Patent ID: 7754049

Claim:
A method of making an absorbent paper sheet product comprising: depositing a nascent web for said absorbent paper sheet product on a moving foraminous endless fabric; and contacting said moving foraminous endless fabric bearing said deposited nascent web with a moving endless pressing blanket engaged with a pressing unit, thereby forming a nip between said foraminous endless fabric and an impervious member, said pressing unit being configured to impose an asymmetrical pressure distribution upon said nascent web and to create a peak engagement pressure of at least about 2000 kN/m 2 at an overall line load of less than about 240 kN/m, and wherein said pressing unit is configured to both disengage said web from said foraminous endless fabric and disengage said foraminous endless fabric from said pressing blanket at a nip length of less than about one inch from the point the nip pressure reaches zero.