Patent ID: 9011645
Filing Date: 2015-04-21
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
1. A process for preparing a seam area for a paper machine clothing (PMC) base fabric, said process comprising the steps of: forming the PMC base fabric by flat-weaving, the PMC base fabric including a plurality of warp yarns extending in a machine direction and a plurality of weft yarns extending in a cross machine direction and interwoven with said plurality of warp yarns, said plurality of weft yarns including a plurality of first weft yarns and at least one second weft yarn, said at least one second weft yarn being a multifilament yarn that is different from said plurality of first weft yarns, said plurality of warp yarns, said plurality of first weft yarns, and said at least one multifilament yarn being woven together on a loom in an original weaving process, said at least one multifilament yarn being positioned in an anticipated said seam area; and folding over the PMC base fabric, after weaving said at least one multifilament yarn with said plurality of warp yarns, to form a seam loop of the PMC base fabric such that said at least one multifilament yarn is a first one of said plurality of weft yarns on a sheet side of said seam loop.