Patent ID: 7135094

Claim:
A papermaking press felt comprising a base, and a batt layer which is integrated with said base, wherein the base comprises a plurality of partial base bodies, each partial base body being in the form of a closed loop and having a width narrower than the width of the press felt, said partial base bodies being disposed in side-by-side relationship with adjoining sides, and said adjoining sides being connected, the press felt having at least one intermediate partial base body and side partial base bodies disposed along the sides of the base, wherein each said partial base body is composed of a belt-shaped body having ends which are integrally bonded to each other in an end area, and wherein the end area of each intermediate base body is located in front of the end areas of both of the side partial base bodies relative to a machine direction, whereby, in the operation of the press felt, the entry of all end areas of all intermediate partial base bodies of the press felt into a press nip is followed in sequence by the entry of both of the end areas of the side partial base bodies into the press nip.