Drainage belt for presses in the wet section of a paper machine

Claim 2

A drainage belt for presses in the wet section of a paper machine, comprising: a porous support belt in the form of a screen web and a finely porous cover layer on the side of the support belt facing the paper web, wherein the cover layer is a shape-retaining, single-plane screen web forming drainage channels, said cover layer and support belt being linked by a longitudinal yarn system; wherein the drainage channels of the cover layer become larger toward the support belt; and wherein said drainage channels are formed such that the permeability of the support belt for water and air is greater than that of the cover layer and in that the permeability degrees of both layers are adapted to each other in such a manner that they are equivalent to a funnel opening toward the underside of the support belt opposite the cover layer, wherein the support belt and the cover layer are formed in multiple layers.

Claim 3

The drainage belt according to claim 1, wherein the individual layers of the transverse yarns have different permeabilities.

Claim 4

A drainage belt, comprising: a first layer of transverse yarns having a first diameter; a second layer of transverse yarns having a second diameter; a support layer of transverse yarns having a diameter larger than the first and second diameters; a longitudinal yarn system interwoven with the first and second layers to create open space, forming drainage channels in said drainage belt from said first layer to said support layer, wherein the drainage channels become progressively larger from said first layer to said support layer; and wherein said drainage channels are formed such that the permeability of the support belt for water and air is greater than that of the cover layer and in that the permeability degrees of both layers are adapted to each other in such a manner that they are equivalent to a funnel opening toward the underside of the support belt opposite the cover layer, wherein the support layer comprises at least two layers of yarn interwoven with a second longitudinal yarn system.

Claim 5

A drainage belt, comprising: a first layer of transverse yarns having a first diameter; a second layer of transverse yarns having a second diameter; a support layer of transverse yarns having a diameter larger than the first and second diameters; a longitudinal yarn system interwoven with the first and second layers to create open space, forming drainage channels in said drainage belt from said first layer to said support layer, wherein the drainage channels become progressively larger from said first layer to said support layer; and wherein said drainage channels are formed such that the permeability of the support belt for water and air is greater than that of the cover layer and in that the permeability degrees of both layers are adapted to each other in such a manner that they are equivalent to a funnel opening toward the underside of the support belt opposite the cover layer, wherein the support layer comprises at least two layers of yarn interwoven with a second longitudinal yarn system.

Claim 6

The drainage belt according to claim 3, wherein said first, second, and support layers of yarn each comprise a plurality of yarn and the diameters of the yarns of the support layers are larger than the diameters of the yarns of the first and second layers.