Patterned press fabric
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsRobert Crook, John Jeffery, Lippi A. Fernandes, Anthony Morton, Justin Payne, David Ponton, Luiz Carlos Silva
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Abstract
A press fabric having a plurality of surface pressing plates on a sheet side of the fabric imparts an impression onto a sheet of paper web during a pressing process. The surface pressing plates are preferably resin pressing plates, and form at least one of a random pattern of dots, a predetermined pattern of dots, a grid pattern of dots, a regular grid pattern of lines, an irregular grid pattern of lines a plurality of squiggly lines, a plurality of wavy lines, a plurality of straight lines, words and pictures.
Claims13
A press fabric comprising:
- a plurality of pressing plates on a sheet side of the fabric.
A method of fabricating a press fabric having pressing plates, comprising the steps of:
- determining a pattern;
- applying a resin to a sheet side surface of the press fabric while controlling size and shape of the resin according to the pattern;
- and
- bonding the resin to the sheet side surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.