Patent ID: 8500958

Claim:
A belt, which is one of a transport belt and a process belt, being for one of a paper machine, a cardboard machine, and a tissue machine for one of producing and treating a web of fibrous material and having a paper side and a machine side, said belt comprising: a textile fabric which is load-bearing and which includes a first side facing the paper side and a second side facing the machine side, said textile fabric being permeable and having a permeability of at least 300 cubic feet per minute, said textile fabric including a plurality of openings; and a polymer coating extending integrally from said first side of said textile fabric through said plurality of openings in said textile fabric to said second side of said textile fabric, viewed in a cross machine direction said polymer coating including a plurality of coating segments extending respectively across only a partial width of the belt, said plurality of coating segments including respectively adjacent coating segments overlapping respectively in an overlap region and being connected with each other at least in segments of said overlap region, said polymer coating being made from a polymer material, said adjacent coating segments in said overlap region being bonded with each other through chemical cross linking of said polymer material, said adjacent coating segments including a first coating segment and a second coating segment which is adjacent to said first coating segment, said first coating segment including a tab which protrudes laterally in said cross machine direction and has a lesser thickness than a remainder of said first coating segment, said second coating segment including a recess which conforms to said tab, said overlap region of said adjacent coating segments being formed in that said tab of said first coating segment engages said recess of said second coating segment.