Patent ID: 7025095

Claim:
A paper machine clothing ( 1 ) having a support ( 2 ) made of at least two support plies ( 3 , 4 ) which each comprise longitudinal and transverse yarns ( 5 , 6 , 7 , 8 ) but are essentially not connected to one another via their surface by means of yarns, in which context seam loops ( 11 , 12 ) comprising longitudinal yarns ( 7 , 8 ), which loops serve to connect the ends ( 9 , 10 ) to form a seam by means of a pintle wire ( 14 ) slid through the seam loops ( 11 , 12 ), project at the front ends ( 9 , 10 ) of the paper machine clothing ( 1 ), wherein the support plies ( 3 , 4 ) are connected to one another via binding transverse yarns ( 15 through 20 ) whose arrangement is confined to the region of the two ends ( 9 , 10 ) of the paper machine clothing ( 1 ) immediately adjacent to the seam loops ( 11 , 12 ).