Abstract: The invention relates to a bio-based polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) composition suitable as a binder for fiber based materials, textiles, woven and nonwoven materials, said PEC composition comprising cationic biopolymer, anionic biopolymer, acid and a preservative, and wherein the net charge of the PEC is cationic, the charge ratio of the anionic polymer and the cationic polymer is ?1, the cationic biopolymer is chitosan, the anionic biopolymer is a polyanion derived from nature, the acid is a Brønsted acid and/or a Lewis acid, wherein the Brønsted acid is selected from any organic and/or inorganic acids, and wherein the Lewis acid is selected from any cationic mono- or multivalent atom, the weight ratio between cation and anion is 1:0.1 to 1:20, the weight ratio between the cation and acid is 1:0.01 to 1:30, chitosan has a degree of deacetylation being 66-100%, the pH is less than 7, and wherein said composition further comprises one or more fatty compounds as well as methods and use thereof.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a bio-based polyelectrolyte complex (PEC) composition suitable as a binder for fiber based materials, textiles, woven and nonwoven materials. The PEC composition comprises cationic biopolymer, anionic biopolymer acid and a polymer, and is further characterized in that the net charge of the PEC is cationic, the charge ratio of the anionic polymer and the cationic polymer is ?1, the cationic biopolymer is chitosan, wherein the concentration of cation is 0.005-30%, the anionic biopolymer is polyanions derived from nature, the acid is a Brønsted acid and/or a Lewis acid, wherein the Brønsted acid is selected from any organic and/or inorganic acids, wherein the Lewis acid is selected from any cationic mono- or multivalent atom, the weight ratio between cation and anion is 1:0.1 to 1:20, the weight ratio between the cation and acid is 1:0.01 to 1:30, chitosan has a degree of deacetylation being 66-100%, and the pH is less than 7.

Abstract: A method of self-training WaveNet includes receiving a plurality of recorded speech samples and training a first autoregressive neural network using the plurality of recorded speech samples. The trained first autoregressive neural network is configured to output synthetic speech as an audible representations of a text input. The method further includes generating a plurality of synthetic speech samples using the trained first autoregressive neural network. The method additionally includes training a second autoregressive neural network using the plurality of synthetic speech samples from the trained first autoregressive neural network and distilling the trained second autoregressive neural network into a feedforward neural network.

Abstract: One embodiment provides a modular green roof tray, house plant growth media and horticulture growth media, and a tree protection mat for weed and moisture control made from recycled disposable diapers. The growth medium and tree protection mat contain superabsorbent materials from diaper that can absorb waters and greatly reduce irrigation so to provide a drought resistant feature. One embodiment also provides a manufacturing process to perform 100% recycling of disposed diapers.

Abstract: In one aspect, a method of making a gypsum panel includes depositing an aqueous liquid containing a wetting agent onto a fiberglass mat, such that the aqueous liquid penetrates an entire thickness of the fiberglass mat, and depositing a gypsum slurry onto the fiberglass mat onto which the aqueous liquid has been deposited, such that the gypsum slurry penetrates at least a portion of the fiberglass mat. In another aspect, a method of making a gypsum panel includes depositing an aqueous liquid containing a wetting agent onto a fiberglass mat, and depositing a gypsum slurry onto the fiberglass mat onto which the aqueous liquid has been deposited, prior to drying of the aqueous liquid, such that the gypsum slurry penetrates at least a portion of the fiberglass mat.

Abstract: A composition to be used for providing a permanent hydrophilic finishing of textile fibers and textile products made thereof consists of a hydrophilically modified or amphoteric polydimethylsiloxane in a proportion of 3 to 30 weight percent, a quaternary ammonium compound in a proportion of 25 to 85 weight percent, the quaternary ammonium compound having a melting point of at least 55° C.; a fatty alcohol having a melting point of at least 60° C. in a proportion of 0 to 25 weight percent; a non-ionic consistency enhancer in a proportion of 0 to 40 weight percent and at least one dispersion additive in a proportion of 0 to 10 weight percent. The composition is preferably present as granulate and has a melting point of at least 45° C.

