Method multi-ply embossed fibrous sheet
AssigneeJames River Corporation of Virginia
InventorGalyn A. Schulz
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Abstract
A method and apparatus is disclosed for the production of a multi-ply sheet product in which separate non-woven fibrous webs are combined into a multi-ply sheet before embossment, embossed as a multi-ply sheet, the embossed webs separated from one another and longitudinally displaced relative to one another, and then recombined into an embossed multi-ply sheet with the embossments out of register with one another. The resulting product exhibits enhanced softness and absorbence as compared with similar products comprising simultaneously embossed multi-ply webs.
Claims4
A process for the production of a soft, absorbent multi-ply embossed towel or fibrous tissue product which comprises forming a multi-ply sheet of unembossed fibrous webs, simultaneously embossing said fibrous webs by passing said multi-ply sheet through the nip of an embossing roll and a back-up roll, separating the embossed multi-ply sheet into separate embossed webs, longitudinally displacing one of said webs of said sheet from another, and recombining said webs into a single multi-ply sheet with the embossments of one web out of register with the embossments of the other by an amount sufficient to prevent nesting of the embossments.
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