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US 7,442,279 B2Granted
Method and apparatus for producing tissue paper
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael A. Hermans, Kenneth J. Zwick, Peter J. Allen
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Abstract
A method of making paper comprising over drying the paper web by a dryer; transporting the paper web to a reel; and supplying dry air adjacent at least a portion of the paper web's travel path from the dryer to the reel. A paper machine comprising a dryer and a reel; at least one blow box located between the dryer and the reel; and a blower supplying a source of dry air to the at least one blow box.
Claims18
A method of making a paper web comprising:
- over drying the paper web by a dryer;
- transporting the paper web to a reel;
- and
- supplying dry air above and below the paper web's travel path from the dryer to the reel, said dry air sufficient to prevent the paper web from reaching its moisture equilibrium point until after the paper web has been wound into a parent roll.
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A method of making a paper web comprising:
- (a) over drying the paper web by a dryer;
- (b) transporting the paper web to a reel;
- (c) supplying dry air adjacent at least a portion of the paper web's travel path from the dryer to the reel;
- (d) winding the paper web into a parent roll;
- and
- (e) wrapping the parent roll in a moisture impermeable substrate after being wound.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.