Patent ID: 6431063
Filing Date: 2002-08-13
Classification: B31D,B31F

Abstract:
An embossing press for producing embossed seams having a total width to join at least two paper layers or nonwoven layers, said at least two paper layers or nonwoven layers arranged one above the other and conveyed in a straight line, said embossing press comprising:an embossing roller having a row of embossing teeth, each embossing tooth of said row of embossing teeth having a width that corresponds at least to the total width of the embossed seams produced during each embossing operation; and a counter cylinder having a rotational axis and designed as a fluted roller at least in the region of the embossing operation, said fluted roller having a plurality of ridge areas, a number of flutes formed between said ridge areas that extend across the periphery of said counter cylinder parallel to said rotational axis, and at least one groove formed across said ridged areas in the region of the embossing operation wherein the row of embossing teeth dip into the number of flutes of the fluted roller thereby producing embossed seams that extend at an angle relative to the conveying direction for the paper layers or nonwoven layers and the at least one groove is a non-embossed separating zone between individual embossed seams produced by said embossing roller and said counter cylinder.