Abstract: An apparel or material which may be placed anywhere or worn about the neck or other parts of the body of a human. The apparel/material has a structure that, when repositioned from about the wearer, will retain a position about a mouth and nose of the human, as by elasticity or taughtness of a wrapping about the face. The apparel is sufficiently porous as to allow a human to breath comfortably through the fabric when placed over the mouth and nose of the human. The fabric has as a coating is created with on at least the outer surface and through at least 25% of the thickness of the fabric a moisture-sensitive antimicrobial composition, wherein the antimicrobial moisture-sensitive composition comprises an antimicrobially active compound and a carrier, the carrier by hydrophilic and able to absorb sufficient moisture from exhaled breath from the human as to maintain a wet surface on the carrier to which viral particles will adhere more strongly than to a dry surface of the same carrier.

Abstract: In an example of a method disclosed herein, a polycarbonate with a hydrophilic surface is formed. An ether substituted dichlorosilane, phosgene, and a Bisphenol reactant are polymerized to form a polycarbonate including a hydrolyzable silane in its backbone chain. The hydrolyzable silane includes an alkoxy group attached to a silicon atom. The alkoxy group on the hydrolyzable silane is converted to a more hydrophilic functional group to form the polycarbonate with the hydrophilic surface.

Abstract: A material having a first surface and a second surface is disclosed. The first or second surface comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential of at least 1 mm, and a Surface Topography Index from about 0.1 to about 5. The material may comprise a surfactant.

Abstract: The invention relates to a composite material with at least one supporting material and at least one antimicrobial agent from the group of metals and metal compounds. The composite material comprises at least one hydrophilizing agent which increases the wettability of the surface of the composite material with water in comparison to the wettability of the surface of the composite material without the addition of the hydrophilizing agent. The invention further relates to a method for producing a composite material.

Abstract: A nonwoven material is disclosed. The nonwoven material comprises a first nonwoven substrate comprising a three-dimensional texture. The three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the texture may comprise an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of about 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The first nonwoven substrate may comprise polyester. The nonwoven material comprises a second nonwoven substrate comprising a polyolefin and a surfactant applied to the first or second nonwoven substrates. The surfactant is included at an add-on level of at least 0.1%, by weight of the nonwoven material. The first nonwoven substrate is joined to the second nonwoven substrate.

Abstract: A sanitary article is disclosed. The sanitary article comprises a disposable, macroscopically three-dimensional sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a macroscopic three-dimensional texture. The macroscopic three-dimensional texture comprises peaks and valleys such that the textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 3 mm to about 16 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to about 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.1 to about 5. The sanitary article may comprise a surfactant on the sheet.

Abstract: An article of manufacture is disclosed. The article of manufacture comprises a package and a disposable sheet. The sheet has a first surface and a second surface. One of the surfaces comprises a texture. The texture is defined by peaks and valleys such that the one textured surface may have an Average Peak to Peak Distance in the range of about 1 mm to about 20 mm, an Average Height Differential in the range of 1 mm to 3 mm, and a Surface Topography Index in the range of about 0.01 to about 10. The sheet may be contained within the package.

Abstract: A hydrophilized article includes (a) a substrate having a hydrophobic surface, and (b) a hydrophilizing layer disposed on at least a portion of the hydrophobic surface of the substrate. said layer comprising an organophosphorus material or a vinyl alcohol material, or a mixture of an organophosphorus material and a vinyl alcohol material.

Abstract: This invention relates to a moisture management fabric and methods of producing such a fabric. In some embodiments, the moisture management fabric is a multi-layered fabric comprising an inner layer, and intermediate layer and an outer layer. In other embodiments the fabric is one or two layers. In some embodiments, the inner layer comprises a fabric treated with a nanoparticle dispersion. In some embodiments, the intermediate, inner, or single layer comprises a hydrophilicity gradient. In some other embodiments, the outer layer comprises at least one nanofiber.

Abstract: The invention concerns a hygiene product comprising at least one layer of a nonwoven wherein the nonwoven layer comprises man-made cellulosic fibers wherein the layer or the layers has or have a rewet value of equal to or less than 30% and a liquid strike through time of equal to or less than 6 seconds for the use in disposable hygiene products, such as diapers, feminine pads and incontinence products or in wet wipes like toilet wipes, facial wipes, cosmetic wipes, baby wipes and sanitary wipes for cleaning and disinfection.

