Coil seam for single layer industrial fabrics having an uneven shed pattern.

摘要

A seam construction for joining the ends of an industrial fabric The fabric having machine direction and cross machine direction yarns interwoven in an uneven shed pattern that defines a single layer fabric body. The machine direction yarns (10) at each end define a series of loops that secure a respective coil seam member (6) to each end thereof. The machine direction yarns (10) of the fabric are woven in a repeated pattern having "n" yarns, wherein "n" is an uneven number and "(n-1) DIVIDED 2" machine direction yarns are woven back into the body of the fabric in a shed pattern defined by another machine direction yarn and the "n" yarn is woven back into the body of the fabric in its identical shed pattern.