Patent ID: 6932888
Filing Date: 2005-08-23
Classification: D21F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A flexible press cover for a shoe press roll used for at least one of dewatering and calendaring a moving fibrous web, said flexible press cover comprising: a plastic layer; a conventional reinforcement embedded in said plastic layer, said conventional reinforcement used as a strengthening element, said conventional reinforcement being one of a woven fabric and a laid fabric, said laid fabric including a plurality of axially parallel longitudinal filaments and a plurality of circumferential filaments; a first end region and a second end region associated with said flexible press cover; and an additional strengthening element in a form of at least one additional filament in at least one of said first end region and said second end region, said additional strengthening element making said flexible press cover suitable to be fixed to a rotatable supporting element of the shoe press roll, said rotatable supporting element having a round shape.