Wet paper web transfer belt

A wet paper web transfer belt (1, 1a, 1b) for transferring a wet paper web (W) in a closed-draw papermaking machine (2), wherein the wet paper web transfer belt has a wet paper web-side layer (31), including a hydrophilic fibrous body (30) and disposed on a wet paper web (W) side, and a machine-side layer (32) disposed on a press roll (10) side, and a base fabric (33, 33a, 33b) is disposed in said belt,

• wherein said base fabric (33, 33a, 33b) comprises a first woven fabric (34) disposed on the wet paper web (W) side and a second woven fabric (35) disposed on the press roll (10) side, and said first woven fabric (34) and said second woven fabric (35) are stacked together;
• said wet paper web-side layer (31) includes a wet paper web-side batt layer (38) made up of said hydrophilic fibrous body (30), so that said wet paper web-side batt layer (38) has high water absorbability and is impregnated with a high-polymer elastic body (39);
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• at least a portion of said hydrophilic fibrous body (30) is exposed on a surface (37) of said wet paper web-side layer (31),
• wherein either one or both of said first woven fabric (34) and said second woven fabric (35) include weft yarns (36) made of a material of low water absorptivity to provide dimensional stability in a widthwise direction of the web paper web transfer belt.