Patent ID: 8147654

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 the wet paper web transfer belt has a wet paper web-side layer ( 31 ), including 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, 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; said wet paper web-side layer ( 31 ) includes a wet paper web-side batt layer ( 38 ) made up of said hydrophilic fibrous body ( 30 ), so that said wet paper web-side batt layer ( 38 ) has high water absorbability and is impregnated with a high-polymer elastic body ( 39 ); 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 ), wherein either one or both of said first woven fabric ( 34 ) and said second woven fabric ( 35 ) include weft yarns ( 36 ) made of a material of low water absorptivity to provide dimensional stability in a widthwise direction of the web paper web transfer belt.