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Papermakers fabric with orthogonal machine direction yarn seaming loops
Assignee: Asten Inc
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Filing: 1990-08-15
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Granted: 1992-03-03
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Expires: 2010-08-15
Abstract
Abstract A woven pin-seamed papermakers fabric wherein machine direction yarns define a series of orthogonal seaming loops on the opposing fabric ends. The fabric comprises a system of flat monofilament machine direction yarns (hereinafter MD yarns) which are woven in a selected weave construction. In a preferred embodiment, the system of MD yarns comprises upper and lower yarns which are vertically stacked. End segments of the lower MD yarns are removed and the upper MD yarn ends are looped back upon themselves and rewoven into the fabric end in the space vacated by the trimmed lower MD yarn end segments. Non-loop forming upper MD yarns are also preferably backwoven into the space vacated by trimming the respective lower MD yarns. Preferably, at least the upper MD yarns are woven contiguous with each other to lock in the machine direction alignment of the stacking pairs of MD yarns and the orthogonal orientation of the end loops.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry J. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-28 05:13
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21F; D21F7/00; D21F7/08; D21F7/083; D21F1/00; D21F1/0027; D21F1/0036; D21F1/0054
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 22
Claim 1
Independent Claim
116 words
A papermakers fabric having opposite ends comprising: a system of flat monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns; a series of orthogonal end loops formed on each end of said fabric from selected MD yarns which are looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; and said MD yarns comprise paris of vertically aligned upper and lower MD yarns with the orthogonal end loops formed from upper MD yarns and the respective lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric such that the looped MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in the space vacated by the respective trimmed lower MD yarn.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
116 words
A papermakers fabric having opposite ends comprising: a system of flat monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns; a series of orthogonal end loops formed on each end of said fabric from selected MD yarns which are looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; and said MD yarns comprise paris of vertically aligned upper and lower MD yarns with the orthogonal end loops formed from upper MD yarns and the respective lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric such that the looped MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in the space vacated by the respective trimmed lower MD yarn.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
65 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 1 wherein: all orthogonal end loop forming upper MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; all lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric; and the remaining upper MD yarns are interwoven with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves and retain the endmost CMD yarns in the fabric.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
76 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein: the orthogonal end loop forming upper MD yarns are all back woven substantially the same distance into the end of the fabric which distance is greater than the back weaving of the remaining upper MD yarns; and the lower MD yarns which are paired with loop forming upper MD yarns are trimmed back a greater distance from the end of the fabric than the remaining lower MD yarns.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
17 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein at least said upper MD yarns are 100% fill.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
33 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein said lower MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in an inverted image of the respective upper MD yarns of said MD yarn pairs.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
25 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein every second upper MD yarn on each end of the fabric is an orthogonal loop forming yarn.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
25 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein every third upper MD yarn on each end of the fabric is an orthogonal loop forming yarn.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
22 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein at least said upper MD yarns have an aspect ratio of at least 3:1.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
19 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein said CMD yarn system comprises a single layer of CMD yarns.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
113 words
A papermakers fabric comprised of a system of MD yarns interwoven with a single layer of CMD yarns and a series of orthogonal end loops formed on opposing ends of said fabric from selected MD yarns which loop back and interweave with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves wherein said MD yarns comprise pairs of vertically aligned upper and lower MD yarns with the orthogonal end loops formed from upper MD yarns and the respective lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric such that the looped MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in the space vacated by the respective trimmed lower MD yarn.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
113 words
A papermakers fabric comprised of a system of MD yarns interwoven with a single layer of CMD yarns and a series of orthogonal end loops formed on opposing ends of said fabric from selected MD yarns which loop back and interweave with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves wherein said MD yarns comprise pairs of vertically aligned upper and lower MD yarns with the orthogonal end loops formed from upper MD yarns and the respective lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric such that the looped MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in the space vacated by the respective trimmed lower MD yarn.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
65 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 10 wherein: all orthogonal end loop forming upper MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; all lower MD yarns are trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric; and the remaining upper MD yarns are interwoven with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves and retain the endmost CMD yarns in the fabric.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
76 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein: the orthogonal end loop forming upper MD yarns are all back woven substantially the same distance into the end of the fabric which distance is greater than the back weaving of the remaining upper MD yarns; and the lower MD yarns which are paired with loop forming upper MD yarns are trimmed back a greater distance from the end of the fabric than the remaining lower MD yarns.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
17 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein at least said upper MD yarns are 100% fill.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein said lower MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in an inverted image of the respective upper MD yarns of said MD yarn pairs.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
25 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein every second upper MD yarn on each end of the fabric is an orthogonal loop forming yarn.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
25 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein every third upper MD yarn on each end of the fabric is an orthogonal loop forming yarn.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
22 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 11 wherein at least said upper MD yarns have an aspect ratio of at least 3:1.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
96 words
A papermakers fabric having: at least one system of 100% fill monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns to define an open fabric with opposing ends; each opposed end having a first set of said MD yarns looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves to define a series of orthogonal end loops; and each opposed end having a second set of said MD yarns, interspersed between the first set, looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves to retain the endmost CMD yarns in the fabric.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
96 words
A papermakers fabric having: at least one system of 100% fill monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns to define an open fabric with opposing ends; each opposed end having a first set of said MD yarns looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves to define a series of orthogonal end loops; and each opposed end having a second set of said MD yarns, interspersed between the first set, looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves to retain the endmost CMD yarns in the fabric.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
71 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 18 wherein: said MD yarns comprise pairs of vertically aligned upper and lower MD yarns with the orthogonal end loops formed from upper MD yarns and the respective lower MD yarns trimmed back a selected distance from the end of the fabric such that the looped MD yarns are interwoven with said CMD yarns in the space vacated by the respective trimmed lower MD yarns.
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