Patent ID: 9556559
Date: 2017-01-31
CPC Classifications: D03D,D21F

Claim:
1. A fabric tape for a machine for manufacturing or processing a fibrous web, the fabric tape comprising: an upper fabric layer having upper longitudinal threads and first cross threads interwoven with said upper longitudinal threads; a lower fabric layer having lower longitudinal threads and lower cross threads interwoven with said lower longitudinal threads; said upper and lower fabric layers being disposed on top of one another and forming a weaving pattern of the fabric tape recurring in repeats; said upper longitudinal threads and said lower longitudinal threads having a ratio in said repeats being smaller than one, and said upper longitudinal threads and said lower longitudinal threads in each of said repeats being disposed in a plurality of groups including at least one first group and at least one second group; each first group being formed by an upper longitudinal thread and two lower longitudinal threads disposed under said upper longitudinal thread; each second group being formed in each case by an upper longitudinal thread and one lower longitudinal thread disposed under said upper longitudinal thread; and said upper and lower longitudinal threads in each group, in a perpendicular projection onto said fabric layers, not being offset or being offset relative to one another up to a maximum forming a free space of at most half a diameter of an upper longitudinal thread therebetween; said first cross threads including binder threads being interwoven with said upper and with said lower longitudinal threads for interconnecting said upper and lower fabric layers, and said weaving pattern of said upper fabric layer being at least partly formed by interweaving said binder threads with said upper longitudinal threads.