APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR MAKING STRUCTURED PAPER AND STRUCTURED PAPER PRODUCED THEREBY

摘要

An apparatus and process for imprinting a web. A yankee drum (70) and pressure roll (35) are juxtaposed to form a nip. An imprinting member (30), such as through air drying belt or other patterning belt is interposed in the nip. A felt (60) is also interposed in the nip, contacting the backside of the imprinting member. The imprinting member carries a paper web (32). The paper web is imprinted in the nip and simultaneously transferred to the yankee drying drum. The nip may be formed with a vacuum roll juxtaposed with the felt. The vacuum roll may remove water from the felt and hence the web.