Patent ID: 8303775

Claim:
A papermaking press felt, comprising: a reinforcing fiber base material; and batt layers provided on both a wet paper web carrying side and a press roll side of the reinforcing fiber base material, or a batt layer provided only on the wet paper web carrying side of the reinforcing fiber base material; wherein: a polymeric elastomer is dispersedly attached to a wet paper web carrying side surface of the wet paper web carrying side batt layer of the felt in the shape of fragments or in the shape of a sheath formed around fibers of the batt layer; when the polymeric elastomer in a form of a film is measured at a room temperature of 20° C. and a relative humidity of 65%, a 100% modulus value of the film is 1 to 100 kg/cm 2 , a residual strain after 100% elongation is 30% or less; and an attached amount of the polymeric elastomers is 0.5 to 20 wt. % of a total weight of the papermaking press felt.