United States Patent [19] [H] Patent Number: 4,529,480
Trokhan [45] Date of Patent: Jul. 16, 1985
[54] TISSUE PAPER
[75] Inventor: Paul D. Trokhan, Hamilton, Ohio
[73] Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, Ohio
[21] Appl. No.: 525,586
[22] Filed: Aug. 23, 1983
[51] Int. a.' D21H5/02
[52] U.S. CI 162/109; 162/113;
162/115; 162/117
[58] Field of Search 162/111, 109, 113, 115,
162/116, 117, 205
[56] References Cited
U.S. PATENT DOCUMENTS
361,849 4/1887 Taylor 162/117
1,033,992 7/1912 Crane 162/117
2,245,014 6/1941 Sherman 162/117
3.061,505 10/1962 Helasti 162/109
3,301,746 1/1967 Sanford et al 162/117
3,322,617 5/1967 Osborne 162/116
3,974,025 8/1976 Ayers 162/113
3,994,771 11/1976 Morgan et al 162/111
4,191,609 3/1980 Trokhan 162/117
Primary Examiner—Peter Chin
Attorney, Agent, or Firm—Monte D. Witte; Fredrick H. Braun; Richard C. Witte
[57] ABSTRACT
Soft, absorbent paper webs and processes for making them. In the process, an aqueous dispersion of the papermaking fibers is formed into an embryonic web on a first foraminous member such as a Fourdinier wire. This embryonic web is associated with a second foraminous member known as a deflection member. The surface of the deflection member with which the embryonic web is associated has a macroscopic monoplanar, continuous, patterned network surface which defines within the deflection member a plurality of discrete, isolated deflection conduits. The papermaking fibers in the web are deflected into the deflection conduits and water is removed through the deflection conduits to form an intermediate web. Deflection begins no later than the time water removal through the deflection member begins. The intermediate web is dried and foreshortened as by creping. The paper web has a distinct continuous network region and a plurality of domes dispersed throughout the whole of the network region.
16 Claims, 10 Drawing Figures
