Modified linkbelt molding and throughdrying fabrics
View Patent ↗Throughdried tissue sheets can be made using a linkbelt throughdrying fabric and/or transfer fabric. In particular, linkbelts can be modified with topically-applied materials, such as extruded or printed silicone materials, in a pattern that provides an overall background texture and/or a decorative design that is imparted to the resulting tissue.
1. A method of making a tissue sheet comprising depositing an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers onto a forming fabric to form a wet web having a consistency of from about 20 to about 40 percent, transferring the wet web from the forming fabric to a modified linkbelt transfer fabric and throughdrying the web to produce a tissue sheet.
2. The method of claim 1 wherein the wet web is transferred from the modified linkbelt transfer fabric to a linkbelt throughdrying fabric.
3. The method of claim 1 wherein the wet web is transferred from the modified linkbelt transfer fabric to a modified linkbelt throughdrying fabric.
4. The method of claim 1 wherein the wet web is transferred from the modified linkbelt transfer fabric to a conventional woven throughdrying fabric.
5. The method of claim 1 wherein the consistency of the wet web is from about 20 to about 30 percent.
6. The method of claim 1 wherein the throughdried web is creped.
7. The method of claim 1 wherein the throughdried web is uncreped.
8. The method of claim 2 , 3 or 4 wherein the speed of the throughdrying fabric is from about 10 to about 80 percent slower than the speed of the forming fabric.
9. The method of claim 1 , 2 , 3 or 4 wherein the speed of the transfer fabric is from about 10 to about 80 percent slower than the speed of the forming fabric.