Forming fabrics
CA 2804933 C · Owner: Albany International Corp. · Inventors: Eagles, Dana Burton
Overview
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A papermaker's fabric for use as a forming fabric. The fabric may include bondable or meltable monofilament yarns which may be formed from materials that retain substantial strength and tenacity after thermal treatment. Further the remaining yarns in the forming fabric may be formed from materials that have a higher melting temperature than the monofilament material that will be thermally bonded or melted. When the fabric is heated these bondable or meltable yarns may bond or fuse with yarns in contact therewith or in close proximity thereto without effecting the remaining yarns. Doing so may improve seam strenth eleminate edge curl, improve sheet formation improve planarity, improve …
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- Filed November 2, 2005 and granted October 15, 2013. A Canadian patent filed from October 1, 1989 lasts 20 years from filing, so its term ended November 2, 2025.
- Certificates of supplementary protection extend only drug patents, and it isn't classified as one.
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