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Abstract
The bottom machine direction yarns (122-140) and the bottom cross machine direction yarns (142-180) of a triple layer fabric (20) are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns (122-140) to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns (142-180) separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn. Each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn.
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PAPERMAKER'S FORMING FABRIC
Field of the Invention [0001] This invention relates generally to woven fabrics, and relates more specifically to woven fabrics for papermakers.
Background of the Invention
PAPERMAKER'S FORMING FABRIC
Field of the Invention [0001] This invention relates generally to woven fabrics, and relates more specifically to woven fabrics for papermakers.
Background of the Invention
[0002] In the conventional fourdrinier papermaking process, a water slurry, or suspension, of cellulosic fibers (known as the paper "stock") is fed onto the top of the upper run of an endless belt of woven wire and/or synthetic material that travels between two or more rollers. The belt, often referred to as a"forming fabric", provides a papermaking surface on the upper surface of its upper run which operates as a filter to separate the cellulosic fibers of the paper stock from the aqueous medium, thereby forming a wet paper web. The aqueous rriedium drains through mesh openings of the forming fabric, known as drainage holes, by gravity alone or with assistance from one or more suction boxes located on the lower surface (i.e., the "machine side") of the upper run of the fabric.
[0003] After leaving the forming section, the paper web is transferred to a press section of the paper machine, in which it is passed through the nips of one or more pairs of pressure rollers covered with another fabric, typically referred to as a "press felt." Pressure from the rollers removes additional moisture from the web; the moisture removal is often enhanced by the presence of a "batt" layer on the press felt.
The paper is then conveyed to a dryer section for further moisture removal.
After drying, the paper is ready for secondary processing and packaging.
The paper is then conveyed to a dryer section for further moisture removal.
After drying, the paper is ready for secondary processing and packaging.
[0004] Typically, papermaker's fabrics are manufactured as endless belts by one of two basic weaving techniques. In the first of these techniques, fabrics are flat woven by a flat weaving process, with their ends being joined to form an endless belt by any one of a number of well-known joining methods, such as dismantling and reweaving the ends together (commonly known as splicing), or sewing a pin-seamable flap on each end or a special foldback, then reweaving these into pin-seamable loops.
In a flat woven papermaker's' fabric, the warp yams extend in the machine direction and the filling yarns extend in the cross machine direction. In the second technique, fabrics are woven directly in the form of a continuous belt with an endless weaving process. In the endless weaving process, the warp yarns extend in the cross machine direction and the filling yarns extend in the machine direction. As used herein, the terms "machine direction" (MD) and "cross machine direction" (CMD) refer, respectively, to a direction aligned with the direction of travel of the papermaker's' fabric on the papermaking machine, and a direction parallel to the fabric surface and traverse to the direction of travel. Both weaving methods described hereinabove are well known in the art, and the term "endless belt" as used herein refers to belts made by either method.
In a flat woven papermaker's' fabric, the warp yams extend in the machine direction and the filling yarns extend in the cross machine direction. In the second technique, fabrics are woven directly in the form of a continuous belt with an endless weaving process. In the endless weaving process, the warp yarns extend in the cross machine direction and the filling yarns extend in the machine direction. As used herein, the terms "machine direction" (MD) and "cross machine direction" (CMD) refer, respectively, to a direction aligned with the direction of travel of the papermaker's' fabric on the papermaking machine, and a direction parallel to the fabric surface and traverse to the direction of travel. Both weaving methods described hereinabove are well known in the art, and the term "endless belt" as used herein refers to belts made by either method.
[0005] Effective sheet and fiber support and an absence of wire marking are typically important considerations in papermaking, especially for the forming section of the papermaking machine, where the wet web is initially formed. Wire marking is particularly problematic in the formation of fine paper grades, as it can affect a host of paper properties, such as sheet mark, porosity, "see through" and pin holing.
Wire marking is typically the result of individual cellulosic fibers being oriented within the paper web such that their ends reside within gaps between the individual threads or yarns of the forming fabric. This problem is generally addressed by providing a permeable fabric structure with a coplanar surface that allows paper fibers to bridge adjacent yarns of the fabric rather than penetrate the gaps between yams. As used herein, "coplanar" means that the upper extremities of the yarns defining the paper-forming surface are at substantially the same elevation, such that at that level there is presented a substantially "planar" surface. Accordingly, fine paper grades intended for use in quality printing, carbonizing, cigarettes, electrical condensers, and like grades of fine paper have typically heretofore been formed on very finely woven or fine wire mesh forming fabrics.
Wire marking is typically the result of individual cellulosic fibers being oriented within the paper web such that their ends reside within gaps between the individual threads or yarns of the forming fabric. This problem is generally addressed by providing a permeable fabric structure with a coplanar surface that allows paper fibers to bridge adjacent yarns of the fabric rather than penetrate the gaps between yams. As used herein, "coplanar" means that the upper extremities of the yarns defining the paper-forming surface are at substantially the same elevation, such that at that level there is presented a substantially "planar" surface. Accordingly, fine paper grades intended for use in quality printing, carbonizing, cigarettes, electrical condensers, and like grades of fine paper have typically heretofore been formed on very finely woven or fine wire mesh forming fabrics.
[0006] Typically, such finely woven fabrics include at least some relatively small diameter machine direction or cross machine direction yarns. Regrettably, however, such yarns tend to be delicate, leading to a short surface life for the fabric. Moreover, the use of smaller yams can also adversely effect the mechanical stability of the fabric (especially in terms of skew resistance, narrowing propensity and stiffness), which may negatively impact both the service life and the performance of the fabric.
[00071 To combat these problems associated with fine weaves, multi-layer forming fabrics have been developed with fine-mesh yams on the paper forming surface to facilitate paper formation and coarser-mesh yarns on the machine contact side to provide strength and durability. For example, fabrics have been constructed which employ one set of machine direction yams which interweave with two sets of cross machine direction yams to form a fabric having a fine paper forming surface and a more durable machine side surface. These fabrics form part of a class of fabrics which are generally referred to as "double layer" fabrics. Similarly, fabrics have been constructed which include two sets of machine direction yams and two sets of cross machine direction yams that form a fine mesh paper side fabric layer and a separate, coarser machine side fabric layer. In these fabrics, which are part of a class of fabrics generally referred to as "triple layer" fabrics, the two fabric layers are typically bound together by separate stitching yarns. As double and triple layer fabrics include additional sets of yam as compared to single layer fabrics, these fabrics typically have a higher "caliper" (i.e., they are thicker than) comparable single layer fabrics. An illustrative double layer fabric is shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,423,755 to Thompson, and illustrative triple layer fabrics are shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,501,303 to Osterberg, U.S. Patent No. 5,152,326 to Vohringer, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,437,315 and 5,967,195 to Ward, and U.S. Patent No. 6,244,306 to Troughton.
[0008] Although these fabrics have performed successfully, they have some potential shortcomings. For example, the coarser CMD yarns used in the bottom layer of the fabric typically have long "floats" (segments that span multiple adjacent MD yams in the weave pattern) that contact the papermaking machine and, accordingly, are subjected to a large degree of wear. On one hand, this is desirable, as it can protect the bottom machine direction yams (which are forced to absorb and withstand much of the tension present in the fabric during operation); such a configuration does suggest that the cross-machine direction yams that contact the paper machine should be wear-resistant. On the other hand, the bottom CMD yams should not be of a size or woven in a configuration that negatively impacts papermaking. As such, a weave pattern that can improve the wear resistance of the CMD yams while still providing acceptable papermaking properties is desirable.
Summa of the Invention [0009] The present invention is directed to papermaker's fabrics that can address some of the wear and abrasion issues noted above as well as provide a fine weave surface on the paper-forming side of the fabric. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a triple layer fabric includes a set of top machine direction yarns, a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to forin a top fabric layer, a set of bottom machine direction yams, and a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer stitched to the top fabric layer. The bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yams pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yams to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yams separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yam form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn.
