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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 30, 2023
Filed:
May. 20, 2022
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Kevin Joseph Vogt, Neenah, WI (US);
Mark William Sachs, Appleton, WI (US);
Erin Ann McCormick, Neenah, WI (US);
Devon Gaynelle Curley, Menasha, WI (US);
Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Appleton, WI (US);
Nathan John Vogel, Neenah, WI (US);
Christopher Steven LeCount, Greenville, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products comprising a non-crosslinked binder that are durable and dispersible. The products generally have a Slosh time less than 2 minutes, such as less than about 60 seconds, such as less than about 45 seconds. Surprisingly, the foregoing Slosh times are achieved despite the tissue products having relatively high cross-machine direction (CD) wet tensile strength, such as greater than about 100 g/3″. Typically, increasing wet tensile strength, particularly wet CD tensile strength, negatively effects dispersability and increases Slosh time. Despite this trend, the present invention surprisingly provides a tissue product having a relatively high degree of wet strength and good dispersability.