Method of embossing a sheet having one or more plies, and embossed paper sheet
US5686168A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 14, 1995 |
| Grant date | Nov 11, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jul 14, 2015 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24669
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method for embossing a sheet of creped paper composed of at least one ply, whereby the sheet is engaged between two metallic cylinders fitted with protrusions and driven in rotation in a conventional manner and mesh with each other while having a play e1 between the tops of the protrusions of one cylinder and the opposite surface of the other cylinder, and a play e2 between the slopes of two adjacent protrusions wherein e1 and e2 are determined in the direction transverse to the direction of paper advance in such a manner that the ratio of e1/e2 is between 0.8 and 1.
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