Patent ID: 6358030
Filing Date: 2002-03-19
Classification: B29C,D21F

Abstract:
An apparatus for making a papermaking belt comprising a reinforcing structure and a resinous framework joined thereto, the apparatus having a machine direction, and comprising:a molding member comprising an endless belt or band having a patterned molding surface comprising a plurality of molding pockets designed to carry a flowable resinous material therein; a means for depositing the flowable resinous material into the molding pockets of the molding surface; a means for moving the reinforcing structure in the machine direction such that at least a portion of the reinforcing structure is in a face-to-face relationship with at least a portion of the molding surface; a means for moving the molding member in the machine direction such that the flowable resinous material is transferred from the molding pockets onto the reinforcing structure.