Paper making and fiber liberation inventions 04/07

20070089844 - Paper machine: The invention relates, inter alia, to a paper machine for producing paper that can be gravure printed from a fibrous stock suspension, which can be supplied successively to a wire section, a pressing section, a drying section, a film press having a film roll for applying a coating color, a... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20070089845 - Conjugated polymer fiber, preparation and use thereof: Described are conjugated polymer fibers and nanofibers, methods of making, and methods of use thereof. The conjugated polymer fibers and nanofibers can be prepared by an electrostatic spinning process followed by crosslinking.... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20070089847 - Anti-microbial paper products having a substituted 1,2-dihydroquinoline: The present invention generally provides anti-microbial paper products, compositions comprising anti-microbial paper products, processes for producing anti-microbial paper products, and methods of inhibiting microbial growth or replication in paper products.... Agent: Polsinelli Shalton Flanigan Suelthaus PC

20070089846 - Silver-impregnated lignocellulose (sil): process for making and using same: A process for making a silver-impregnated lignocellulose (SIL) is disclosed, comprising associating metal cations (Al or Fe) with soluble polymers, penetrating the cation-polymer complex into a lignocellulose matrix; and irreversibly associating the cation- polymer complex with the lignocellulose matrix by drying the lignocellulose matrix, such that leaching will not occur... Agent: Langdale & Vallotton, LLP

20070089848 - Dewatering arrangement on the press section of a web-forming machine: A dewatering arrangement in the press section of a web-forming machine having a press suction roll (10) and a press fabric (13) arranged to run via the press suction roll (10). The dewatering arrangement has a saveall (15), which is installed in conjunction with the press suction roll (10), and... Agent: Stiennon & Stiennon

20070084573 - Hot cup made from an insulating paperboard: An insulating paperboard contains at least one layer of cellulose fibers. The one layer is at least partially composed of processed cellulosic fibers. The paperboard provides sufficient insulation to provide a hot water ΔT across the paperboard of at least 0.8° C. per 0.1 mm of caliper. A hot cup... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070084574 - Insulating paperboard: An insulating paperboard contains at least one layer of cellulose fibers. The one layer is at least partially composed of cellulosic fibers and synthetic fibers. The paperboard provides sufficient insulation to provide a hot water AT across the paperboard of at least 0.6° C. per 0.1 mm of caliper change.... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070084575 - Composite papyraceous material: A composite papyraceous material comprising a fibrous polytetrafluoroethylene (in particular, fibrous powder thereof) and fibrous polyimide.... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070084576 - Apparatus and method for dewatering a fabric: A fabric dewatering apparatus for use after a fabric cleansing apparatus in a paper machine including: an endless wicking substrate disposed for rotation about a dryer roll; the endless wicking substrate and the fabric brought into surface contact as the fabric traverses at least a portion of the dryer roll's... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070084577 - Shoe press apparatus of a paper machine and paper production method: A shoe press apparatus of a paper machine for pressing wet paper through a nip includes a counter roll, and a shoe module disposed adjacent to the counter roll. The shoe module includes a cylindrical blanket, and a press mechanism disposed inside the cylindrical blanket, extending in a width direction... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20070084578 - Apparatus in connection with a press roll and a press roll: An apparatus in connection with a press roll which press roll comprises a rotating belt shell (1), a fixed advantageously non-rotatable support beam (2) axially extending through the belt shell and advantageously having a stub shaft at its each end, two belt-shell ends (3, 4) axially displaceable on the support... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20070084579 - Apparatus for forming an extended nip: Apparatus for forming an extended nip between a mating roll and a shoe roll for treating a product web, the shoe roll having a stationary carrier and a flexible roll shell which can rotate around the carrier and which, in the region of the extended nip, is supported on a... Agent: Townsend And Townsend And Crew, LLP

20070084580 - Suction roll in a machine for producing a fibrous web: The present invention provides a suction roll system in a drying section of a machine for manufacturing a fibrous web, the suction roll system including a suction roll having an outer circumferential surface. The circumferential surface defines holes configured for attracting the fibrous web by suction and includes regions, more... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070079944 - Product and processes from an integrated forest biorefinery: An omnibus process of pulping and bleaching lignocellulosic materials in which a charge of a lignocellulosic material is biopulped and/or water extracted prior to pulping and bleaching. The lignocellulosic material may be mechanically pulped and bleached in the presence of an enzyme that breaks lignin-carbohydrate complexes. The aqueous extract in... Agent: Scully Scott Murphy & Presser, PC

20070079945 - Water stable fibers and articles comprising starch, and methods of making the same: Water stable fibers and articles made therefrom are formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, acid, and optionally triglyceride. Processes for making water stable compositions may comprise melt extruding a mixture of destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, acid, and optionally triglyceride, to form an extrudate, and heating the... Agent: Julie Mcconihay The Procter & Gamble Company

20070074831 - Systems and methods for treating raw materials for wood product formation: Systems and methods for treating raw materials for formation into a wood product are provided. The raw materials may be, for example, strands, flakes, particles, wafers, or the like. In an embodiment, a first dispensing device dispenses a first liquid component onto raw materials within a chamber. A second dispensing... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20070074832 - Densified fibrous structures and methods for making same: Differentially densified fibrous structures, methods for making same, and processes for treating fibers used in the fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures comprising two or more regions, at least one of which exhibits a density that is at least 1.6 times greater than another region within the fibrous... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070074833 - Densified fibrous structures and methods for making same: Differentially densified fibrous structures, methods for making same, and processes for treating fibers used in the fibrous structures are provided. More particularly, fibrous structures comprising two or more regions, at least one of which exhibits a density that is at least 1.6 times greater than another region within the fibrous... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division

20070074834 - Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties: The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. This provides the resulting tissue sheets with improved capabilities for providing an... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

20070074835 - Process and apparatus for producing a tissue web: A process for producing a fibrous web, in particular a tissue web, includes the following steps: in a pressing zone, the fibrous web is pressed lying between the structured belt and a circulating, unstructured permeable supporting belt; the fibrous web and the structured belt are fed to a press nip... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070074836 - Belt for transferring an in-production fibrous web: This invention relates to a belt for transferring an in-production fibrous web, in particular a paper web or paperboard web, in a machine area of a machine producing the fibrous web, in particular a paper machine or paperboard machine, including at least one textile substrate and a coating, which is... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070074837 - Process and device for producing a web of tissue: A device for producing a fibrous web and, in particular, a web of tissue including a press zone through which the fibrous web together with an endless permeable structured band and an unstructured permeable supporting band is fed while lying between the structure band and the supporting band, a press... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20070074838 - Paper machine: d