Patent ID: 8257555

Claim:
In a closed-draw-type papermaking machine, a wet paper web transfer belt in the press section of said machine, said belt comprising: a base body, a wet paper web side layer on one side of the base body, and a machine side layer on an opposite side of the base body; said wet paper web side layer comprising a web contacting batt layer having hydrophilic fibers and a base body side batt layer located between the web contacting batt layer and the base body; at least said wet paper web contacting batt layer being impregnated with a high-molecular-weight elastic body; at least a part of said hydrophilic fibers are exposed on the surface of the wet paper web contacting batt layer; wherein said machine side layer is a batt layer having a core-sheath conjugate fiber comprising a core member made of nylon with a high melting point and a sheath member made of nylon with a lower melting point than the core member, and said machine side layer has a machine side surface and a fused layer of the sheath member on said machine side surface.