STRUCTURED FORMING FABRIC FOR A PAPERMAKING MACHINE, AND PAPERMAKING MACHINE

摘要

A forming fabric for a papermaking machine has a machine facing side and a web facing side. The web facing side has a structured weave of warp yarns and weft yarns that define pockets on the web facing side. Each pocket is defined by four sides on the web facing side, three of the four sides each being formed by a knuckle of a single yarn, and one of the sides being formed by a knuckle of a weft and of a warp yarn, wherein the weft yarn also defines a bottom surface of the pocket.

主权项

1. A fabric for a papermaking machine, the fabric comprising:
a machine facing side; a web facing side having pockets formed by warp yarns and weft yarns; each pocket having a bottom surface and a compression surface surrounding said bottom surface; said compression surface being defined by four sides on the web facing side, three of said four sides each being formed by a knuckle of a single yarn, and one of said four sides being formed by a knuckle of a weft yarn and of a warp yarn, and said warp yarn also defining a part of said bottom surface of said pocket.