Paper making and fiber liberation inventions 03/08

20080073042 - Process for enzymatic deinking of printed papers: The present invention provides a process for enzymatic deinking of office waste paper inclusive of xerographic and inkjet-printed paper printed with non impact and non dispersible ink using the cell free culture supernatant of Vibrio alginolyticus or immobilized cells of the same bacterium having the accession number NIO/DI/32 and deposited... Agent: Meyertons, Hood, Kivlin, Kowert & Goetzel, P.C.

20080073043 - Treatment of pulp: The present invention relates to a method of treating an aqueous suspension of bleached pulp derived from an alkaline pulping process comprising dewatering and drying said suspension, wherein the pH of the suspension to be treated ranges from about 6.5 to about 12.... Agent: Akzo Nobel Inc.

20080073044 - Apparatus for liquid-based fiber separation: An apparatus for treating fibrous material is disclosed. The apparatus may include a fiber separator, a de-liquefier, a dry-to-wet blender and a flash dryer. The fiber separator may be a liquid-based fiber separator. The de-liquefier is for removing liquid from the fibrous material. The blender downstream, which may be a... Agent: Maccord Mason PLLC

20080073046 - Process for increasing the basis weight of sheet materials: Sheet-like products are disclosed containing an additive composition. In accordance with the present disclosure, the additive composition is applied to a creping surface. A base sheet is then pressed against the creping surface for contact with the additive composition. The base sheet is then creped from the creping surface causing... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080073045 - Tissue products with controlled lint properties: Sheet-like products, such as tissue products, are disclosed containing an additive composition. The additive composition, for instance, comprises 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... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080073047 - Non-woven through air dryer and transfer fabrics for tissue making: One embodiment of the present invention is an endless non-woven tissue making fabric having a three-dimensional texture suitable for use as a fabric for producing three-dimensional fibrous webs. The endless non-woven tissue making fabric comprises a plurality of substantially parallel adjoining sections of non-woven material. Each section of non-woven material... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080073048 - Modified linkbelt molding and throughdrying fabrics: Throughdried tissue sheets can be made using a linkbelt throughdrying fabric and/or transfer fabric. In particular, linkbelts can be modified with topically-applied materials, such as extruded or printed silicone materials, in a pattern that provides an overall background texture and/or a decorative design that is imparted to the resulting tissue.... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080073049 - Fibrous web and process for the preparation thereof: The invention relates to a fiber web and a method for preparing it. The fiber web comprises a filler-containing base web, which is possibly coated with a pigment-containing coating layer. According to the invention, 5-100% of the filler in the base web is made up of cellulose fibrils or lignocellulose... Agent: Kubovcik & Kubovcik

20080073050 - Method and apparatus for controlling at least one quality feature of a running material web: A method and apparatus for controlling at least one quality feature of a running material web, in particular a fibrous web, during its production, including a measurement system, an electronic control and/or an evaluation unit. The measurement system measures the quality feature on a running material web repeatedly over the... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080073051 - Advance dewatering system: System for drying a tissue or hygiene web. The system includes a permeable structured fabric carrying the web over a drying apparatus. A permeable dewatering fabric contacts the web and is guided over the drying apparatus. A mechanism is used to apply pressure to the permeable structured fabric, the web,... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080073052 - Paper transporting felt for shoe press, and press apparatus of shoe press type paper machine having the paper transporting felt: A paper transporting felt for a shoe press includes a base layer, a first batt layer which is formed on a wet paper side surface of the base layer, a second batt layer which is formed on a roll side surface or a shoe side surface of the base layer,... Agent: Morgan Lewis & Bockius LLP

20080066879 - Methods to control lipophilic extractives in acacia wood pulp and fiber: Methods to control lipophilic extractives in Acacia pulp and fibers are described. One method involves contacting the pulp or fibers with a composition containing at least one enzyme, such as at least one esterase or lipase or both, for a sufficient time and in a sufficient amount to control the... Agent: Kilyk & Bowersox, P.l.l.c.

20080066877 - High defiberization pretreatment process for mechanical refining: A chip pretreatment process which comprises conveying the feed material through a compression screw device having an atmosphere of saturated steam at a pressure above about 5 psig, decompressing and discharging the compressed material from the screw device into a decompression region, feeding the decompressed material from the decompression region... Agent: Alix, Yale & Ristas, LLP

20080066878 - Process for manufacturing pulp, paper and paperboard products: A process for bleaching mechanical wood pulp is provided comprising subjecting the wood pulp to at least one bleaching stage with one or more bleaching agents in the presence of one or more optical brightening agent, wherein the bleaching agents are selected from the group consisting of oxidative bleaching agents... Agent: International Paper Company

