CELLULOSIC WEB, METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING THE SAME USING PAPERMAKING BELT HAVING ANGLED CROSS-SECTIONAL STRUCTURE, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE BELT

摘要

A papermaking through-air drying belt (10) and a method of making the sam e, as well as a paper web produced on the belt and the process of making the we b are disclosed. The belt (10) comprises a resinous framework (20) having a web si de surface (21) defining an X-Y plane, a backside surface (22) opposite the web - side surface, a Z-direction perpendicular to the X-Y plane, and a plurality of discrete deflection conduits (30) extending between the web-side surface and the backside surface. Each of the discrete conduits (30) has an axis (33) and walls (35). The axes (33) of at least some of the discrete conduits (30) and the Z-direction form acute angles (Q) therebetween.