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AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsMark W. Sachs, Richard A. Zanon, Lynda E. Collins, Kevin J. Vogt, Christopher L. Satori
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Provided are tissue webs, and products produced therefrom, that are generally durable, flexible and have improved cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as CD tensile energy absorption (CD TEA), CD stretch and CD modulus. The inventive tissue products generally comprise a single tissue ply that has been prepared by through-air drying and more preferably by through-air drying without creping. Moreover, the products may be produced using a transfer fabric positioned between the forming fabric and the through-air drying fabric where the transfer fabric imparts the nascent web with a high degree of CD strain.
A rolled tissue product comprising a single ply tissue web spirally wound about a core, the single ply web consisting essentially of wood pulp fibers and having a cross-machine direction (CD) tensile of about 2,200 g/3″ or greater and a CD Stretch of about 14.0 percent or greater.
A rolled tissue product comprising a spirally wound uncreped single ply tissue web consisting essentially of wood pulp fibers and having a basis weight from 32 to about 40 grams per square meter (gsm), a GMT from about 2,000 to about 2,500 g/3″ and CD Stretch of about 15.0 percent or greater.
A rolled tissue product comprising a spirally wound uncreped and through-air dried single ply tissue web consisting essentially of wood pulp fibers and having a basis weight of about 34 gsm or greater, a sheet bulk of about 14.0 cubic centimeters per gram (cc/g) or greater, a CD Tensile from about 2,200 to about 2,600 g/3″ and a CD Stretch from about 15.0 to about 18.0 percent.
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