Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Edward Joseph VanRengen

Mark Alan Burazin

Ralph Lee Anderson

Jerome Steven Veith

Michael William Veith

Kenneth Curtis Larson

The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. Both techniques provide the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.

Tissue sheets having improved properties

The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. This provides the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an improved combination of roll bulk and roll firmness.

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Edward Joseph VanRengen