Patent ID: 8083899

Claim:
A belt ( 4 , 4 a through 4 d ) for a shoe press, which is adapted to be disposed for rotational movement between a press roll ( 2 ) of a shoe press mechanism ( 1 , 1 a ) and a shoe ( 3 ) above or below the press roll ( 2 ), said belt ( 4 , 4 a through 4 d ) for a shoe press comprising: a shoe-side layer ( 21 ) held in contact with said shoe ( 3 ), a base layer ( 22 , 22 a ) disposed on an outer circumferential surface of said shoe-side layer ( 21 ), and a wet paper web-side layer ( 25 ) disposed on an outer circumferential surface of said base layer ( 22 , 22 a ); wherein said base layer ( 22 , 22 a ) have a pair of reinforcing bases ( 11 , 11 a ), and said reinforcing bases ( 11 , 11 a ) are disposed circumferentially in a warpwise direction in given regions corresponding respectively to shoe edges ( 10 ) on the opposite sides in a widthwise direction of said shoe ( 3 ), and wherein said reinforcing bases ( 11 ) are disposed in only shoe edge abutment regions (E 1 ) held in abutment against said shoe edges ( 10 ) of the belt ( 4 , 4 a , 4 c , 4 d ) for a shoe press.