Patent ID: 8999095
Filing Date: 2015-04-07
Classification: B31F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for bonding at least two plies of a fibrous web, comprising: an embossing roller with an outer periphery having a plurality of embossing protuberances being provided on the outer periphery; and a second roller, being a counter roller or a marrying roller, with an outer periphery and being elastic at least in a radial direction and together with the embossing roller forming a nip through which the at least two plies are to be fed, wherein at least a part of the outer periphery of at least one of the embossing roller and the second roller has an irregularly rough surface of a profile distinct from the embossing protuberances, and the at least two plies are bonded only at discrete locations corresponding to at least some of the embossing protuberances.