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Papermakers fabric with orthogonal machine direction yarn seaming loops
Assignee: Asten Inc
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Filing: 1992-09-21
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Granted: 1993-08-24
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Expires: 2012-09-21
Abstract
Abstract A flat 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 warp 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. The seaming loops of the opposing ends are intermeshed and joined via a pintle yarn. The permeability of the seam area is controlled via the inserting of rectangular stuffer yarns parallel to the pintle yarn.
Inventors
- 👤 Henry J. Lee
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
US
Data Source
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Last Synchronized
2026-10-23 01:18
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21F; D21F1/00; D21F1/0027; D21F1/0036; D21F1/0054; D21F7/00; D21F7/08; D21F7/083; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24777; Y10T428/24785
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 9
Claim 1
Independent Claim
56 words
A papermakers fabric comprising a flat woven fabric body having a system of MD warp yarns interwoven with a single layer of CMD yarns and a series of orthogonal end loops formed on opposing ends of said fabric body from selected MD warp yarns which loop back and interweave with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
56 words
A papermakers fabric comprising a flat woven fabric body having a system of MD warp yarns interwoven with a single layer of CMD yarns and a series of orthogonal end loops formed on opposing ends of said fabric body from selected MD warp yarns which loop back and interweave with the CMD yarns directly beneath themselves.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
84 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 1 wherein said opposing series of end loops are intermeshed to define a seam such that the interior of the loops are divided into an intersecting area of aligned interior area portions of both series of loops and non-intersecting area, the fabric further comprising: a pintle yarn disposed within the intersecting area of said intermeshed loops; and a stuffer yarn disposed within the non-intersecting area of each of said series of intermeshing loops parallel with said pintle yarn.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
21 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 2 wherein both said MD warp yarns and said stuffer yarns have a non-circular crosssection.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
27 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 3 wherein the permeability of the seam area is within 10 cfm of the permeability of said body of the fabric.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
41 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 1 wherein said opposing ends of said fabric are joined together in a seam such that the seam area has a permeability of within 10 cfm of the permeability of said body of the fabric.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
136 words
A papermakers fabric having opposing ends which are seamed comprising: a system of flat monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns to define a fabric body; a series of orthogonal end loops formed on each opposing end of said fabric body from selected MD yarns which are looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; said opposing series of end loops intermeshed with each other to define a seam such that the interior of the loops are divided into an intersecting area of aligned interior area portions of both series of loops and non-intersecting area; a pintle yarn disposed within the intersecting area of said intermeshed loops; and a rectangular stuffer yarn disposed within the non-intersecting area of each of said series of intermeshed loops parallel to said pintle yarn.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
136 words
A papermakers fabric having opposing ends which are seamed comprising: a system of flat monofilament MD yarns interwoven with a system of CMD yarns to define a fabric body; a series of orthogonal end loops formed on each opposing end of said fabric body from selected MD yarns which are looped back and interwoven with said CMD yarns directly beneath themselves; said opposing series of end loops intermeshed with each other to define a seam such that the interior of the loops are divided into an intersecting area of aligned interior area portions of both series of loops and non-intersecting area; a pintle yarn disposed within the intersecting area of said intermeshed loops; and a rectangular stuffer yarn disposed within the non-intersecting area of each of said series of intermeshed loops parallel to said pintle yarn.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
27 words
A papermakers fabric according to claim 6 wherein the permeability of said seam area is within 10 cfm of the permeability of said body of the fabric.
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