Tissue Product comprising bamboo
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorThomas Gerard Shannon
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Abstract
The disclosure provides tissue webs, and products incorporating the same, where the webs comprise wood and bamboo fibers. More specifically the disclosure provides soft and durable through-air dried tissue webs comprising at least about 10 percent bamboo fiber by weight of the web. In the through-air dried tissue webs of the present disclosure, bamboo typically replaces high average fiber length wood fibers, which increases the bulk of the through-air dried web without negatively effecting softness or durability.
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A layered through-air dried tissue web, the web comprising a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, the first fibrous layer comprising wood fibers and the second layer comprising bamboo fibers, wherein the first fibrous layer is substantially free of bamboo fibers and wherein the bamboo fibers comprise at least about 10 percent of the total weight of the through-air dried web.
A tissue product comprising a first through-air dried tissue web, the web comprising a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, the first fibrous layer comprising wood fibers and the second layer comprising bamboo fibers, wherein the first fibrous layer is substantially free of bamboo fibers and wherein the bamboo fibers comprise at least about 10 percent of the total weight of the through-air dried web, the tissue product having a basis weight from about 10 to about 60 grams per square meter.
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