Each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms a diagonal with two imaginary diagonal lines nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal is offset by two cross machine direction yams and one bottom machine direction yarn. The top and bottom fabric layers may be stitched together, for example, by conventional stitching yarns, stitching yarn pairs, pseudo-stitching yams, and/or a self-stitching configuration.
[0010] In this configuration, the bottom machine direction knuckles of a pair tend to bow toward one another, effectively lengthening floats present on either side of these knuckles. The increased length offers more bottom CMD yarn contact area to serve as a wear surface. In addition, the presence of these two bottom MD
knuckles in close proximity can exert significant force on the common bottom CMD yarn, thereby causing it to crinlp substantially. As a result of this crimping force, larger (and, in turn, more wear-resistant) bottom CMD yams can be employed.
[0011] In other embodiments according to the present invention, the papermaker's fabric discussed above includes pairs of first and second stitching yarns positioned between pairs of top CMD yams. The first and second stitching yams of each pair are interwoven with the top and bottom MD yams such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top MD yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top MD yams, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top MD yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top MD yarns. The first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top MD yarn, and each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom MD yarns. Further, the presence of the diagonal formed by the bottom MD knuckles can provide a fabric that produces reduced marking of the paper sheet.
[0012] In other embodiments of the present invention, embodiments of the papermaker's fabrics described above may be used to make paper. A paper stock may be applied to a papermaker's fabric as described above, and moisture may be removed from the paper stock to produce paper.
In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a triple layer papermaker's fabric, comprising: a set of top machine direction yarns; a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom machine direction yarns; a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a -5a-common bottom cross machine direction yarn; wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn; and wherein pairs of first and second stitching yarns are positioned between pairs of top cross machine direction yarns, the first and second stitching yarns of each pair being interwoven with the top and bottom machine direction yarns, such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that the first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top machine direction yarn, and such that each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom machine direction yarns.
In a further embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of making paper, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a papermaker's fabric, comprising a set of top machine direction yarns; a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom machine direction yarns; a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
-5b-wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn; wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn;
(b) applying paper stock to the papermaker's fabric; and (c) removing moisture from the paper stock.
Brief Description of the Figures [0013] Figure 1 is a top view of a twenty harness triple layer forming fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0014] Figure 2 is a top section view of the bottom layer of the fabric of Figure 1 with the top layer removed.
[0015] Figures 3A-3J are section views of the MD yarns of the fabric of Figure 1 taken along lines 3A-3A through 3J-3J
thereof.
[0016] Figures 4A-4T are section views of the CMD yarns of the fabric of Figure 1 taken along lines 4A-4A through 4T-4T.
[0017] Figures 5A-5L are cross-sectional views of the MD yarns of a bottom layer of a twenty-four harness triple -5c-layer fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0018] Figures 6A-6X are cross-sectional views of the CMD yarns of the bottom layer of the twenty-four harness triple layer fabric of Figures 5A-5L.
[0019] Figures 7A-7H are cross-sectional views of the MD yarns of a bottom layer of a sixteen harness triple layer fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0020] Figures 8A-8P are cross-sectional views of the CMD yarns of the bottom layer of the sixteen harness triple layer fabric of Figures 7A-7H.
Detailed Description (0021] The present invention will now be described more particularly hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. The invention, however, be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the disclosure will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like components throughout. The dimensions and thicknesses for some components and layers may be exaggerated for clarity.
[0022] A twenty ha.rness triple layer forming fabric 20 is illustrated in Figures 1-4, in which a single repeat unit of the fabric 20 is shown. The repeat unit of the fabric includes a top layer 21 and a bottom layer 81. The top layer 21 includes ten top MD yarns 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 and twenty top CMD yams 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 102, 106, 110, 114, and 118. These are interwoven such that each top CMD yarn passes over and beneath top MD
yarns 15 in an alternating fashion, with each top MD yarn passing either over or under the top CMD yarns. For example; top CMD yarn 42 passes under top MD yarn 22, over top MD yarn 24, under top MD yarn 26, over top MD yarn 28 and so on until it passes over top MD yarn 40. Similarly, top CMD yarn 46 passes under top MD yarn 22, over top MD yarn 24, under top MD yarn 26, over top MD yarn 28 and so on until it 20 passes over top MD yarn 40.
[0023] As can be seen in Figure 2, the repeat unit of the fabric 20 also includes the bottom layer 81. The repeat unit includes ten bottom MD yarns 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, and 140, which are interwoven with twenty bottom CMD yarns 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, and 180. Each of the bottom MD and CMD yarns is positioned substantially directly below a corresponding top MD or CMD yarn.
The interweaving pattern of the bottom layer 81 is described in greater detail below.
[0024] The top layer 21 and the bottom layer 81 also include portions of twenty stitching yarn pairs, designated herein as pairs 44a, 44b, 48a, 48b, 52a, 52b, 56a, 56b, 60a, 60b, 64a, 64b, 68a, 68b, 72a, 72b, 76a, 76b, 80a, 80b, 84a, 84b, 88a, 88b, 92a,92b,96a,96b,100a,100b,104a,104b,108a,108b,112a.,112b,116a,116b, 120a and 120b. The stitching yarns interweave with the top MD yams and bottom MD yarns to bind the top and bottom fabric layers together. The stitching yarns form an integral part of the top layer 21 and interweave with the top MD yarns in an "over/under" pattern. Each top MD yarn that passes over the top CMD yarns also passes beneath portions of the stitching yams, and similarly each top MD yam that passes beneath the top CMD yams also passes over portions of the stitching yarns to form the "over/under" pattern. For example, top MD yam 22 passes over the CMD
yarn 42, under stitching yarn 44b, over top CMD yarn 46, under stitching yam 48a and so forth until it passes under stitching yarn 120b. Top MD yarn 24 passes underneath top CMD yarn 42, over stitching yam 44b, under top CMD yarn 46, and so forth until it passes above the crossing point of stitching yams 120a and 120b.
[0025] The stitching yams are positioned in pairs between adjacent top and bottom CMD yams; there is no bottom CMD yarn below each stitching yarn pair so that space is present for the stitching yarn to stitch. For example, stitching yarns 44a and 44b are positioned between top CMD yarns 42 and 46. When the top and bottom fabric layers 21 and 81 are joined, the top CMD yams are positioned substantially directly above the bottom CMD yarns, such that space exists between adjacent bottom CMD yarns for the stitching yams to stitch. That is, there is no bottom CMD
yarn positioned substantially directly below the stitching yam pairs, thereby providing a space in which the stitching yams can stitch below a bottom CMD yarn. Of course, those skilled in this art will appreciate that the fabric 20 may have differing numbers of top and bottom CMD yarns in a repeat unit; for example, there may be 1.5, two, three or five times as many top CMD yarns as bottom CMD yarns. In addition, in some embodiments bottom CMD yams may be present below the stitching yarn pairs;
in such embodiments, it is preferred that the stitching yarns of a pair stitch on opposite sides of the underlining bottom CMD yarn.
[0026] Referring to Figure 2, the bottom MD yams are interwoven with the bottom CMD yams in a pattern in which each bottom MD yarn passes under a bottom CMD yarn, over the next three adjacent bottom CMD yarns, below the next bottom CMD yarn, over the next six adjacent bottom CMD yarns, below the next bottom CMD yarn, over the next three adjacent bottom CMD yams, below the next bottom CMD yam, and over the next four bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD
yarn 122 passes under bottom CMD yam 142, above bottom CMD yams 144, 146, and 148, below bottom CMD yam 150, above bottom CMD yams 152,154, 156,158, 160, and 162, below bottom CMD yam 164, above bottom CMD yams 166, 168 and 170, below bottom CMD yam 172, and above bottom CMD yams 174, 176, 178 and 180. The other bottom MD yams follow a similar "under 1/over 3/under 1/over 6/under 1/over 3/under 1/over 4" weave pattern, but each is offset in its weaving sequence from its nearest bottom MD yarn neighbors by two bottom CMD yarns.
