Paper making and fiber liberation inventions 09/08

20080230193 - Composition containing amphoteric water-soluble polymer: P

20080230194 - Method and apparatus for feeding chemicals into a process liquid flow: A method and apparatus for feeding a retention chemical together with an additive, which may be another chemical or for example a mineral, to paper suspension flow in a paper machine. The method and the apparatus are applicable to the simultaneous feeding of an additive of the paper manufacture, such... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080230195 - Tissue products containing non-fibrous polymeric surface structures and a topically-applied softening composition: 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... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080230196 - Softening compositions for treating tissues which retain high rate of absorbency: A softening composition, particularly useful for topical treatment of tissues, comprises a polysiloxane, a fatty alkyl derivative and glycerin. The softening composition provides good softness to the tissue and enables the tissue to retain a high degree of absorbency.... Agent: Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc. Catherine E. Wolf

20080230197 - Composite construction for dewatering blades for a papermaking machine: Dewatering blades for use in papermaking machines are assembled from two or more pre-finished sub-assemblies which are in turn mounted on a base member. Each sub-assembly comprises a holder, configured to receive a plurality of segments, constructed of a wear-resistant material such as ceramic, which will be located so as... Agent: Volpe And Koenig, P.C.

20080230198 - Belt having a non-linear seam and a method of on-machine joining of belt ends: An industrial belt having a non-linear seam adapted to be on-machine joinable. In a particular embodiment, the seam is made up of a opposite end regions of the belt having complementary projections, such as in the form of castellations, which engage at the seam, providing a completely integrated belt throughout... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080230199 - Needled corrugator fabric with pin seam: The present invention relates generally to papermaking, and relates more specifically to fabrics employed in making press felts on a paper machine, pulp machine fiber cement belts, and corrugated paper board, or box-board. The invention also relates to the monofilament base of fabric optionally with a needled batt which can... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080230200 - Papermaking belt having a three dimensional surface pattern: A papermaking belt for making a fibrous structure product that has a machine direction, a cross machine direction orthogonal and co-planar with the machine direction, and a Z-direction mutually orthogonal to both the machine and cross machine directions. The papermaking belt also has a framework having a structure formed by... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080223535 - Lotioned tissue paper having a short water absorption time: Toilet paper based on tissue paper being treated with an O/W emulsion comprising at least one non-ionic emulsifier, at least one anionic co-emulsifier, an oil component having a polarity of at least 20 mN/m or a mixture of oil components wherein at least 75 weight-% of the oils constituting the... Agent: Young & Thompson

20080223536 - Paper comprising quaternary nitrogen containing cellulose ether: The invention relates to paper comprising a filler and a cellulose ether wherein the cellulose ether comprises a quaternary ammonium group, with the proviso that the cellulose ether is not a hydroxyethyl cellulose.... Agent: Akzo Nobel Inc.

20080223537 - Method and apparatus for selective folding or redirecting: The present disclosure relates to a method for redirecting cut web products and/or rejecting cut web products. The method comprises advancing a plurality of cut web products along a first path and providing a redirecting or folding device for folding the plurality of cut web products and/or delivering the folded... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080216975 - Deeply embossed roll paper products having reduced gapping on the machine direction edges: 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... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Intellectual Property Division - West Bldg.

20080216976 - Security paper and a method for the production thereof: The invention relates to a security paper for manufacturing security or value documents, such as banknotes, identification cards and the like, having at least two through openings (12, 16). According to the present invention, a first (12) of the through openings is produced during paper manufacture and exhibits characteristic irregularities... Agent: Greenlee Winner And Sullivan P C

20080216977 - Wiping products with controlled lint properties: Wiping 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: The Dow Chemical Company

20080216978 - Cationic polymer latex: Also provided is a method of treating paper with such cationic polymer latices.... Agent: Rohm And Haas Company Patent Department

20080216979 - Paper making process using cationic polyacrylamides and crosslinking compositions for use in same: The present invention relates to methods for manufacturing paper or paperboard with improved strength, the methods comprising the addition of the reaction product of a cationic polyacrylamide and an aqueous aldehyde generating compound or a glyoxal releasing compound, or glyoxal itself, prepared at the mill site at high concentrations, then... Agent: Edwards Angell Palmer & Dodge LLP

20080216980 - Paper machine belt with water impermeable base layer and porous surface: A belt for use in a paper machine includes a water impermeable base layer and a web-side porous layer coupled with the base layer. The porous layer includes interconnected pores which are of an open cell structure.... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.c.

