Patent ID: 8864945

Claim:
A method of making a multi-ply wiper/towel product, the method comprising: (a) compactively dewatering a nascent web comprising atleast about 10% fibrillated regenerated cellulosie microfibers and having an apparently random distribution of fibers; (b) applying the dewatered web having the apparently random distribution of fibers to a transfer surface; (c) belt-creping the web from the transfer surface utilizing a generally planar polymeric creping belt provided with a plurality of perforations through the belt, the belt-creping step occurring under pressure in a belt creping nip defined between the transfer surface and the creping belt; (d) drying the web to form a dried web having: (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions protruding from an upper side of the dried web, the hollow domed regions having respective sidewalls of a relatively high local basis weight formed along at least a leading edge thereof; (ii) connecting regions of a relatively lower local basis weight forming a network interconnecting the hollow domed regions of the dried web; and (iii) transition area with consolidated fibrous regions that transition from the connecting regions into the hollow domed regions, by extending upwardly and inwardly from the connecting regions into the respective sidewalls of the hollow domed regions; and (e) converting said dried web into a multi-ply wiper/towel.