Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Mark Alan Burazin

Lynda Ellen Collins

Kevin Joseph Vogt

Jeffrey Dean Lindsay

Jeffrey Dean Holz

Michael Alan Hermans

Mark William Sachs

Fung-jou Chen

Peter John Allen

Andrew Peter Bakken

Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr

Michael John Rekoske

Richard Allen Zanon

Geoffrey Fenn Carlow

Kristin Ann Goerg

Julia Smith Bahlman

Robert J Makolin

Kai F Chiu

Bernhardt Edward Kressner

Kenneth Curtis Larson

Kenneth John Zwick

Ralph Lee Anderson

Priya Pari Bhagat

Jerome Steven Veith

Michael William Veith

Philip Sim Lin

Greg Arthur Wendt

Ryan Andrew Weaver

Douglas Wayne Stage

David Alan Heaton

Edward Joseph VanRengen

Thomas Gerard Shannon

Mike Thomas Goulet

Frank Stephen Hada

Maurizio Tirimacco

Robert Eugene Krautkramer

Richard Joseph Kamps

Christopher Steven LeCount

Richard Joseph Behm

Roger Edward Wendler, Jr

Cristina Asensio Mullally

Richard Ignatius Wolkowicz

David Henry Hollenberg

Richard Alan Zanon

Donald John Slayton

Patrick Pachih Chen

Sung Ho Hong

Michael Stephen Vance

Jennifer Leigh Jeschke

Joseph Walter Buyeske

Christopher Scott Kowalski

Cristina Asensio Muilally

Eugenio Go Varona

Wen Zyo Schroeder

Gary Lee Shanklin

Wendy Ann Jahner

Jason Robert Boon

Jeffrey James Timm

Christopher Lee Satori

MeeWha Lee

Walter Theodore Schultz

Paul Kerner Pauling

Kathy Geralyn Richardson

Mark John Hassman

Robert James Seymour

Benjamin Peter Sierra

Joseph George Capizzi

Barbara Sue Funk

Lisa Maria Kocourek

Steven Alexander Engel

Sarah Marie McGinnis

Paul Myles Burden

Theodore E Farrington, Jr

Daniel Robert Sprangers

Thomas Kremer

Eric Kent Isom, Jr

Charles J Garneski

Dennis Patrick Rockhill

Kimberly K Underhill

Maug Hla Win

Craig Steven Besaw

Daniel Keith Lawson

Irene Beatrice Strohbeen

Chuan-Ling Tsai

Kathryn Sirovatka Padon

Cristina Asensio Mullalhy

Yu Cui

William Dee Lloyd

Robert John Makolin

Jennifer Neelam Seth-Cimini

Ashwin Haribhai Soni

Keith William James Warner

The present invention relates to belts useful in the manufacture of paper products, such as tissue paper. Particularly this invention relates to a belt used in a through-air drying process for making tissue products, and more particularly to an additively manufactured belt having a particular pattern thereon which imparts properties to tissue products manufactured therewith.

Three-dimensional papermaking belt

Disclosed is a two layered belt useful in the manufacture of tissue products comprising a first woven layer and a second nonwoven layer joined together in a laminated arrangement. The woven layer typically forms the machine contacting layer of the belt and is woven from a highly abrasion resistant material, while the nonwoven layer contacts the nascent tissue web. The woven layer may be provided with valleys and ridges that the nascent web is molded into, while the nonwoven layer may be provided with elements that impart a visually aesthetic pattern to the web. In this manner the belt may be useful in the production of products having desirable physical properties resulting from molding into the woven fabric while also being visually pleasing to the user.

Laminated papermaking belt

Provided are woven papermaking fabrics having a web contacting surface having protuberances formed from woven warp and shute filaments. The protuberances, which may be oriented in the machine direction (MD) converge, merge, or diverge and may be arranged to form a pattern. In certain instances, the protuberance may comprise a first MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about 0.5 to about 15 degrees, a second MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about −0.5 to about −15 degrees wherein the first and second protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about −15 to about 15 degrees.

