MULTIPLE LAYER PAPERMAKING BELT PROVIDING IMPROVED FIBER SUPPORT FOR CELLULOSIC FIBROUS STRUCTURES, AND CELLULOSIC FIBROUS STRUCTURES PRODUCED THEREBY

摘要

A papermaking belt, comprising either a forming wire or a through-air-drying belt. The papermaking belt comprises a reinforcing structure having two layers tied together and a resinous framework. The yarns of the first layer are interwoven so that, except for the tie yarns, each yarn remains within 1.5 yarn diameters of the top plane defined by the knuckles of the first layer. The belt has a thickness of at least 2.5 times the yarn diameter for rigidity.