Improved method of seaming a seamed felt on a papermaking machine

摘要

There is described a pintle unit and method of closing a seam in a papermakers felt (10) which provides a tight closure along the full length of the seam. The seam is closed with a pintle unit (30) made up of a plurality of pintle elements (31,32) which are tapered and pulled into the seam to interact in a wedging fashion. The pintle elements (31,32) are tapered for a length at least as long as the width of the seam so that when wedged in the seam a pintle unit of substantially uniform size across the full width of the felt is provided.