20080066880 - Composition and method for paper processing: According to the present invention, a process is provided for making paper or board comprising forming a cellulosic suspension that may or may not comprise a filler, flocculating the cellulosic suspension, draining the cellulosic suspension on a screen to form a sheet, wherein the cellulosic suspension is flocculated using a... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080066881 - Membrane separation process for removing residuals from polyamine-epihalohydrin resins: This invention relates to a process for preparing polyamine-epihalohydrin resins having reduced levels of residuals. The process comprises (a) charging a membrane separation apparatus with an aqueous composition comprising at least one polyamine-epihalohydrin resin, and (b) separating the aqueous composition into a permeate and a retentate by passing the aqueous... Agent: Connolly Bove Lodge & Hutz LLP

20080066882 - Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength: An embossing system for embossing at least a portion of a web is provided comprising a first embossing roll having male embossing elements, a second embossing roll having male embossing elements, wherein the first and second embossing rolls define a first nip for receiving the web, and a third embossing... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20080066883 - Paper pulp pre-processor: A pulp pre-processor for the papermaking industry uses pulp fiber analyzers to determine the distribution of fiber parameters, such as length, curl or coarseness from a feed source, such as recycled pulp, and mixes metered portions of pulp from augmenting pulp sources on an as-needed basis to provide a uniform... Agent: Boyle Fredrickson S.c.

20080066884 - Method and apparatus for controlling cross-machine direction (cd) controller settings to improve cd control performance in a web making machine: A web making machine is monitored to identify at least one cross-machine direction (CD) actuator that is developing local mapping problems. The identified CD actuator and a segment of surrounding actuators are probed to determine a performance curve for the actuator. The center of an insensitivity region of the performance... Agent: Stevens & Showalter LLP

20080060774 - Paperboard containing microplatelet cellulose particles: A paperboard containing microplatelet cellulose particles has improved surface smoothness, aesthetic properties, bending stiffness and strength performance. When microplatelet cellulose particles are used for surface treatment of the paperboard, the microplatelets fill voids between fibers on the board surface. As a result, treated board has enhanced strength and surface properties... Agent: Meadwestvaco Corporation

20080060775 - Chlorohydrin and cationic compounds having high affinity for pulp or paper: Selected chlorohydrin and cationic compounds containing nitroxide or hydroxylamine moieties are effective in stabilizing pulp or paper, especially pulp or paper containing lignin, against yellowing and discoloration due to the adverse effects of light. These compounds are added at various points in the paper-making process, especially at the wet ends,... Agent: Joann Villamizar Ciba Specialty Chemicals Corporation

20080060776 - Method and arrangement in a paper machine or the like close to a moving web to be dried and usually supported against a wire, sealing device and paper machine: The invention comprises a method and an arrangement in a paper machine or the like close to a moving web (29) usually supported against a wire (1), and a paper machine including such an arrangement, and a sealing device having several such arrangements (100). According to the invention, a movable... Agent: Cohen, Pontani, Lieberman & Pavane

20080060777 - Method of manufacturing a multiple layer directionally oriented nonwoven fiber material: Disclosed herein are embodiments of a multi-layer nonwoven fiber material, and related methods of manufacturing the material. In one exemplary embodiment, the fiber material includes a first layer of directionally aligned fibers together with a second layer of randomly dispersed fibers dispersed over the first layer. Consistent with one exemplary... Agent: Baker & Mckenzie LLP Patent Department

20080053631 - Method and device for grinding cellulose: Disclosed are a method and a device for grinding cellulose, in which a raw cellulose material (6) is uniformly moistened with a given quantity of liquid by means of a moistening unit (1) before being ground in a grinding mill (2). A first conveying mechanism (3) conveys the raw cellulose... Agent: Propat, L.L.C.

20080053632 - Device for stabilizing a web: The invention relates to a device (11) for stabilising the transport of a material web (12) on the upper face of an air-permeable machine clothing (10), in particular a fibrous web. The device is located on the underside of the machine clothing directly upstream of an intake nip in the... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080053633 - Anti-fake material distributed with anti-fake fibers having visual characteristics incapable of being simulated via printing: An anti-fake material is disclosed. Anti-fake fibers (2) are distributed on the anti-fake material. Part surfaces (3) of the anti-fake fibers (2) are presented on the surface (1) of the anti-fake material (1), wherein said part surface (3) have concave-convex sheltering structure, and at lease two color patterns (AB) are... Agent: Jacobson Holman PLLC

20080053634 - Method for the application of an application medium and method and machine for production of a fiber web: Method and machine for producing a fiber web having a mass per unit area of less than 125 g/m2. The method includes applying a fluid application medium to the fibrous web. The fluid application medium being a liquid having a solids concentration of 15% or more. The machine for producing... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080053635 - Cylindrical suction box assembly: The present invention provides a cylindrical suction box assembly with a suction box having two or more suction chambers that operate at different suction pressures. A lower suction pressure suction chamber is configured to provide lower suction pressure suction and is used in conjunction with the texturing process. At least... Agent: Dr. Mark M. Friedman C/o Bill Polkinghorn - Discovery Dispatch