Single layer fabric for paper making on which plane surfaces of auxiliary weft threads have been formed

Abstract: In a single-layer paper making woven fabric of more than five shafts, auxiliary wefts each having a smaller diameter than that of the primary wefts are disposed between each of the primary wefts. Each of the auxiliary wefts is woven twice into a repeating unit of a texture by a warp. Each auxiliary weft is placed by at least two other warps extending above two adjacent primary wefts. The auxiliary wefts are pushed or urged upwardly thereof by these at least two other warps in order to form a flat paper making surface of the fabric, whereby wire marks on a paper are reduced.

Description: The present invention relates to a fabric for paper making. In the paper making art with the use of a conventional fourdrinier fabric, a slurry of paper material is supplied to a travelling endless fabric for paper making, on which fabric cellulose fiber is isolated from the slurry to form a wet paper web. The fabric for paper making thus works as a filter for forming a wet paper web. A mesh orifice, referred to also as a drain pore, of the fabric performs a function in isolating water from the slurry. In a fourdrinier paper making machine, the fabric for paper making also works as a driving belt with tension in the machine direction being applied to it, so that it is necessary for the fabric to have stability of its attitude. There are some problems in the paper making art, particularly in fabrics for paper making, which have the following requirements: high retention of the paper material, i.e. little loss of the raw material being washed away from the paper making surface of the fabric, no generation of wire marks, good drainage capability and low water carrying property, high abrasion resistance, and high stability of attitude. For the purpose of filling the aforementioned requirements for the fabric for paper making, a variety of proposals have hitherto been made. However, at present none of them have been found satisfactory to meet the above requirements. For example, a finely woven fabric for paper making which is made of a fine thread in order to prevent the wire marks is deficient in the stability of attitude and has low abrasion resistance. The formation of paper making surfaces with wefts has recently been attempted in order to improve the retention of the paper material. When the paper making surface is formed with wefts, paper material will not directly stop up the drain pores which are present between warps and thus has an effect for improving the draining ability of the fabric. On the other hand, such a paper making surface has a large gap between wefts, so that it has a problem of increasing wire marks. It has been also proposed that, in a double layer fabric wherein the paper making surface is formed with more wefts that warps, to increase the weft threads on the paper making surface by arranging floats, the so-called floating yarns,as the weft threads (EP-A-0085363). The floating yarns are fine threads not being woven into a weave in the form of interweave of warps and wefts like the usual fabric. This proposal is an interesting technical idea from the viewpoint of increasing the weft threads of the paper making surface. However, this method cannot be said to be practical in actual conditions of paper making. In other words, the weft threads which have not been woven into warp threads are exactly the floating yarns, so that they tend to be displaced and collected together under the fluid pressure applied thereto during the supply of a slurry to the paper making fabric. The result is that the paper making surface cannot be maintained flat or uniform. Accordingly, this method is only of interest as an idea and suffers problems in practical use. The problem of the wire marks is distinguished particularly in the case of a single layer fabric in which weft yarns form projections on the paper making surface. Another proposal for the use of a multiple layer fabric has also been made in order to maintain the drainage ability, to make the paper making surface with the fine mesh size and to ensure the surface abrasion resistance. Recently, the operating speed of a paper making machine has been extensively increased for improving the efficiency of manufacturing paper, which gives rise to another problem. The multiple layer fabric takes advantageous effects, which have not been accomplished by a single layer fabric; it has a large three-dimensional space because of its structure and thus has a high water carrying property. Therefore, if it rotates at a high speed, water retained in the endless fabric is scattered at the turning and rotating part of the paper machine. On the other hand, a single layer fabric has a low water carrying property, so that no problem as described above will be caused. The single layer, however, has problems that it tends to bring about wire marks as described above and is poor in the retention of paper material and thus in the yield of producing paper. Further a proposal was made that additional wefts are arranged between primary wefts and are interwoven into a single layer papermaking fabric (GB-A-2 192 907, upon which the preamble portion of Claim 1 is based). However, the additional wefts of this proposal are not pushed upwardly by warps enough to form a flat surface of the papermaking fabric and to reduce wire marks from producing paper. SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION The present invention seeks to resolve the aforementioned problems and to provide a paper making fabric having desirable properties of good retention of paper material, no wire marks, good drainage and low water carrying, high abrasion resistance or good stability of attitude. It has been found that the weft density of the paper manufacturing surface must be increased for improving the retention of paper material and a single layer fabric in place of a multiple layer fabric is inevitably required for lowering the water carrying. BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE