Papermaker press felt
AssigneeThe Draper Felt Company, Inc.
InventorsRobert W. Legge, William O. Hocking, Jr.
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Abstract
An endless papermaker press felt having a plurality of modular textile structures which include a plurality of layers of fiber materials and a plurality of yarn assemblies in which the yarns in each assembly are located in substantially parallel relation with respect to one another, the layers of fiber materials and yarn assemblies not being bound together by any separate binding structure, the yarns located in at least one yarn assembly being disposed in nonparallel relation with respect to the yarns located in an adjacent yarn assembly, and each modular structure being further capable of having distinct chemical or physical treatments applied thereto.
Claims20
An endless, unwoven press felt comprising a plurality of unwoven yarn assemblies that are located in overlying adjacent parallel relation with respect to one another, each of said yarn assemblies being composed of a plurality of layers of textile material in which is included at least one layer of fibrous batt material and a layer of an array of yarns that is defined by a plurality of yarns that are disposed substantially parallel to one another, said layer of fibrous batt material supporting the layer of array of yarns in each yarn assembly, the layer of array of yarns in one yarn assembly being disposed in nonparallel or transverse relation with respect to the layer of array of yarns in an adjacent assembly, and said overlying adjacent yarn assemblies being united together without the interconnection of a separate yarn binding means extending therebetween.
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