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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 first machine direction (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, the first and second protuberances converging at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about −15 to about 15 degrees, wherein each of the MD oriented protuberances comprising a plurality of adjacent warp filaments woven above their corresponding shute filaments and having a float length from 4 to 50 and a paired portion having a float length from 2 to 8.
A woven papermaking fabric having a machine direction axis and a cross-machine direction axis, the fabric comprising:
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