Consequently, bottom MD yarn 124 (which is adjacent bottom CMD yarn 122) passes below bottom CMD yarn 178, above bottom CMD yams 180, 142, 144, below bottom CMD yam 146, above bottom CMD yarns 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, and 158, below bottom CMD yarn 160, above bottom CMD yarn 162, 164, and 166, below bottom CMD yarn 168, above bottom CMD yarns 170, 172, 174, and 176. Thus, the bottom MD "kn.uckle" formed by bottom MD yarn 122 as it passes below bottom CMD yam 150 is offset from the corresponding bottom "knuckle" formed by adjacent bottom MD yarn 124 as it passes below bottom CMD yarn 146 by two bottom CMD yarns.
[0027] As can be seen in Figures 3A-J, each of the bottom N1D yams forms four knuclcles in the repeat pattern. Two pairs of the lcnuckles are offset from one another by four bottom CMD yarns, one pair of k-n.uckles is offset by seven bottom CMD
yarns, and another pair of knuckles is offset by five bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yam 122 in Figure 3A form four bottom MD knuckles at bottom CMD
yarns 142, 150, 164, and 172, which are offset by from one another by four, seven, four, and five bottom CMD yams, respectively.
[0028] Each of the bottom MD knuckles formed on the bottom surface of the bottom layer 81 by the bottom MD yarns is separated from another bottom MD
yarn knuckle formed under the same bottom CMD yaxn by one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom MD yatns 122 and 126 form a pair of knuckles at bottom ChdD
yam 142. Bottom MD yams 122 and 126 are separated by bottom MD yam 124. In this configuration, the bottom MD yam knuckles tend to bow toward one another, resulting in an effective lengthening of the long bottom CMD yarn float (in this instance, seven bottom MD yarns long) between bottom R41D yarn knuckle pairs.
This effective increase in float length can improve wear of the fabric. Embodiments of this configuration are described in detail in U.S. Patent No. 6,244,306 to Troughton.
[0029] Each of the bottom 1VID knuckle pairs forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal is offset by two CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. For exanlple, as seen in Figure 2, bottom CMD yarn 144 forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 144k and 144k' at bottom MD yarns 132 and 136. The next consecutive bottom MD
knuckle pair in the diagonal is formed by bottom CMD yarn 148, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 148k and 148k' at bottom MD yarns 130 and 134. The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal is formed at bottom CMD
yarn 152, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 152k and 152k' at MD yams 128 and 132, followed by a bottom MD knuckle pair formed at bottom CMD yarn 156, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 156k and 156k' at MD yams 126 and 130, and so forth.
[0030] Likewise, the bottom CMD yarns separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal lines described above form similar imaginary diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs. For example, bottom CMD yam 154 forms bottom MD knuckle pair 154k and 154k' at bottom MD yarns 136 and 140. The next bottom MD knuckle pair 158k and 158k' in the diagonal is formed by bottom CMD yarn 158 at bottom MD yarns 134 and 18, and so forth.
[0031] The alternating diagonal pattern described above may improve marking properties of the fabric.
[0032] The bottom CMD yarns may be grouped in adjacent pairs such that the first half of the repeat pattern in the first bottom CMD yarn in a pair follows the same pattern as the second half of the second bottom CMD yarn in the pair. For example, bottom CMD yam 142 passes above bottom MD yarn 122, beneath bottom MD yarn 124, above bottom MD yarn 126, and beneath bottom MD yarns 128,130,132,134, 136,138, and 140. Adjacent bottom CMD yarn 144 passes above bottom MD yam 132, beneath bottom MD yarn 134, above bottom MD yarn 136, and beneath bottom MD yams 138, 140, 122, 124, 126,128, and 130.
[0033] As can be seen in Figures 1-4 the corresponding pairs of stitching yarns interweave with the top MD yarns and bottom MD yarns in the following pattern.
Each of the stitching yarns of the repeat unit can be subdivided into two portions: a fiber support portion which interweaves with the top MD yarns, and a binding portion which interweaves with a bottom MD yarn. These are separated at "transitional"
top MD yarns, below which one stitching yam of a pair crosses the other stitching yam of the pair. The stitching yarns of each pair are interwoven relative to one another such that the fiber support port ion of one yarn of the pair is positioned above the binding portion of the other yarn of the pair. The fiber support portion of the stitching yarn of each pair designated with an "a" (e.g_, 44a, 48a, 52a) interweaves in an alternating fashion with five top MD yarns (alternately passing over three top MD yarns and under two top MD yams), and the other stitching yarn of the pair (those designated with a "b") passes over two top MD yams while passing below a top MD yarn positioned between those two MD yarns. In its fiber support portion, each stitclzing yarn passes over top MD yarns that the top CMD yarns pass beneath, and passes below top MD yarns that each top CIvID yarn passes over. In this manner, the stitching yarns and top CMD form a plain weave pattern with the top MD yarns on the papermaking ie, top surface ) see Figure 1).
[0034] In its binding portion, each stitching yarn passes below one bottom MD
yarn in the repeat unit such that an "over 4/under 1" pattem is established by the pair of stitching yarns on the bottom surface of the fabric 20 see Figure 2). This configuration is discussed in greater detail in U.S. Patent No. 5,967,195 to Ward.
When a stitching yarn passes below a bottom MD yarn, it does so between two bottom CMD yarns that are forming bottom CMD long floats. In this position, the CMD yarns can protect tlie stitching yarns from contact with the paper machine and from the resultant wear.
10035] Pairs of stitching yams that are positioned adjacent to and on opposite sides of a top or bottom CMD yarn are interwoven with the top or bottom MD
yarns such that there is an offset of two MD yams between such stitching yam pairs.
For example, stitching yarn 44a passes above top MD yarns 30, 34 and 38 and below bottom MD yam 124. Stitching yam 48a passes above top MD yams 34, 38 and 22 (with top MD yam 22 being a continuation of the pattern on the opposite side) and below bottom MD yarn.128. Thus, stitching yarn 44a is offset from stitching yarn 48a by two top and bottom MD yams. This same two IvID yam offset is followed for the interweaving of the other stitching yarns.
[0036] It can also be seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3A-J that the stitcliing yams are interwoven with the top and bottom MD yams as "reversed picks" configuration.
The "reversed picks" configuration is described in detail in U.S. Patent Nos.
5,967,195 and 6,145,550 to Ward. To summarize for the present invention, the presence of reversed piclcs in a double-pick-stitched triple layer fabric can be established by locating the transitional top MD yarns and determining the most predominant imaginary diagonal line formed by the transitional top MD yarns, the most predominant diagonal line being the diagonal line having the minimum number of steps betveen transitional top MD yams. If the fiber support portions of successive stitch yam pairs on one side of this diagonal are closer to each other in some cases and farther apart in others, then the fabric can have at least some "reversed picks" in the stitching yarn configuration.
Although it is preferred that all of the stitching yam pairs follow this pattern, i.e., that 50% of the stitching yarn pairs be "reversed", some benefit can be obtained by reversing only a smaller percentage (for exaniple 25, 33 or 40%) of the stitching yarrrn pairs.
[00371. Fabrics having non-reversed pick stitching yarns may also be used. In addition, other stitching yarn configurations may be used, including "pseudo-stitching" yarns. In a pseudo-stitching yarn configuration, only one of the stitching yarns in a stitching yarn pair forms a knuckle with the bottom MD yarns in the repeat unit. Moreover, in some embodiments of the present invention, a "self-stitched"
fabric can be used. An example of a self-stitched fabric can be found in U.S.
Patent No. RE35,777 to Givin. A self-stitched fabric is a fabric that includes a set of top MD yarns, a set of bottom MD yarns, a set of top CMD yarns, and a set of bottom CMD yams. The top MD yarns interweave with the top CMD yarns to form a top fabric layer, and the set of bottom MD yarns interweave with the bottom CMD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer. The top MD or top CIvID yarns can stitch the top and bottom fabric layers together. That is, an MD yarn from the top layer periodically interweaves with a bottom CIvID yarn, andlor a CMD yarn from the top layer periodically interweaves with a bottom MD yani, thus forniing an effective stitching point. Typically, the top CMD or top MD yarns that interweave with the bottom layer to form a stitching point do not form an integrated part of the bottom fabric layer and are used in addition to the knuckles that form the pattern of the bottom layer shown in Figure 2.
