Patent ID: 7540942
Filing Date: 2009-06-02
Classification: D21F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A press belt in a pressing apparatus comprising the press belt rotated endlessly and pressing means provided inside and/or outside a periphery of the press belt, said press belt comprising: many drain grooves extending along a belt travel direction; and many lands positioned between the adjacent grooves and extending along the belt travel direction, wherein said land has an upper surface which is curved upwardly as a transverse sectional configuration along a belt width direction, wherein said lands are spaced apart from each other by the groove therebetween, wherein said upper surface of the land comprises a linear part on its top as a transverse sectional configuration along the belt width direction, and wherein a width of said linear part is defined as “s” and a width of the land is “W”, and a relation between them is such that s/W<0.5.