Patent Grant
10858767
The present invention relates to an industrial fabric which exhibits an excellent surface smoothness and an excellent filtering ability, while at the same time reduces the generation of the hydration mark, in particular, relates to an industrial fabric which is capable of preventing the mark from consecutively diagonally generating on the surface of an object to be produced.
Fabrics obtained by weaving warps and wefts have conventionally been used widely as an industrial fabric. They are, for example, used in various fields including papermaking fabrics, conveyor belts and filter cloths and are required to have fabric properties suited for the intended use or using environments. Of such fabrics, a papermaking fabric used in a papermaking step for removing water from raw materials by making use of the network of the fabric must satisfy a severe demand.
For example, there is a demand for the development of fabrics which do not transfer a wire mark of the fabric and therefore have excellent surface property, the ones which have enough hydration property for sufficiently and uniformly hydrating excess water contained in the material and enough rigidity or wear resistance to be usable desirably even under severe environments, or the ones which are capable of maintaining conditions necessary for making good paper for a prolonged period of time.
In addition, fiber supporting property, improvement in a paper making yield, dimensional stability and running stability are demanded.
In recent years, owing to the speed-up of a paper making machine, requirements for papermaking fabrics become severe further.
Since most of the demands for industrial fabrics and solutions thereof can be understood if papermaking fabrics on which the most severe demand is imposed among industrial fabrics is described, the papermaking fabric will hereinafter be described as a representative example.
Recently, particularly excellent hydration property and surface smoothness have been required due to the high speed operation of a machine for fabric. Although the required hydration property varies in accordance with the machine and the product papers, the uniform hydration property and the fiber supportability are commonly required for all the product papers.
In addition, the fiber supportability is considered to be crucial, since old papers in which much fine fibers are contained has been increasingly used in recent years, and the fabric with an excellent hydration property has become required, since the hydration property is decreased upon the formation of the sheet with much fine fibers contained therein.
Further, in the fabric for producing papers, a hydration operation in a centrifugal or a pressing manner is generally conducted by utilizing a network of the fabric, however, water is sucked to be hydrated from an underside of the network in order to obtain a sufficient hydration property, so that the required properties such as the fiber supportability, the hydration property influences much on the operation or the cost for producing papers.
In this connection, it is publicly known that binding yarns has been used for binding the fabric forming a plurality of layers in an industrial fabric with two or more structures. Since such binding yarns is adapted to weave with the plurality of layers constituting the fabric, it is publicly known that a tension caused by the binding yarns is higher than that by yarns other than the binding yarns. In addition, in the industrial fabric, a reciprocally complementing structure in which two upper and lower surface side yarns are arranged adjacent to each other in such a way that one upper surface side yarn does not form a knuckle at a location where a knuckle is formed on the upper surface side fabric, while one lower surface side yarn forms a knuckle on the upper surface side fabric (refer to Patent Publication 1) has been adopted nowadays.
Since the upper surface side yarns are arranged inside at a location where a knuckle of such an upper surface side yarns are complemented by the lower surface side yarns, the density of the warps substantially becomes double. As the density of the warps becomes large, the hydration property deteriorates at such a large density area. In addition, if the binding ratio is enhanced by increasing the number of the binding yarns in such a structure of the fabric, portions where the hydration property deteriorates are caused to be equally aligned with each other, so that a line where the hydration property deteriorates is formed in accordance with a shape of such an alignment, and as a result, hydration marks are formed on the surface of the papers.
In order to solve above technical problem with respect to the hydration property, an industrial two-layered fabric in which a set of two yarns (an upper surface side warp and a lower surface side warp, for instance) are arranged between two binding yarns forming a set has been developed (refer to Patent Publications 2, 3).
Although, in the two-layer fabric for making papers in Patent Publications 2,3, the technical problems of the hydration marks and the surface smoothness has been largely improved, another technical problem has arisen. That is the technical problem of marking diagonally generating on the object to be produced.
After the cause for this technical problem was analyzed in detail, it was found that concave portions which are diagonally arranged in a consecutive manner were formed on the upper surface of the fabric, in the conventional industrial fabric.
As clearly shown in
Patent Publication 1: Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication 2003-342889
Patent Publication 2: Japanese Patent Laid-open Publication 2015-17340
Patent Publication 3: Canadian Patent Laid-open Publication No. 2654136
The object of the present invention is to provide an industrial fabric which exhibits an excellent surface smoothness and an excellent filtering ability, while at the same time reduces the generation of the hydration mark. In particular, the object of the present invention is to provide an industrial fabric which is capable of preventing the mark from consecutively diagonally generating on the surface of an object to be produced by regularly separating the concave portions generated on the upper surface of the fabric.
The industrial fabric of the present invention includes following technical features in order to solve the above technical problems.
According to the industrial fabric of the present invention, the generation of the hydration mark can be reduced and the excellent surface smoothness and the excellent filtering ability can be obtained. In particular, in the industrial fabric of the present invention, the excellent effect can be caused in such a way that the marking can be prevented from diagonally and consecutively generating on the surface of the produced object which regularly divides the concave portion on the upper surface of the fabric.
