Method of making a belt-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet
US8398820B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Feb 22, 2012 |
| Grant date | Mar 19, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Feb 22, 2032 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T428/24851
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A method of making a belt-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet includes compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber, applying the nascent web having the apparently random fiber distribution to a translating transfer surface that is moving at a transfer surface speed, belt-creping the web from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a patterned creping belt, the belt-creping step occurring under pressure of at least 20 pounds per linear inch in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt. The belt is traveling at a belt speed that is slower than the speed of the transfer surface. The web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping belt.
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