Abstract: Provided is a fabric having a ground weave to which a hygroscopic polymer is fixed, and the fabric generates heat under moisture absorbing conditions and provides a more comfortable feeling to a person by temperature drop in moisture desorption conditions. A fiber structure is prepared by fixing a hygroscopic polymer to fibers of the fabric, and the front layer on the front surface side and the back layer on the back surface side have different fiber densities where the boundary between the front layer and the back layer is on the center line of a cross section of the fiber structure.

Abstract: The waterproof/breathable moisture transfer liner for a running and hiking shoe includes an inner liner selected from technically advanced fabrics which are carefully selected. A series of layers are provided outside the inner liner including foam material layers, breathable membranes, a supportive mesh or a moldable foam, and an outer shell fabric. The applicability of the liner to alpine, snowboard boots, cross country, hiking boots, protective gear and helmets, along with appropriate variations for each application.

Abstract: A fabric and method of making is provided whereby a sugar alcohol is disposed on wicking fabric to increase moisture wicking characteristics.

Abstract: A porous absorbent structure is disclosed which includes absorbent particles and a superabsorbent polymer material having less than about 1000 parts per million residual monoethylenically unsaturated monomer, the superabsorbent polymer material substantially coating the absorbent particles and connecting the particles into a porous network to form the porous absorbent structure.

Abstract: An insulating garment includes an inner fabric having a knitted laminar structure adapted to absorb perspiration of a user. The inner fabric utilizes polymer fibers and a mixture of polyamide and polyester multifilaments present in an amount of between 30-50% and have a thickness between 0.3-3 dtex. An outer fabric has a knitted laminar structure and an inner surface including a moisture repellent finish adapted to repel perspiration of a user. The outer fabric utilizes polyester-brushed cotton threads in an amount of between 40-60% of the fabric. The end portions of the inner and outer fabrics are stitched together to form an air chamber there between. In use, perspiration from a user is absorbed by the inner fabric into the air chamber, where it can evaporate.

Abstract: Disclosed herein are nonwoven fibrous structures for use as body fluid acquisition/distribution elements in personal care products. Such structures comprise natural and/or synthetic fibers wherein the fibers have been consolidated by application thereto, and by cross-linking of, a certain type of cross-linkable, vinyl acetate-ethylene (VAE) emulsion copolymer latex binder. The VAE latex binder is one which also comprises an added organic acidulant such as citric acid. Consolidation of the structures with VAE-based binders to which the organic acidulant has been added imparts to the resulting structures the ability to lower the pH of body fluids such as urine passing through the structures. This effect, in turn, provides odor control and skin care benefits to the absorbent articles, e.g., diapers and adult incontinence products, using such structures as acquisition/distribution elements.

Abstract: A fabric is provided having a defined pattern of hydrophobic and hydrophilic regions that extend entirely through the thickness of the fabric so that the defined pattern is identical on the inner and outer surfaces of the fabric. The defined pattern is configured so that the hydrophilic regions are all in communication or interconnected so that moisture, such as perspiration, can wick not only from the inner to the outer surface of the fabric but also throughout the surface of the fabric and in several directions on the fabric so that the surface area of the wetted hydrophilic regions increases. The defined pattern may be further configured so that none of the hydrophobic regions are in communication.

Abstract: A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue including a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition. The nonwoven material contains at least 70%, by fiber weight, pulp fibers and the rest manmade fibers and/or natural fibers with a length of at least 6 mm. The moist wipe or hygiene tissue has a length in the machine direction which exceeds the width in the cross-machine direction with at least 25%. The moist wipe or hygiene tissue has a wet strength in machine direction which is at least 3 times higher than the wet strength in cross-machine direction, wherein the wet strength in cross-machine direction is between 50 and 200 N/m.

Abstract: Coated and uncoated fibrous mats, and laminates containing the mat, having one or more surfactants on the fibers and binder holding the fibers together in only a portion of the thickness of the mat are disclosed. The mat contains a major portion of non-cellulosic fibers and a minor portion of cured resinous binder with the most typical fibers being glass fibers. The surfactant on the surface of the fibers causes a slurry or other liquid applied to the mat in a later process to form a board or laminate like faced gypsum board, a faced foam board, etc. to uniformly penetrate the mat to the desired distance. Also disclosed are methods of applying the surfactant(s) to the hot, coated or uncoated, mat soon after the coated or uncoated mat exits a drying oven used in the process of making, or coating, the mat.

