| Patent Number |
Title Of Patent |
Date Issued |
| RE39176 |
Resin-impregnated belt for application on papermaking machines and in similar industrial applica |
July 11, 2006 |
| A resin-impregnated endless belt for a long nip press or calender of the shoe type, or for other papermaking and paper-processing applications, has a base fabric in the form of an endless loop with an inner surface, an outer surface, a machine direction and a cross-machine direction. The |
| RE34115 |
Method for modifying asymmetric membranes by endo-treating |
October 27, 1992 |
| A method of upgrading the .[.selectively.]. .Iadd.selectivity .Iaddend.of a dry asymmetric permselective membrane comprising a porous barrier layer adjacent to a porous main body, where the barrier layer has an external .[.obverse.]. surface .Iadd.and the main body has an external obvers |
| 7473336 |
Multiaxial fabrics |
January 6, 2009 |
| 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. |
| 7455752 |
Semi-permeable fabrics for transfer belt and press fabric applications |
November 25, 2008 |
| A papermaker's fabric formed by arranging a number of layers in a predetermined manner, wherein at least one layer comprises a material which is woven, knitted or braided and has a first melting point temperature and wherein each of the remaining layers has a melting point temperatur |
| 7452581 |
Staggered, discontinuous wear protection for seams |
November 18, 2008 |
| The invention relates to an industrial fabric having means for seaming a fabric to form an endless loop and a plurality of non-continuous wear beads formed on the fabric proximally to a seam formed in the fabric which prevent wear to the components of the seam. |
| 7413633 |
Belts and roll coverings having a nanocomposite coating |
August 19, 2008 |
| 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, crack propagation, |
| 7410554 |
Unique modular construction for use as a forming fabric in papermaking or tissue or nonwovens |
August 12, 2008 |
| A forming fabric including a sheet contact layer of woven material and a base layer formed of a layer of spiral turns formed by a spirally-wound material strip, the material strip having a width which is smaller in width than the forming fabric, the longitudinal axis of the spiral turns |
| 7407564 |
Stratified press fabric |
August 5, 2008 |
| A stratified press fabric for the press section of a paper machine includes a base fabric in the form of an endless loop. A first staple fiber batt material is attached to the outer side of the base fabric by needling. A fine fabric covers the first staple fiber batt material, and a |
| 7393434 |
Method and device for stabilizing unseamed loops |
July 1, 2008 |
| A method of stabilizing the seam loops of a papermaking fabric or other industrial fabric until the fabric is ready to be installed and seamed on a machine. Stabilizing the loops prevents torque imbalance and other forces from distorting the loop alignment over time, thereby making the |
| 7387711 |
Shoe press belt having a grooved surface |
June 17, 2008 |
| 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 a length less than |
| 7384516 |
Belt with variable grooves |
June 10, 2008 |
| A belt for use in a papermaking process, such as in a long nip press having a cylindrical press roller and an arcuate pressure shoe which define a nip. The belt has a nip load zone which passes through the nip during an operation. The belt comprises a substrate having a coating on at |
| 7384515 |
Four layer seam multi-axial fabric |
June 10, 2008 |
| A fabric and a method of forming a fabric formed by the steps of providing an endless fabric having at least two layers of MD yarns, raveling CD yarns in an area of said endless fabric to be cut, cutting at least one layer of MD yarns at a first predetermined location, and cutting at lea |
| 7384513 |
Forming fabrics |
June 10, 2008 |
| 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 fabric may be formed |
| 7381308 |
Seam for multiaxial papermaking fabrics |
June 3, 2008 |
| A method of seaming an on-machine-seamable multiaxial papermaker's fabric to prevent yarn migration. The multiaxial fabric is in the form of an endless loop flattened into two layers along fold lines. CD yarns are removed from the folds to create extended ravel areas. This leaves the MD |
| 7374640 |
Grooved surface belt or roll and method of fabrication |
May 20, 2008 |
| The present invention is a grooved belt, or surface roll where applicable, and a method for making these belts or rolls, comprising placing a chemically reactive material on a partially completed belt surface, and depositing an elastomeric material onto the chemically reactive material |
| 7360642 |
Spiral-link belt with drive bars |
April 22, 2008 |
| A spiral-link belt for use as, for example, a conveyor belt comprising a belt body formed of a series of cross-machine direction (CD) spiral coils linked by pintles in the CD to form an endless loop and a plurality of CD drive bars. Each CD drive bar is formed of linked spiral coils inte |
| 7357155 |
Different contour paired binders in multi-layer fabrics |
April 15, 2008 |
| A multi-layer fabric which may be utilized in a papermaking process. The fabric layers are bound together by plural pairs of weft binder yarns. Each binder yarn within a pair weaves a different contour pattern and combines with the other binder yarn in that pair to form a plain weave |
| 7318796 |
Two-layer drum cover made of a metal alloy in the warp directions and a plurality of metal alloy |
January 15, 2008 |
| A two-layer drum cover and a method of producing the same are provided. The two-layer drum cover includes a backing wire constructed of a relatively high grade metal alloy in the warp direction and alternating relatively low grade metal alloys in the shute direction. The two-layer dr |
| 7308862 |
Coating for a flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same |
