Patent ID: 6613193
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: A47K,D21F,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of making a compact rolled paper product, comprising:(a) providing a wet web of fibrous material to a drying fabric, the drying fabric having raised and depressed portions under conditions causing the wet web to conform to the drying fabric; (b) drying the wet web to form a sheet having raised and depressed areas, the raised and depressed areas of the sheet forming channels in the sheet, the sheet having a machine direction in its long dimension and a cross direction perpendicular to the machine direction, whereby raised portions in the sheet are capable of registering with depressed portions on the sheet when aligned in a predetermined manner; and (c) rolling the sheet to form a rolled paper product; and (d) wherein the channels align in registration when the sheet is in the rolled condition, thereby forming a nested rolled paper product having a compact exterior diameter, wherein the nesting factor is greater than 2.