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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsTsutama Satake Neto, Jorge Alonso Duran, Patricia Camara Mileo, Alessandro Lopes, Marcelo Logiodice Cardoso
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The present invention provides multi-ply tissue products having distinctly different first and second outer surfaces or sides. The two-sidedness is generally provided by forming one of the surfaces from a tissue ply having a plurality of macrofolds and the other side from a substantially planar tissue ply. The first ply may be attached to the second ply at transversely spaced apart points by a conventional means, such as crimping. Macrofolds, which may be differently sized and shaped, may generally have a wave-like structure with a transversely orientated void that extends between the spaced apart points of attachment. The combination of these elements provides a tissue product that is both aesthetically pleasing and well suited to cleaning due to the large amount of surface area created by the macrofolds.
A tissue product having a machine direction (MD) and a cross-machine direction (CD), a first upper surface and an opposed bottom surface, the product comprising:
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A multi-ply tissue product having a machine direction (MD) and a cross-machine direction (CD), an upper surface and an opposed bottom surface, a first edge and an opposite second edge, the product comprising:
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A method of manufacturing a multi-ply tissue product having a machine direction (MD) and a cross-machine direction (CD), a first outer surface, a second outer surface and a plurality of macrofolds disposed on at least one of its outer surfaces comprising the steps of:
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