embossing a first ply (web 1) between a first pair of rolls
including an embossing roll (metal embossing roll 4) having
protuberances formed in a substantially rigid outer surface
and a second roll (resilient rubber roll 2) having an outer
surface formed of a resilient material to thereby form raised
portions (embossments 6) and corresponding recessed portions
in the first ply, embossing a second ply (web 12) between a
second pair of rolls including a roll (resilient rubber roll
13) having an outer surface formed of a resilient material and
an embossing roll
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Appeal No. 1999-1375
Application 08/619,806
(metal embossing roll 14) having protuberances formed in a
substantially rigid outer surface to thereby form raised
portions (15) and corresponding recessed portions in the
second ply, positioning the first and second pairs of rolls
such that the rigid embossing rolls are adjacent one another
forming a nip region between the protuberances on each,
applying an adhesive (via adhesive applicator 8) to the web
carried by the first embossing roll and adhering the first ply
and the second ply to one another in the nip region wherein at
least a portion of the raised portions of the first and second
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