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US 5,707,496 AGranted
Papermakers fabric having a synthetic molding seam
AssigneeAsten, Inc.
InventorsC. Barry Johnson, Rachel H. Kramer
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Abstract
A seam construction for a papermakers fabric wherein mating seam components are molded onto opposite ends of the fabric. The seam is assembled by matingly engaging the seam components molded onto the respective fabric ends. Preferably, the seam components are male and female and become positively locked when the seam ends are joined together.
Claims11
A papermakers fabric comprising:
- a uniform fabric body made of interwoven yarns, said fabric body having a selected length and opposing ends;
- a first selectively configured plastic molded seam component molded onto one end of said fabric body such that plastic encases portions of the fabric body yarns to provide a physical locking of the seam component onto the interwoven yarns;
- a second selectively configured plastic molded seam component molded onto the opposite end of said fabric body such that plastic encases portions of the fabric body yarns to provide a physical locking of the seam component onto the interwoven yarns;
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- said first and second plastic molded seam components configured for locking making engagement with each other to form a seam which renders the fabric endless wherein the body of the papermaking fabric has a selected caliper and the seam defined by the mating engagement of said first and second seam components has a caliper substantially equal to the caliper of the body of the fabric.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.