Soft, absorbent sheets having high absorbency and high caliper, and methods of making soft, absorbent sheets
AssigneeGeorgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
InventorsHung Liang Chou, Daniel H. Sze, Xiaolin Fan
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Abstract
A papermaking machine for making a paper product using a through air drying process. A headbox supplies an aqueous furnish. A structuring fabric has a surface with a contact area and (i) receives the furnish from the headbox on the surface to thereby form a cellulosic web from the furnish and (ii) non-compactively dewaters the cellulosic web. At least one through air drier dries the cellulosic web on the structuring fabric. A portion of the structuring fabric on which the cellulosic web is formed has an adjusted planar volumetric index of at least about 27.
Claims3
A papermaking machine for making a paper product using a through air drying process, the papermaking machine comprising:
- a headbox for supplying an aqueous furnish;
- a structuring fabric having a surface with a contact area, the structuring fabric being configured (i) to receive the furnish from the headbox on the surface to thereby form a cellulosic web from the furnish and (ii) to non-compactively dewater the cellulosic web;
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- at least one through air drier for drying the cellulosic web on the structuring fabric,
- wherein a portion of the structuring fabric on which the cellulosic web is formed has an adjusted planar volumetric index of at least about 27.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.