Abstract: A composite porous fibrous dehumidifying material comprised of a plurality of fibers whose surface has immobilized thereon a reversible hydrogel material. The composite porous fibrous structure can be used as a dehumidifying material for reducing energy consumption in air conditioning/climate control units. Preferred fibrous materials are electrically conductive materials, such a graphitic fibers.

Abstract: Described herein are methods of preparing superhydrophobic and oleophobic surfaces by grafting poly(perfluoroalkyl acrylate) chains on silicon substrates with initiated chemical vapor deposition. The grafting enhances the formation of the crystalline phase. The crystalline structures reduce the polymer chain mobility, resulting in nonwetting surfaces with respect to both water and mineral oil.

Abstract: A hygroscopic filler for an organic EL getter, a method of manufacturing the same, and an organic EL device including the same, the hygroscopic filler including a sheet having pores; and a mixture of an organic binder and a hygroscopic material, the mixture being secured to the sheet.

Abstract: A coated porous material and a method for making the same. The coated porous material includes a porous substrate having a plurality of pores. A hydrophilic coating including, in a single layer, ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer and at least one crosslinked polymer, is present on a plurality of inner pore walls. The method includes: (a) providing a porous substrate; (b) applying a coatable composition to at least a portion of the inner pore walls of the porous substrate, the coatable composition made of ethylene vinyl alcohol copolymer, at least one polymerizable compound and solvent; (c) removing at least a portion of the solvent from the coatable composition to dry the coatable composition; (d) saturating the porous substrate and the coatable composition with a rewetting solution; and (e) polymerizing the polymerizable compound to form the hydrophilic coating on the pore walls and to provide the coated porous material.

Abstract: A permeate carrier for a spiral wound membrane element has two or three layers, for example of tricot construction. The two outer, or only, layers resist movement of the membrane sheet into permeate channels in the permeate carrier. The total thickness of the permeate carrier sheet may be similar to the thickness of typical tricot permeate carrier sheets. The permeate carrier sheet may be coated to make its surfaces hydrophilic. The coating may be, for example, a cross-linked polyvinyl alcohol (PVA) or polyvinyl pyrrolidone (PVP). In the spiral wound element, a permeate carrier sheet may be wrapped in one or more layers around a central tube. Channels in the permeate carrier sheet are oriented helically relative to a longitudinal axis of the central tube.

Abstract: The present invention provides an adsorptive member which is used in a heat exchanger such as an adsorptive heat pump or a humidity control apparatus such as a desiccant system and which is excellent in heat resistance and adhesion between adsorptive particles and a base material. The adsorptive member comprising a base material and an adsorptive material layer formed on the base material, wherein the adsorptive material layer comprises adsorptive particles and a binder as essential components, and the binder is an epoxy cured product comprising the following structural units (a) and (b): (a): a bisphenol type structural unit; and (b): a linear hydrocarbon structural unit having 4 or more carbon atoms, and/or a polyalkylene ether structural unit having 3 or more ether oxygen atoms.

Abstract: Stacks of pre-moistened wipes wherein the wipes comprise a composite of at least two layers of fibrous nonwoven webs, which in turn comprise fibers with an average fiber denier from about 2.5 to about 6.0. The stacks of pre-moistened wipes are from about 50 to about 300 millimeters in height and have a saturation gradient index from about 1.0 to about 1.5.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for producing odor-inhibiting water-absorbing composites comprising water-absorbing polymer particles and fibers, wherein the fibers are premixed with at least one metal peroxide, metal hyperoxide or metal ozonide.

Abstract: Nonwoven fibrous webs including a multiplicity of randomly oriented discrete fibers and a multiplicity of chemically active particulates secured to the web, and methods of making and using same. In some embodiments, more than 0% and less than 10% wt. of the nonwoven fibrous web is made of multi-component fibers having at least a first region exhibiting a first melting temperature and a second region exhibiting a second melting temperature greater than the first melting temperature. In other embodiments, the discrete fibers include a first population of monocomponent thermoplastic fibers having a first melting temperature, and a second population of monocomponent fibers having a second melting temperature greater than the first melting temperature. In certain embodiments, at least some of the particulates are bonded to the fibers. In other embodiments, at least some of the particulates are secured within interstices of the fibrous web, without substantial bonding to the fibers.

