US Patent Issued to Albany International on Nov. 4 for "Discretized patterned belt for tissues, towels, and nonwovens" (Wisconsin, Pennsylvania, Michigan Inventors)

ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 6 -- United States Patent no. 12,460,350, issued on Nov. 4, was assigned to Albany International Corp (Rochester, N.H.).

"Discretized patterned belt for tissues, towels, and nonwovens" was invented by Mark J. Levine (Appleton, Wis.), Erin Lynn Camponeschi Brotherson (Avondale, Pa.), Robert Hansen (North Muskegon, Mich.) and Christopher J. Hazel (Neenah, Wis.).

According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "The invention relates to an industrial fabric, such as a texturing belt, used to create three-dimensional structures in a product produced thereon, e.g., in the papermaking field, such as for fiber products, and in nonwoven processes. The invention concerns a texturing belt that can imp...