Method of fabricating tissue

Claim 1

AN IMPROVED METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DRY CREPED CELLULOSIC TISSUE, SAID METHOD INCLUDING THE STEPS OF WATERLAYING A WEB OF CELLULOSIC TISSUE, REDUCINGG THE MOISTURE CONTENT OF SAID WEB TO LESS THAN ABOUT 85% OF THE WEIGHT OF THE WEB AND EFFECTING FIBER TO FIBER BONDING, APPLYING TO THE FORMED TISSUE WEB BEFORE DRYING A FLUID CONTAINING A RELEASE AGENT, SAID RELEASE AGENT HAVING AN OILINESS VALUE OF LESS THAN 0.3 TO 20*C. EXPRESSED AS THE COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION AS OBTAINED ON THE MODIFIED DEELEY MACHINE, SAID RELEASE AGENT BEING PRESENT IN SAID APPLIED FLUID IN AN AMOUNT OF .01 POUND TO 25 POUNDS PER TON OF TISSUE, SAID FLUID BEING SUFFICIENT TO BE SPREAD EVENLY IN THE WEB AND ON THE SURFACE OF SAID WEB IN A PRESSURE NIP TO CONTROL THE DEGREE OF ADHESIVE OF SAID WEB TO A DRIER SURFACE, PASSING SAID WEB TOGETHER WITH SAID APPLIED FLUID INTO A PRESSURE NIP WHEREBY SAID RELEASE AGENT IS EVENLY DISTRIBUTED IN SAID WEB AND ON THE SURFACE OF SAID WEB, DRYING SAID WEB ON A HEATED ROTATING MEMBER TO A MOISTURE CONTENT OF BETWEEN ABOUT 3 AND ABOUT 14 PERCENT BY WEIGHT, AND CREPING THE DRIED WEB FROM SAID MEMBER TO OBTAIN A CREPED CELLULOSIC TISSUE WEB HAVING IMPROVED WEB STRENGTH AND STRETCHABILITY, SAID REELASE AGENT SUBSTANTIALLY RETAINING ITS OILINESS DURING SAID CREPING.