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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 09, 2004
Filed:
Apr. 20, 2001
Jeffrey Dean Lindsay, Appleton, WI (US);
Kenneth Curtis Larson, Appleton, WI (US);
Charles Herbert Goerg, Appleton, WI (US);
Timothy Maurice McFarland, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Paul Douglas Beuther, Neenah, WI (US);
Thomas Gerard Shannon, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A web treatment device is disclosed capable of heating and creping a fibrous web with control systems for uniform operation. The web is pressed between two belts in a compression zone, where is it also subject to a temperature gradient that can assist in water removal. Durable coatings on the press belts can assist in maintaining good performance. The system can be used to apply texture to a fibrous web or drive chemical reactions or other physical changes in the web.