Patent ID: 6810917
Filing Date: 2004-11-02
Classification: D21F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A papermaker's forming fabric comprising in combination a paper side layer including a first set of warp and weft yarns interwoven according to a first pattern which provides for internal floats of the paper side layer warp yarns, a machine side layer including a second set of warp and weft yarns, in which the weft yarns include weft binder yarn pairs, interwoven according to a second pattern which provides for internal floats of the machine side layer weft binder yarns, wherein within the fabric weave pattern repeat:(i) the weft binder yarn pairs together occupy successive segments of an unbroken weft path within the machine side layer; (ii) at least some of the machine side layer weft binder yarn internal floats interweave with paper side layer internal warp yarn floats; (iii) there is zero, one, two or three machine side layer weft yarns between each pair of binder yarns; and (iv) the paper side layer warp yarn internal float length is at least 2.