Patent ID: 6017417
Filing Date: 2000-01-25
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A method of making a tissue sheet comprising:(a) depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers having a consistency of about 1 percent or less onto a forming fabric to form a wet web;(b) dewatering the wet web to a consistency of from about 20 to about 30 percent;(c) transferring the dewatered web from the forming fabric to a transfer fabric traveling at a speed of from about 10 to about 80 percent slower than the forming fabric;(d) transferring the web to a throughdrying fabric having from about 5 to about 300 elongated machine direction knuckles per square inch which are raised at least about 0.005 inch above the plane formed by the highest points of the cross-machine direction knuckles of the fabric, wherein the web is macroscopically rearranged to conform to the surface of the throughdrying fabric; and(e) throughdrying the web to produce a throughdried web of substantially uniform density.