Ultra premium bath tissue
First Claim
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1. A multi-ply cellulosic tissue comprising:
- an outer ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising;
an embossed pattern;
wire marks from a drying fabric;
wire marks from an imprinting fabric;
wire marks from a forming fabric;
creping fabric marks from a creping fabric;
printed designs and watermarks;
in a first pattern, and an inner ply joined to said outer ply by a plurality of spot embosses, wherein said spot embosses comprise a plurality of glassined spot embosses arrayed in a meandering path interspersed amongst said first pattern, wherein at least said outer ply of tissue comprises a plurality of micro-embossed regions, each comprising an array of closely adjacent regularly spaced micro-emboss elements of a substantially uniform size;
said glassined spot embosses;
(a) having an area between 25% and 400% of the area of the closely adjacent regularly spaced micro-emboss elements;
(b) being arranged along a meandering path; and
(c) providing a ply bond strength of at least about 0.7 g/″
between said outer ply and said inner ply;
each region of said plurality of micro-embossed regions on said outer ply comprises an area having an irregular, non-linear outline having components extending in both the machine direction and the cross direction; and
said meandering path of glassined spot embosses by which said outer ply is joined to said inner ply meanders over a path which varies by at least about ¼
″
in the cross-machine direction and provides a ply bond strength of at least about 1.5 g/″
between said outer ply and said inner ply.
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Abstract
Visibility of ply-bonding created by glassining spot embossing on decorative pattern embossed tissue products is provided by obscuring the glassined spot embosses by distributing them along a meandering path through the decorative pattern, obscuring the edges of the glassined spot embosses by providing a gradual transition therefrom and combinations of the two techniques.
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36 Claims
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1. A multi-ply cellulosic tissue comprising:
- an outer ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising;
an embossed pattern;
wire marks from a drying fabric;
wire marks from an imprinting fabric;
wire marks from a forming fabric;
creping fabric marks from a creping fabric;
printed designs and watermarks;
in a first pattern, and an inner ply joined to said outer ply by a plurality of spot embosses, wherein said spot embosses comprise a plurality of glassined spot embosses arrayed in a meandering path interspersed amongst said first pattern, wherein at least said outer ply of tissue comprises a plurality of micro-embossed regions, each comprising an array of closely adjacent regularly spaced micro-emboss elements of a substantially uniform size;
said glassined spot embosses;(a) having an area between 25% and 400% of the area of the closely adjacent regularly spaced micro-emboss elements; (b) being arranged along a meandering path; and (c) providing a ply bond strength of at least about 0.7 g/″
between said outer ply and said inner ply;each region of said plurality of micro-embossed regions on said outer ply comprises an area having an irregular, non-linear outline having components extending in both the machine direction and the cross direction; and
said meandering path of glassined spot embosses by which said outer ply is joined to said inner ply meanders over a path which varies by at least about ¼
″
in the cross-machine direction and provides a ply bond strength of at least about 1.5 g/″
between said outer ply and said inner ply. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11)
- an outer ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising;
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12. A multi-ply tissue product comprising at least one ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising:
- an embossed pattern;
wire marks from a drying fabric;
wire marks from an imprinting fabric;
wire marks from a forming fabric;
creping fabric marks from a creping fabric;
printed designs and watermarks; and
at least one other ply, said one ply being joined to said other ply by glassined spot embosses arranged on a meandering path interspersed with and obscured by marks on said one ply, wherein each said glassined spot emboss has an area of between 50 square mils and 1000 square mils. - View Dependent Claims (13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19)
- an embossed pattern;
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20. A multi-ply cellulosic tissue comprising:
- an outer ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising;
an embossed pattern;
wire marks from a drying fabric;
wire marks from an imprinting fabric;
wire marks from a forming fabric;
creping fabric marks from a creping fabric;
printed designs and watermarks;
in a first pattern and an inner ply joined to said outer ply by a plurality of spot embosses, wherein said plurality of spot embosses comprises a plurality of glassined spot embosses arrayed on a path interspersed amongst said first pattern, said spot embosses comprising an elongated central region and a pair of shoulders extending away from said elongated central region generally in the cross direction and extending upwardly toward the surface of said multi-ply cellulosic tissue at an angle of less than 30°
, wherein at least said outer ply of tissue comprises a plurality of micro-embossed regions, each comprising an array of closely adjacent regularly spaced micro emboss elements of a substantially uniform size;
said glassined spot embosses having an area between 25% and 400% of the area of the closely adjacent regularly spaced micro-emboss elements, providing a ply bond strength of at least about 0.7, 1.0, 1.5, 3, 5, or 7 g/in between said outer ply and said inner ply, wherein each said spot emboss has a generally flat contact region having an area of between 50 square mils and 1000 square mils. - View Dependent Claims (21, 22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27)
- an outer ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising;
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28. A multi-ply tissue product comprising at least one ply bearing a pattern of marks chosen from the group comprising:
- an embossed pattern;
wire marks from a drying fabric;
wire marks from an imprinting fabric;
wire marks from a forming fabric;
creping fabric marks from a creping fabric;
printed designs and watermarks; and
at least one other ply, said one ply being joined to said other ply by glassined spot embosses arranged on a meandering path interspersed with and obscured by marks on said one ply, each said glassined spot emboss being elongate in shape with the long dimension thereof being between 0.02″ and
0.1″
, the width thereof being between 0.002 and 0.015″
, with the long dimension of said peak being at an angle of between 20° and
40°
from the machine direction and two of said shoulders adjoining the narrows of said elongate region and extending generally in the cross-machine direction decline from the height of said peak at angles less than 20°
over a length of at least about 0.08″
while two of said shoulders adjoining the length of said elongate region and extending generally in the machine direction between peaks decline at angles of greater than 20°
, forming valleys between said peaks, the width of each said valley being between about 0.05″ and
0.25″
. - View Dependent Claims (29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36)
- an embossed pattern;
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