ALEXANDRIA, Va., July 16 -- United States Patent no. 12,668,924, issued on June 30, was assigned to Voith Patent GmbH (Heidenheim, Germany).
"Paper machine clothing and method" was invented by Robert Eberhardt (Ellwangen, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A paper machine clothing, in particular a press felt, for a machine for producing or processing a fibrous material web, includes a base structure and at least one layer of nonwoven fibers disposed on the base structure. The layer of nonwoven fibers has bonding fibers and further fibers. The bonding fibers and the further fibers differ in at least one material property, and at least some of the bonding fibers are connected to one or more...