Patent ID: 6585006
Filing Date: 2003-07-01
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A papermaker's fabric, comprising:a base fabric structure including machine direction yarns and primary cross machine direction yarns interlacing to form a papermaking surface, said machine direction yarns and primary cross machine direction yarns being interlaced in a pattern having a harness repeat of greater than two; first and second companion cross machine direction yarns positioned between each pair of adjacent primary cross machine direction yarns; wherein each first companion cross machine direction yarn has an interlacing pattern relative to said machine direction yarns that is identical to a first of said pair of adjacent primary cross machine direction yarns, and wherein each second companion cross machine direction yarn has an interlacing pattern relative to said machine direction yarns that is identical to a second of said pair of adjacent primary cross machine direction yarns, and wherein said first companion cross machine direction yarn is positioned between said second primary and companion cross machine direction yarns; and wherein said primary cross machine direction yarns have a first diameter, and said first and second companion yarns have a second diameter, and the ratio between said first and second diameters is between about 0.9 and 1.1.