December 18, 2007 |
| A flexible fluid containment vessel fabricated out of fabric for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, with the fabric being made from coated thermoplastic yarns or fiber such that its respective sides have coatings so formed thereon that are |
| 7306703 |
Contamination resistant press fabric structure and method of manufacture |
December 11, 2007 |
| The present invention is directed to fabrics for paper making machines that are rendered contamination resistant and maintain good permeability as a result of a durable coating that lasts the entire life of the fabric. A fluoropolymer will render the fabric contamination resistant ov |
| 7303656 |
Low permeability textile substrate for a two-sided coated product |
December 4, 2007 |
| A laminated substrate or base structure comprising separately formed layers with warp knitted or stitch bonded yarns joining the layers together wherein at least one of the layers is a reinforcing layer and at least one of the layers is for inhibiting resin flow through the substrate |
| 7300554 |
Textured surface of a tissue forming fabric to generate bulk, cross directional tensile, absorbe |
November 27, 2007 |
| A multi-layer tissue forming fabric constructed so that the top forming surface has topographical differences measured as a plane difference between at least two top weft yarns. The plane difference--the difference in height between the two weft yarns--must be greater than zero. Using at |
| 7297234 |
Methods for bonding structural elements of paper machine and industrial fabrics to one another a |
November 20, 2007 |
| 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 10.mu. (10 microns) to point bond yarns |
| 7273074 |
On-machine-seamable industrial fabric having seam-reinforcing rings |
September 25, 2007 |
| An on-machine-seamable industrial fabric includes rings in the seam region. In one principal embodiment, the rings are between the seaming loops at the two ends of the fabric and enclose at least one cross-machine-direction (CD) yarn. As such, the rings strengthen the seam region by |
| 7261936 |
Synthetic blown insulation |
August 28, 2007 |
| An insulation material having insulative properties of a synthetic down, while have a fir-tree structure more similar to natural down, and being in a blown form. The blowable insulation material is composed of plural units each having a number of filaments that are fused at one end of th |
| 7255759 |
Patterning on SMS product |
August 14, 2007 |
| A method and apparatus for the production of nonwovens. The nonwovens including a spunbonding apparatus for forming a first web of nonwoven material on a first belt, and a meltblowing apparatus for forming a second web of nonwoven material on a second belt. The second belt moves in a |
| 7252133 |
High load operation of an industrial roll door |
August 7, 2007 |
| A high load operation industrial roll door, including a flexible door curtain windable about a top roll positioned above a door opening and provided with a drive system. The roll door includes a bottom beam fastened to the door curtain, and a biasing spring, for resisting movement of |
| 7238259 |
Methods of seaming |
July 3, 2007 |
| A papermaker's fabric and a method of forming a papermaker's fabric, for installation in a papermaking machine. The papermaker's fabric having a plurality of cross-machine, a plurality of machine directional yarns, and a plurality of heat shrunk joints connecting ends of either the machi |
| 7229531 |
Method of seaming a multiaxial papermaking fabric to prevent yarn migration |
June 12, 2007 |
| A method of seaming an on-machine-seamable multiaxial papermaker's fabric to prevent yarn migration. The multiaxial fabric is in the form of an endless loop flattened into two layers along fold lines. CD yarns are removed from the folds to create ravel areas. This leaves the MD yarns |
| 7198067 |
Warp-runner triple layer fabric with paired intrinsic warp binders |
April 3, 2007 |
| A papermaker's fabric, usable in a forming section of a paper machine, having a first layer formed of a first system of paired machine-direction (MD) warp yarns interwoven with a first system of cross machine-direction (CD) weft yarns and a second layer formed of a second system of MD wa |
| 7197997 |
End portions for flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same |
April 3, 2007 |
| The instant invention is directed to large waterborne, towed flexible fluid containment vessels for the transportation of cargo comprising a fluid or fluidisable material and a method of fabricating the vessels. The flexible fluid containment vessel includes an impervious, elongated |
| 7172982 |
Dryer and/or industrial fabric with silicone-coated surface |
February 6, 2007 |
| An industrial fabric having improved sheet restraint and wear resistance along with acceptable permeability. The improvement is effected by coating only the high spots of the fabric with silicone material. The coating methods used in this invention may include kiss roll coating, grav |
| 7169265 |
Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt and a belt for papermaking machines and |
January 30, 2007 |
| A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures and belt structures designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paper processing applications, requires the application of a sacrificial material onto a base substrate |
| 7166196 |
Method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structures for papermaking machines and |
January 23, 2007 |
| A method for manufacturing resin-impregnated endless belt structure and belt structure, designed for use on a long nip press on a papermaking machine and for other papermaking and paperprocessing applications, requires the application of a polymeric resin material onto a base substra |
| 7166195 |
