Patent ID: 8058188
Filing Date: 2011-11-15
Classification: B05D,D21F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An improved industrial fabric or belt, comprising: a woven base support structure for said industrial fabric or belt; and at least one thermally sprayed continuous coating comprising a thermoplastic resin and/or a thermoset resin provided directly or indirectly on said woven base support structure, wherein the improvement consists of applying said continuous coating by a thermal spray process so as to coat individual yarns of the woven base support structure but not create a layer of the fabric or belt and such that the individual yarns of the fabric or belt are sheathed in the coating material, and wherein the industrial fabric or belt is for an industrial machine selected from the group consisting of a papermaking machine, a nonwoven manufacturing machine, or a corrugator machine.