Patent ID: 7850823

Claim:
In a continuous process of manufacturing absorbent sheet of the class used for tissue and towel including forming a wet cellulosic web, applying the web onto a drying cylinder of a dryer, which drying cylinder is provided with a resinous adhesive at a substantially constant add-on rate during steady-state operation and accumulating absorbent sheet on a reel, the improvement comprising controlling build-up of an adhesive coating on the drying cylinder by way of intermittently: (a) increasing the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder above the steady-state add-on rate; (b) segregating absorbent sheet product produced while the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder is elevated above the steady-state add-on rate from absorbent sheet product accumulated on the reel during steady-state operation; and (c) while the add-on rate of resinous adhesive to the drying cylinder is increased above the steady-state add-on rate, stripping at least a portion of the adhesive coating from the drying cylinder with a cleaning doctor.