Patent ID: 6051105
Filing Date: 2000-04-18
Classification: D21F

Abstract:
A method of pressing a paper web comprising the steps of:providing a wet paper web of papermaking fibers;providing a compression nip;providing an imprinting member having a web contacting face comprising a continuous patterned deflection conduit encompassing a plurality of discrete isolated web imprinting surfaces;providing a first dewatering felt, a second dewatering felt, and a third dewatering felt, wherein the three dewatering felts are separable;positioning the paper web intermediate the imprinting member and the first dewatering felt in the compression nip;positioning the imprinting member intermediate the second dewatering felt and the paper web in the compression nip;positioning the second dewatering felt intermediate the imprinting member and the third dewatering felt in the compression nip; andpressing the paper web, the imprinting member, and the three dewatering felts in the compression nip, deflecting a portion of the papermaking fibers in the wet paper web into the deflection conduit to form a non-monoplanar web of papermaking fibers.