摘要 |
<p>A seamed endless papermaking fabric for use with papermaking machines. The fabric includes a plurality of CMD (cross machine direction) yarns (W) intermeshing with a plurality of MD (machine direction) yarns (F) in a selected intermeshing pattern forming a contact surface and a support surfac e. The MD yarns (F) , which are arranged to extend beyond the endmost of the CM D yarns (W) at the opposed first and second ends of the fabric, form a plurali ty of spaced seaming loops (L) across the fabric. These loops are adapted to interleaf and receive a pintle (P) which forms the seam forming the fabric endless. A first pair of additional yarns (20, 22) are intermeshed in a firs t intermeshing pattern repeat with the MD yarns (F) outwardly of the endmost o f the CMD yarns (W) at one of the opposed ends and a second pair of additional yarns (24, 26) are intermeshed in a second intermeshing pattern repeat with the MD yarns (F) outwardly of the endmost of the CMD yarns (W) at the other of the opposed ends. These first and second pairs of additional yarns (20, 22, 24, 26) separate the endmost CMD yarns (W) from the pintle (P). The addition al yarns are multi-filament yarns while the MD yarns are monofilament yarns.</S DOAB></p> |