Spiral fabrics
AssigneeAlbany International Corp.
InventorAlan Billings
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Abstract
A spiral-link fabric for use in a papermaking machine or the like. The spiral-link fabric may include a plurality of spiral coils arranged in a predetermined manner such that adjacent ones of side-by-side spiral coils are interdigitated with each other so as to form a channel and interconnected by a pintle extending through the channel. At least some of the plurality of spiral coils have a coil width of approximately 12 mm or larger. The ratio of coil thickness to coil width may be approximately 0.5 or less.
Claims20
A spiral-link fabric for use in a papermaking machine comprising a plurality of spiral coils arranged in a predetermined manner such that adjacent ones of side-by-side spiral coils are interdigitated with each other so as to form a channel and interconnected by a pintle extending through the channel, wherein at least some of the plurality of spiral coils have a coil width of approximately 12 mm or larger.
A method of forming a spiral-link fabric for use in a papermaking machine comprising the steps of:
- arranging a plurality of spiral coils in a predetermined manner such that adjacent ones of side-by-side spiral coils are interdigitated with each other so as to form a channel;
- extending a pintle through each said channel formed from the interdigitated spiral coils;
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- wherein at least some of the plurality of spiral coils have a coil width of approximately 12 mm or larger.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.