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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 21, 2001
Paul J. Ruthven, Neenah, WI (US);
Dale T. Gracyalny, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Galyn A. Schulz, Greenville, WI (US);
Georgia Pacific Corporation, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
An embossing system for embossing and perforating at least a portion of a web is provided comprising a first embossing roll having embossing elements and at least a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein the elements of the first and second embossing rolls define perforate nips for embossing and perforating the web and wherein at least a predominate number of the perforate nips are substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction. Moreover, substantially all of the nips defined by the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls can be substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction. Further, the cross-machine embossing elements are at an angle of about 85° to 95° from the machine direction.