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US 10,041,210 B2Granted
Industrial fabric comprising an extruded mesh and method of making thereof
AssigneeAlbany International Corp.
InventorRobert A. Hansen
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Abstract
A structure for use in industrial fabrics such as paper machine clothing and engineered fabrics. The structure is a bicomponent extruded elastomeric netting or mesh having a high degree of both compressibility under an applied normal load and excellent recovery (resiliency or spring back) upon removal of that load.
Claims6
A fabric comprising a bicomponent extruded mesh including:
- a first layer of parallel strands running in a machine direction;
- a second layer of parallel strands on one side of the first layer, the second layer's strands running in a cross machine direction and comprising elastomeric strands;
- and
- a third layer of parallel strands on the opposite side of the second layer as the first layer and running in a same direction as those of the first layer,
- wherein the first, second, and third layers are co-extruded together such that the strands in the first layer are positioned or aligned within a space between strands in the third layer, and
- one or more layers of a woven fabric, membrane, machine direction (MD) or cross machine direction (CD) yarn array, or spiral link fabric attached to a top and/or bottom surface of the extruded mesh.
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A fabric comprising a bicomponent extruded mesh including:
- a first layer of parallel strands running in a machine direction;
- a second layer of parallel strands on one side of the first layer, the second layer's strands running in a cross machine direction and comprising elastomeric strands;
- and
- a third layer of parallel strands on the opposite side of the second layer as the first layer and running in a same direction as those of the first layer,
- wherein the first, second, and third layers are co-extruded together such that the strands in the first layer are positioned or aligned within a space between strands in the third layer, and
- one or more layers of a spunbond nonwoven or batt attached to the extruded mesh.
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A fabric comprising a bicomponent extruded mesh comprising:
- a first layer of parallel strands running in a machine direction;
- a second layer of an elastic material on one side of the first layer;
- and
- a third layer of parallel strands on the opposite side of the second layer as the first layer and running in a same direction as those of the first layer,
- wherein the first, second, and third layers are co-extruded at the same time such that the strands in the first layer are positioned or aligned within a space between strands in the third layer, and
- one or more layers of a nonwoven or batt attached to the extruded mesh.
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A fabric comprising a bicomponent extruded mesh comprising:
- a first layer of parallel strands running in a machine direction;
- a second layer of an elastic material on one side of the first layer;
- and
- a third layer of parallel strands on the opposite side of the second layer as the first layer and running in a same direction as those of the first layer,
- wherein the first, second, and third layers are co-extruded at the same time such that the strands in the first layer are positioned or aligned within a space between strands in the third layer, and
- one or more layers of a woven fabric, membrane, MD or CD yarn array, or spiral link fabric attached to a top and/or bottom layer of the extruded mesh.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.