Patent ID: 7182837
Filing Date: 2007-02-27
Classification: B05C,B41M,D21H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for printing an adhesive material on a paper web to form a paper product comprising: providing a paper web; flexographically printing an adhesive material on one side of the web in a pattern, wherein the printing process exerts a peak pressure on the web of between about 0.2 and about 30 psi, wherein the adhesive material has a Brookfield viscosity at 20 rpm of about 20 poise or greater, and wherein the adhesive material is selected from the group consisting of latex adhesives, hot melt adhesives, pressure sensitive adhesives, rubber based adhesives, and acrylic adhesives; molding the paper web into a three dimensional state defined by a pattern of raised web portions; and curing the adhesive material, the adhesive material being located on the web such that the cured adhesive material prevents the three-dimensional state of the web from relaxing into a substantially two dimensional state, and wherein the side of the paper web printed with the adhesive material is an exposed outer side of the formed paper product.