A tissue sheet is made using a modified wet pressed tissue machine employing
an
integrally sealed air press. The apparatus includes: a forming roll; a drying cylinder
positioned downstream of the forming roll; an air press positioned between the
forming roll and the drying cylinder; a molding fabric adjacent a first fabric
such that both fabrics travel through the air press, and wherein the air press
is installed to direct a pressurized fluid through the molding fabric first and
then through the first fabric; and a pressure roll adjacent the drying cylinder
for pressing the molding fabric against the drying cylinder.
