Papermaking clothing defining a width of a paper web and associated system and method

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8758568
APP PUB NO 20120291973A1
SERIAL NO

13565442

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A clothing for supporting a wet paper web for dewatering is provided, comprising a dewatering fabric extending in a machine direction and formed only from a woven material to have a single, substantially consistent, permeability. A pair of laterally-spaced strip portions extend along the dewatering fabric in the machine direction, with each being substantially and consistently impermeable to air and forming a substantially and consistently smooth non-water-retaining surface. The strip portions define a permeable web-carrying portion of the dewatering fabric therebetween, wherein the paper web carried thereby extends over the entire width thereof. The permeable web-carrying portion allows air to flow therethrough, exclusively of the impermeable strip portions, such that the wet paper web carried only by the permeable web-carrying portion is dewatered. The width of the permeable web-carrying portion thereby defines the width of the wet paper web dried thereon. Associated systems and methods are also provided.

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ALBANY INTERNATIONAL CORPROCHESTER NH

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Dede, Stacie R Hammaro, SE 3 2
Pilsbury, Joseph R Westbrook, US 3 2

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