Patent ID: 7169264

Claim:
A wire foil for a paper-producing machine, comprising: an elongated supporting strip formed with a recess extending in a longitudinal direction of said supporting strip; a plurality of plates of ceramic material disposed on said supporting strip and adjoining one another in the longitudinal direction, each of said plates having a recess formed therein extending from an end face thereof, with mutually adjoining said plates forming a continuous recess; said supporting strip and said plates having contacting surfaces and said recesses of said supporting strip and said plates facing towards one another; connecting elements disposed to project into and anchored in said recesses of said supporting strip and said plates; wherein said connecting elements are fixed in said recesses formed in said plates by a form fit and a respective said connecting element projects from the end faces of two mutually adjoining said plates in the continuous recess and fixes the respective said plates to said supporting strip.