Patent ID: 7101404

Claim:
Method for manufacturing a paper machine clothing ( 1 ) comprising the steps of: providing a support ( 2 ) which has at least one nonwoven thread lap ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 13 ) with lap threads ( 6 , 7 , 8 , 10 , 14 , 17 , 21 , 25 , 26 , 27 , 28 , 33 , 38 , 43 , 44 , 45 ) running parallel to one another, the lap threads formed from a material selected from the group consisting of polypropylene, polyamide 4,6, polyamide 6, polyamide 6.6, polyamide 6.10, polyamide 6.12, polyamide 11, polyamide 12, PET, PTT, PBT, PPS, PEK, PEEK and an elastomer polyester; incorporating spacing threads between two adjacent lap threads of said at least one thread lap during manufacture of the thread lap ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 13 ) which are soluble in a solvent in which the remaining part of the paper machine clothing ( 1 ) is not soluble; removing the spacing threads from the thread lap ( 3 , 4 , 5 , 13 ) using the solvent.