US 9,957,666 B2 · Clothing and method for the production thereof

Abstract

A clothing, in particular for use in a press section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, such as a paper, cardboard, or tissue web, includes a base structure and at least one staple-fiber layer which is disposed on the base structure and is connected thereto. The clothing is assembled from a plurality of strips which are provided in the form of planar formations having a proportion of the base structure and a proportion of the at least one staple-fiber layer. Two mutually opposite edges of the strips have seam loops which are each connected to seam loops of the edges of adjacent strips. The edges having the seam loops are oriented in a cross-machine direction of the clothing. A method for manufacturing a clothing is also provided.

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Dependent claims

A method for manufacturing a clothing usable in a press section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, paper web, cardboard web or tissue web, the method comprising the following steps:

i) manufacturing a base structure of any width;
ii) converting the base structure to goods in roll form;
iii) applying at least one staple-fiber layer and needling the at least one staple-fiber layer to the base structure;
iv) tailoring the goods in roll form to form strips;
v) rotating the strips by 90°;
and
vi) connecting the strips into a clothing.

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A clothing usable in a press section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, paper web, cardboard web or tissue web, the clothing comprising:

a base structure having any width;
and
at least one staple-fiber layer disposed on said base structure and connected to said base structure by needling;
said at least one staple-fiber layer and said connected base structure being formed of interconnected strips;
said strips having two mutually opposite edges and seam loops on said two mutually opposite edges;
said seam loops each being connected to a seam loop on an edge of a respective adjacent strip;
and
said edges having said seam loops being oriented in a cross-machine direction of the clothing.

5 more elements

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

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