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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 02, 2010
Filed:
Apr. 06, 2007
Bradley G. Schmidt, Green Bay, WI (US);
James R. Vande Hey, De Pere, WI (US);
James P. Zadrazil, Green Bay, WI (US);
Edward J. Yock, Appleton, WI (US);
Bradley G. Schmidt, Green Bay, WI (US);
James R. Vande Hey, De Pere, WI (US);
James P. Zadrazil, Green Bay, WI (US);
Edward J. Yock, Appleton, WI (US);
Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP, Atlanta, GA (US);
Abstract
A method of making an embossed air-laid absorbent sheet product includes depositing a dry web of fibers on a foraminous support; compacting the fiber web; embossing the compacted web with a laser-engraved roll with a hard rubber embossing surface, the hard rubber embossing surface having a plurality of sinuate bosses radially projecting circumferentially around the laser-engraved roll to provide the fiber web with a functional emboss pattern including a plurality of continuous sinuate compressed regions extending in a machine direction of the fiber web, the laser-engraved roll being heated to or maintained at a temperature of from about 100° F. to about 300° F.; and bonding the fiber web.