Abstract: A tissue sheet is made using a modified wet pressed tissue machine employing an integrally sealed air press. The apparatus includes: a forming roll; a drying cylinder positioned downstream of the forming roll; an air press positioned between the forming roll and the drying cylinder; a molding fabric adjacent a first fabric such that both fabrics travel through the air press, and wherein the air press is installed to direct a pressurized fluid through the molding fabric first and then through the first fabric; and a pressure roll adjacent the drying cylinder for pressing the molding fabric against the drying cylinder.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
March 17, 2004
Date of Patent:
July 26, 2005
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
Inventors:
Michael Alan Hermans, Frank Stephen Hada