Patent ID: 6763855
Filing Date: 2004-07-20
Classification: D21F,Y10T

Abstract:
A papermaker's fabric for use as a base fabric for a TAD belt, or for the forming, press and dryer sections of a paper machine, said fabric comprising:a plurality of warp yarns interwoven with a plurality of weft yarns, some of said warp yarns being of a first type and some of said warp yarns being of a second type, said warp yarns of said first type interweaving with said plurality of weft yarns in a plain weave, and said warp yarns of said second type interweaving with said plurality of weft yarns such that each said warp yarn of said second type alternately passes over and under successive pairs of adjacent weft yarns on a repeating pattern, wherein warp yarns of said first type alternate with warp yarns of said second type, said warp yarns of said second type undulating between adjacent warp yarns of said first type to give said fabric a desired openness.