DRAWINGS Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 illustrate the textile design chart of the basic units forming the paper making fabric according to the prior art; Figs. 2A, 4A, 6A, 8A, 10A and 12A show textile design charts of the exemplanary unit embodiments of the present invention; Figs. 2B, 4B, 6B, 8B, 10B and 12B show plan view of the woven fabrics shown in Figs. 2A, 4A, 6A, 8A, 10A and 12A; Fig. 2C shows plan view of the woven fabric shown in Fig. 2A wherein two auxiliary wefts threads are disposed between primary weft threads; Fig. 13 is a sectional view taken along the line A - A' of Figs. 2A and 2B; Fig. 14 is a sectional view taken along the line B - B' of Figs. 4A and 4B; Fig. 15 is a sectional view taken along the line C - C' of Figs. 6A and 6B; Fig. 16 is a sectional view taken along the line D - D' of Figs. 8A and 8B; Fig. 17 is a sectional view taken along the line E - E' of Figs. 10A and 10B; and Fig. 18 is a sectional view taken along the line F - F' of Figs. 12A and 12B. In the figures, the numerals denote warp threads, the numerals provided with prime (') denote weft threads, and the numerals provided with double prime ('') denote auxiliary weft threads. The mark X represents the position where the warp thread is on the weft thread, and the triangle ▵ represents the position where the warp thread pushes up the weft thread. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE INVENTION In one aspect, the present invention relates to a single fabric for paper making having an integral weave which has warp threads woven once with weft threads, a running or wear surface formed with long crimped primary weft threads and 5 or more shafts in a repeating unit. The single fabric has an integral weave in which auxiliary weft threads having smaller diameter than the primary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads and are woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface side. The auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at two or more positions between the places in which said auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads to form a plane surface of auxiliary weft threads on the paper making surface. The single fabric of the invention has a horizontal plane of the auxiliary weft threads on the paper making surface which are arranged in parallel with respective threads and are woven from the running or wear surface side with the same warp threads as used for weaving respective primary weft threads from the wear surface side. The auxiliary weft threads are woven from the paper making surface with warp threads which are adjacent to the warp threads. The single fabric of the invention has an integral weave which has 5 shafts in a repeating unit and in which auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads and are woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface side. The auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at two positions between the places where the auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads. In another aspect, the single fabric for paper making of the invention has an integral weave which has 6 shafts in a repeating unit and in which auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads and are woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface side. In this embodiment, the auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at three positions between the places where the auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads. Still further, the invention relates to a single fabric for paper making wherein the single fabric has an integral weave which has 7 shafts in a repeating unit. In this case, the auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at four positions between the places above the auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads. Variations of the single fabric for paper making according to the invention include fabrics where the single fabric has an integral weave which has 8, 9 or 10 shafts in a repeating unit. In those variations, the auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at five, six or seven positions, respectively, between the places where the auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads. In yet another embodiment, the present invention provides a single fabric for paper making having a horizontal plane of the auxiliary weft threads on the paper making surface wherein the single fabric is a 7, 8, 9 or 10 shaft fabric for paper making which has two adjacent warp thread pairs woven once with primary weft threads and a running or wear surface formed with crimped primary weft threads. The auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads and are woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface side. The auxiliary weft threads are pushed upwardly at three, four, five or six positions, respectively, between the places where the auxiliary weft threads are woven with the warp threads. In the single fabric of the invention at least one, and possibly a plurality of auxiliary weft threads is provided in relation to each primary weft thread. The present invention resides in a single layer fabric having the aforementioned constructions, so that auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads, woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface in a repeating unit and pushed upwards at two or more positions between the places in which said auxiliary weft threads have been woven with said warp threads. Thus, substantially horizontal or flat long knuckles are formed on the paper making surface. Therefore, the fabric for paper making according to the present invention is characterized in that the paper making surface is formed by the auxiliary weft threads having a smaller diameter and the knuckles of the weft threads. The fabric for paper making according to the present invention is made of polyamide threads or polyester threads, and the auxiliary weft threads are also preferably polyamide threads or polyester threads. The auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads in a