Patents by Inventor Thomas A. Fliss

Thomas A. Fliss has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Method to reduce forming fabric edge curl
    Patent number: 4941239
    Abstract: This disclosure describes a method by which an edge curl that often develops in papermachine forming fabrics can be reduced or eliminated. The method requires the removal of mass from the sheet forming side of the forming fabric. This has the effect of reducing the ratio between the shrink forces acting on the two sides of the forming fabric in the cross-machine direction and, in turn, reduces the tendency for shrinkage to cause the edges of the fabric to curl. Papermachine operational problems associated with edge curl are thereby reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 14, 1987
    Date of Patent: July 17, 1990
    Assignee: Albany International Corporation
    Inventor: Thomas A. Fliss