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US 12,590,418 B2Granted
Sanitary tissue products comprising once-dried fibers
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsChristopher Michael Young, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Kathryn Christian Kien, Ward William Ostendorf
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Abstract
Processes for making sanitary tissue products of the present disclosure may comprise re-slushing pulp comprising non-wood fibers prior to sending the pulp to a headbox; forming a web comprising the non-wood fibers; creating zones of differential densities in the web; and creping the web.
Claims20
A process for making a sanitary tissue product, comprising the following steps:
- reslushing pulp comprising non-wood fibers prior to sending the pulp to a headbox;
- forming a through-air-dried (TAD) web comprising at least about 5% by weight of the non-wood fibers;
- creping the TAD web;
- and
- forming the sanitary tissue product comprising the TAD web, wherein the sanitary tissue product exhibits a Formation Index Average of less than about 80.
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