Joining process for a papermachine clothing

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United States of America Patent

PATENT NO 8597468
APP PUB NO 20130139989A1
SERIAL NO

13311187

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A joining process for an endless or seamed press fabric, the joining process including the step of providing a woven base fabric having a plurality of monofilament yarns including warp yarns extending in a machine direction and weft yarns extending in a cross machine direction, the woven base fabric being cut along one of the weft yarns and having two opposing ends and two side edges. A predetermined number of the weft yarns are removed along each of the two opposing ends to free a plurality of cut ends of the warp yarns, fringing the ends. The plurality of free cut ends of the two opposing ends are interdigitated with each other and the cut ends opposing and adjoining one another are heat bonded to define a joint area.

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VOITH PATENT GMBHPOELTENER STRASSE 43 HEIDENHEIM D-89522

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Inventor Name Address # of filed Patents Total Citations
Klaschka, Susanne Nuremberg, DE 9 15
Ryan, Matthew Appleton, US 25 437

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