Tissue products containing non-fibrous polymeric surface structures and a topically-applied softening composition

• Main Authors: DEBORAH JOY NICKEL, TROY MICHAEL RUNGE, FREDERICK JOHN LANG, KOUANG LIU, KENNETH J. ZWICK, MICHAEL RALPH LOSTOCCO, MICHAEL JOHN REKOSKE, JEFFREY JAMES TIMM, THOMAS JOSEPH DYER, MIKE THOMAS GOULET, MICHELLE LYNN SEABAUGH, PERRY HOWARD CLOUGH
• Format: Patent
• Language: Chinese; English
• Published: 21.05.2014
• Subjects: IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

Soft tissue products with a good rate of absorbency, such as facial and bath tissue, are provided by forming a tissue sheet with a non-fibrous polymeric surface structure and thereafter topically applying a softening composition comprising a polysiloxane, a fatty alkyl derivative and glycerin. The non-fibrous polymeric surface structure is created by applying an additive composition to the surface of a tissue sheet prior to or after drying. The additive composition can be an aqueous dispersion containing an alpha-olefin polymer, an ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer, or mixtures thereof. The alpha-olefin polymer may comprise an interpolymer of ethylene and octene, while the ethylene-carboxylic acid copolymer may comprise ethylene-acrylic acid copolymer.