Paper making and fiber liberation inventions

20090266500 - Process for producing tissue paper: The invention relates to a process for producing a tissue web, which is produced from a stock suspension including fibers. In this case, the volume and the tearing length are to be improved with the lowest possible freeness by the stock suspension containing lignocellolosic fibrous material made of wood or... Agent: Todd T. Taylor Taylor & Aust, P.C.

20090266501 - Composition and ink receiving system incorporating the composition: A composition includes an alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent or an alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent. The alkenyl succinic anhydride sizing agent is present in an amount ranging from about 1.0 pounds per ton to about 4.0 pounds per ton. The alkyl ketene dimer sizing agent is present in an... Agent: Hewlett-packard Company Intellectual Property Administration

20090266502 - Shoe press belt: The present invention relates to a shoe press belt for a paper machine, comprising a substrate and a polyurethane resin impregnated to laminate on the surfaces of both the shoe side and the felt side thereof, which is excellent in abrasion resistance, crack resistance and processability. In the present invention,... Agent: Wenderoth, Lind & Ponack, L.L.P.

20090260767 - Use of hydrophobic dyes to monitor hydrophobic contaminants in a papermaking process: A method of monitoring and controlling one or more types of hydrophobic contaminants in a papermaking process is disclosed. The methodology utilizes the measurement of hydrophobic dyes, which are capable of fluorescing and interacting with the hydrophobic contaminants. In addition, a method of determining the relative size of the hydrophobic... Agent: Nalco Company

20090260768 - Paper comprising fiber of citrus peel: A paper containing citrus peel fiber contains 20 to 60 weight parts of citrus peel fiber with respect to 100 weight parts of paper mulberry fiber. The citrus peel fiber is a peel fiber of one selected from the group consisting of mandarin orange, lemon, orange, Kiyomi and Dekopon. The... Agent: The Webb Law Firm, P.C.

20090260769 - Method for treating cellulose-containing fibers or planar structures containing cellulose-containing fibers: Cellulosic substrates are treated with compound(s) containing at least two primary amino groups and compounds containing at least one β-ketocarbonyl group. The substrates exhibit good strength and hand properties.... Agent: Brooks Kushman P.C.

20090260770 - Panels including renewable components and methods for manufacturing: A panel includes about 0.1% to about 95% by weight of a renewable component. The panel has at least one of a CAC value of at least about 25, an NRC value of at least about 0.25 and an STC of at least about 25. A method for manufacturing such... Agent: Greer, Burns & Crain, Ltd.

20090260772 - Sheet stabilization with dual opposing cross direction air clamps: An air stabilization system employing two parallel, opposite facing Coanda nozzles, that are positioned adjacent a flexible moving web, with each nozzle exhausting gas at opposite directions, subjects the moving web to opposing forces effective to stabilize the web. Each nozzle includes an elongated slot that is parallel to the... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090260771 - Sheet stabilizer with dual inline machine direction air clamps and backsteps: An air stabilization system employing two substantially parallel, codirectional Coanda nozzles, that are positioned adjacent a flexible moving web, with each nozzle exhausting gas at the same downstream machine direction, subjects the moving web to shear forces effective to stabilize the web. Each nozzle includes an elongated slot that is... Agent: Honeywell International Inc. Patent Services

20090255639 - Method for making a biodegradable fibrous material composition: A method for making a biodegradable fibrous material composition includes: (a) grinding raw bamboo into coarse raw bamboo particulates; (b) drying the raw bamboo particulates; (c) grinding the raw bamboo particulates into fine bamboo powder; (d) mixing the bamboo powder with water to result in a mixture; (e) stirring the... Agent: Shook, Hardy & Bacon LLP Intellectual Property Department

20090255640 - Multi-ply tissue paper product, paper converting device for a multi-ply tissue paper product and method for producing a multi-ply tissue paper product: A multi-ply tissue paper includes at least two plies of tissue paper, including a first ply (2) being provided with a first embossing pattern forming cushions (24), each cushion being shaped in the form of at least a part of a first motive (20); and a second ply (3) being... Agent: Young & Thompson

20090255641 - Method of modifying the printing surface of paper or board: A method of modifying the surface of a substrate which comprises a fibrous material. According to the present invention, the surface is brought into contact with a type of amphiphilic block copolymer which comprises one or several hydrophilic polymeric blocks and one or several hydrophobic polymeric blocks. Approximately 0.01-3 g/m2... Agent: Birch Stewart Kolasch & Birch

20090250179 - Compositions and composites of cellulosic and lignocellulosic materials and resins, and methods of making the same: Cellulosic or lignocellulosic materials, and compositions and composites made therefrom, are disclosed.... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090250180 - Method for controlling a pulping process: Please delete the Abstract as originally filed and substitute therefore the attached substitute Abstract which is submitted in both marked-up and clean copy versions.... Agent: Lerner, David, Littenberg, Krumholz & Mentlik

20090250181 - Paper comprising pipd floc and process for making the same: The invention concerns a paper comprising polypyridobisimidazole floc having a length of from 1.0 to 15 mm, where the apparent density of the paper is from 0.1 to 0.4 g/cm3 and the tensile strength of the paper in lb/in is at least 0.000052×X*Y, where X is the volume portion of... Agent: John E Griffiths E I Du Pont De Nemours And Company

20090250182 - Papermaking method and papermaking system: A papermaking method according to this invention is carried out using a paper machine provided with a head box (3) including a cell-structure manifold (30). An aqueous solution (M) containing 0.03 to 0.4 wt % of viscous agent is added to a material pulp slurry (S), and the obtained mixed... Agent: Hamre, Schumann, Mueller & Larson, P.C.

20090250183 - Paper coating or binding formulations and methods of making and using same: A paper coating or binding formulation comprises an aqueous polymer dispersion comprising a copolymer obtained by polymerization of an unsaturated monomer and a carbohydrate derived compound and a tetrasulfonate-based fluorescent whitening agent. The carbohydrate derived compound can be selected from the group consisting of dextrins, maltodextrins, and mixtures thereof. Methods... Agent: Fish & Richardson P.C.

20090250184 - Belt for shoe press: A belt (4) for a shoe press is disposed for rotational movement between a press roll (2) and a shoe (3). The belt (4) includes a shoe-side layer (21), a base layer (22) disposed on an outer circumferential surface of the shoe-side layer (21), and a wet paper web-side layer... Agent: Kratz, Quintos & Hanson, LLP