Patent ID: 8652302
Filing Date: 2014-02-18
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
1. A fabric belt for a machine for producing a web of fibrous material, comprising: a first fabric layer including a web contact side and formed by interweaving a plurality of warps with a plurality of wefts; and a second fabric layer positioned below said first fabric layer and formed by interweaving a plurality of warps with a plurality of wefts, wherein said first fabric layer and said second fabric layer are connected to each other via a plurality of binder threads and said plurality of wefts of said first fabric layer and said plurality of wefts of said second fabric layer form a plurality of wefts of the fabric belt, at least a part of said plurality of wefts of the fabric belt being a plurality of binder wefts which form a connection between said first fabric layer and said second fabric layer and which form said plurality of binder threads, a first ratio of a number of said plurality of warps of said first fabric layer to a number of said plurality of warps of said second fabric layer being greater than 1, a second ratio of a number of said plurality of wefts of said first fabric layer to a number of said plurality of wefts of said second fabric layer being greater than 1, said first ratio not being a whole number, when viewed in a direction of a course of said plurality of wefts of at least one of said first and said second fabric layers said plurality of warps of said first fabric layer being arranged at an offset relative to said plurality of warps of said second fabric layer.