# US 11,306,438 B2 · Press cover, use thereof, and press roll and shoe press > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 11,306,438 B2 - Document ID: US11306438B2 - Status: Granted - Kind: B2 - Application number: 17/265,005 - Filed: 2019-06-13 - Published: 2021-10-21 - Granted: 2022-04-19 - Earliest claimed: 2018-08-01 - Assignees: Voith Patent GmbH - Applicants: Voith Patent GmbH - Inventors: Juanhao Zou; Richard Westerholz; Simon Ermert - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US11306438B2 ## CPC - D21F 3/0227: {Belts or sleeves therefor} - D21F 3/08: Pressure rolls - D21F 7/083: {Multi-layer felts} - D21F: PAPER-MAKING MACHINES; METHODS OF PRODUCING PAPER THEREON ## Abstract A press cover has at least one polymer layer in which a reinforcing structure is embedded. The reinforcing structure has at least one reinforcing thread as a longitudinal thread which runs in the longitudinal direction of the press cover. The at least one reinforcing thread itself is produced by interlacing a plurality of fibers or fiber bundles with one another. There is also described the use of such a press cover, as well as a press roll and a shoe press. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A press cover, comprising: at least one polymer layer having a reinforcing structure embedded therein; said reinforcing structure including at least one reinforcing thread being a longitudinal thread extending in a longitudinal direction of the press cover; said at least one reinforcing thread being formed of a plurality of fibers or fiber bundles interlaced with one another, a number of fibers or fiber bundles from which an individual said reinforcing thread is produced being an odd number greater than one, and said reinforcing thread representing being a flat braid. ### Claim 2 (depends on 1) The press cover according to claim 1, wherein said at least one reinforcing thread is one of a plurality of reinforcing threads each being longitudinal threads, which, extending in the longitudinal direction of the press cover, are arranged at a distance from and parallel to one another over a circumference of the press cover. ### Claim 3 (depends on 1) The press cover according to claim 1, comprising at least one further reinforcing thread being a circumferential thread. ### Claim 4 (depends on 3) The press cover according to claim 3, wherein said at least one further reinforcing thread extends within said polymer layer in form of a helix in a circumferential direction of the press cover. ### Claim 5 (depends on 3) The press cover according to claim 3, wherein a plurality of said reinforcing threads being said longitudinal threads and said at least one further reinforcing thread being a circumferential thread form a laid fabric with one another. ### Claim 6 (depends on 5) The press cover according to claim 5, wherein said longitudinal threads are arranged radially within said at least one circumferential thread, as viewed relative to a longitudinal axis of the press cover. ### Claim 7 (depends on 5) The press cover according to claim 5, wherein, as viewed in the radial direction of the press cover, said longitudinal threads are spaced apart in the radial direction from said at least one circumferential thread at crossing points. ### Claim 8 (depends on 1) The press cover according to claim 1, comprising at least one radially outermost polymer layer, being radially outermost in relation to the longitudinal axis of the press cover, and a radially inner polymer layer, being a radially inner layer in relation to the longitudinal axis of the press cover. ### Claim 9 (depends on 8) The press cover according to claim 8, wherein said radially inner polymer layer has a reinforcing structure embedded therein, said reinforcing structure including at least one reinforcing thread being a longitudinal thread extending in the longitudinal direction of the press cover, and said at least one reinforcing thread being formed of a plurality of fibers or fiber bundles interlaced with one another. ### Claim 10 (depends on 8) The press cover according to claim 8, wherein said outermost and inner polymer layers are exactly two polymer layers of the press cover, and said radially inner polymer layer is a radially innermost polymer layer of the press cover. ### Claim 11 (depends on 1) A press roll for a shoe press for treating a fibrous material web, the press roll comprising at least one press cover according to claim 1. ### Claim 12 (depends on 11) The press roll according to claim 11, being a shoe press roll. ### Claim 13 (depends on 1) A shoe press for treating a fibrous material web, the shoe press comprising: a press roll and an opposing roll together delimiting a nip; and a rotating press cover being a press cover according to claim 1. ### Claim 14 (depends on 1) A method of treating a fibrous material web, the method comprising: providing a press cover according to claim 1; integrating the press cover into a shoe press and treating the fibrous material web in the shoe press. ### Claim 15 (depends on 14) The method according to claim 14, which comprising treating paper, board, tissue, or pulp web.