Soft filled tissue paper with biased surface properties
OwnerKenneth Douglas Vinson, Robert Michael Bourbon +4inventors
InventorsKenneth Douglas Vinson, Robert Michael Bourbon, Howard Thomas Deason, David Jochen Lorenz, Charles William Neal, Paul Thomas Weisman
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Abstract
Soft, strong, and low dusting tissue paper webs useful in the manufacture of soft, absorbent sanitary products such as bath tissue, facial tissue, and absorbent towels are disclosed. The tissue papers comprise fibers such as wood pulp and a non-cellulosic, water insoluble particulate filler such as kaolin clay and possess biased surface properties.
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A strong, soft and low dusting filled, layered creped tissue paper comprising papermaking fibers and a non-cellulosic particulate filler, said tissue paper having biased surface bonding properties such that the lint ratio is at least about 1.2, wherein said particulate filler comprises from about 5% to about 50% by weight of said tissue, and wherein said particulate filler is selected from the group consisting of clay, calcium carbonate, titanium dioxide, talc, aluminum silicate, calcium silicate, alumina trihydrate, activated carbon, calcium sulfate, glass microspheres, diatomaceous earth, and mixtures thereof.
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