Deeply embossed roll paper products having reduced gapping on the machine direction edges

Abstract

A roll paper product having a machine direction, cross machine direction, two machine direction edges, and one or more plies of a fibrous structure having a pattern embossed on the surface thereof wherein the embossing pattern has a plurality of embossments having a height, one or more first tracts having a cross machine direction width, and one or more second tracts having a cross machine direction width, wherein the first tract has the lower percent unembossed than the second tract; and wherein the roll paper product has been cut such that at least one machine direction edge is tangential to a first tract.

1 . A roll paper product comprising a machine direction, cross machine direction, two machine direction edges, and one or more plies of a fibrous structure having a pattern embossed on the surface thereof:
 wherein the embossing pattern comprises a plurality of embossments having a height, one or more first tracts having a cross machine direction width, and one or more second tracts having a cross machine direction width, wherein the first tract has the lower percent unembossed than the second tract; and   wherein the roll paper product has been cut such that at least one machine direction edge is tangential to a first tract.   
     
     
         2 . The roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein the machine direction edges are tangential from about ¼ to about ¾ of the cross machine direction width of one or more first tracts. 
     
     
         3 . The roll paper product according to  claim 2  wherein the machine direction edges are tangential from about ⅓ to about ⅔ of the cross machine direction width of one or more first tracts. 
     
     
         4 . The roll paper product according to  claim 3  wherein the machine direction edges are tangential from about a midpoint of the cross machine direction width of one or more first tracts. 
     
     
         5 . The roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein the embossments have a height of from about 650 μm to about 4000 μm. 
     
     
         6 . The roll paper product according to  claim 5  wherein the embossments have a height of from about 900 μm to about 1800 μm. 
     
     
         7 . A roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein a first tract and a second tract further comprises an Unemboss to Emboss factor of from about 1 to about 2.3. 
     
     
         8 . A roll paper product according to  claim 7  wherein the first tract and the second tract comprises an Unemboss to Emboss factor of from about 1.5 to about 2. 
     
     
         9 . A roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein the first tracts have a percent unembossed of from about 0% to about 40%. 
     
     
         10 . A roll paper product according to  claim 9  wherein the first tracts have a percent unembossed of from about 0% to about 25%. 
     
     
         11 . A roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein the roll paper product has a length of from about 3 inches to about 13 inches. 
     
     
         12 . A roll paper product according to  claim 11  wherein the roll paper product has a length of from about 4 inches to about 11 inches. 
     
     
         13 . A roll paper product according to  claim 1  wherein the roll paper product is a paper towel product. 
     
     
         14 . A method for cutting a paper log into rolls of paper product wherein the method comprises:
 providing a paper log comprising a machine direction, a cross machine direction, and one or more plies of a fibrous structure;   dividing the surface of the embossed paper plies into two or more tracts along the machine direction;   measuring the percent of unembossed areas within each tract and identifying one or more first tracts having a cross machine direction width and one or more second tracts having a cross machine direction width wherein the one or more first tracts have a lower percent of unembossed areas than the one or more second tracts; and   cutting the paper log to form roll paper products comprising a machine direction, a cross machine direction, one or more plies of an embossed paper product, and 2 machine direction edges; wherein the paper log is cut such that at least one machine direction edge is tangential to a first tract.   
     
     
         15 . The method according to  claim 14  wherein the paper log is cut such that the machine direction edge is tangential to from about ¼ to about ¾ of the cross machine direction width of the first tract. 
     
     
         16 . The method according to  claim 15  wherein the paper log is cut such that the machine direction edge is tangential to from about a midpoint of the cross machine direction width of the first tract. 
     
     
         17 . The method according to  claim 14  wherein the embossments have a height of from about 650 μm to about 4000 μm. 
     
     
         18 . The method according to  claim 17  wherein the embossments have a height of from about 900 μm to about 1800 μm. 
     
     
         19 . The method according to  claim 14  wherein the paper log is from about 80 inches to about 120 inches in length. 
     
     
         20 . The method according to  claim 14  wherein the paper towel rolls are from about 3 inches to about 13 inches in length. 
     
     
         21 . A roll paper product comprising a machine direction, cross machine direction, two machine direction edges, and one or more plies of a cellulosic fibrous structure having a pattern embossed on the surface thereof:
 wherein the embossing pattern comprises a plurality of embossments having a height of from about 900 μm to about 1800 μm, one or more first tracts having a cross machine direction width, and one or more second tracts having a cross machine direction width, wherein the first tracts has a lower percent unembossed than the second tracts and wherein a first tract and a second tract comprise an Unemboss to Emboss factor of from about 1 to about 2.3;   wherein the roll paper product has been cut such that at least one edge is tangential to from about ⅓ to about ⅔ of the cross machine direction width of a first tract; and   wherein the roll paper product has a length of from about 3 inches to about 13 inches.