Invention Grant
- Patent Title: High bulk wet-pressed agave tissue
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Application No.: US16319903Application Date: 2016-10-27
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Publication No.: US11261568B2Publication Date: 2022-03-01
- Inventor: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse , Richard Louis Underhill , Thomas Gerard Shannon , John Matthew Reiser
- Applicant: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Applicant Address: US WI Neenah
- Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Current Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- Current Assignee Address: US WI Neenah
- Agency: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
- International Application: PCT/US2016/059101 WO 20161027
- International Announcement: WO2018/080493 WO 20180503
- Main IPC: D21F11/14
- IPC: D21F11/14 ; D21H11/12 ; D21H27/00

Abstract:
The disclosure provides a wet-pressed tissue product comprising Agave fiber and having improved sheet bulk and good cross-machine tensile, toughness and durability properties. Cross-machine properties are significant because tissue products often fail in the cross-machine direction because it is often the weaker of the two product orientations (cross and machine directions). Accordingly, in certain embodiments the present disclosure provides a three-layered single-ply wet-pressed tissue product comprising high-yield Agave fibers from the leaves of Agave tequilana, Eucalyptus Hardwood Kraft (EHWK) fibers and Northern bleached softwood kraft (NBSK), wherein the high-yield Agave fibers comprise at least about 5.0 percent by weight of the tissue product, the product having a CD tensile greater than about 450 g/3″ and sheet bulk greater than about 7.0 cc/g.
Public/Granted literature
- US20190249367A1 HIGH BULK WET-PRESSED AGAVE TISSUE Public/Granted day:2019-08-15
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