The Procter Gamble Company

The Proctor 'gamble Company

Metso Paper Karlstad Ab

Valmet Aktiebolag

Paul Dennis Trokhan

Michael Gomer Jr. Stelljes

Osman Polat

Donald Eugene Ensign

Jeffrey Glen Sheehan

Douglas Jay Barkey

Dean Van Phan

Kathryn Christian Kien

Robert Stanley Ampulski

Ryan Dominic Maladen

Charles Allen Redd

Anthony Paul Bankemper

John Allen Manifold

Ward William Ostendorf

Timothy Jude Lorenz

Robert Scadding Moir

Daniel Graham Ward

Geoffrey Eugene Seger

Richard Bown

Andrew Paul Frank Milton

Michael Gomer Stelljes, Jr

Dale Gary Kavalew

Markus Wilhelm Altmann

Thomas Allen Desmarais

Gerald M Weber

Daniel Joseph Valerio

Kofi Aduwusu

Steven Lee Barnholtz

Michael Scott Prodoehl

André Mellin

Kevin Mitchell Wiwi

Kemal Vatansever Catalan

Anders Lindén

Alan Howard Ullman

Anders Tommy Lind&eacute;n

Anja Werth

Ingvar Be Klerelid

Ahmed Kamal Elony

Ingvar Klerelid

Robert Ampulski

Ward Ostendorf

Michael Gomer Jr Stelljes

A fibrous structure may have a lower side and an upper side, and may comprise three-dimensional, out-of-plane features formed by knuckles on a papermaking belt, the features may exhibit at least two Z-direction spatially separated surfaces defined in order spatially with respect to the lower side, wherein each successive surface progressing in a Z-direction away from the lower side may have a projected area less than the projected area of the surface adjacent and closer to the lower side, and each projected area may be bounded completely by the area of the projected area of the surface adjacent and closer to the lower side.

Mask and papermaking belt made therefrom

A fibrous structure is disclosed. The fibrous structure exhibits a plurality of discrete knuckles arranged in a pattern of repeat units. The repeat units can include a plurality of rows arranged such that distance between at least two adjacent discrete knuckles are non-uniform such that the repeat unit exhibits varying pillow width distances.

Fibrous structures

Belts and fibrous structures may include discrete cells including one or more legs and/or one or more concavities in certain patterns or Cell Groups. The cells may be discrete knuckles or pillows and the fibrous structures may further include an emboss.

Discrete cells comprising a leg and/or a concavity

A fibrous structure may include a plurality of wetformed knuckles or pillows, where the wet-formed knuckles or pillows of the pattern may form a plurality of rows oriented in an X-direction and/or a Y-direction, and the plurality of rows may be curved in a repeating wave pattern, where the repeating wave pattern may have an amplitude and a wavelength, and wherein the amplitude may be between about 0.75 mm and about 3.0 mm, and the wavelength may be between about 25.0 mm and about 125.0 mm.

A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers to form an accepts stream and a rejects stream; c. forming plies with the rejects and accepts streams; and d. joining the plies.

Process for producing strong and soft tissue and towel products

Belts and fibrous structures of the present disclosure may comprise discrete cells comprising one or more legs and/or one or more concavities in certain patterns or Cell Groups. The cells may be discrete knuckles or pillows and the fibrous structures may further comprise an emboss.

Discrete cell arrangements

Belts and fibrous structures of the present disclosure may comprise discrete cells comprising one or more legs and/or one or more concavities in certain patterns or Cell Groups. The Cell Group(s) may comprise pillows having different densities.

Discrete cells forming distinct pillow regions

A fibrous structure may include a plurality of wetformed knuckles or pillows, where the plurality of wet-formed knuckles or pillows may be arranged in a pattern organized in an X-Y coordinate plane, where the wet-formed knuckles or pillows of the pattern may form a plurality of rows oriented in an X-direction and a plurality of rows oriented in a Y-direction, and the plurality of rows in the X-direction may be curved in a repeating wave pattern, where the repeating wave pattern may have an amplitude and a wavelength, and wherein the amplitude may be between about 0.75 mm and about 3.0 mm, and the wavelength may be between about 25.0 mm and about 125.0 mm.

A fibrous structure is disclosed. The fibrous structure exhibits a plurality of discrete knuckles arranged in a pattern of repeat units. The repeat units can include a plurality of rows arranged orthogonally in an X-Y plane, each row having a portion of the discrete knuckles, and each discrete knuckle separated from adjacent discrete knuckles in a row by a distance. Each of the discrete knuckles within the repeat unit can have substantially the same shape and size; and wherein the distance between at least two adjacent discrete knuckles in each row are non-uniform such that the repeat unit exhibits varying pillow width distances along the rows in both the X and Y axes.

A textured mask comprising a film. The film can have a first substantially continuously flat surface lying in a first plane and a second surface opposite the first surface lying in a second plane substantially parallel to the first plane. The second surface is interrupted by a plurality of cavities, each of the cavities having a first depth defined by a third surface lying in a third plane substantially parallel to the first and second planes. The depth of the cavities can be at a distance of from about 0.1 mm to about 5 mm from the second plane. The textured mask is at least partially coated with an opaque masking agent. The textured mask can make a correspondingly structured three-dimensional papermaking belt, which can make correspondingly structured three-dimensional fibrous structure.

Mark and papermaking belt made therefrom

A fibrous structure includes a plurality of discrete wet-formed knuckles extending from a pillow surface of the fibrous structure, wherein the plurality of discrete wet-formed knuckles are arranged in a pattern organized in an X-Y coordinate plane, each of the wet-formed knuckles of the pattern is included within a plurality of rows oriented in an X-direction and a plurality of rows oriented in a Y-direction, and each row in the X-direction is curved in a repeating wave pattern, wherein the repeating wave pattern has an amplitude and a wavelength, and wherein the amplitude is between about 0.75 mm and about 3.0 mm, and the wavelength is between about 25.0 mm and about 125.0 mm.

A process for manufacturing a web material is disclosed. The process generally provides the steps of: a. providing a pulp material comprising fibers and vessels; b. separating said vessels from said fibers in said pulp material to form a slurry having at least about 7 percent less vessels per meter than said pulp material; and c. processing said slurry to form said web material.

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Montgomery, OH, United States of America

Osman Polat