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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 27, 1996
Filed:
Mar. 30, 1994
Steven L Edwards, Fremont, WI (US);
Peter J Allen, Fullerton, CA (US);
Oliver P Renier, Green Bay, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
The formation of wet-pressed tissue webs useful for facial tissue, bath tissue, paper towels or the like is substantially improved by forming the wet tissue web in layers in which the second-formed layer has a consistency which is significantly less than the consistency of the first-formed layer. The fiber support index of the forming fabric is about 170 or greater. The resulting improvement in web formation enables uniform debonding during creping, which in turn provides a significant improvement in softness and a reduction in linting. Wet-pressed tissues made with this process are uniformly internally debonded, as measured by a high Void Volume Index, which is comparable to that of throughdried tissues.