Abstract: An analytical test element is provided having a surface comprising a chemical detection layer on which a spreading net is disposed, the spreading net being configured to provide for the planar distribution of a liquid sample on the detection layer. The spreading net generally comprises a filament structure coated with a metallic layer that is oxidized at least on one or more surface portions thereof facing the detection layer.

Abstract: The invention relates to surfaces with hydrophilic properties and a method for producing such surfaces. Surfaces are provided with hydrophilic properties by applying a coating containing hydrophilic silicic acid by means of the inventive method. Said surfaces can be textile or polymer surfaces, metallic or wooden surfaces. The silicic acid can be permanently connected to the polymer surface or be in the form of a non-fixed coating. The inventive hydrophilic silicic acid is applied in a very simple manner by applying a suspension containing silicic acid particles in a solvent on the corresponding surface, whereupon the solvent is removed or the silicic acid particles are fixed to the surface by means of a carrier. Condensing devices of dehumidifiers, foams or sponges are examples of surfaces that can be provided with the inventive hydrophilic surfaces.

Abstract: This apparatus and method improves the way metal and other objects will be sterilized, disinfected and preserved by utilizing both electromagnetic radiation (UV light in particular) to kill anaerobic pathogens and oxygen depletion to kill aerobic pathogens. The removal of the presence of oxygen further increases the useful lifespan of the treated object by preventing corrosion in general and oxidation in particular.

Abstract: Improved superabsorbent-containing textiles comprise hydrophilic fibers incorporated after application of superabsorbent. This makes it possible to provide superabsorbent on a relatively open-pore textile, but the distribution of liquid applied to the textile is distinctly improved by the hydrophilic fibers additionally incorporated.

Abstract: Polyolefin woven and nonwoven fibers, filaments and fabrics made therefrom which comprise a melt blend which comprises (a) a polyolefin; and (b) at least one compound of the formula (I) R1—(hydrophilic oligomer)??(I) wherein R1 is a straight or branched chain alkyl of 22 to 40 carbon atoms and the hydrophilic oligomer is a homo- or co-oligomer consisting of monomer units derived from monomers selected from the group consisting of ethylene oxide, propylene oxide, ethylene glycol, propylene glycol, epichlorhydrin, acrylic acid, methacrylic acid, ethylene imine, caprolactone, vinyl alcohol and vinyl acetate; and wherein the hydrophilic oligomer consists of between 2 and 10 monomer units, exhibit excellent durable wettability. The fabrics are useful in disposable diapers, training pants, feminine napkins, tampons, incontinence care products, wet and dry wipes, wound dressings, surgical capes, filter medial, battery separators and the like.

Abstract: The present invention relates to textile two- or three-dimensional structures formed from fibers and/or ribbons and swellable materials, the fibers and/or ribbons present in the structure and also the swellable materials each being present in such an amount that the fibers and/or ribbons are encased by the swellable materials and the voids in the structure are, in the swollen state, partially or completely filled by materially bound water and the swellable materials used being aqueous emulsions of (co)polymers of at least one ethylenically unsaturated monomer MON which are applied to the fibers and/or ribbons.

Abstract: A wet wipe comprises a nonwoven material. The nonwoven material comprises a fibrous material and a binder composition. The binder composition includes a cationic ion-sensitive emulsion polymer, which can comprise the emulsion polymerization product of at least one hydrophobic monomer which has been stabilized by a solution-polymerization-derived cationic ion-sensitive polymer stabilizer. In some aspects, a solution-polymerization-derived cationic ion-sensitive polymer binder can be solution blended with the already-formed cationic ion-sensitive emulsion polymer to provide additional benefits. In other aspects, the solution-polymerization-derived cationic ion-sensitive polymer binder is the same as the s-solution-polymerization-derived cationic ion-sensitive polymer stabilizer.

