Process for forming a layered paper web having improved bulk, tactile impresion and absorbency and paper thereof

Abstract From the Canadian patent

Abstract of the Disclosure A wet-laid composite, soft, bulky and absorbent paper structure is prepared from two or more layers of furnish which are preferably comprised of different fiber types. The layers may be formed from the deposition of separate streams of dilute fiber slurries, the fibers typically being relatively long softwood and relatively short hardwood fibers as used in tissue papermaking. The layers are combined to form a unitary web, and the layered, unitary web is dewatered. The moist, layered web is thereafter transferred to an open mesh drying/imprinting fabric. The application of a fluid force to the web creates patterned discrete areas of fibers numbering from about 100 …