Additional stitching yarns may not be necessary.
[0038] Although the illustrated embodiments employ plain weave pattern top layers, the fabrics of the present invention may also employ other top layer weave patterns; for example, twills, satins, broken twills, and the like may also be employed.
Each of the bottom CMD yarns may be positioned substantially directly below a corresponding top CMD yarn. When stitching yarn pairs are used, there is typically no bottom CMD yam positioned substantially directly below the stitching yarn pairs, thereby providing a space in which the stitching yarns can stitch below a bottom CNID yarn. Of course, those skilled in this art will appreciate that the fabric may have differing numbers of top and bottom CIvID yariis in a repeat unit; for example, there may be 1.5, two or three times as many top CMD yarns as bottom CMD yams, or there may be a CMD yarn below each stitching yam pair.
[0039] The stitching yarns may comprise an integral portion of the top surface weave or may not. The stitching yams can be stitched in the cross machine direction or in the machine direction of the fabric. Further, stitching yams that are not arranged as stitching yam pairs may also be employed in the fabrics of the present invention;
examples of such stitching yarns are illustrated in U.S. Patent No. 5,238,536 to Danby.
[0040] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although the illustrated fabric in Figures 1-4 employs ten top MD yams and ten bottom MD yams i.e., they are "twenty harness fabrics"), other numbers of top and bottom MD yams may be employed in fabrics of the present invention. For example, fabrics employing eight, or twelve top and bottom MD yams may also be suitable for fabrics of the present invention. Figures 5A-J and 6A-X illustrate the bottom layer 200 of an alternative embodiment of a twenty-four harness triple layer fabric (not shown in its entirety).
The bottom layer 200 can be stitched to a top layer similar to the top layer described with respect to fabric 20 in Figures 1-4.
[0041] The bottom layer 200 includes twenty-four bottom CMD yarns 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, and 248 interwoven with twelve bottom MD yams 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, and 272. As they interweave, each bottom MD yarn follows an "under 1/over 3/under 1/ over 8/under 1/over 3/under 1/
over 6"
weave pattern relative to the bottom CMD yams, with adjacent bottom MD yams being offset from one another by two bottom CMD yams.
[0042] Each bottom MD yarn forms four bottom MD knuckles. The four bottom MD knuckles are offset from one another by nine, seven or, in two cases, four bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yarn 250 forms knuckles at bottom CMD
yarns 202, 210, 228, and 236, which are offset from one another by four, nine, four, and seven bottom CMD yarns, respectively.
[0043] Like the fabric 20, in the bottom layer 200 bottom MD knuckle pairs are formed under a common bottom CMD yarn such that each knuckle in the pair is separated by one bottom MD yarn. Each of the bottom MD knuckle pairs form imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom CMD yarn 208 (Figure 6D) forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 260 (Figure 4F) and 264 (Figure 4H). The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is fonned by bottom CMD yarn 212, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 258 and 262. The bottom MD knuckle pair formed at CMD yarn 212 is offset from the bottom MD knuckle pair formed at bottom CMD yarn 208 by two bottom CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed at bottom CMD yarn 216, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at MD yarns 256 and 260.
[0044] The bottom CMD yarns separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal described above form similar diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs.
For example, bottom CMD yarn 210 forms bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD
yarns 270 and 250. The next bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed by bottom CMD yarn 214 at bottom MD yams 272 and 268, and so forth.
[0045] As a further example, Figures 7A-H and 8A-P illustrate the MD yams of a bottom layer 300 of a sixteen harness triple layer fabric (not shown in its entirety), which includes sixteen bottom CMD yarns 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, and 332 interwoven with eight bottom MD
yarns 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 346, and 348. As they interweave, each bottom MD
yarn follows an "under 1/over 3/under 1/over 4/under 1/over 3/under 1/ over 2"
pattern, with adjacent bottom MD yarns being offset from one another by two bottom CMD yarns.
[0046] Each bottom MD yarn forms four bottom MD knuckles in the repeat pattern. The four bottom MD knuckles are offset from one another by five, four, or three bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yarn 334 forms knuckles at bottom CMD yarns 302, 310, 320 and 328, which are offset from one another by four (in two cases), five, four, and three bottom CMD yarns, respectively.
100471 Bottom MD knuckle pairs separated by one bottom MD yarn are formed under a common bottom CMD yarn. Each of the bottom MD knuckle pairs forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two CMD yarn one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom CMD yam 312 (Figure 8F) forms a bottom MD
knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 338 (Figure 7C) and 342 (Figure 7E). The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines (separated by bottom CMD
yarn 314) is formed by bottom CMD yarn 316, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 336 and 340. The bottom CMD yams separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal lines described above form similar diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs. For example, bottom CMD yam 314 forms bottom MD
knuckle pair at bottom MD yams 344 and 348. The next bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed by bottom CMD yarn 318 at bottom MD yams 342 and 346.
[0048] It should be understood that all of the embodiments of Figures 4-8 will include a top layer that is stitched to the illustrated bottom layer; the top layer and stitching yarns are omitted herein for clarity.
[0049] The form of the yarns utilized in the fabrics of the present invention can vary, depending upon the desired properties of the final papermaker's fabric.
For example, the yams may be multifilament yams, monofilament yams, twisted multifilament or monofilament yarns, spun yarns, or any combination thereof.
Also, the materials comprising yams employed in the fabric of the present invention may be those commonly used in papermaker's fabric. For example, the yams may be formed of polypropylene, polyester, aramid, nylon, or the like. The skilled artisan should select a yarn material according to the particular application of the final fabric. In particular, round monofilament yams formed of polyester or nylon are preferred.
[0050] Yarn sizes should also be selected according to the desired papermaking properties of the fabric. As a typical example, with fine paper applications, top MD
yarns have a diameter of between about 0.13 mm and 0.17 mm, top CMD yarns have a diameter of between about 0.13 mm and 0.20 mm, stitching yarns have a diameter of between about 0.11 mm and 0.15 mm, bottom MD yarns have a diameter of between about 0.17 mm and 0.25 mm, and bottom CMD yams have a diameter of between about 0.20 mm and 0.35 mm. It should be noted that, because the fabrics of the present invention can employ larger than typical bottom CMD yams, the ratio of diameter of bottom CMD yarn to bottom MD yarn can be from about 1.0 to about 2.5.
[0051] The foregoing embodiments are illustrative of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting thereof. The invention is defined by the following claims, with equivalents of the claims to be included therein.
[00071 To combat these problems associated with fine weaves, multi-layer forming fabrics have been developed with fine-mesh yams on the paper forming surface to facilitate paper formation and coarser-mesh yarns on the machine contact side to provide strength and durability. For example, fabrics have been constructed which employ one set of machine direction yams which interweave with two sets of cross machine direction yams to form a fabric having a fine paper forming surface and a more durable machine side surface. These fabrics form part of a class of fabrics which are generally referred to as "double layer" fabrics. Similarly, fabrics have been constructed which include two sets of machine direction yams and two sets of cross machine direction yams that form a fine mesh paper side fabric layer and a separate, coarser machine side fabric layer. In these fabrics, which are part of a class of fabrics generally referred to as "triple layer" fabrics, the two fabric layers are typically bound together by separate stitching yarns. As double and triple layer fabrics include additional sets of yam as compared to single layer fabrics, these fabrics typically have a higher "caliper" (i.e., they are thicker than) comparable single layer fabrics. An illustrative double layer fabric is shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,423,755 to Thompson, and illustrative triple layer fabrics are shown in U.S. Patent No. 4,501,303 to Osterberg, U.S. Patent No. 5,152,326 to Vohringer, U.S. Patent Nos. 5,437,315 and 5,967,195 to Ward, and U.S. Patent No. 6,244,306 to Troughton.
