption and subsequent contamination of lead oxide into the structure. ... | 03/08/2011 |
| 7897018 | Process for producing papermaker's and industrial fabrics The invention discloses herein the use of short wavelength infrared energy to selectively control the locations where thermal fusing or bonding takes place or does not take place in an industrial fabric. Also, the method involves forming a mushroom cap on the tail o... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7892402 | Flat woven full width on-machine-seamable fabric A laminated on-machine-seamable industrial fabric made from a flat woven full width base fabric layer wherein the base fabric layer is folded inwardly and flattened to produce a fabric with seaming loops disposed at the two widthwise edges. ... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7878223 | Through air-drying fabric A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce a paper-side surface pattern characterized by alternating first pocke... | 02/01/2011 |
| 7862879 | Fabrics with v-guides A fabric having one or more guides attached to a wear surface of the fabric so to encapsulate fifty percent or more of the fabric caliper. Advantageously, the encapsulation of the fabric by the guide, and not the chemical affinity of the materials, is the mechanism ... | 01/04/2011 |
| 7815978 | Method for controlling a functional property of an industrial fabric A method for manufacturing a papermaker's or industrial fabric requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected locations on a base substrate using an array which deposits the polymeric resin material in droplets having an average diameter of ... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7815768 | Multi-layer woven creping fabric A multi-layer woven creping fabric comprising a plurality of warp yarns and weft yarns or shutes. The multi-layer woven creping fabric has a machine or roll side and a sheet contacting side. A plurality of weft yarns or shutes on the machine or roll side of the fabr... | 10/19/2010 |
| 7799175 | Passive sensor system for detection of wear problems in paper machine clothing A stratified press fabric for the press section of a paper machine having a passive sensor system for detecting wear in the press fabric. The lower (non-surface) layer(s) of the stratified press fabric are produced using colored staple fiber batt material. As the su... | 09/21/2010 |
| 7794555 | Formation of a fabric seam by ultrasonic gap welding of a flat woven fabric The invention relates to ultrasonic gap welding of flat woven fabrics. Specifically, the invention relates to a method of ultrasonic welding the seam termination yarn ends of a fabric using a controlled gap. A mechanical stop may be employed to control the distance ... | 09/14/2010 |
| 7790639 | Blowable insulation clusters made of natural material A blowable insulation material comprising random shaped blowable clusters which are comprised of natural fibers or material. In preferred embodiments, the clusters also comprise man-made fibers or materials. A process to produce the blowable clusters is also disclos... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7775171 | Flexible fluid containment vessel featuring a keel-like seam A flexible fluid containment vessel (FFCV) including at least one segment made up of a fabric. Two ends of the fabric are beaded and are joined together so as to form a generally cylindrical section. The interface along which the ends of the fabric are joined form a... | 08/17/2010 |
| 7736468 | Belts and roll coverings having a nanocomposite coating The present invention relates to a urethane-based coating having nanoparticles for improving the characteristics of a papermaking process belt, roll cover and belts used in textile applications. For example, the present invention improves resistance to flex fatigue,... | 06/15/2010 |
| 7721668 | Flexible fluid containment vessel A seamless, woven, flexible fluid containment vessel or vessels for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, having beam stabilizers, beam separators, reinforcing, and the method of making the same. ... | 05/25/2010 |
| 7712336 | Subassembly for industrial fabrics A method of manufacturing an industrial fabric comprising the steps of knitting a first fabric strip portion having two widthwise edges and a width that is narrower than the industrial fabric to the desired length of the industrial fabric, forming the first fabric s... | 05/11/2010 |
| 7691238 | Spiral fabrics A spiral-link fabric for use in a papermaking machine or the like. The spiral-link fabric may include a plurality of spiral coils arranged in a predetermined manner such that adjacent ones of side-by-side spiral coils are interdigitated with each other so as to form... | 04/06/2010 |
| 7654296 | Grooved single facer belt The present invention relates to a single facer corrugator belt having a base structure. The base structure includes an inside and an outside surface and a machine or running direction and a cross machine direction. The base structure is formed by machine direction ... | 02/02/2010 |
| 7644738 | Through air drying fabric A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce warp and weft knuckles on a paper-side surface of the fabric, prefera... | 01/12/2010 |
| 7631669 | Monofilaments to offset curl in warp bound forming fabrics A papermaking fabric having a top layer and a bottom layer of interwoven machine direction (MD) yarns and cross-machine direction (CD) yarns bound together with warp binder yarns. At least some of the CD yarns are made of a material which generates a strong contract... | 12/15/2009 |
| 7617846 | Industrial fabric, and method of making thereof A papermakers's fabric which includes a system of CD yarns including a plurality of CD yarns and a system of MD yarns. The system of MD yarns further includes a first subsystem of MD yarns and a second subsystem of MD yarns, which are in a vertically stacked relatio... | 11/17/2009 |
| 7604026 | Triangular weft for TAD fabrics A through-air-drying (TAD) fabric for producing tissue paper and related products on a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns to produce pockets on a paper-side surface of the fabric. The weft yarns have a ... | 10/20/2009 |
| 7591928 | Spiral link fabric and methods to build the same A spiral-link fabric comprised of connected sets of “chain mail” intertwined spiral coils. Alternating sets of two right-turn spiral coils and two left-turn spiral coils are repeatedly connected to form the body of the fabric. Within each set, the spiral coil lo... | 09/22/2009 |
| 7579291 | Bicomponent monofilament In one embodiment, a fabric comprises a plurality of functional monofilaments shaped to provide anchoring of a coating applied to the fabric and exhibits improved resistance to peeling away of the coating from the fabric. The second embodiment is a fabric comprised ... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7578317 | High-speed spun-bond production of non-woven fabrics In combination with a high-speed spun-bond apparatus, rather than using a circulating sieve belt for collecting the stretched filaments and forming the web, a fabric having a 4-shed double layer with support shute weave design is used. This fabric is commonly referr... | 08/25/2009 |
| 7575659 | Spiral fabrics A spiral-link fabric for use in a papermaking machine or the like. The spiral-link fabric may include a plurality of spiral coils arranged in a predetermined manner such that adjacent ones of side-by-side spiral coils are interdigitated with each other so as to form... | 08/18/2009 |
| 7527707 | Methods for bonding structural elements of paper machine and industrial fabrics to one another and fabrics produced thereby A method of manufacturing and a papermaker's or industrial fabric, which includes the application of a polymeric resin material onto preselected discrete locations on a base substrate in a controlled manner in droplets having an average diameter of 10μ (10 microns)... | 05/05/2009 |
