Patent ID: 7513974

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an absorbent paper product comprising at least two superposed plies which are cut or precut into a predetermined format and are joined along at least a segment of a peripheral zone in the absence of glueing, and wherein at least one ply of said at least two plies has embossing patterns in a central zone thereof, said method comprising (a1) embossing a first ply in at least the central zone between a first cylinder and a first mating cylinder, (b) superposing a second ply and joining the first ply and the second ply along the peripheral zone by marking with a marking pattern between said first cylinder and a second hard cylinder to mutually join the first ply and the second ply, wherein at least one of said first cylinder and said second hard cylinder is engraved in an area corresponding to said peripheral zone according to said marking pattern, and (c) cutting or precutting the format.