Patent ID: 6582555
Filing Date: 2003-06-24
Classification: D21H

Abstract:
A method of uniformly applying a liquid-based composition to a wet tissue web made into a tissue product having a basis weight less than about 120 grams per square meter, the method comprising:providing a papermaking furnish containing at least cellulosic fibers; forming a wet tissue web from the papermaking furnish; forming a foam from a liquid-based composition; applying the foam to the wet tissue web while the wet tissue web has a solids consistency less than about 95% by dry weight of the tissue web wherein the foam is applied by an extrusion head of a foam applicator including a flexible scraper having a lower surface adjacent the wet tissue web and an opposing upper surface wherein the foam flows over the lower surface of the flexible scraper to the wet tissue web; and, distributing the foam on the wet tissue web by the flexible scraper.