Patent ID: 8574403

Claim:
A fabric belt for a machine for producing a web material, in particular paper or cardboard, the fabric belt comprising: a first fabric layer ( 114 ) on a web material side of the fabric belt; a second fabric layer ( 116 ) on a machine side of the fabric belt, the first fabric layer ( 114 ) and the second fabric layer ( 116 ) each having a basic weave connected to each other by binding threads (i 1 -i 20 ) extending in a binding thread direction, the first fabric layer ( 114 ) and the second fabric layer ( 116 ) having base binding threads ( 1 - 50 , 118 , 120 ) extending in the binding thread direction and transversely to the binding thread direction, wherein the binding threads (i 1 -i 20 ) form binding segments (S 2 ) which are successive in the binding thread direction in the second fabric layer ( 116 ) and in which the binding threads (i 1 -i 20 ) are tied off on at least one base binding thread of the second fabric layer ( 116 ) extending transversely to the binding thread direction, wherein the binding segments (S 2 ) formed in the second layer ( 116 ) are arranged in a binding pattern repeat extended in the binding thread direction and transverse to the binding thread direction along at least one binding segment diagonal (D) progressing obliquely to the binding thread direction and transverse to the binding thread direction; wherein the binding threads (i 1 -i 20 ) in the first fabric layer ( 114 ) form successive binding segments (S 1 ) in the binding thread direction in which the binding threads (i 1 -i 20 ) are tied off on at least one basic weave thread ( 1 , 3 , . . . , 48 , 50 ) of the first fabric layer ( 114 ) extending transversely to the binding thread direction; wherein a number ratio of the binding segments (S 1 ) in the first fabric layer ( 114 ) relative to the binding segments (S 2 ) in the second fabric layer ( 116 ) is greater than 1; and wherein a number ratio of the basic weave threads ( 1 , 3 , . . . , 48 , 50 ) of the first fabric layer ( 114 ) extending transversely to the binding thread direction and the basic weave threads ( 2 , 4 , . . . , 47 , 49 ) of the second fabric layer ( 116 ) is greater than 1.