Grooved and perforated layer for use in papermakers' fabric |
January 23, 2007 |
| A grooved perforated layer for use in a papermakers' fabric is provided. The grooves serve to diffuse flow at the surface of the perforated layer so as to reduce the pressure drop across the layer and thereby reduce the migration of fines. In this manner, the light/dark pattern associate |
| 7156956 |
Paper industry process belt with a surface structure composed of a porous membrane |
January 2, 2007 |
| A family of paper industry process belts ("PIPB's") having a range of properties for different applications in the paper industry. The PIPB can be a laminate comprising a grooved press belt and a porous membrane embedded therein and used as a substitute dewatering structure heretofore |
| 7147756 |
Unique fabric structure for industrial fabrics |
December 12, 2006 |
| An industrial process fabric and a method for manufacturing such a fabric. The fabric is made of material and is endless, or made endless with a seam, in the machine direction of a machine on which it is used. The fabric comprises at least one layer composed of a spirally-wound strip |
| 7144480 |
Grooved belt with rebates |
December 5, 2006 |
| A shoe press belt having formed on an outer surface a plurality of parallel machine direction grooves. Each groove has formed therein a plurality of conical rebates. The rebates are spaced along each groove with centers coincident with the groove center line. The positions of the reb |
| 7144479 |
Method for increasing press fabric void volume by laser etching |
December 5, 2006 |
| A method whereby a water permeable press fabric is given greater dewatering and drainage capacity by providing voids which are reservoirs of minimum pressure available to accept water. |
| 7141144 |
Multi-layer woven seam baseweave having different sized seam attachments |
November 28, 2006 |
| A multi-layer woven papermaker's fabric having at least two sets of seam loops. Longer and a shorter seam attachment mechanisms are used to connect the bottom and top layer seam loops. The longer attachment mechanism in the top layer being over the shorter attachment mechanism in the |
| 7128810 |
Anti-rewet press fabric |
October 31, 2006 |
| An anti-rewet press fabric for paper and board machines includes a barrier layer such that during compression in the press nip, the water is forced through the barrier layer, but is prevented from flowing back to the paper web during expansion. The barrier layer comprises a continuous |
| 7128097 |
Transparent seam spirals |
October 31, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a seam for use in joining a first end and a second end of a papermakers' fabric. The seam may include a first seaming spiral element attachable to the first end and a second seaming spiral element attachable to the second end. At least one of the first or |
| 7124781 |
Multiple contour binders in triple layer fabrics |
October 24, 2006 |
| A multi-layer fabric which may be utilized in a papermaking process. Such fabric has a first layer of machine direction (MD) yarns, a second layer of MD yarns and a first system of cross-direction (CD) yarns having first binder yarns weaving a first contour pattern and second binder yarn |
| 7107921 |
End portion for a flexible fluid containment vessel and a method of making the same |
September 19, 2006 |
| A flexible fluid containment vessel fabricated out of a fabric for transporting and containing a large volume of fluid, particularly fresh water, having a tapered front and/or rear portions on which an end portion is affixed in the form of a clamping mechanism sealing the same. |
| 7101599 |
Method to increase bond strength and minimize non-uniformities of woven two-layer multiaxial fab |
September 5, 2006 |
| A papermaker's fabric formed of a woven fabric strip. The fabric strip has a width less than a width of the papermaker's fabric, a main portion that is in the form of a multi-layer weave, and two lateral edges that are in the form of weaves having fewer layers than the main portion. The |
| 7093621 |
Multi-pin pin seam for an industrial fabric |
August 22, 2006 |
| The present invention relates to a multi-pin pin seam used to join the a woven fabric wherein the loops are made around three or more cross-machine CD pins or pintles. Advantageously, this arrangement results in the seam area having a weave pattern that more closely conforms to that |
| 7086128 |
Seam assist attachment device |
August 8, 2006 |
| A method of assisting in the seaming of a papermaker's fabric using a seam assist device is disclosed. The seam assist device is comprised of two portions. Each portion having an attaching edge that is attached to a predetermined distance from the ends of the fabric by fitting spiral or |
| 7059361 |
Stable forming fabric with high fiber support |
June 13, 2006 |
| A papermaker's fabric having first and second layers of machine direction (MD) yarns interwoven with alternating first and second systems of cross-machine-direction (CD) yarns. The first system is comprised of first and second CD yarns while the second system is comprised of third, f |
| 7059360 |
Double layer forming fabric with paired warp binder yarns |
June 13, 2006 |
| A papermaker's fabric, usable in the forming section of a paper machine, has first and second layers of cross-machine direction (CD) yarns interwoven with sets of machine-direction (MD) yarns. Each set has four pairs of MD yarns with each pair comprising a first MD yarn and a second |
| 7057329 |
Compact Jacquard selecting card using piezoelectric elements |
June 6, 2006 |
| A compact electronic selection card applicable for use in Jacquard equipment, having a high-density array of selecting hooks which are individually positioned by piezoelectric actuator elements. Each piezoelectric element directly controls a selecting hook for engaging a correspondin |
