Paper making and fiber liberation inventions 10/08

20080257506 - High capacity and high efficiency filter deck assembly system and method of use and replacement: A rotary drum filter has a plurality of longitudinally extending division grids mounted about the outer circumference of a drum. A plurality of corrugated sheets are provided, with the leading and trailing edges of each sheet mounted to circumferentially adjacent pairs of division grids to define filtrate compartments. An equivalent... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257507 - Acidified polyamidoamine adhesives, method of manufacture, and use for creping and ply bond applications: wherein n≧1; m=1 or 2; X−m is chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, bisulfate, nitrate, oxalate, alkyl carboxylate, aryl carboxylate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, alkyl sulfonate, aryl sulfonate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing anions; R1 is a divalent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or araliphatic group having from 1 to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080257508 - Stackable ink-jet media: A print medium for ink-jet printing comprises a base substrate, a micro-porous ink-receiving layer, and a backing layer. The base substrate can include raw base paper and a moisture barrier layer between the raw base paper and ink receiving layer. The ink-receiving layer can be a micro-porous type, and can... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080257509 - Method for an arrangement at a paper machine: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the spreading of additional agent(s) which is/are introduced into the process at a papermaking machine. A flowable paper pulp including fibres and a process liquid and having a consistency of not more than 10% is conducted towards the paper machine's headbox... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080257510 - Method and apparatus for heating a roller: A method and an apparatus for heating a roller used in the production and/or finishing of a web of material, particularly a paper web or paperboard web, are provided. According to the method, a roller is heated from the outside by a heated gas. The apparatus is configured to heat... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080257511 - Outlet device for a pressurized vessel having a combined radial bearing and hydraulic drive motor: An outlet device and motor assembly for a pressured vessel is disclosed, where the assembly includes: a generally vertical drive shaft extending below and through the vessel and coupled to a rotating mechanism within the vessel; a stationary outlet housing supporting the drive shaft; a thrust bearing mounted on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257512 - Single ply tissue products surface treated with a softening agent: Tissue products are described that have been topically treated with a chemical additive, such as a softener. The softener may be, for instance, a polysiloxane. The polysiloxane is topically applied to a tissue sheet, such as a single ply sheet, so as to form a Z-directional gradient in the sheet.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080257513 - Apparatus and method for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web: The present invention provides an apparatus the surface of the web supporting face and/or the material forming the web supporting face are selected with a view to little crêping belt wear caused by operation of the apparatus, in particular with a view to a small coefficient of friction.... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P. C.

20080257514 - Apparatus and method for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web: Apparatus for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web, with at least one crêping nip which is limited on the one side by a crêping belt and on the other side by a web supporting face formed in particular by a mating roll and through... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080257506 - High capacity and high efficiency filter deck assembly system and method of use and replacement: A rotary drum filter has a plurality of longitudinally extending division grids mounted about the outer circumference of a drum. A plurality of corrugated sheets are provided, with the leading and trailing edges of each sheet mounted to circumferentially adjacent pairs of division grids to define filtrate compartments. An equivalent... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257507 - Acidified polyamidoamine adhesives, method of manufacture, and use for creping and ply bond applications: wherein n≧1; m=1 or 2; X−m is chloride, bromide, iodide, sulfate, bisulfate, nitrate, oxalate, alkyl carboxylate, aryl carboxylate, hydrogen phosphate, dihydrogen phosphate, alkyl sulfonate, aryl sulfonate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing anions; R1 is a divalent aliphatic, cycloaliphatic, or araliphatic group having from 1 to... Agent: Cantor Colburn, LLP

20080257508 - Stackable ink-jet media: A print medium for ink-jet printing comprises a base substrate, a micro-porous ink-receiving layer, and a backing layer. The base substrate can include raw base paper and a moisture barrier layer between the raw base paper and ink receiving layer. The ink-receiving layer can be a micro-porous type, and can... Agent: Hewlett Packard Company

20080257509 - Method for an arrangement at a paper machine: The present invention relates to a method for reducing the spreading of additional agent(s) which is/are introduced into the process at a papermaking machine. A flowable paper pulp including fibres and a process liquid and having a consistency of not more than 10% is conducted towards the paper machine's headbox... Agent: Browdy And Neimark, P.l.l.c. 624 Ninth Street, Nw

20080257510 - Method and apparatus for heating a roller: A method and an apparatus for heating a roller used in the production and/or finishing of a web of material, particularly a paper web or paperboard web, are provided. According to the method, a roller is heated from the outside by a heated gas. The apparatus is configured to heat... Agent: Hershkovitz & Associates, LLC

