ALEXANDRIA, Va., Nov. 18 -- United States Patent no. 12,473,691, issued on Nov. 18, was assigned to Valmet Technologies Oy (Espoo, Finland).
"Sleeve roll belt" was invented by Tuuli Silomaa (Jyvaskyla, Finland).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A sleeve roll belt (10) has an inner surface (11) and an outer surface (12). The belt has a body (15) and a reinforcing structure (30). The reinforcing structure (30) has first yarns (31) arranged to a first direction (D1) of the belt, and second yarns (32) arranged to a second direction (D2) of the belt. The reinforcing structure (30) also has auxiliary yarns (31b, 31c) arranged parallel or substantially parallel to the first direction (D1) of the belt, w...