[0008] Although these fabrics have performed successfully, they have some potential shortcomings. For example, the coarser CMD yarns used in the bottom layer of the fabric typically have long "floats" (segments that span multiple adjacent MD yams in the weave pattern) that contact the papermaking machine and, accordingly, are subjected to a large degree of wear. On one hand, this is desirable, as it can protect the bottom machine direction yams (which are forced to absorb and withstand much of the tension present in the fabric during operation); such a configuration does suggest that the cross-machine direction yams that contact the paper machine should be wear-resistant. On the other hand, the bottom CMD yams should not be of a size or woven in a configuration that negatively impacts papermaking. As such, a weave pattern that can improve the wear resistance of the CMD yams while still providing acceptable papermaking properties is desirable.
Summa of the Invention [0009] The present invention is directed to papermaker's fabrics that can address some of the wear and abrasion issues noted above as well as provide a fine weave surface on the paper-forming side of the fabric. In certain embodiments of the present invention, a triple layer fabric includes a set of top machine direction yarns, a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to forin a top fabric layer, a set of bottom machine direction yams, and a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer stitched to the top fabric layer. The bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yams pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yams to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yams separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yam form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn.
Each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms a diagonal with two imaginary diagonal lines nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal is offset by two cross machine direction yams and one bottom machine direction yarn. The top and bottom fabric layers may be stitched together, for example, by conventional stitching yarns, stitching yarn pairs, pseudo-stitching yams, and/or a self-stitching configuration.
[0010] In this configuration, the bottom machine direction knuckles of a pair tend to bow toward one another, effectively lengthening floats present on either side of these knuckles. The increased length offers more bottom CMD yarn contact area to serve as a wear surface. In addition, the presence of these two bottom MD
knuckles in close proximity can exert significant force on the common bottom CMD yarn, thereby causing it to crinlp substantially. As a result of this crimping force, larger (and, in turn, more wear-resistant) bottom CMD yams can be employed.
[0011] In other embodiments according to the present invention, the papermaker's fabric discussed above includes pairs of first and second stitching yarns positioned between pairs of top CMD yams. The first and second stitching yams of each pair are interwoven with the top and bottom MD yams such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top MD yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top MD yams, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top MD yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top MD yarns. The first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top MD yarn, and each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom MD yarns. Further, the presence of the diagonal formed by the bottom MD knuckles can provide a fabric that produces reduced marking of the paper sheet.
[0012] In other embodiments of the present invention, embodiments of the papermaker's fabrics described above may be used to make paper. A paper stock may be applied to a papermaker's fabric as described above, and moisture may be removed from the paper stock to produce paper.
In another embodiment of the invention, there is provided a triple layer papermaker's fabric, comprising: a set of top machine direction yarns; a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom machine direction yarns; a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a -5a-common bottom cross machine direction yarn; wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn; and wherein pairs of first and second stitching yarns are positioned between pairs of top cross machine direction yarns, the first and second stitching yarns of each pair being interwoven with the top and bottom machine direction yarns, such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that the first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top machine direction yarn, and such that each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom machine direction yarns.
In a further embodiment of the invention, there is provided a method of making paper, the method comprising the steps of: (a) providing a papermaker's fabric, comprising a set of top machine direction yarns; a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer; a set of bottom machine direction yarns; a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer; a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
-5b-wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn; wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn;
(b) applying paper stock to the papermaker's fabric; and (c) removing moisture from the paper stock.
Brief Description of the Figures [0013] Figure 1 is a top view of a twenty harness triple layer forming fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0014] Figure 2 is a top section view of the bottom layer of the fabric of Figure 1 with the top layer removed.
[0015] Figures 3A-3J are section views of the MD yarns of the fabric of Figure 1 taken along lines 3A-3A through 3J-3J
thereof.
[0016] Figures 4A-4T are section views of the CMD yarns of the fabric of Figure 1 taken along lines 4A-4A through 4T-4T.
[0017] Figures 5A-5L are cross-sectional views of the MD yarns of a bottom layer of a twenty-four harness triple -5c-layer fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0018] Figures 6A-6X are cross-sectional views of the CMD yarns of the bottom layer of the twenty-four harness triple layer fabric of Figures 5A-5L.
[0019] Figures 7A-7H are cross-sectional views of the MD yarns of a bottom layer of a sixteen harness triple layer fabric according to embodiments of the present invention.
[0020] Figures 8A-8P are cross-sectional views of the CMD yarns of the bottom layer of the sixteen harness triple layer fabric of Figures 7A-7H.
Detailed Description (0021] The present invention will now be described more particularly hereinafter with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which preferred embodiments of the invention are shown. The invention, however, be embodied in many different forms and is not limited to the embodiments set forth herein; rather, these embodiments are provided so that the disclosure will fully convey the scope of the invention to those skilled in the art. Like numbers refer to like components throughout. The dimensions and thicknesses for some components and layers may be exaggerated for clarity.
[0022] A twenty ha.rness triple layer forming fabric 20 is illustrated in Figures 1-4, in which a single repeat unit of the fabric 20 is shown. The repeat unit of the fabric includes a top layer 21 and a bottom layer 81. The top layer 21 includes ten top MD yarns 22, 24, 26, 28, 30, 32, 34, 36, 38 and 40 and twenty top CMD yams 42, 46, 50, 54, 58, 62, 66, 70, 74, 78, 82, 86, 90, 94, 98, 102, 106, 110, 114, and 118. These are interwoven such that each top CMD yarn passes over and beneath top MD
yarns 15 in an alternating fashion, with each top MD yarn passing either over or under the top CMD yarns. For example; top CMD yarn 42 passes under top MD yarn 22, over top MD yarn 24, under top MD yarn 26, over top MD yarn 28 and so on until it passes over top MD yarn 40. Similarly, top CMD yarn 46 passes under top MD yarn 22, over top MD yarn 24, under top MD yarn 26, over top MD yarn 28 and so on until it 20 passes over top MD yarn 40.
[0023] As can be seen in Figure 2, the repeat unit of the fabric 20 also includes the bottom layer 81. The repeat unit includes ten bottom MD yarns 122, 124, 126, 128, 130, 132, 134, 136, 138, and 140, which are interwoven with twenty bottom CMD yarns 142, 144, 146, 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, 158, 160, 162, 164, 166, 168, 170, 172, 174, 176, 178, and 180. Each of the bottom MD and CMD yarns is positioned substantially directly below a corresponding top MD or CMD yarn.
The interweaving pattern of the bottom layer 81 is described in greater detail below.
[0024] The top layer 21 and the bottom layer 81 also include portions of twenty stitching yarn pairs, designated herein as pairs 44a, 44b, 48a, 48b, 52a, 52b, 56a, 56b, 60a, 60b, 64a, 64b, 68a, 68b, 72a, 72b, 76a, 76b, 80a, 80b, 84a, 84b, 88a, 88b, 92a,92b,96a,96b,100a,100b,104a,104b,108a,108b,112a.,112b,116a,116b, 120a and 120b. The stitching yarns interweave with the top MD yams and bottom MD yarns to bind the top and bottom fabric layers together. The stitching yarns form an integral part of the top layer 21 and interweave with the top MD yarns in an "over/under" pattern. Each top MD yarn that passes over the top CMD yarns also passes beneath portions of the stitching yams, and similarly each top MD yam that passes beneath the top CMD yams also passes over portions of the stitching yarns to form the "over/under" pattern. For example, top MD yam 22 passes over the CMD
yarn 42, under stitching yarn 44b, over top CMD yarn 46, under stitching yam 48a and so forth until it passes under stitching yarn 120b. Top MD yarn 24 passes underneath top CMD yarn 42, over stitching yam 44b, under top CMD yarn 46, and so forth until it passes above the crossing point of stitching yams 120a and 120b.
