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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Dec. 07, 2004
Filed:
Sep. 27, 2002
Theodore Edwin Farrington, Jr., Appleton, WI (US);
Julia Smith Bahlman, Appleton, WI (US);
Mark Alan Burazin, Appleton, WI (US);
Fung-jou Chen, Appleton, WI (US);
Kristin Ann Goerg, Appleton, WI (US);
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Robert John Makolin, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael John Rekoske, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
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.