Uncreped throughdried tissue with controlled coverage additive
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLee Patrick Garvey, Robert Timothy Drozd, Cynthia Watts Henderson, Marc David Couture
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Abstract
A soft uncreped throughdried tissue product includes a distribution of surface deposits of an additive composition adapted to reduce skin irritation and redness or otherwise deliver a benefit to the user. An array of primary delivery zones with a relatively high additive add-on amount in combination with supplementary delivery zones with a relatively lower add-on amount effectively maximize consumer benefit while minimizing the total amount of additive on the tissue.
Claims31
An uncreped throughdried tissue product having one or more uncreped throughdried tissue plies, the tissue product defining a major surface having a planar surface area, the tissue product comprising an additive composition disposed on the major surface in at least one primary delivery zone having a primary add-on level and at least one supplementary delivery zone having a supplementary add-on level, the supplementary add-on level being greater than zero and from about 0.5 to about 80 percent of the primary add-on level.
An uncreped throughdried tissue product having one or more uncreped throughdried tissue plies, the tissue product defining a major surface having a planar surface area, the tissue product comprising an additive composition disposed on the major surface in at least one primary delivery zone having a primary add-on level and at least one supplementary delivery zone having a supplementary add-on level, the supplementary add-on level being greater than zero and the primary add-on level being greater than the supplementary add-on level, the primary delivery zone covering from about 30 to about 90 percent of the planar surface area and the supplementary delivery zone covering from about 10 to about 70 percent of the planar surface area.
A method of making an uncreped throughdried tissue product comprising:
- providing a tissue web having one or more uncreped throughdried tissue plies;
- providing an additive composition;
- applying the additive composition to the tissue web using a rotogravure process comprising an engraved roll having primary and supplementary regions, the primary and supplementary regions adapted to provide different add-on rates;
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- recovering from the rotogravure process a tissue product having the additive composition disposed in both a primary delivery zone having a primary add-on level and a supplementary delivery zone having a supplementary add-on level, the supplementary add-on level being greater than zero and from about 0.5 to about 80 percent of the primary add-on level.
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