Patent ID: 7976681

Claim:
An apparatus to produce a web of fibrous material having a three dimensional surface structure, said apparatus comprising: a headbox; a forming element; a structured fabric, said forming element and said structured fabric coming off of said forming element forming an outfeed nip therebetween; a dewatering fabric, said structured fabric and said dewatering fabric running together and forming a stock infeed nip and being carried over said forming element such that said structured fabric is an inside fabric and said dewatering fabric is an outside fabric, said headbox feeding a fibrous suspension into said stock infeed nip; and at least one catch pan in an area of the apparatus associated with said outfeed nip for at least one of water, a plurality of fibers, and a plurality of fines occurring in said area of the apparatus associated with said outfeed nip, said catch pan includes at least one suction equipped orifice and a base section with one side which faces said structured fabric, said at least one suction equipped orifice being on said side of said base section facing said structured fabric.