proportion of at least one to each weft thread, or two or more of the auxiliary weft threads can be also arranged with the provision that the fabric maintains a single layer structure. Basic fabric weaves for the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads according to the present invention preferably include fabrics such as 4/1 satin, 5/2 satin, 6/2 satin weaves. The fabric according to the present invention has 5 or more shafts in a repeating unit and one position in which the weft threads are woven and thus is characterized in that the weft threads forming the wear side or running side surface form long crimps, whereby abrasion resistance is improved. The fabric according to the present invention has 5 or more shafts in a repeating unit, and thus the auxiliary weft threads in the unit can be pushed upwards at two or more points by the warp threads to form the horizontal plane of the auxiliary weft threads on the paper making surface. The fabric for paper making of the present invention having been constructed as described above has the auxiliary weft threads arranged between the weft threads, so that it is comprehended even from this viewpoint that the paper making surface is rich in the weft threads inclusive the auxiliary weft threads and is formed by the weft threads. Moreover, the auxiliary weft threads are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads, so that the auxiliary weft threads are distributed uniformly. It is understood from the section taken along the warp thread that the auxiliary weft threads are provided on the warp threads between the knuckles of weft threads projecting over the paper making surface and diminish the unevenness due to the knuckles of the weft threads to form a smooth paper making surface. Since the fabric for paper making of the present invention forms the long crimps of the weft threads on the wear or running side surface, the warp threads cannot avoid sinking down between the knuckles of the weft threads. The reason of such sinking is that as the strength of the weft threads for pushing up the warp threads is effective only at the warp threads at the both sides of the knuckle. On the other hand, warp threads provided between the knuckles are increased upon forming the long crimps of the weft threads so that the strength of the weft threads for pushing up the warp threads does not reach all of the warp threads and the warp threads disposed over the weft threads and between the weft knuckles inevitably sink down. The fabric having 5 or more shafts in a repeating unit has four or more warp threads arranged between the knuckles, so that the sinking of the warp threads is increased and the positions of the sinking of the warp threads cause wire marks. It is understood from the section taken along the weft thread that the auxiliary weft threads forms a long knuckle which extends over two or more of the warp threads which have sunk down. The several embodiment structures of the fabrics will be explained specifically with reference to the drawings. One of the features of the present invention resides in the auxiliary weft threads being woven twice with warp threads from the paper making surface side into the repeating unit of a fabric. The auxiliary weft threads, different from the floating yarn, form completely the weave of a fabric, and will not be moved and perform the function of giving stiffness to the fabric to improve the maintenance of the attitude of the fabric. Another important feature of the present invention is that the fabric of the present invention is strictly a single layer fabric as the fabric for paper making. The fabric of the present invention utilizes the excellent properties of little void volume and thus low water carrying capacity so that water will not scatter from the fabric during high speed paper making operations. At the same time, the fabric of the present invention solves the structural problem of the wire marks caused by the projection of the weft threads over the paper making surface to afford smoothness to paper and to form dewatering space so that the drainage capability is improved. Moreover, the fabric of the present invention has increased weft density of the paper making surface and thereby the retention of paper materials is improved. Therefore, the auxiliary weft threads used in the present invention are required to have a smaller diameter than the weft threads. It is possible to reduce the thickness, diminish the void volume of the fabric and decrease the water carrying capacity of the fabric by making the diameter of the auxiliary weft threads smaller than that of the weft threads. If the auxiliary weft threads has a large diameter, the dewatering space is diminished by covering it with the auxiliary weft threads having a large diameter. The dewatering space of the paper making surface can be kept satisfactory by reducing the diameter of the auxiliary weft threads. The most basic feature of the fabric of the present invention resides in the wear or running side surface which is constructed with long crimped weft threads, since, in a repeating unit of the fabric of the present invention, the warp threads have been woven once with the weft threads. The fabric has a good crimping property and a very large abrasion resistant volume of weft threads as well as very few parts of weft threads which do not participate in the abrasion near the knuckle where the warp threads are woven. The result is that the effective abrasion resistance volume is substantially increased and the abrasion resistant is extremely good. Examples The present invention is further explained in detail with reference to Examples together with the drawings of schematic designs which illustrate the repeating units. In the repeating unit drawings, the warp threads are represented by numerals such as 1, 2, 3, etc., the weft threads are represented by numerals provided with prime (') such as 1', 2', 3', etc., and the auxiliary weft threads are represented by the numerals provided with double prime ('') such as 1'', 2'', 3'', etc. In the drawings, X represents the