20080216981 - Method for conveying, mixing, and leveling dewatered pulp prior to drying: System for conveying, mixing, leveling, and flaking dewatered pulp to produce pulp flakes suitable to be used in a dryer. The system produces a consistent flow rate of pulp and uniform pulp flakes in terms of pulp flake size and pulp flake moisture content. The system includes a rotating shaftless... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080216982 - 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

20080210391 - Method for loading fibers contained in a pulp suspension: The present invention serves for loading a pulp suspension (S) with calcium carbonate. Liquid calcium hydroxide as milk of lime (7) is added during or before the pulp operation (1) carried out to form the pulp. By introducing gaseous carbon dioxide (8) into the pulp suspension thus treated, a chemical... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080210392 - method for producing cellulose pulp in a continuous digester in an energy-efficient manner: The method is for producing cellulose pulp in a continuous digestion system in an energy-efficient manner. Cellulose chips are fed continuously with a transfer liquid in a transfer line to a top separator arranged at the top of a digester, for the separation of free liquid from the cellulose chips.... Agent: Fasth Law Offices (rolf Fasth)

20080210393 - Mediator-enzyme system for controlling pitch deposits in pulp and paper production: The invention relates to the use of mediator-enzyme system, which is characterised in that the enzyme comprises a laccase-type enzyme and the mediator comprises a chemical compound which acts as a redox intermediate in the enzymatic oxidation, for the elimination of lipophilic compounds (including, among others, sterols that are free... Agent: Novozymes North America, Inc.

20080210395 - Light-colored engineered wood boards: Light-colored woodbase boards are manufactured from wood fiber bleached and colored with liquid colorant preparations comprising at least one pigment and at least one dye which absorbs in the visible region of the electromagnetic spectrum.... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210394 - Polymer-pigment hybrids for use in papermaking: Process for the production of filler-containing papers and filler-containing paper products by addition of an aqueous suspension of at least one finely divided polymer-pigment hybrid to a paper stock and drainage of the paper stock with sheet formation, the polymer-pigment hybrid being obtainable by milling an aqueous suspension of at... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080210396 - Measurement system for improved paper roll runnability: A system for measuring both caliper and tension of a web such as paper wound into a roll. The system may include a standard caliper sensor whose air supply is selectively modified to allow for both the measurement of caliper and tension of the web. In another embodiment two similar... Agent: Abb Inc. Legal Department-4u6

20080210397 - Press section and permeable belt in a paper machine: A belt press for a paper machine, the belt press including a roll having an exterior surface and a permeable belt. The permeable belt has a first side and is guided over a portion of the exterior surface of the roll. The permeable belt has a tension of at least... Agent: Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080210398 - Method for producing thin, high capacity absorbent structure: A method of making absorbent pads is disclosed. The method includes homogeneously mixing superabsorbent material and fluff in a forming chamber of an online drum former and wrapping a porous fabric over a forming screen on a forming drum of the drum former. The method further includes forming an absorbent... Agent: Christopher M. Goff (27839) Armstrong Teasdale LLP

20080210399 - Paper machine for used paper recycling apparatus: To present a paper manufacturing apparatus for 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 manufacturing apparatus includes a paper making process unit for manufacturing wet... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC

20080210400 - Pulp feeder for used paper recycling apparatus: A pulp feeder for 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 is presented. The pulp feeder includes a partition member disposed slidably on the downside of... Agent: Cheng Law Group, PLLC