Kimberly-clark Corporation

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Theodore E Farrington, Jr

Duane Gerard Krzysik

Cynthia Watts Henderson

Michael John Smith

Lee Patrick Garvey

Michael Chauncey Tuck

Robert D Sauer

Michael Alan Hermans

Mark Alan Burazin

Fung-jou Chen

Michael John Rekoske

Robert J Makolin

Kristin Ann Goerg

Julia Smith Bahlman

A soft uncreped throughdried tissue product is disclosed having uniformly distributed surface deposits of a chemical composition which imparts a benefit to the user, such as a reduction in skin irritation during use. Particularly suitable compositions are those which have a melting point of from about 30.degree. C. to about 70.degree. C. and which are applied to the outer surfaces of the tissue product in melted form, preferably by rotogravure printing. A suitable composition contains an oil, a wax, and preferably a fatty alcohol.

Soft treated uncreped throughdried tissue

Soft throughdried tissues, which are sufficiently soft to serve as premium bathroom tissues, can be made without the use of a Yankee dryer. The typical Yankee functions of building machine direction and cross-machine direction stretch are replaced by a wet end rush transfer and the throughdrying fabric design, respectively. It is particularly advantageous to form the tissue with chemimechanically treated fibers in at least one layer. The resulting tissues have high bulk (about 6 cubic centimeters per gram or greater) and low stiffness.

Soft tissue

The uniformity of layered paper sheets produced using a layered headbox can be improved by confining the outer layers between parallel surfaces within the headbox immediately prior to leaving the headbox.

Extended flexible headbox slice with parallel flexible lip extensions

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Theodore E Farrington, Jr