position where the warp thread is on the weft thread and also represents the position where the weft thread is woven with the warp thread into the weave from the paper making surface side. The clear square □ represents the position where the warp thread is under the weft thread, and also represents the position where the weft thread is woven with the warp thread into the weave from the wear side or running side to surface side or paper making side. The triangle ▵ represents the position where the warp thread pushes up the auxiliary weft thread, and the mark X on the auxiliary weft thread represents the position where the auxiliary weft thread is woven with the warp thread into the weave from the paper making side. The paper making fabric of the present invention has a repeating unit where the warp thread is woven once with the weft threads, and thus the wear side surface of the fabric is constructed will be the long crimped weft thread. Such a construction is clearly understood from the respective Examples. Figs. 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 and 11 are schematic prior art design charts which illustrate the basic units forming the paper making fabric wherein the auxiliary weft threads of the present invention have been arranged. Fig. 1 is a five shaft S fabric of a 4/1 satin weave as prior art. Figs. 2A and 2B show an example of the present invention in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged to each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 1. Fig. 2C shows another example of the present invention where two auxiliary weft threads are arranged to each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 1. Referring to Figs. 2A, 2B and 2C, the auxiliary weft thread or threads 2'' is woven with the warp threads 3 and 5 into the weave at two positions, pushed up at two positions between the warp thread 3 and the left neighboring warp thread in the weave scheme. The auxiliary weft thread or threads 2'' thereby forms a smooth plane in such a state as bridging over the recess formed by downwardly sinking warp threads 1 and 2. Fig. 3 is a six shaft S fabric of a 5/1 satin weave as prior art. Figs. 4A and 4B show an example of the present invention in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged to each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 3. Referring to the auxiliary weft thread 10'', it is understood that auxiliary weft 10'' is woven at two positions with warp threads 1 and 5 into the weave, pushed up at three positions between the warp threads 1 and 5 by the warp threads 2, 3 and 4 whereby forms a plane surface arranged on the warp threads 2, 3 and 4. Fig. 5 is a seven shaft S fabric of a 5/2 satin weave as prior art. This fabric is a fabric in which a pair of two neighboring warp threads is woven once into the texture with the weft thread whereby forms a wear side surface with long crimped weft threads. Therefore, the weft threads are bent vigorously and thus are very good in the crimping property. On the other hand, the warp threads tend to sink downwardly and to cause wire marks at these parts. Figs. 6A and 6B show an example of the present invention in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged to each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 5. Referring to the auxiliary weft thread 6'', it is woven at two positions with warp threads 1 and 5 into the weave, pushed up at three positions between the warp threads 1 and 5 by the warp threads 2, 3 and 4. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 6'' is arranged in such a state as bridging over the recess formed by the downwardly sinking warp threads 2, 3 and 4 whereby constructs a plane surface to eliminate the recess. Fig. 7 is an 8 shaft S fabric of a 6/2 satin weave as prior art. This fabric is also a fabric in which a pair of two neighboring warp threads is woven once into the texture with the weft thread whereby forms a wear side surface with long crimped weft threads. Therefore, the weft threads are bent vigorously and thus are very good in the crimping property. On the other hand, the warp threads tend to sink downwardly and to cause wire marks at these parts. Figs. 8A and 8B show an example in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged to each weft thread on the fabric in Fig. 7. Referring to the auxiliary weft thread 6'', it is woven at two positions with warp threads 2 and 7 into the weave, pushed up at four positions between the warp threads 2 and 7 by the warp threads 3, 4, 5 and 6. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 6'' is arranged in such a state as bridging over the recess formed by the downwardly sinking warp threads 3, 4, 5 and 6 whereby constructs a plane surface to eliminate the recess. Fig. 9 is a 9 shaft S fabric of a 7/2 satin weave as prior art. This fabric is also a fabric in which a pair of two neighboring warp threads is woven once into the texture with the weft thread whereby forms a wear side surface with long crimped weft threads. Figs. 10A and 10B show example in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged to each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 9. Referring to Figs. 10A and 10B, the auxiliary weft thread 4'' is woven at two positions with warp threads 2 and 9 into the weave, pushed up at five positions between the warp threads 2 and 9 by the warp threads 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7. The auxiliary weft thread 4'' is arranged in such a state as bridging over the recess formed by the downwardly sinking warp threads 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 and thereby constructs a plane surface. Fig. 11 is a 10 shaft S fabric of a 8/2 satin weave as prior art. This fabric is also a fabric in which a pair of two neighboring warp threads is woven once into the texture with the weft thread and which forms a wear side surface with long crimped weft threads. Fig. 12A and 12B show an example in which an auxiliary weft thread is arranged with each weft thread of the fabric in Fig. 11. Referring to Figs. 12A and 12B, the auxiliary weft thread 12'' is woven at two positions with warp threads 2 and 9 into the weave, pushed up at six positions by the warp threads 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8. The auxiliary weft thread 12'' is arranged in such as state as to bridge over the recess formed by the downwardly sinking warp threads 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 and 8 and thereby constructs a plane surface. The plane surface formed by the auxiliary weft threads in each example is a paper making surface, and it is understood that the paper making surface of the fabric according to the present invention is a horizontal smooth plane surface. Next, Fig. 13 is a sectional view of the fabric shown in Figs. 2A and 2B taken along the line A - A' along the auxiliary weft thread 10'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft thread. The fabric is formed by repeating the basic designs shown in Figs. 2A and 2B right and left and upward and downward direction. The weft thread 1' in Fig. 13 corresponds to the weft thread 1' in Figs. 2A and 2B. The warp threads 1-5 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-5 in Figs. 2A and 2B. The warp thread 1 is arranged under the weft thread 1', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4 and 5 are arranged on the weft thread 1'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 10'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 5 into the weave from the paper making surface side and arranged on the warp threads 3 and 4 to thereby form a plane surface. Fig. 14 is a sectional view of the fabric in Figs. 4A and 4B taken along the line B - B' along the auxiliary weft thread 12'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads. The numeral 1' in Fig. 14 is the weft thread 1' in Figs. 4A and 4B. The warp threads 1-6 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-6 in Figs. 4A and 4B. The warp thread 1 is arranged under the weft thread 1', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are arranged on the weft thread 1'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 12'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 6 into the weave and arranged on the warp threads 3, 4 and 5 to thereby form a plane surface. Fig. 15 is a sectional view of the fabric in Figs. 6A and 6B taken along the line C - C' along the auxiliary weft thread 10'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads. The numeral 11' in Fig. 15 is the weft thread 11' in Figs. 6A and 6B. The warp threads 1-7 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-7 in Figs. 6A and 6B. The warp threads 1 and 7 are arranged under the weft thread 11', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4, 5 and 6 are arranged on the weft thread 11'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 10'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 6 into the weave and arranged on the warp threads 3, 4 and 5 to thereby form a plane surface. Fig. 16 is a sectional view of the fabric in Figs. 8A and 8B taken along the line D - D' along the auxiliary weft thread 6'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads. The numeral 7' in Fig. 16 is the weft thread 7' in Figs. 8A and 8B. The warp threads 1-8 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-8 in Fig. 8. The warp threads 1 and 8 are arranged under the weft thread 7', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are arranged on the weft thread 7'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 6'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 7 into the weave and arranged on the warp threads 3, 4, 5 and 6 to thereby form a plane surface. Fig. 17 is a sectional view of the fabric in Figs. 10A and 10B taken along the line E - E' along the auxiliary weft thread 4'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads. The numeral 5 in Fig. 17 is the weft thread 5' in Figs. 10A and 10B. The warp threads 1-9 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-9 in Figs. 10A and 10B. The warp threads 1 and 9 are arranged under the weft thread 5', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 are arranged on the weft thread 5'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 4'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 8 into the weave and arranged on the warp threads 3, 4, 5, 6 and 7 thereby forming a plane surface. Fig. 18 is a sectional view of the fabric in Figs. 12A and 12B taken along the line F - F' along the auxiliary weft thread 12'' in order to explain the arrangement of the auxiliary weft threads. The numeral 13' in Fig. 18 is the weft thread 13' in Figs. 12A and 12B. The warp threads 1-10 illustrated in the sectional view correspond to the warp threads 1-10 in Figs. 12A and 12B. The warp threads 1 and 10 are arranged under the weft thread 13', and the warp threads 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8 and 9 are arranged on the weft thread 13'. It is understood that the auxiliary weft thread 12'' is woven with the warp threads 2 and 9 into the weave and arranged on the warp threads 3-8 thereby forming a plane surface. In each of examples described above, two or more auxiliary weft threads may be disposed between each of the primary weft threads in order to obtain the desired property. Example 1 The fabric shown in Fig. 2 was constructed with the threads specified in Table 1, and its test results in addition to the results of a conventional 2/2 twill weave are also shown in Table 1. In this connection, heavy calcium carbonate was used as a filter. Example 2 The fabric shown in Figs. 6A and 6B was constructed with the threads specified in Table 2, and its test results in addition to the results of a conventional 3/1 broken twill weave are also shown in Table 2. In this connection, heavy calcium carbonate was used as a filler. The fabric for paper making of the present invention is extremely good in paper making yield and good in drainage capability, and has no tendency to impart wire marks and causes no scattering of water. It also has very good abrasion resistance.

