Non-woven through air dryer and transfer fabrics for tissue making

An endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs, comprising a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of non-woven material, each section of non-woven material being joined to at least one other adjoining section of non-woven material, the non-woven tissue making fabric having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, a tissue contacting surface and a tissue machine contacting surface, the tissue machine contacting surface comprising solid matter at a plurality of heights such that the tissue contacting surface of the non-woven tissue making fabric has an Overall Surface Depth of at least 0.2 mm in regions of solid matter on the tissue contacting surface and wherein the tissue machine contacting surface of the endless non-woven tissue making fabric is substantially textured the same as the tissue contacting surface of the endless non-woven tissue making fabric.

An endless fibrous non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs, comprising a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of fibrous non-woven material, each section of fibrous non-woven material being joined to at least one other adjoining section of fibrous non-woven material by an attachment means selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, ultrasonic bonding, adhesives and mechanical needling, the fibrous non-woven tissue making fabric having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, a tissue contacting surface and a tissue machine contacting surface, the tissue machine contacting surface comprising solid matter at a plurality of heights such that the tissue contacting surface of the non-woven tissue making fabric has an Overall Surface Depth of at least 0.2 mm in regions of solid matter on the tissue contacting surface.

An endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs, wherein the fabric consists essentially of fibrous nonwoven material joined to a substrate comprising a woven material, said fabric further comprising a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of non-woven material, each section of non-woven material being joined to at least one other adjoining section of non-woven material by an attachment means selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, ultrasonic bonding, adhesives and mechanical needling, the non-woven tissue making fabric having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, a tissue contacting surface and a tissue machine contacting surface, the tissue machine contacting surface comprising solid matter at a plurality of heights such that the tissue contacting surface of the non-woven tissue making fabric has an Overall Surface Depth of at least 0.2 mm in regions of solid matter on the tissue contacting surface.

An endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a through drying fabric or forming fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs, comprising a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of non-woven material, each section of non-woven material being joined to at least one other adjoining section of non-woven material by an attachment means selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, ultrasonic bonding, adhesives and mechanical needling, the non-woven tissue making fabric having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, a tissue contacting surface and a tissue machine contacting surface, the tissue machine contacting surface comprising solid matter at a plurality of heights such that the tissue contacting surface of the non-woven tissue making fabric has an Overall Surface Depth of at least 0.2 mm in regions of solid matter on the tissue contacting surface.

An endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs, comprising a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of non-woven material, each section of non-woven material being joined to at least one other adjoining section of non-woven material by an attachment means selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, ultrasonic bonding, adhesives and mechanical needling, the non-woven tissue making fabric having a machine direction, a cross-machine direction, a tissue contacting surface and a tissue machine contacting surface, the tissue machine contacting surface comprising solid matter at a plurality of heights such that the tissue contacting surface of the non-woven tissue making fabric has an Overall Surface Depth of at least 0.2 mm in regions of solid matter on the tissue contacting surface and wherein the fabric has an Air Permeability of 200 cubic feet or greater per minute.