Abstract: An analytical test element is provided having a surface comprising a chemical detection layer on which a spreading net is disposed, the spreading net being configured to provide for the planar distribution of a liquid sample on the detection layer. The spreading net generally comprises a filament structure coated with a metallic layer that is oxidized at least on one or more surface portions thereof facing the detection layer.

Abstract: A method for production of a reactive polyurethane emulsion for use in impregnating and coating a textile fabric includes reacting polyols alone or in combination with at least one of diols and triols with a substoichiometric amount of diisocyanates so as to form medium-viscosity, OH-terminated prepolymers. The prepolymers are mixed with an external emulsifier. At least one of a diisocyanate, a triisocyanate and a polyisocyanate are added so as to bring about a crosslinking of the prepolymers.

Abstract: Substrates, coated with a block copolymer comprising at least four blocks being at least two hard blocks, one soft block and one hydrophilic block, wherein a the soft block is sandwiched between the hard blocks.

Abstract: A moisture- or protein-adsorbability imparting agent, comprising a porous silica having a hexagonal pore structure, an average pore size of from 0.8 to 20 nm, an average particle size of 50 nm to 100 ?m, a specific surface area of from 400 to 2000 m2/g, and a pore volume of from 0.1 to 3.0 cm3/g; a material having an adsorbability of moisture or a protein, comprising the moisture- or protein-adsorbability imparting agent; and use of the moisture- or protein-adsorbability imparting agent for imparting absorbability of moisture or a protein to a material selected from the group consisting of food wrapping materials; filtration aid agents; sanitary articles; compositions containing a synthetic resin; moisture-controlled material; covering materials for wounds; insulation substrates; coating materials for semiconductor devices; cosmetics; inkjet recording media; and compositions containing synthetic fibers.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an absorbent personal care and/or cleansing product for cosmetic and/or dermatological applications comprising at least one non-woven absorbent sheet comprising 10 to 100 wt. % lyocell fibers and 0 to 90 wt. % of at least one other natural, man-made natural and/or synthetic fiber, wherein the lyocell fiber has a fiber titer in the range from 0.5 to 3.5 dtex, wherein the absorbent sheet has a basis weight in the range from 20 to 500 g/m2, and a tensile strength in the range from 5 to 1000 N/5 cm in machine direction and in cross direction.

Abstract: A superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness and a preparation method thereof are disclosed. Nanometer particles are grafted on the fiber surface of the superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness by chemical bonds. The nanometer particles include nanometer silicon dioxide whose particle diameter is 10-800 nm. Based on the total mass of the superhydrophilic wool fabric with wash fastness, the amount of the nanometer silicon dioxide is 0.05-5% by mass.

Abstract: This invention relates to a liquid penetration-resistant water-vapor-permeable multi-layer composite material and process for making the same comprising a porous nanofiber web of polymeric fibers, wherein the polymeric fibers of the nanofiber web have a diameter of less than 1000 nanometers and wherein the nanofiber web has a basis weight of 5 to 40 grams per square meter and a surface roughness (?RMS) of 5 to 15 micrometers and where, the porous nanofiber web is coated on a surface with a layer of water-vapor-permeable, hydrophilic, monolithic, water transport material.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a process for coating a polymer nonwoven comprising the steps of: plasma and/or corona assisted treatment of the surface of the nonwoven to obtain a charged and/or polar surface; and formation of a first coating layer comprising at least one first charged and/or polar species, the first species being a hydrophilic polymer, wherein the overall charge or partial charge facing the nonwoven surface of the first species carries the opposite sign from the average charge introduced to the nonwoven fiber surface in step a).

Abstract: A wet paper web transfer belt comprises a base body 30, a paper side layer 20, and a machine side layer 23. The paper side layer 20 is composed of a paper contacting side batt layer 21 made of hydrophilic fibers 41 and a base bode side batt layer 22 without the hydrophilic fibers 41, at least the paper contacting side batt layer 21 being impregnated with a high molecular weight elastic body 50 and at least a part of the hydrophilic fibers 41 being exposed on the surface of the paper contacting side batt layer 21. The water contained in the wet paper web remains within the paper contacting side batt layer 21 made of the hydrophilic fibers 41 with only a small amount of water moving into the base body side batt layer 22, thereby reducing dimensional changes of the belt.