BigPatents India

A papermaker's fabric having first and second layers of machine direction (MD) yams interwoven with alternating first and second systems of cross-machine-direction (CD) yams. The first system is comprised of first and second CD yarns while the second system is comprised of third, fourth, and fifth CD yarns. The first and second CD yarns form a binding pair of yarns which combine to weave each MD yarn in the first layer and cross between the first layer and the second layer. The fourth CD yarn weaves each MD yarn in the first layer. The fifth CD yarn weaves with at least one MD yam in the second layer. The third CD yarn is positioned between the fourth and fifth CD yarns. The third, fourth, and fifth CD yams are vertically-stacked.