Paper making and fiber liberation inventions 07/08

20080179025 - Process for softening hygienic paper: An on-line process for manufacturing a multi-ply hygienic paper product is provided which involves the steps of supplying at least two separate webs to a processing station, applying to at least one of the surfaces of a web forming an outer ply a softening composition, adjoining the webs by gluing... Agent: Henkel Corporation

20080179026 - Apparatus and method for manufacturing security paper: An apparatus for manufacturing security paper, comprising at least one main forming roller, which is provided with a lower portion or forming portion, which is arranged inside a forming box that contains a paper paste, an upper portion or deposition portion, which is arranged below a collecting wire that can... Agent: Modiano & Associati

20080179027 - Product to promote fluid flow: A cellulose pulp particle having the shape of a general prismatoid having two parallel bases, the pulp particle comprising pulp fibers in a wet laid pulp sheet form, one of the bases having an area that is equal to or greater than the area of the other base, the area... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080179028 - System and method to control press section dewatering on paper and pulp drying machines using chemical dewatering agents: The present invention provides an automatic control system, method and paper manufacturing machine using such control system for automatically controlling the amount of press section dewatering via the metered application of chemical dewatering agents applied to a paper web in a paper manufacturing process. The control system includes a feedback... Agent: Michael B. Martin Patent And Licensing Department

20080179029 - Cleaning method and system for used paper recycling apparatus: The invention presents a cleaning method and a cleaning method for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus of furniture size, being installed in a room of a small shop or general household, friendly to the environment, and low in running cost. In the cleaning system, the white water dewatered and... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080179030 - Subassembly for industrial fabrics: A method of manufacturing an industrial fabric comprising the steps of knitting a first fabric strip portion having two widthwise edges and a width that is narrower than the industrial fabric to the desired length of the industrial fabric, forming the first fabric strip portion into an endless loop by... Agent: Frommer Lawrence & Haug

20080179031 - Paper machine for used paper recycling apparatus: To present a paper machine for a used paper recycling apparatus small enough to be installed in a room of small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and high in confidentiality. The paper machine includes a paper making process unit for manufacturing wet paper... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080179032 - Headbox apparatus for a papermaking machine: A headbox apparatus for a papermaking machine is disclosed. The headbox apparatus defines a flow path for stock flowing between an upstream location and a downstream slice lip. The apparatus includes a plurality of blocks which are anchored within the flow path between the upstream location and the slice lip.... Agent: David J. Archer

20080173415 - Screen plates having diagonal slots with curved inlets for a digester: A screen plate for a cellulosic material puling vessel, the screen plate including: slots having curved inlet corner edges adjacent an inside surface of the screen plate and facing a pulp flow.... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, Pc

20080173416 - Pulp concentration adjusting method and device for used paper recycling apparatus: The invention presents a pulp concentration adjusting method and its device for realizing a used paper recycling apparatus being installed in a room of a small shop or the like, friendly to the environment, low in running cost, and capable of maintaining a high confidentiality. The pulp concentration adjusting section... Agent: Cheng Law Group, Pllc

20080173417 - Security or special paper with internal tactile recognition elements: Applicable to be used to issue notes of legal tender or any other type of document to facilitate its tactile recognition or prevent its falsification. It consists of a sheet of paper (1) in which expanding agents have been inserted (2), either centered heightwise or near the upper surface and/or... Agent: Ostrolenk Faber Gerb & Soffen

20080173418 - Absorbent cellulosic products with regenerated cellulose formed in-situ: A method of making absorbent cellulosic sheet includes forming a web of papermaking fibers, extruding a cellulosic dope of underivatized cellulose, disposing the dope upon the web and regenerating the cellulose in-situ. Regenerated filaments may have a denier of from about 0.05 to about 20.... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific Llc

20080173419 - Method of making regenerated cellulose microfibers and absorbent products incorporating same: A method of making regenerated cellulose microfibers includes forming segmented fibers with multiple longitudinally-extending segments of slightly different composition such that there is defined splittable interfaces between juxtaposed segments of the fibers which are then split into microfibers at yields of greater than 50%. Fibers so produced may be incorporated... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific Llc

