United States Patent
Thomas
[in 3,868,205
[45] Feb. 25, 1975
[54] EMBOSSED PAPER TOWELING AND METHOD OF PRODUCTION
[75] Inventor: Gordon D. Thomas, Neenah, Wis.
[73] Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, Wis.
[22] Filed: Mar. 15, 1973
[21] Appl. No.: 341,464
[52] U.S. CI 425/363, 425/500, 156/555
[51] Int. CI B44b5/00
[58] Field of Search 156/209, 462, 472, 471,
156/469, 292, 219, 210, 205, 555; 264/286, 282; 161/148, 116, DIG. 3, 127; 72/196; 29/200 B; 117/10; 118/44, 200, 221, 224, 225; 425/296, 403, 369, 363, 336
[56] References Cited
UNITED STATES PATENTS
1.924,873 8/1933 Moone 156/462
1.954,635 4/1934 Leonard, Jr 425/369
3,150,416 9/1964 Such 161/148
3,294.389 12/1966 Chavannes 161/127
3,571,852 3/1971 Gilbert 425/369
3,756,884 9/1973 Hagino;..... 156/471
Primary Examiner—George F. Lesmes
Assistant Examiner—Stanley S. Silverman
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Kimberly-Clark
Corporation
[57] ABSTRACT
Absorbent paper sheets in multi-ply web form in
which the outer webs of the sheet are creped and con-
sist of a series of ribs and grooves. The webs have
their ribs secured together by adhesive dispersed in a
pattern consisting of individual adhesive zones. The
adhesive zones are obtained by providing in embossing
apparatus cooperable rolls each having alternating ribs
and grooves, the ribs of one roll being provided with
protuberances and the other with recesses. The protu-
berances cover a relatively small area of the total rib
area and carry a web on the protuberances through an
adhesive applicator so that a relatively small area of
the web receives adhesive for attachment to a second
web.
5 Claims, 16 Drawing Figures
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