Woven papermaking fabric having converging, diverging or merging topography

Disclosed are woven papermaking fabrics having a textured sheet contacting surface with machine and cross-machine direction topography. The machine direction (MD) topography may be imparted by substantially MD oriented protuberances comprising a warp strand supported by a shute strand. The cross-machine direction (CD) topography may be imparted by substantially CD oriented protuberances comprising a shute strand supported by a warp strand. The CD protuberances may extend continuously in the CD and intersect the MD oriented protuberances to form discrete pockets there between. The pockets may have a variety of shapes and size depending on the MD and CD oriented protuberance. In certain instances the pockets may be rectilinear and have a pocket depth greater than 1.0 mm and a pocket angle greater than 28 degrees.

Woven papermaking fabric having machine and cross-machine oriented topography

The present disclosure provides high bulk tissue products, as well as an apparatus and methods for manufacturing the same. The tissue products provided herein not only have high bulk, but they also have improved surface smoothness, particularly compared to tissue products of similar basis weights.

Smooth and bulky tissue

The present invention relates to papermaking fabrics useful in the manufacture of paper products, such as tissue paper. Particularly this invention relates to a woven papermaking fabric that includes a stabilized weave providing a textured contacting surface. The woven papermaking fabric includes a plurality of warp and shute filaments woven together to provide at least one protuberance on the web contacting side of the fabric that extends longitudinally over at least five shute filaments. The at least one protuberance is stabilized by including an offset shute float weave pattern configured such that a majority of the shute filaments forming the at least one protuberance are woven in an anti-nesting configuration.

Woven papermaking fabric including stabilized weave providing textured contacting surface

The present invention discloses tissue products, specifically rolled paper towel products, such as one, two or three ply tissue products having a basis weight greater than about 35 gsm and a GMT greater than about 1,500 g/3&#x2033;. The products have a three-dimensional surface, typically the air contacting surface, comprising substantially continuous machine direction (MD) oriented elements, discrete cross-machine direction (CD) oriented elements and discrete MD oriented valleys having valley sidewalls formed by the MD oriented elements and valley endwalls formed by the CD oriented elements. The discrete valleys generally have a length greater than about 10.0 mm. The CD oriented elements comprise a relatively small percentage of the tissue surface area, such as less than about 15 percent, yet the tissue products display good anti-nesting properties when spirally wound into rolls, such as a Roll Structure greater than about 1.75.

Papermaking fabrics having machine and cross-machine direction elements and paper products made therewith

The present invention discloses a papermaking fabric having a both machine direction (MD) and cross-machine direction (CD) oriented protuberances for molding and structuring a nascent paper web, particularly tissue paper webs. The MD oriented protuberances are spaced apart from one another in the fabric cross-machine direction and may be continuous and parallel to one another. The CD oriented protuberances are preferably discrete and comprise less than 15 percent of the web contacting surface of the fabric. In certain instances the MD oriented protuberances are formed from interwoven filaments and the CD oriented protuberances are nonwoven and may be applied to the woven fabric substrate by printing.

Provided are woven papermaking fabrics having a web contacting surface having protuberances formed from woven warp and shute filaments. The protuberances, which may be oriented in the machine direction (MD) converge, merge or diverge and may be arranged to form a pattern. In certain instances the protuberance may comprise a first MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about 0.5 to about 15 degrees, a second MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about &#x2212;0.5 to about &#x2212;15 degrees wherein the first and second protuberances converge at a convergence area to form a third MD oriented protuberance having an element angle from about &#x2212;15 to about 15 degrees.

The invention provides woven papermaking fabrics having a machine direction (MD) axis and a cross-machine direction (CD) axis, a machine contacting surface and a sheet contacting surface where the sheet contacting surface comprises a plurality of twill woven protuberances defining valleys there between. Generally the protuberances are skewed relative to a principle axis of the fabric, such as the MD axis and have a non-zero element angle. The protuberances generally have an upper surface defining the upper most surface plane of the web contacting surface of the fabric. Further, the protuberance upper surface is substantially planar providing the protuberances with a height that is substantially constant along the length of the protuberance.

Twill woven papermaking fabrics

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Oshkosh, WI, United States of America

Mark Alan Burazin