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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 16, 1997
Filed:
Oct. 27, 1994
Steven Alexander Engel, Neeah, WI (US);
Michael John Rekoske, Appleton, WI (US);
Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr, Appleton, WI (US);
Stephen John Sudall, Wales, GB;
Paul Edward Williams, Chester, GB;
David Arthur Hyland, Clwyd, GB;
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Uncreped throughdried cellulosic webs having improved smoothness and stretch are produced by transferring a newly formed web from the forming fabric to a slower moving, high fiber support transfer fabric, preferably using a fixed gap or kiss transfer in which the forming fabric and the transfer fabric converge and diverge at the leading edge of the transfer shoe. The web is then transferred to a throughdrying fabric and throughdried to final dryness, producing a web having an improved softness due to increased surface smoothness.