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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 10, 2011
Filed:
Aug. 30, 2010
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Cristina Asensio Mullally, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephanie Lee Berube, Greenville, WI (US);
Frank Stephen Hada, Appleton, WI (US);
Lacey Leigh Hansen, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey David Mathews, Neenah, WI (US);
Michael Alan Hermans, Neenah, WI (US);
Cristina Asensio Mullally, Neenah, WI (US);
Stephanie Lee Berube, Greenville, WI (US);
Frank Stephen Hada, Appleton, WI (US);
Lacey Leigh Hansen, Neenah, WI (US);
Jeffrey David Mathews, Neenah, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a throughdrying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides improved sheet softness and conforms more readily to the surface contour of the throughdrying fabric, thereby creating greater caliper (bulk) in the resulting dried sheet. The bulk is maintained during a subsequent creping step by maintaining the dried sheet in registration with the throughdrying fabric when the dried sheet is applied to the surface of the creping cylinder.