Patent ID: 8273218

Claim:
A paper machine clothing, formed as a press felt, for one of a paper, a cardboard and a tissue machine, said paper machine clothing comprising: a load bearing base structure which extends in a longitudinal direction and a cross direction of the paper machine clothing, said load bearing base structure including a longitudinal reinforcement module substantially providing a dimensional stability in said longitudinal direction of the paper machine clothing and a transverse reinforcement module arranged on top of said longitudinal reinforcement module, connected to said longitudinal reinforcement module, and at least partially providing said dimensional stability in said cross direction of said paper machine clothing, said transverse reinforcement module including at least one material segment being a warp knit fabric including at least one system of warp threads arranged parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction of said warp threads and in said longitudinal direction of said warp threads extending transversely to said longitudinal direction of said clothing and a plurality sewing threads that form stitches, said stitch forming sewing threads including at least one system of first sewing threads extending one of diagonally and transversely to said warp threads and which integrate said warp threads with each other to form a textile fabric, said warp threads having a greater flexural strength than said sewing threads.