Patent ID: 8282782

Claim:
A wet paper web transfer belt ( 1 , 1 a , 1 b ) for transferring a wet paper web (W) in a closed-draw papermaking machine ( 2 ), wherein said wet paper web transfer belt has a wet paper web-side layer ( 31 ), including a resin and a hydrophilic fibrous body ( 30 ) and disposed on a wet paper web (W) side, and a machine-side layer ( 32 ) disposed on a press roll ( 10 ) side, and a base fabric ( 33 , 33 a , 33 b ) is disposed in said belt, and wherein said base fabric ( 33 , 33 a , 33 b ) comprises a first woven fabric ( 34 ) disposed on the wet paper web (W) side and a second woven fabric ( 35 ) disposed on the press roll ( 10 ) side, and said first woven fabric ( 34 ) and said second woven fabric ( 35 ) are stacked together; and at least a portion of said hydrophilic fibrous body ( 30 ) is exposed on a surface ( 37 ) of said wet paper web-side layer ( 31 ), and the basis weight of said first woven fabric ( 34 ) is greater than the basis weight of said second woven fabric ( 35 ) and wherein the vertical position of the center (G) of gravity of said base fabric ( 33 , 33 a , 33 b ) itself is shifted to said first woven fabric ( 34 ).