Patent ID: 6872283

Claim:
Porous drying screen for a drying section of a paper machine, comprising a filament lay-up comprised of at least one layer ( 2 , 12 ) of longitudinal filaments ( 3 , 13 ) and at least one layer ( 4 , 14 ) of transverse filaments ( 5 , 6 , 7 ; 15 ) which cross said longitudinal filaments ( 3 , 13 ), wherein said longitudinal and transverse filaments ( 3 , 13 ; 5 , 6 , 7 ; 15 ) are comprised of thermoplastic material and are adhesively bonded to each other by an adhesive at crossing points ( 8 , 16 ) between said longitudinal and transverse filaments, characterised in that said longitudinal and transverse filaments are flat filaments and the adhesive is applied solely to mutually opposite faces of said longitudinal and transverse filaments ( 3 , 13 ; 5 , 6 , 7 ; 15 ).