| US 7,524,403 B2 | ||
| Forming fabric and/or tissue molding belt and/or molding belt for use on an ATMOS system | ||
| Ademar Lippi Alves Fernandes, Brummen (Netherlands); Martin Ringer, Bury (United Kingdom); and Carl Warren, Rosendale (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Voith Paper Patent GmbH, Heidenheim (Germany) | ||
| Filed on Apr. 28, 2006, as Appl. No. 11/380,826. | ||
| Prior Publication US 2007/0251659 A1, Nov. 01, 2007 | ||
| Int. Cl. D21F 3/02 (2006.01); D21F 1/10 (2006.01); B30B 5/04 (2006.01); F26B 13/00 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 162—358.4 [162/205; 162/348; 162/358.1; 162/364; 162/903; 100/37; 100/153; 34/123] | 32 Claims |
| 1. A belt press for a paper machine, the belt press comprising:
a forming fabric comprising a paper web facing side and being guided over a support surface;
said forming fabric comprising a permeability value of between approximately 100 cfm and approximately 1200 cfm, a paper surface
contact area of between approximately 0.5% and approximately 90% when not under pressure and tension, and an open area of
between approximately 1.0% and approximately 90%.
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