Patent ID: 7273074
Filing Date: 2007-09-25
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
1. An on-machine-seamable industrial fabric comprising: an on-machine-seamable base fabric, said base fabric having a system of machine-direction (MD) yarns and a system of cross-machine direction (CD) yams, said yarns of said system of MD yarns being bound to said yarns of said system of CD yarns to form said base fabric in a rectangular shape with a length, a width, two lengthwise edges, two widthwise edges, a first side and a second side, said MD yarns extending for said length of said base fabric and forming seaming loops along each of said two widthwise edges thereof; a plurality of individual first rings, each of said first rings being between a pair of said seaming loops and enclosing at least one of said CD yarns at one of said two widthwise edges; and a plurality of individual second rings, each of said second rings being between a pair of said seaming loops and enclosing at least one of said CD yarns at the other of said two widthwise edges, whereby said industrial fabric is joined into the form of an endless loop by interdigitating said first rings and said second rings and by directing a pintle through a passage defined by said interdigitated individual first and second rings and said seaming loops.