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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMichael Alan Hermans, Samuel August Nelson, Paulin Pawar, Jeffrey James Timm, Kyle Andrew Krautkramer, Robert Eugene Krautkramer, Frank Stephen Hada
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The present disclosure relates to creped tissue webs that demonstrate low surface-roughness and high sheet bulk. The present disclosure relates to a creped, single ply tissue web having a single wire probe mean deviation of MIU (MMD) of less than about 0.040 and a sheet bulk of greater than about 12 cc/g. The present disclosure also relates to a creped, multi-ply tissue web having a single wire probe mean deviation of MUI (MMD) of less than about 0.035 and a sheet bulk of greater than about 10 cc/g.
A rolled tissue product comprising a multi-ply web spirally wound into a roll, the multi-ply web comprising a first creped through-air dried web and second creped through-air dried web, the multi-ply web having a sheet bulk greater than about 12.0 cc/g, a Stiffness Index from about 7.5 to about 10.0 and a single wire probe mean deviation of MUI (MMD) from about 0.020 to about 0.035.
A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply web spirally wound into a roll, the web comprising a creped through-air dried web having a basis weight less than about 40 gsm, a sheet bulk greater than about 12 cc/g, a Stiffness Index less than about 8.0 and a single wire probe mean deviation of MUI (MMD) from about 0.030 to about 0.040.
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