Belt and method of making a belt for a paper making machine
AssigneeVoith Patent GmbH
InventorsRobert CROOK, Clifton Wilder
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Abstract
Belt and method of making a belt for a paper making machine. The belt includes a flat woven material having a top side surface and a bottom side surface and two terminal ends separated in a machine direction. Folds formed in the flat woven material are separated in the machine direction, so that the two terminal ends are located under the bottom side surface. Seam loops are located at the folds, and the two terminal ends one of are arranged adjacent each other and overlap each other in a region offset from a center between the folds. The instant abstract is neither intended to define the invention disclosed in this specification nor intended to limit the scope of the invention in any way.
Claims25
A belt for a paper making machine, comprising:
- a flat woven material having a top side surface and a bottom side surface and two terminal ends separated in a machine direction,
- folds formed in the flat woven material being separated in the machine direction, whereby the two terminal ends are located under the bottom side surface;
- seam loops located at the folds,
- wherein the two terminal ends one of are arranged adjacent each other and overlap each other in a region offset from a center between the folds.
A method for forming a belt for a paper making machine from a flat woven fabric having a top side surface and a bottom side surface and two terminal ends separated in a machine direction, comprising:
- forming folds in the flat woven fabric so the two terminal ends are positioned under the bottom side surface and one of adjacent each other and overlapping each other;
- attaching the two terminal ends and the bottom side surface together in a region offset from a center between the folds;
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- separating adjacent cross direction threads in the folds to form seam loops.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.