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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLynda Ellen Collins, Mark Alan Burazin
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Provided are woven papermaking fabrics having a web contacting surface having protuberances formed from woven warp and shute filaments. The protuberances, which may be oriented in the machine direction (MD) converge, merge or diverge and may be arranged to form a pattern. In certain instances the protuberance may comprise a first MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about 0.5 to about 15 degrees, a second MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about −0.5 to about −15 degrees wherein the first and second protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about −15 to about 15 degrees.
A woven papermaking fabric having a machine contacting side and an opposite web contacting surface, the web contacting surface comprising a plurality of machine direction (MD) oriented protuberances having a length, width and height, wherein a first MD oriented protuberance has a first principal axis oriented in a first direction and a second MD oriented protuberance has a second principal axis oriented in a second direction that is different than the orientation of the first principal axis, wherein the first and second MD oriented protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberances having a third principal axis oriented in a third direction;
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