[0025] The stitching yams are positioned in pairs between adjacent top and bottom CMD yams; there is no bottom CMD yarn below each stitching yarn pair so that space is present for the stitching yarn to stitch. For example, stitching yarns 44a and 44b are positioned between top CMD yarns 42 and 46. When the top and bottom fabric layers 21 and 81 are joined, the top CMD yams are positioned substantially directly above the bottom CMD yarns, such that space exists between adjacent bottom CMD yarns for the stitching yams to stitch. That is, there is no bottom CMD
yarn positioned substantially directly below the stitching yam pairs, thereby providing a space in which the stitching yams can stitch below a bottom CMD yarn. Of course, those skilled in this art will appreciate that the fabric 20 may have differing numbers of top and bottom CMD yarns in a repeat unit; for example, there may be 1.5, two, three or five times as many top CMD yarns as bottom CMD yarns. In addition, in some embodiments bottom CMD yams may be present below the stitching yarn pairs;
in such embodiments, it is preferred that the stitching yarns of a pair stitch on opposite sides of the underlining bottom CMD yarn.
[0026] Referring to Figure 2, the bottom MD yams are interwoven with the bottom CMD yams in a pattern in which each bottom MD yarn passes under a bottom CMD yarn, over the next three adjacent bottom CMD yarns, below the next bottom CMD yarn, over the next six adjacent bottom CMD yarns, below the next bottom CMD yarn, over the next three adjacent bottom CMD yams, below the next bottom CMD yam, and over the next four bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD
yarn 122 passes under bottom CMD yam 142, above bottom CMD yams 144, 146, and 148, below bottom CMD yam 150, above bottom CMD yams 152,154, 156,158, 160, and 162, below bottom CMD yam 164, above bottom CMD yams 166, 168 and 170, below bottom CMD yam 172, and above bottom CMD yams 174, 176, 178 and 180. The other bottom MD yams follow a similar "under 1/over 3/under 1/over 6/under 1/over 3/under 1/over 4" weave pattern, but each is offset in its weaving sequence from its nearest bottom MD yarn neighbors by two bottom CMD yarns.
Consequently, bottom MD yarn 124 (which is adjacent bottom CMD yarn 122) passes below bottom CMD yarn 178, above bottom CMD yams 180, 142, 144, below bottom CMD yam 146, above bottom CMD yarns 148, 150, 152, 154, 156, and 158, below bottom CMD yarn 160, above bottom CMD yarn 162, 164, and 166, below bottom CMD yarn 168, above bottom CMD yarns 170, 172, 174, and 176. Thus, the bottom MD "kn.uckle" formed by bottom MD yarn 122 as it passes below bottom CMD yam 150 is offset from the corresponding bottom "knuckle" formed by adjacent bottom MD yarn 124 as it passes below bottom CMD yarn 146 by two bottom CMD yarns.
[0027] As can be seen in Figures 3A-J, each of the bottom N1D yams forms four knuclcles in the repeat pattern. Two pairs of the lcnuckles are offset from one another by four bottom CMD yarns, one pair of k-n.uckles is offset by seven bottom CMD
yarns, and another pair of knuckles is offset by five bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yam 122 in Figure 3A form four bottom MD knuckles at bottom CMD
yarns 142, 150, 164, and 172, which are offset by from one another by four, seven, four, and five bottom CMD yams, respectively.
[0028] Each of the bottom MD knuckles formed on the bottom surface of the bottom layer 81 by the bottom MD yarns is separated from another bottom MD
yarn knuckle formed under the same bottom CMD yaxn by one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom MD yatns 122 and 126 form a pair of knuckles at bottom ChdD
yam 142. Bottom MD yams 122 and 126 are separated by bottom MD yam 124. In this configuration, the bottom MD yam knuckles tend to bow toward one another, resulting in an effective lengthening of the long bottom CMD yarn float (in this instance, seven bottom MD yarns long) between bottom R41D yarn knuckle pairs.
This effective increase in float length can improve wear of the fabric. Embodiments of this configuration are described in detail in U.S. Patent No. 6,244,306 to Troughton.
[0029] Each of the bottom 1VID knuckle pairs forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal is offset by two CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. For exanlple, as seen in Figure 2, bottom CMD yarn 144 forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 144k and 144k' at bottom MD yarns 132 and 136. The next consecutive bottom MD
knuckle pair in the diagonal is formed by bottom CMD yarn 148, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 148k and 148k' at bottom MD yarns 130 and 134. The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal is formed at bottom CMD
yarn 152, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 152k and 152k' at MD yams 128 and 132, followed by a bottom MD knuckle pair formed at bottom CMD yarn 156, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair 156k and 156k' at MD yams 126 and 130, and so forth.
[0030] Likewise, the bottom CMD yarns separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal lines described above form similar imaginary diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs. For example, bottom CMD yam 154 forms bottom MD knuckle pair 154k and 154k' at bottom MD yarns 136 and 140. The next bottom MD knuckle pair 158k and 158k' in the diagonal is formed by bottom CMD yarn 158 at bottom MD yarns 134 and 18, and so forth.
[0031] The alternating diagonal pattern described above may improve marking properties of the fabric.
[0032] The bottom CMD yarns may be grouped in adjacent pairs such that the first half of the repeat pattern in the first bottom CMD yarn in a pair follows the same pattern as the second half of the second bottom CMD yarn in the pair. For example, bottom CMD yam 142 passes above bottom MD yarn 122, beneath bottom MD yarn 124, above bottom MD yarn 126, and beneath bottom MD yarns 128,130,132,134, 136,138, and 140. Adjacent bottom CMD yarn 144 passes above bottom MD yam 132, beneath bottom MD yarn 134, above bottom MD yarn 136, and beneath bottom MD yams 138, 140, 122, 124, 126,128, and 130.
[0033] As can be seen in Figures 1-4 the corresponding pairs of stitching yarns interweave with the top MD yarns and bottom MD yarns in the following pattern.
Each of the stitching yarns of the repeat unit can be subdivided into two portions: a fiber support portion which interweaves with the top MD yarns, and a binding portion which interweaves with a bottom MD yarn. These are separated at "transitional"
top MD yarns, below which one stitching yam of a pair crosses the other stitching yam of the pair. The stitching yarns of each pair are interwoven relative to one another such that the fiber support port ion of one yarn of the pair is positioned above the binding portion of the other yarn of the pair. The fiber support portion of the stitching yarn of each pair designated with an "a" (e.g_, 44a, 48a, 52a) interweaves in an alternating fashion with five top MD yarns (alternately passing over three top MD yarns and under two top MD yams), and the other stitching yarn of the pair (those designated with a "b") passes over two top MD yams while passing below a top MD yarn positioned between those two MD yarns. In its fiber support portion, each stitclzing yarn passes over top MD yarns that the top CMD yarns pass beneath, and passes below top MD yarns that each top CIvID yarn passes over. In this manner, the stitching yarns and top CMD form a plain weave pattern with the top MD yarns on the papermaking ie, top surface ) see Figure 1).
[0034] In its binding portion, each stitching yarn passes below one bottom MD
yarn in the repeat unit such that an "over 4/under 1" pattem is established by the pair of stitching yarns on the bottom surface of the fabric 20 see Figure 2). This configuration is discussed in greater detail in U.S. Patent No. 5,967,195 to Ward.
When a stitching yarn passes below a bottom MD yarn, it does so between two bottom CMD yarns that are forming bottom CMD long floats. In this position, the CMD yarns can protect tlie stitching yarns from contact with the paper machine and from the resultant wear.
10035] Pairs of stitching yams that are positioned adjacent to and on opposite sides of a top or bottom CMD yarn are interwoven with the top or bottom MD
yarns such that there is an offset of two MD yams between such stitching yam pairs.
For example, stitching yarn 44a passes above top MD yarns 30, 34 and 38 and below bottom MD yam 124. Stitching yam 48a passes above top MD yams 34, 38 and 22 (with top MD yam 22 being a continuation of the pattern on the opposite side) and below bottom MD yarn.128. Thus, stitching yarn 44a is offset from stitching yarn 48a by two top and bottom MD yams. This same two IvID yam offset is followed for the interweaving of the other stitching yarns.
