Paper converting, and particularly producing improved paper towels

Claim 1

IN PAPER CONVERTING APPARATUS, THE COMBINATION OF, AN ANVIL ROLL COMPRISING A RIGID MANDREL AND A PERIPHERAL STRUCTURE THEREON PRESENTING AN ARRANGEMENT OF RADIAL WALLS DEFINING POCKETS WITH EACH POCKET BEING SURROUNDED BY A CONTINUOUS WALL STRUCTURE AND WITH THE WALL STRUCTURES PROVIDING SUPPORTING FOR A WEB OF PAPER PASSING THEREAROUND ALONG A PATH WHICH IS A SEGMENT OF A CYLINDER A PLURALITY OF PRESSURE ROLLS LONGITUDINALLY SPACED ALONG SAID ANVIL ROLL AND EACH EXTENDING ONLY A PORTION OF THE LENGTH THEREOF, EACH PRESSURE ROLL HAVING A RELATIVELY SOFT FLEXIBLE COVER AND HAVING ITS AXIS PARALLEL TO THE AXIS OF SAID ANVIL ROLL AND ADAPTED TO BE POSITIONED IN CONTACT WITH A WEB OF PAPER PASSING AROUND SAID ANVIL ROLL, AND MEANS TO PRESS SAID PRESSUE ROLL TOWARD SAID ANVIL ROLL WITH SUFFICIENT PRESSURE TO CAUSE THE PRESSURE ROLL TO BULGE INTO SAID POCKETS, SAID MEANS COMPRISING A PLURALITY OF SEPARATELY OPERABLE PRESSURE MECHANISMS CORRESPONDING IN NUMBER WITH THE NUMBER OF SAID PRESSURE ROLLS AND RESPECTIVELY ASSOCIATED THEREWITH WHEREBY THE PRESSURE EXERTED ON EACH OF SAID PRESSURE ROLLS MAY BE INDIVIDUALLY CONTROLLED.