Patent ID: 9359722
Filing Date: 2016-06-07
CPC Classification: D03D,D21F

Claim Text:
1. A woven wire for use in a machine manufacturing and/or processing a fibrous web, the woven wire comprising: a first fabric layer providing a web-contact side and a second fabric layer providing a machine-contact side; said first and second fabric layers being disposed above one another and having first machine direction threads, first cross-direction threads, second MD threads, second CD threads and binder threads; said first fabric layer having a weaving pattern formed by interweaving said first MD threads, said first CD threads and said binder threads; said second fabric layer having a weaving pattern formed by interweaving said second MD threads with said second CD threads; said first and second fabric layers being interconnected by binder threads, with said binder threads interwoven with MD threads and/or CD threads of said first and second fabric layers; said first MD threads, said first CD threads, and said binder threads having a circular cross section; said second MD threads having a cross-section with a flattened shape deviating from said circular cross section; and said second MD threads running along a majority of a weaving path thereof on a side of said second fabric layer facing toward the machine to provide a majority of the machine-contact side, and said second CD threads running along a majority of a weaving path thereof in an interior of the wire.