[0036] It can also be seen in Figures 1, 2 and 3A-J that the stitcliing yams are interwoven with the top and bottom MD yams as "reversed picks" configuration.
The "reversed picks" configuration is described in detail in U.S. Patent Nos.
5,967,195 and 6,145,550 to Ward. To summarize for the present invention, the presence of reversed piclcs in a double-pick-stitched triple layer fabric can be established by locating the transitional top MD yarns and determining the most predominant imaginary diagonal line formed by the transitional top MD yarns, the most predominant diagonal line being the diagonal line having the minimum number of steps betveen transitional top MD yams. If the fiber support portions of successive stitch yam pairs on one side of this diagonal are closer to each other in some cases and farther apart in others, then the fabric can have at least some "reversed picks" in the stitching yarn configuration.
Although it is preferred that all of the stitching yam pairs follow this pattern, i.e., that 50% of the stitching yarn pairs be "reversed", some benefit can be obtained by reversing only a smaller percentage (for exaniple 25, 33 or 40%) of the stitching yarrrn pairs.
[00371. Fabrics having non-reversed pick stitching yarns may also be used. In addition, other stitching yarn configurations may be used, including "pseudo-stitching" yarns. In a pseudo-stitching yarn configuration, only one of the stitching yarns in a stitching yarn pair forms a knuckle with the bottom MD yarns in the repeat unit. Moreover, in some embodiments of the present invention, a "self-stitched"
fabric can be used. An example of a self-stitched fabric can be found in U.S.
Patent No. RE35,777 to Givin. A self-stitched fabric is a fabric that includes a set of top MD yarns, a set of bottom MD yarns, a set of top CMD yarns, and a set of bottom CMD yams. The top MD yarns interweave with the top CMD yarns to form a top fabric layer, and the set of bottom MD yarns interweave with the bottom CMD yarns to form a bottom fabric layer. The top MD or top CIvID yarns can stitch the top and bottom fabric layers together. That is, an MD yarn from the top layer periodically interweaves with a bottom CIvID yarn, andlor a CMD yarn from the top layer periodically interweaves with a bottom MD yani, thus forniing an effective stitching point. Typically, the top CMD or top MD yarns that interweave with the bottom layer to form a stitching point do not form an integrated part of the bottom fabric layer and are used in addition to the knuckles that form the pattern of the bottom layer shown in Figure 2.
Additional stitching yarns may not be necessary.
[0038] Although the illustrated embodiments employ plain weave pattern top layers, the fabrics of the present invention may also employ other top layer weave patterns; for example, twills, satins, broken twills, and the like may also be employed.
Each of the bottom CMD yarns may be positioned substantially directly below a corresponding top CMD yarn. When stitching yarn pairs are used, there is typically no bottom CMD yam positioned substantially directly below the stitching yarn pairs, thereby providing a space in which the stitching yarns can stitch below a bottom CNID yarn. Of course, those skilled in this art will appreciate that the fabric may have differing numbers of top and bottom CIvID yariis in a repeat unit; for example, there may be 1.5, two or three times as many top CMD yarns as bottom CMD yams, or there may be a CMD yarn below each stitching yam pair.
[0039] The stitching yarns may comprise an integral portion of the top surface weave or may not. The stitching yams can be stitched in the cross machine direction or in the machine direction of the fabric. Further, stitching yams that are not arranged as stitching yam pairs may also be employed in the fabrics of the present invention;
examples of such stitching yarns are illustrated in U.S. Patent No. 5,238,536 to Danby.
[0040] Those skilled in the art will appreciate that, although the illustrated fabric in Figures 1-4 employs ten top MD yams and ten bottom MD yams i.e., they are "twenty harness fabrics"), other numbers of top and bottom MD yams may be employed in fabrics of the present invention. For example, fabrics employing eight, or twelve top and bottom MD yams may also be suitable for fabrics of the present invention. Figures 5A-J and 6A-X illustrate the bottom layer 200 of an alternative embodiment of a twenty-four harness triple layer fabric (not shown in its entirety).
The bottom layer 200 can be stitched to a top layer similar to the top layer described with respect to fabric 20 in Figures 1-4.
[0041] The bottom layer 200 includes twenty-four bottom CMD yarns 202, 204, 206, 208, 210, 212, 214, 216, 218, 220, 222, 224, 226, 228, 230, 232, 234, 236, 238, 240, 242, 244, 246, and 248 interwoven with twelve bottom MD yams 250, 252, 254, 256, 258, 260, 262, 264, 266, 268, 270, and 272. As they interweave, each bottom MD yarn follows an "under 1/over 3/under 1/ over 8/under 1/over 3/under 1/
over 6"
weave pattern relative to the bottom CMD yams, with adjacent bottom MD yams being offset from one another by two bottom CMD yams.
[0042] Each bottom MD yarn forms four bottom MD knuckles. The four bottom MD knuckles are offset from one another by nine, seven or, in two cases, four bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yarn 250 forms knuckles at bottom CMD
yarns 202, 210, 228, and 236, which are offset from one another by four, nine, four, and seven bottom CMD yarns, respectively.
[0043] Like the fabric 20, in the bottom layer 200 bottom MD knuckle pairs are formed under a common bottom CMD yarn such that each knuckle in the pair is separated by one bottom MD yarn. Each of the bottom MD knuckle pairs form imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom CMD yarn 208 (Figure 6D) forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 260 (Figure 4F) and 264 (Figure 4H). The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is fonned by bottom CMD yarn 212, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 258 and 262. The bottom MD knuckle pair formed at CMD yarn 212 is offset from the bottom MD knuckle pair formed at bottom CMD yarn 208 by two bottom CMD yarns and one bottom MD yarn. The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed at bottom CMD yarn 216, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at MD yarns 256 and 260.
[0044] The bottom CMD yarns separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal described above form similar diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs.
For example, bottom CMD yarn 210 forms bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD
yarns 270 and 250. The next bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed by bottom CMD yarn 214 at bottom MD yams 272 and 268, and so forth.
[0045] As a further example, Figures 7A-H and 8A-P illustrate the MD yams of a bottom layer 300 of a sixteen harness triple layer fabric (not shown in its entirety), which includes sixteen bottom CMD yarns 302, 304, 306, 308, 310, 312, 314, 316, 318, 320, 322, 324, 326, 328, 330, and 332 interwoven with eight bottom MD
yarns 334, 336, 338, 340, 342, 344, 346, and 348. As they interweave, each bottom MD
yarn follows an "under 1/over 3/under 1/over 4/under 1/over 3/under 1/ over 2"
pattern, with adjacent bottom MD yarns being offset from one another by two bottom CMD yarns.
[0046] Each bottom MD yarn forms four bottom MD knuckles in the repeat pattern. The four bottom MD knuckles are offset from one another by five, four, or three bottom CMD yarns. For example, bottom MD yarn 334 forms knuckles at bottom CMD yarns 302, 310, 320 and 328, which are offset from one another by four (in two cases), five, four, and three bottom CMD yarns, respectively.
100471 Bottom MD knuckle pairs separated by one bottom MD yarn are formed under a common bottom CMD yarn. Each of the bottom MD knuckle pairs forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom MD knuckle pair such that each bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two CMD yarn one bottom MD yarn. For example, bottom CMD yam 312 (Figure 8F) forms a bottom MD
knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 338 (Figure 7C) and 342 (Figure 7E). The next consecutive bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines (separated by bottom CMD
yarn 314) is formed by bottom CMD yarn 316, which forms a bottom MD knuckle pair at bottom MD yarns 336 and 340. The bottom CMD yams separating the bottom MD knuckle pairs in the diagonal lines described above form similar diagonal lines of bottom MD knuckle pairs. For example, bottom CMD yam 314 forms bottom MD
knuckle pair at bottom MD yams 344 and 348. The next bottom MD knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is formed by bottom CMD yarn 318 at bottom MD yams 342 and 346.
[0048] It should be understood that all of the embodiments of Figures 4-8 will include a top layer that is stitched to the illustrated bottom layer; the top layer and stitching yarns are omitted herein for clarity.