Now, the structure and the effect of the fabric of the present invention will be described below. Embodiments of the fabric of the present invention will be described thereafter with reference to the drawings. In this connection, since the embodiment is just an example of the present invention, the embodiment which is not described hereinafter can be encompassed by the scope of the present invention.
The industrial fabric of this embodiment includes at least one upper surface side fabric constituted by upper surface side warps and upper surface side wefts and at least one lower surface side fabric constituted by lower surface side warps and lower surface side wefts, said at least one upper surface side fabric comprises at least one concave binding yarn for pulling down including a portion where a single knuckle is formed.
In this connection, the concave binding yarn for pulling down is defined to be a binding yarn which binds the upper surface side fabric and the lower surface side fabric and includes a portion where a single knuckle is formed by passing over one or two upper surface side warps or upper surface side wefts. Such a concave binding yarn for pulling down possesses a force for drawing the upper surface side warps or the upper surface side wefts inside the fabric at the portion where the single knuckle is formed, since it is hooked by the lower surface side fabric. In addition, since the concave binding yarn for pulling down forms the single knuckle, an effect in which such a force for drawing the upper surface side warps or the upper surface side wefts inside the fabric is focused on the portion where the single knuckle is formed is caused.
Still further, a single knuckle represents a situation in which the concave binding yarn for pulling down forms a knuckle at a single location in a complete structure of the fabric. In other words, the concave binding yarn for pulling down can be defined to be a binding yarn which includes a single knuckle in the complete structure of the fabric. In a case where the concave binding yarn for pulling down is the warp, it is woven with the upper surface side weft at only one location in the complete structure of the fabric. On the other hand, In a case where the concave binding yarn for pulling down is the weft, it is woven with the upper surface side warp at only one location in the complete structure of the fabric.
In addition, in the industrial fabric of the present invention, at least one convex binding yarn for pushing up is located to be adjacent to the at least one concave binding yarn for pulling down, and the at least one convex binding yarn for pushing up includes at least two knuckles which are formed by passing under at least one or more said upper surface side warps or said upper surface side wefts woven with said knuckle forming portion of said at least one concave binding yarn for pulling down and passing over another upper surface side warp or another upper surface side weft located adjacent to said at least one or more said upper surface side warps or said upper surface side wefts.
In this connection, the convex binding yarn for pushing up is defined to be a binding yarn which binds the upper surface side fabric and the lower surface side fabric and is located adjacent to the concave binding yarn for pulling down. In addition, the convex binding yarn for pushing up scoops the upper surface side warps of the upper surface side wefts between at least two single knuckles from below which at least two single knuckles are formed by the convex binding yarn for pushing up at the both sides in the direction in which the yarns of the portion where the single knuckle is formed extend. In this connection, the both sides in the direction in which the yarns extend is defined to be two upper surface side wefts arranged upper and lower, respectively, in the direction in which the warps of the fabric extend, in a case where the concave binding yarn for pulling down is the warp. On the other hand, the both sides in the direction in which the yarns extend is defined to be two upper surface side warps arranged right and left, respectively, in the direction in which the wefts of the fabric extend, in a case where the concave binding yarn for pulling down is the weft. In this connection, the convex binding yarn for pushing up may include knuckles in the complete structure of the fabric other than the above-described two knuckles. For instance, the industrial fabric including three or more knuckles is encompassed by the technical scope of the present invention.
By adopting such a structure, the convex binding yarn for pushing up possesses a force for pushing up the upper surface side warps or the upper surface side wefts which is drawn inside the fabric of the convex binding yarn for pushing up toward the upper surface side, at the portion where the convex binding yarn for pushing up forms the single knuckle.
In
In the industrial fabric of this embodiment, the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down functions to bind the upper surface side fabric and the lower surface side fabric. Accordingly, it is known that a force for drawing the upper surface side weft woven at the upper surface side is stronger than that caused by the yarns other than the binding yarns. In particular, in the present invention, the upper surface side weft 4 is adapted to be drawn inside by the stronger force by making a knuckle N1 of the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down single. In other words, as shown in
The technical feature of the present invention lies in the fact that one convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up is arranged at a location adjacent to the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down. Such a convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up is woven with the upper surface side wefts 3, 5 arranged on the both sides of the upper surface side weft 4 woven at the portion N1 forming the single knuckle of the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down. In other words, the convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up forms the knuckles N2, N3 at two locations. The convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up is adapted to be woven with the upper surface side weft 4 so as to scoop the upper surface side weft 4 from below, between the knuckles N2, N3. Such being the case, a stress is generated so as to push up the upper surface side weft 4 in the direction indicated by an arrow, between the two knuckles N2, N3 of the convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up.
Accordingly, an effect in which a force for drawing the upper surface side weft 4 generated at a location of the single knuckle N1 of the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down is cancelled by a force for pushing up the upper surface side weft 4 generated between the two knuckles N2, N3 of the convex binding yarn 2 for pushing up adjacent to the concave binding yarn 1 for pulling down is caused.