20080173420 - Paper surface sizing composition, sized paper, and method for sizing paper: Embodiments of the present invention provide a paper surface sizing composition, a paper web coated on one or more sides or surfaces with a paper surface sizing composition, and a method for treating one or more sides of the paper web with a paper surface sizing composition to impart benefits... Agent: International Paper Company

20080169071 - Screen device for a digester for producing pulp: A central screen element being located substantially parallel with the vertical axis of a pulp digester is provided. In the vertical direction, the screen element comprises at least one zone including one screen segment for removing a liquid stream from the digester and at least one outlet for introducing a... Agent: Buchanan Ingersoll Burns, Doane, Swecker & Mathis

20080169072 - Wet embossed paperboard and method and apparatus for manufacturing same: A process for manufacturing an embossed paperboard comprising the steps of: forming a wet mat including more than 60 wt % of cellulose fibers; pressure molding, with at least one embossing roll, the wet mat having 20 to 70 wt % solid to create a nested surface texture thereon; and... Agent: Sutherland Asbill & Brennan LLP

20080169073 - Pitch and stickies control in pulp and papermaking processes: Methods for inhibiting the depositions of organic contaminants from pulp in pulp and papermaking systems are disclosed. A combination of an enzyme and a nonionic polymeric detackifier are added to the pulp or applied to deposition-prone process equipment surfaces of a pulp and papermaking system.... Agent: Hercules Incorporated

20080163992 - Low density paperboard articles: The invention provides a low density paperboard material and associated method for use in producing an insulated container, and is especially well-suited for making cups. The paperboard material comprises a paperboard web including wood fibers and expanded microspheres, and has a relatively low density ranging from about 6 to about... Agent: International Paper Company

20080163993 - Surface sizing with sizing agents and glycol ethers: e

20080163994 - Security feature for value documents: The present invention relates to a security feature for security papers, value documents and the like having an acid-labile feature substance as the core and a shell consisting substantially of metal oxide, the security feature exhibiting greater stability against the action of acids compared with the acid-labile feature substance.... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080163995 - Paper product containing mineral material which stimulates micro-organism activity in naturally occurring environmental conditions: A paper product (20) is provided of at least one sheet of soft degradable paper material at least partially coated or impregnated with a mineral material such as rock dust (11) in a fine particulate form. The mineral material having characteristics which enhance micro-organism activity at the paper product (20)... Agent: Perkins Coie LLP

20080163996 - Process for applying interface coatings and manufacturing composite materials using same: A process for applying an interface coating includes the step of applying an interface coating material upon at least one surface of a fiber-based substrate. The interface coating material may be composed of a sizing agent, a ceramic powder and optionally at least one of the following agents: a dispersing... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C. (p&w)

20080163997 - Spring doctor: A spring doctor, particularly for use for cleaning the surface of rolls (2), used in the and including a blade (8) that is essentially the width of the roll (2) being cleaned, and which is attached to a blade holder (1). In the device, there are operating means (for example,... Agent: Emerging Strategies, PLLC

20080163998 - Patterned press fabric: A press fabric having a plurality of surface pressing plates on a sheet side of the fabric imparts an impression onto a sheet of paper web during a pressing process. The surface pressing plates are preferably resin pressing plates, and form at least one of a random pattern of dots,... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080156448 - Method for making paper and cardboard with high dry strength and resulting papers and cardboards: A method for making a sheet of paper and/or cardboard and the like, comprises, prior to forming said sheet, adding to the fibrous suspension, separately or mixed, in any sequence of introduction, into one or more injection points, at least three dry strength agents respectively: first agent corresponding to a... Agent: Heslin Rothenberg Farley & Mesiti Pc

20080156449 - Paper articles exhibiting water resistance and method for making same: This invention relates to a process for preparing sized paper and paperboard which incorporates in the paper and paperboard at the size press size a composition comprising one or more “hydrophobic polymers” wherein hydrophobic polymers, the amount of such polymers and the weight ratio of starch to such polymer in... Agent: International Paper Company

20080156450 - Papermaking machine employing an impermeable transfer belt, and associated methods: A papermaking machine for making paper includes a forming section, a press section, and a drying section. The paper web is pressed between two press members while enclosed between a press felt and a transfer belt having non-uniformly distributed microscopic depressions in its surface, the web following the transfer belt... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP