Patent ID: 7517434

Claim:
A paper transporting felt which is at least one paper transporting felt of a pair of paper transporting felts, which are disposed in a press apparatus provided in a press part of a paper machine, form a press mechanism together with a press in the press apparatus, which are transported while sandwiching a wet paper and pressurized by the press, comprising: a base layer; a first batt layer which is formed on a wet paper side surface of the base layer; a second batt layer which is formed on a press side surface of the base layer; a polymer elastic material which is impregnated in the base layer, the first batt layer and the second batt layer; and a wet paper contacting layer which is formed on a wet paper side surface of the first batt layer so as to come into direct contact with the wet paper, and which comprises a flexible resin material, wherein a compressibility of the wet paper contacting layer is larger than a compressibility of a layer formed by the base layer, the first batt layer and the second batt layer.