Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Kimberly-clark Corporation

Stephen John Sudall

Steven Alexander Engel

Michael John Rekoske

Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr

David Arthur Hyland

Paul Edward Williams

Uncreped throughdried cellulosic webs having improved smoothness and stretch are produced by transferring a newly formed web from the forming fabric to a slower moving, high fiber support transfer fabric, preferably using a fixed gap or kiss transfer in which the forming fabric and the transfer fabric converge and diverge at the leading edge of the transfer shoe. The web is then transferred to a throughdrying fabric and throughdried to final dryness, producing a web having an improved softness due to increased surface smoothness.

Method for making smooth uncreped throughdried sheets

Uncreped throughdried basesheets can be made with the caliper of the basesheet being independent of the basis weight of the basesheet. Multi-ply wipers and towels produced by plying together two or more of such basesheets having a relatively low basis weight can provide products with improved caliper and absorbency for a given strength level and the amount of fiber used.

Method for making uncreped throughdried towels and wipers

Uncreped throughdried towels and wipers having high strength and

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Stephen John Sudall