20080257511 - Outlet device for a pressurized vessel having a combined radial bearing and hydraulic drive motor: An outlet device and motor assembly for a pressured vessel is disclosed, where the assembly includes: a generally vertical drive shaft extending below and through the vessel and coupled to a rotating mechanism within the vessel; a stationary outlet housing supporting the drive shaft; a thrust bearing mounted on the... Agent: Nixon & Vanderhye, PC

20080257512 - Single ply tissue products surface treated with a softening agent: Tissue products are described that have been topically treated with a chemical additive, such as a softener. The softener may be, for instance, a polysiloxane. The polysiloxane is topically applied to a tissue sheet, such as a single ply sheet, so as to form a Z-directional gradient in the sheet.... Agent: Dority & Manning, P.A.

20080257513 - Apparatus and method for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web: The present invention provides an apparatus the surface of the web supporting face and/or the material forming the web supporting face are selected with a view to little crêping belt wear caused by operation of the apparatus, in particular with a view to a small coefficient of friction.... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P. C.

20080257514 - Apparatus and method for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web: Apparatus for treating a fibrous web, in particular for producing a tissue paper web, with at least one crêping nip which is limited on the one side by a crêping belt and on the other side by a web supporting face formed in particular by a mating roll and through... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080251222 - Security paper comprising windows: The invention relates to a security paper for the production of documents of value which comprises a flat cellulose-containing substrate with a polymeric window included therein, to processes for the production of a security paper of this type and to the use thereof for the production of documents of value.... Agent: Millen, White, Zelano & Branigan, P.C.

20080251223 - Board product and method of making the same: A method of forming a coated SBS board product is provided. An SBS board product is formed without being processed by a Yankee dryer or a wet-stack calendar, and further comprises a plurality of fiber plies, including outermost plies forming the top and back sides and comprised of bleached chemical... Agent: Alston & Bird LLP

20080251224 - Process for making a paperboard from a high consistency slurry containing high levels of crosslinked cellulosic fibers: A process is described for manufacturing a paperboard from a high consistency slurry containing high levels of crosslinked cellulosic fibers by dispersing the fibers in a screen with a rotor in the screen and then passing the fibers through the screen basket with a hole diameter of at least 2... Agent: Weyerhaeuser Company Intellectual Property Dept., Ch 1j27

20080251225 - Plants that produce amylopectin starch with novel properties: The present invention relates to genetically modified plant cells and plants in which the genetic modification leads to a reduction in GBSSI, SSIII and BEI activity in comparison to the activity in corresponding wild type plant cells or wild type plants. Furthermore, the present invention relates to methods for the... Agent: Hunton & Williams LLP Intellectual Property Department

20080251226 - Mechanical fibers in xerographic paper: A xerographic paper and method of forming includes mechanical fiber and a predetermined curl control defined by a split sheet contraction measurement. The split sheet contraction can be between about 0.8 and about 1.2 and between about 0.9 and about 1.1. Split sheet contraction is defined by a relationship of... Agent: Mh2 Technology Law Group, LLP (cust. No. W/xerox)

20080251227 - Tissue machine: An apparatus for producing a fibrous web, in particular a tissue web, with a press zone through which the fibrous web is passed in a lying position between a circulating permeable structured belt and a circulating permeable non-structured supporting belt. A press nip is provided on a Yankee Cylinder through... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20080251228 - Roll cover: The invention relates to a roll cover for treating a paper, cardboard, tissue or other fibrous web in a machine for manufacturing and/or converting them, comprising one or more plastic layers, of which at least one is of compressible configuration, and at least one carrier element in the form of... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080245491 - Array of sanitary tissue products: Sanitary tissue products, for example toilet tissue products, and arrays thereof associated with non-textual indicia, such as patterns, that are psychologically matched to intensive properties of the sanitary tissue products; processes for making such an array of sanitary tissue products are provided, and marketing articles associated with displaying or advertising... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080245492 - Fabric crepe process for making absorbent sheet: A process for making absorbent cellulosic paper products such as sheet for towel, tissue and the like, includes compactively dewatering a nascent web followed by wet belt creping the web at an intermediate consistency of anywhere from about 30 to about 60 percent under conditions operative to redistribute the fiber... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20080245493 - Fiber board capable of capturing and decomposing aldehyde: A board capable of capturing and decomposing both formaldehyde and acetaldehyde comprises a wood fiber board comprising a plant fiber of 30 wt % or more, and an aldehyde capturing agent comprising at least carbodihydrazide which is impregnated and solidified inside the side of the fiber board. In addition to... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080245494 - Silver skin-containing paper and method for producing the same: Disclosed are silver skin-containing paper and the production method thereof. Aqueous pulp slurry containing paper pulp fibers and ground silver skin is prepared, wherein the ground silver skin is provided by wet grinding of silver skin in the presence of water. The aqueous pulp slurry is then formed into a... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080245495 - Apparatus for measuring tension in a paper web: Apparatus for measuring tension or a tension alteration in a paper web. At least one measurement device includes a number of measurement bodies and a number of fluid supply devices, which are intended to apply a fluid pressure to the web. The fluid supply devices are so arranged as to... Agent: Alfred J Mangels