[0049] The form of the yarns utilized in the fabrics of the present invention can vary, depending upon the desired properties of the final papermaker's fabric.
For example, the yams may be multifilament yams, monofilament yams, twisted multifilament or monofilament yarns, spun yarns, or any combination thereof.
Also, the materials comprising yams employed in the fabric of the present invention may be those commonly used in papermaker's fabric. For example, the yams may be formed of polypropylene, polyester, aramid, nylon, or the like. The skilled artisan should select a yarn material according to the particular application of the final fabric. In particular, round monofilament yams formed of polyester or nylon are preferred.
[0050] Yarn sizes should also be selected according to the desired papermaking properties of the fabric. As a typical example, with fine paper applications, top MD
yarns have a diameter of between about 0.13 mm and 0.17 mm, top CMD yarns have a diameter of between about 0.13 mm and 0.20 mm, stitching yarns have a diameter of between about 0.11 mm and 0.15 mm, bottom MD yarns have a diameter of between about 0.17 mm and 0.25 mm, and bottom CMD yams have a diameter of between about 0.20 mm and 0.35 mm. It should be noted that, because the fabrics of the present invention can employ larger than typical bottom CMD yams, the ratio of diameter of bottom CMD yarn to bottom MD yarn can be from about 1.0 to about 2.5.
[0051] The foregoing embodiments are illustrative of the present invention, and are not to be construed as limiting thereof. The invention is defined by the following claims, with equivalents of the claims to be included therein.
Claims (35)
1. A triple layer papermaker's fabric, comprising:
a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer stitched to the top fabric layer;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn; and wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn.
a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer stitched to the top fabric layer;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn; and wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn.
2. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 1, further comprising a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers.
3. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 1, wherein each bottom machine direction yarn forms four bottom machine direction knuckles.
4. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 2, wherein the top machine direction yarns, the top cross machine yarns, and the stitching yarns are interwoven to form a plain weave papermaking surface.
5. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 1, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and bottom cross machine direction yarns.
6. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 2, wherein the repeat unit comprises stitching yarns arranged in pairs between adjacent top cross machine direction yarns.
7. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 2, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and stitching yarn pairs.
8. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 1, wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form two pairs of knuckles being offset by four bottom cross machine direction yarns.
9. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 8, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes ten bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by seven bottom cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by five bottom cross machine direction yarns.
10. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 8, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes twelve bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by nine cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of bottom machine direction knuckles offset by seven cross machine direction yarns.
11. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 8, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes eight bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles of each of the bottom machine direction yarns form a pair of knuckles offset by five cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by three cross machine direction yarns.
12. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 1, wherein the bottom machine direction yarns have a first diameter, and the bottom cross machine direction yarns have a second diameter, and wherein the ratio between the first and second diameters is between 1.0 and 2.5.
13. A triple layer papermaker's fabric, comprising:
a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer;
a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn;
wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn; and wherein pairs of first and second stitching yarns are positioned between pairs of top cross machine direction yarns, the first and second stitching yarns of each pair being interwoven with the top and bottom machine direction yarns, such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that the first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top machine direction yarn, and such that each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom machine direction yarns.
a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer;
a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn;
wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn; and wherein pairs of first and second stitching yarns are positioned between pairs of top cross machine direction yarns, the first and second stitching yarns of each pair being interwoven with the top and bottom machine direction yarns, such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that the first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top machine direction yarn, and such that each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom machine direction yarns.
14. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein between 25 and 50 percent of adjacent pairs of first and second stitching yarns are interwoven as reversed picks.
15. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein each bottom machine direction yarn forms four bottom machine direction knuckles.
16. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein the top machine direction yarns, the top cross machine yarns, and the stitching yarns are interwoven to form a plain weave papermaking surface.
17. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and bottom cross machine direction yarns.
18. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and stitching yarn pairs.
19. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form two pairs of bottom machine direction knuckles being offset by four bottom cross machine direction yarns.
20. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 19, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes ten bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by seven bottom cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by five bottom cross machine direction yarns.
21. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 19, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes twelve bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by nine cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of bottom machine direction knuckles offset by seven cross machine direction yarns.
22. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 19, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes eight bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles of each of the bottom machine direction yarns form a pair of knuckles offset by five cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by three cross machine direction yarns.
23. The triple layer fabric defined in Claim 13, wherein the bottom machine direction yarns have a first diameter, and the bottom cross machine direction yarns have a second diameter, and wherein the ratio between the first and second diameters is between 1.0 and 2.5.
24. A method of making paper, the method comprising the steps of:
(a) providing a papermaker's fabric, comprising a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer;
a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn;
wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn;
(b) applying paper stock to the papermaker's fabric; and (c) removing moisture from the paper stock.
(a) providing a papermaker's fabric, comprising a set of top machine direction yarns;
a set of top cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the top machine direction yarns to form a top fabric layer;
a set of bottom machine direction yarns;
a set of bottom cross machine direction yarns interwoven with the bottom machine direction yarns to form a bottom fabric layer;
a set of stitching yarns interwoven with the top and bottom fabric layers;
wherein the bottom machine direction yarns and the bottom cross machine direction yarns are interwoven in a series of repeat units in which the bottom machine direction yarns pass below multiple nonadjacent bottom cross machine direction yarns to form bottom machine direction knuckles, and in which pairs of bottom machine direction yarns separated from one another by one bottom machine direction yarn form bottom machine direction knuckle pairs under a common bottom cross machine direction yarn;
wherein each bottom machine direction knuckle pair forms two imaginary diagonal lines with a nonadjacent bottom machine direction knuckle pair such that each bottom machine direction knuckle pair in the diagonal lines is offset by two cross machine direction yarns and one bottom machine direction yarn;
(b) applying paper stock to the papermaker's fabric; and (c) removing moisture from the paper stock.
25. The method of Claim 24, wherein the set of stitching yarns further comprises pairs of first and second stitching yarns are positioned between pairs of top cross machine direction yarns, the first and second stitching yarns of each pair being interwoven with the top and bottom machine direction yarns, such that, as a fiber support portion of the first stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the second stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that as a fiber support portion of the second stitching yarn is interweaving with the top machine direction yarns, a binding portion of the first stitching yarn is positioned below the top machine direction yarns, and such that the first and second stitching yarns cross each other as they pass below a transitional top machine direction yarn, and such that each of the binding portions of the first and second stitching yarns passes below at least one of the bottom machine direction yarns.
26. The method of Claim 25, wherein between 25 and 50 percent of adjacent pairs of first and second stitching yarns are interwoven as reversed picks.
27. The method of Claim 24, wherein each bottom machine direction yarn forms four bottom machine direction knuckles.
28. The method of Claim 24, wherein the top machine direction yarns, the top cross machine yarns, and the stitching yarns are interwoven to form a plain weave papermaking surface.
29. The method of Claim 24, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and bottom cross machine direction yarns.
30. The method of Claim 24, wherein the repeat unit comprises equal numbers of top cross machine direction yarns and stitching yarn pairs.
31. The method of Claim 24, wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form two pairs of bottom machine direction knuckles, each of the two pairs being offset by four bottom cross machine direction yarns.
32. The method of Claim 31, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes ten bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by seven bottom cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by five bottom cross machine direction yarns.
33. The method of Claim 31, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes twelve bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles on each bottom machine direction yarn form a pair of knuckles offset by nine cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of bottom machine direction knuckles offset by seven cross machine direction yarns.
34. The method of Claim 31, wherein the set of bottom machine direction yarns in the repeat unit includes eight bottom machine direction yarns, and wherein the bottom machine direction knuckles of each of the bottom machine direction yarns form a pair of knuckles offset by five cross machine direction yarns, and a pair of knuckles offset by three cross machine direction yarns.
35. The method of Claim 24, wherein the bottom machine direction yarns have a first diameter, and the bottom cross machine direction yarns have a second diameter, and wherein the ratio between the first and second diameters is between 1.0 and 2.5.
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