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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsChristopher L. Satori, Kevin J. Vogt, Mark W. Sachs, Mike T Goulet, Elizabeth O. Bradley, Goeffrey F. Carlow
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Disclosed am multi-ply tissue products, particularly creped and through-air dried facial tissue products, having improved strength and softness. For example, the products have a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) greater than about 1,2000 g/3″, a geometric mean tensile energy absorption (GM TEA) of about 20 g·cm/cm2 or greater and a TS7 value less than about 16.0. In certain instances, the tissue products also have a low degree of stiffness and a relatively smooth surface, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00 and a TS750 value less than about 15.0. The tissue products may be prepared from webs manufactured by a print-crepe process that deposits a latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web.
A multi-ply tissue product comprising a first creped through-air dried tissue ply having a first and a second outer surface and a latex polymer disposed on the first outer surface and a second creped through-air dried tissue ply having a first and a second outer surface and a latex polymer disposed on the first outer surface, the first and second tissue plies plied together in facing arrangement such that the first outer surfaces of the first and second plies face one another, the product having a geometric mean tensile strength (GMT) greater than about 1,200 g/3″ and a TS7 value less than about 16.0.
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