Patent ID: 7384516

Claim:
An endless belt for use in a shoe press having a cylindrical press roll and an arcuate pressure shoe which together define a nip therebetween, said belt including a nip load zone having a width in a cross-machine direction, said belt being operable such that during operation, said belt with said nip load zone passes through said nip, said belt comprising: a substrate; at least one coated layer on at least one side of said substrate; a desired pattern in said layer including grooves; and said desired pattern being such that said nip load zone has a void volume across the width of the nip load zone with said void volume being the result of grooves having a different width, cross sectional shape, spacing, or a combination of one or more of these features together or in conjunction with a different depth so as to vary said void volume and thereby correct the cross-machine direction sheet profile.