No particular limitation is imposed on a yarn to be used in the present invention and it can be selected freely depending on the properties which an industrial fabric is desired to have. Examples of it include, in addition to monofilaments, multifilaments, spun yarns, finished yarns subjected to crimping or bulking such as so-called textured yarn, bulky yarn and stretch yarn, and yarns obtained by intertwining them. As the cross-section of the yarn, not only circular form but also square or short form such as stellar form, or elliptical or hollow form can be used. The material of the yarn can be selected freely and usable examples of it include polyester, polyamide, polyphenylene sulfide, polyvinylidene fluoride, polypropylene, aramid, polyether ketone, polyethylene naphthalate, polytetrafluoroethylene, cotton, wool and metal. Of course, yarns obtained using copolymers or incorporating or mixing the above-described material with a substance selected depending on the intended purpose may be used.
As to the diameter of the yarn constituting the fabric, it is preferable that the diameter of the upper surface side weft be smaller than that of the lower surface side weft, in view of the surface smoothness, the fiber supportability, etc., and any diameter of the warp may be appropriately selected, the diameter of all the warps may be the same, or the diameter of the lower surface side warp may be larger than that of other warps, for instance.
Now, the embodiments of the present invention will be described below with reference to the drawings.
Here, the design view corresponds to the complete structure of the fabric defining the minimum unit to be repeated of the fabric structure. A structure of the whole fabric is formed by the complete structures woven with each other in the upper and lower directions, and in the left and right directions. In addition, the longitudinal cross sectional view is the one showing a situation in which the warps are woven with each other in the complete structure. In each of the design views, the warp is indicated by a reference number such as 1,2,3 . . . . The warp binding yarn weaving the upper and lower wefts is indicated by the reference number to which b is attached. The upper and lower warps are indicated by the reference number to which U and L are attached, respectively. In each of the design views, the warps with the same reference numbers indicate to form a set, so that, in
The weft is indicated by a reference number such as 1′, 2′, 3′ . . . . There is a case in which the upper surface side wefts and the lower surface side wefts are arranged upper and lower, respectively, and there is another case in which the only upper surface side wefts are arranged upper. The upper surface side weft and the lower surface side weft are indicated by the reference number to which U and L are attached, respectively, such as 1′U, 2′ L, etc.
In each of the design views, a symbol “◯” indicates that the lower surface side warp is arranged under the lower surface side weft to form a knuckle, and a symbol “X” indicates that the upper surface side warp (U) is arranged above the upper surface side weft to form a knuckle, and a symbol “Δ” indicates that the warp binding yarn (b) is arranged under the lower surface side weft to form a knuckle, and a symbol “▪” indicates that the yarn functioning as the concave binding yarn among the warp binding yarns (b) is arranged above the upper surface side weft to form a single knuckle, and a solid triangle symbol “▴” indicates that the yarn functioning as the convex binding yarn for pushing up among the warp binding yarns (b) is arranged above the upper surface side weft to form a knuckle.
In the design view, the warps and the wefts on the upper surface side are depicted to be precisely arranged over the warps and the wefts on the upper surface side, because of the clarity of the drawing. In the real fabric, it does not matter if they are arranged to be offset.
In particular,
As shown in
An arranging ratio of the upper surface side wefts (1′U˜16′U) to the lower surface side wefts (2′L, 4′L . . . ) is two.
In this embodiment, as shown in
Among the lower surface side wefts each serving as a binding weft yarn, the lower surface side wefts 3Lb, 7Lb are the concave binding yarns for pulling down. As shown in
Among the lower surface side warps each serving as a binding weft yarn, the lower surface side warps 4Lb, 8Lb are the concave binding yarns for pulling down. As shown in
Therefore, the formation of the concave portions consecutively generated can be controlled in order to prevent the marking from diagonally generating on the produced object. In addition, by adopting the industrial fabric according to the first embodiment, the marking can be prevented from diagonally generating on the surface of the produced object by regularly dividing the concave portions generated on the upper surface of the fabric.
As shown in
An arranging ratio of the upper surface side wefts (1′U, 2′U . . . ) to the lower surface side wefts (2′L, 4′L . . . ) is two.
In this embodiment, as shown in
Among the lower surface side warps each serving as a binding weft yarn, the lower surface side warps 4Lb, 8Lb are the concave binding yarns for pulling down. As shown in
Among the lower surface side warps each serving as a binding weft yarn, the lower surface side warps 3Lb, 7Lb are the concave binding yarns for pushing up. As shown in
Therefore, the formation of the concave portions consecutively generated can be controlled in order to prevent the marking from diagonally generating on the object to be produced. In addition, by adopting the industrial fabric according to the second embodiment, the marking can be prevented from diagonally generating on the surface of the object to be by regularly separating the concave portions generated on the upper surface of the fabric from each other.
Drawing patterns are created by applying a thin paper on the upper surface of the fabric to trace them by means of a thick pencil, etc. so as to emerge on the thin paper.
As clearly shown in
In the industrial fabric according to the first embodiment, it was proved that an excellent technical effect that the marking can be prevented from consecutively diagonally generating on the surface of the produced object by controlling the formation of the concave portions can be caused.
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