20080245496 - Apparatus and process for digesting cellulosic material: Provided is an apparatus for digesting cellulosic material that includes a vessel containing a digestion chamber and having an opening that provides access to the digestion chamber. A container for holding the cellulosic material is located within the digestion chamber. A closure interfaces with the vessel opening to form a... Agent: Louis Wu

20080245497 - Arrangement for the treatment of cellulose pulp in a washing apparatus adapted to facilitate service and inspection of the apparatus: The present invention relates to a washing apparatus (2) for washing of cellulose pulp, comprising a rotatable drum (4), a stationary support (6), a discharge device (8) that has an outlet orifice (9), a casing that surround the drum and that forms a longitudinal discharge opening (10) and a conveyer... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20080245498 - Papermaking belt for making multi-elevation paper structures: The present invention relates to a papermaking belt, and more particularly to a papermaking belt having a multiple layers of a patterned framework.... Agent: The Procter & Gamble Company Global Legal Department - Ip

20080236769 - Biological de-inking method: A method of de-inking wastepaper by pulping the paper in the presence of an enzyme is disclosed. The enzyme dislodges the ink particles from the paper fibers. The preferred enzymes are the acid resistant carbohydrases. The de-inking medium is an aqueous solution of the enzyme, preferably maintained at a pH... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20080236770 - Rapid fatty acid assay for use in pulp pitch control: Methods are provided for determining the surface fatty acid content in a wood pulp or whitewater sample. The methods comprise reacting free fatty acids which are present on the surface of the wood pulp fibers in the sample or in the whitewater with one or more reagents to form a... Agent: Patrea L. Pabst Pabst Patent Group LLP

20080236771 - System and method for controlling a processor including a digester utilizing time-based assessments: A system for controlling a processor having at least one sampling port connected to a stage of the processor in order to sample a reactant product from the processor. The system includes a controller configured to control a processing parameter of the processor based on measurements of at least one... Agent: Oblon, Spivak, Mcclelland Maier & Neustadt, P.C.

20080236772 - Fabric crepe process for making absorbent sheet: A process for making absorbent cellulosic paper products such as sheet for towel, tissue and the like, includes compactively dewatering a nascent web followed by wet belt creping the web at an intermediate consistency of anywhere from about 30 to about 60 percent under conditions operative to redistribute the fiber... Agent: Patent Group Ga030-43 Georgia-pacific LLC

20080236773 - Method and device for joining plies of paper: The device for joining at least two plies of paper (V1, V2), in particular tissue paper, comprises a ply-bonding unit (9) and moistening means (11) to moisten at least one of said two plies before joining.... Agent: Breiner & Breiner, L.L.C.

20080236774 - Machine and method for producing a fibrous web: A process for producing a web (1) of paper, cardboard or other fibrous material using a device (28) for applying starch is characterised in that the dry content of the web (1) of fibrous material is of less than 70% while the starch becomes adhesive, and in that the web... Agent: Bachman & Lapointe, P.C.

20080236775 - Method and apparatus in a paper or board machine for confining pulp flow from the headbox: A method in a paper or board machine for confining a pulp flow coming from the headbox (1), in which by at least one deckle part (2) being above the wire in the operating position the pulp flow coming from the headbox is confined in the lateral direction in the... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20080236776 - Method for the production of a paper web, especially rotogravure paper: The invention relates to a method for producing a paper web or another fibrous web. According to said method, the fibrous web is impinged upon by pressure in the penultimate press nip and then in a last press nip of a press section. One face of the fibrous web is... Agent: Greenblum & Bernstein, P.L.C

20080236777 - Method and apparatus for monitoring liquid and solid contents in a froth: A method and apparatus are presented for determining the quantity of liquid and solid content in a removal stream of a froth created from a suspension that is generated during a froth flotation operation. Specifically, electrodes are immersed in the froth generated from a suspension having a known quantity of... Agent: Janet I. Stockhausen Usda Forest Service