摘要 |
<p>A seam construction for a woven dryer fabric comprises a helical spiral or array of loops (43) stitched or woven into the fabric by means of loop engaging yarns (42) extending the machine direction of the fabric, the neutral plane (44) of the fabric being displaced towards the paper contacting side of the fabric, by reason of yarns (41) in the paper contacting side of the fabric being of smaller diameter than the yarns (40) on the machine side of the fabric, and a pair of cross-machine yarns (44, 45) of equal diameter being located as terminal yarns adjacent the loops (43).</p> |