Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 10
Claim 1
Independent Claim
99 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material having abrasive grains adhesively bonded to at least one side of a backing comprising at least one array of non-interlaced substantially coplanar and coparallel reinforcing textile yarns, said textile yarns, together with the yarns of all other distinct arrays, if any, furnishing most of the tensile strength of said coated abrasive in at least one direction in the plane of said flexible coated abrasive sheet material, each said one or more distinct arrays being of non-interlaced, substantially coplanar and coparallel reinforcing textile yarns present in the backing and oriented in the same direction.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
99 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material having abrasive grains adhesively bonded to at least one side of a backing comprising at least one array of non-interlaced substantially coplanar and coparallel reinforcing textile yarns, said textile yarns, together with the yarns of all other distinct arrays, if any, furnishing most of the tensile strength of said coated abrasive in at least one direction in the plane of said flexible coated abrasive sheet material, each said one or more distinct arrays being of non-interlaced, substantially coplanar and coparallel reinforcing textile yarns present in the backing and oriented in the same direction.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
89 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material according to claim 1, in which there are at. least two distinct arrays of said non-interlaced substantially coplanar and coparallel reinforcing textile yarns, said arrays comprising at least one array oriented in each of at least two distinct directions in the plane of the backing, most of the tensile strength of the coated abrasive along each of at least two of said directions being furnished by the yarns of all the arrays of non-interlaced substantially coplanar and coparallel yarns oriented in said direction.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
39 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material according to claim 2, in which at least one of any said arrays oriented in at least two distinct directions contains yarns of high bulk as compared to the yarns of other arrays.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
33 words
A flexible coated abrasive according to claim 2 or 3, in which at least one of said arrays oriented in at least two distinct directions comprises texturized continuous filament yarns, or staple yarns.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
17 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material according to claim 1, which contains a randomly oriented textile web.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material according to any one of the preceding claims, in which the distinct arrays are bound to each other by a stitching yarn.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
18 words
A sheet material according to any one of claims 1-5, in which the arrays are solely adhesively bonded.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
16 words
A flexible sheet material according to any one of the preceding claims, containing a tissue sheet.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
21 words
A flexible coated abrasive sheet material according to any one of the preceding claims, in the form of an endless belt.