Claims: A single layer fabric for paper making has warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) each interwoven under one or two primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) in a repeating unit having a wear side surface formed with long crimped weft threads and with five or more warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and the same number of primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) in said repeating unit, comprising auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) having a smaller diameter than the primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc), characterized by the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) being interwoven under the warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) twice per said repeating unit, and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) pushed upwardly at two or more positions (▵) in said repeating unit between the places in which said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) to form a plane surface of said auxiliary weft threads on the papermaking surface, and further said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) in said repeating unit being pushed upwardly at least at one of said two or more positions (▵) by warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) extending over two adjacent primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) adjacent to each of said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc), and further wherein at least one auxiliary weft thread is provided adjacent to each primary weft thread. A single layer fabric for paper making according to claim 1, wherein said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) are interwoven under the same warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) as used for weaving respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) under the same warp threads, and the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven over warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) which are adjacent to said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, five warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and five primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at two positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, six warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and six primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at three positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, seven warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and seven primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice over warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at four positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, eight warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and eight primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at five positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, nine warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and nine primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at six positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, ten warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and ten primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at seven positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, seven warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and seven primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which two adjacent warp thread pairs interwoven once under primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc), further wherein the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at three positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in the repeating unit, eight warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and eight primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which two adjacent warp thread pairs interwoven once under primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc), further wherein the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at four positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in a repeating unit, nine warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and nine primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which two adjacent warp thread pairs interwoven once under primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc), further wherein the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective weft threads and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at five positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to claims 1 or 2, wherein said single layer fabric has, in a repeating unit, ten warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc) and ten primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and in which two adjacent warp thread pairs interwoven once under primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc), further wherein the auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are arranged in parallel with respective primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc) and are interwoven twice under warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc), and said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are pushed upwardly at six positions (▵) between the places where said auxiliary weft threads (2'', 4'', 6'', etc) are interwoven under said warp threads (1, 2, 3, etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to any one of claims 1 through 12, wherein an auxiliary weft thread is provided adjacent to each primary weft threads (1', 3', 5', etc). A single layer fabric for paper making according to any one of claims 1 through 12, wherein a plurality of auxiliary weft threads are provided adjacent to each primary weft thread.

Inventors: HIROYUKI NAGURA C O NIPPON FIL, TAKUO TATE, TATSUHIKO YASUOKA C O NIPPON F, HIROYUKI, NAGURA C/O NIPPON FILCON CO. LTD., TAKUO, TATE, TATSUHIKO, YASUOKA C/O NIPPON FILCON CO. LTD.
Applicants: NIPPON FILCON KK, NIPPON FILCON CO., LTD.
Application year: 1991
Main classification: D03D13
IPC codes: D03D1, D21F1, D03D13