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| 8178025 | Embossing system and product made thereby with both perforate bosses in the cross machine direction and a macro pattern An embossing system is provided for embossing at least a portion of a web comprising a first roll and at least a second roll. The first roll and second roll may define a first nip for embossing the web. At least one of the first roll and the second roll has elongate... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8177938 | 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 ... | 05/15/2012 |
| 8173718 | Resilient, water dispersible polyurethane foams and products incorporating same A soft and resilient, cold-water dispersible polyurethane foam suitable for disposable personal care products is produced by the combination of corn syrup, glycerin, polyether diamine, PEG, a diisocyanate, water and a catalyst. The formulation and reaction condition... | 05/08/2012 |
| 8165716 | Product, dispenser and method of dispensing product A method of dispensing product includes determining by a processor if product loaded into a dispenser is authorized for use in the dispenser by identifying a reference indication associated with the product; in response to determination that the product is authorize... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8162252 | Automated tissue dispenser An automated dispenser includes a rotatable carousel including a mounting station for a primary roll of sheet product and a mounting station for a reserve roll of sheet product; mounting brackets configured for mounting the carousel such that it is movable between a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 8158047 | Multi-ply absorbent paper product having impressed pattern A multi-ply tissue includes a first cellulosic embossed ply having an emboss pattern applied over a portion of its surface and a second cellulosic embossed ply of tissue. The first ply is contact laminated to the second ply so that the primary adhesion between the p... | 04/17/2012 |
| 8152958 | Fabric crepe/draw process for producing absorbent sheet A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet includes compactively dewatering a papermaking furnish to form a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of papermaking fiber, applying the dewatered web having the apparently random fiber di... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8152957 | Fabric creped absorbent sheet with variable local basis weight An absorbent cellulosic sheet having a variable local basis weight includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum provided with (a) a plurality of elongated densified regions of compressed papermaking fibers, the densified regions being oriented generally along the machine ... | 04/10/2012 |
| 8142617 | Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength An embossing system for embossing and perforating at least a portion of a web is provided comprising a first embossing roll having embossing elements and at least a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein the elements of the first and second embossi... | 03/27/2012 |
| 8142612 | High solids fabric crepe process for producing absorbent sheet with in-fabric drying A method of making a cellulosic web having an elevated absorbency. The method includes (a) forming a nascent web having an apparently random distribution of fiber orientation from a papermaking furnish, (b) non-compactively drying the nascent web to a consistency of... | 03/27/2012 |
| D655962 | Dispenser housing | 03/20/2012 |
| 8133569 | Folded sheet material and array of folded sheet materials An array of sheet materials includes a first sheet, a second sheet, and an interior sheet located between the first sheet and the second sheet, each sheet having a centrally located medial primary fold formed therein and a secondary off-fold transverse thereto, the ... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8132338 | Energy-efficient yankee dryer hood system A paper machine configured as a swing machine capable of producing both light and heavy grades providing a Yankee hood split into a wet end half and a dry end half, at least one hood half being a flex-hood half wherein the supply for that half is capable of being ru... | 03/13/2012 |
| 8123905 | Absorbent sheet exhibiting resistance to moisture penetration An absorbent paper sheet is treated with an aqueous wax dispersion such that the sheet includes a fused wax and emulsifier residue in an amount of from about 1 to about 20 weight percent of the sheet based on the combined weight of the fiber, wax residue and an emul... | 02/28/2012 |
| D654740 | Tissue dispenser | 02/28/2012 |
| 8080130 | High basis weight TAD towel prepared from coarse furnish Kitchen roll toweling having surprising softness, absorbency and bulk is formed from a furnish comprising long cellulosic fiber having: (i) average weight-weighted fiber length of at least 2.5 mm; coarseness at least 15.5 mg/100 mm; and a Canadian Standard freeness ... | 12/20/2011 |
| 8067524 | Use of hydrophobically modified polyaminamides with polyethylene glycol esters in paper products The present invention uses hydrophobically modified polyaminamide with standard wet strength agent to produce a softer and more absorbent paper material. The hydrophobically modified polyaminamide is substantive to cellulosic fibers, thus is able to carry polyethyle... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066849 | Absorbent sheet prepared with papermaking fiber and synthetic fiber exhibiting improved wet strength A wet-laid absorbent sheet includes a mixture of pulp-derived papermaking fibers and synthetic polymer fibers, a strength agent selected from carboxymethylcellulose and anionic starch as well as an epihalohydrin/amine functional wet strength resin. Also included is ... | 11/29/2011 |
| 8066217 | Dispenser and dispensing method having communication abilities Dispensers and dispensing systems and methods having communication abilities are provided. Various embodiments include the ability to communicate reminders and other messages to users and maintenance personnel. An embodiment of the present invention has two sensors,... | 11/29/2011 |
| D648187 | Paper product dispenser | 11/08/2011 |
| 8025764 | Multi-ply paper product with moisture strike through resistance and method of making the same A paper product with absorbency and moisture strike through resistance is disclosed. More particularly, a multi-ply paper product with improved strike through resistance is disclosed, wherein at least one ply is a wetting resistant ply comprising at least one wettin... | 09/27/2011 |
| 8012495 | Lotion-treated tissue and towel A paper towel includes: (a) a cellulosic towel web; and (b) a lotion emulsion disposed on the towel web. The lotion emulsion is substantially liquid at room temperature and includes a polar emollient and a non-polar emollient as well as a surfactant composition comp... | 09/06/2011 |
| 7998313 | Inflated fibers of regenerated cellulose formed from ionic liquid/cellulose dope and related products Inflated fibers of regenerated cellulose and other regenerated structures are formed from ionic liquid/cellulose dope. Fibers so produced may be incorporated into absorbent sheet with other papermaking fibers to provide softness, bulk and absorbency. ... | 08/16/2011 |
| 7996108 | Sheet product dispenser and method of operation A sheet product dispenser and method of operation is provided. The sheet product dispenser records usage data and stores the data on a storage device. A dispenser controller uses the usage data to create a model that is used to determine a predicted depletion date. ... | 08/09/2011 |
| 7985321 | Absorbent sheet having regenerated cellulose microfiber network An absorbent paper sheet for tissue or towel includes from about 99 percent to about 70 percent by weight of cellulosic papermaking fiber and from about 1 percent to about 30 percent by weight fibrillated regenerated cellulose microfiber which was regenerated form a... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984872 | Automated sheet product dispenser A sheet product dispenser includes a sheet product feed mechanism coupled to a DC stepper motor, the mechanism moving a sheet product out of the dispenser during a dispense cycle; and a control unit controlling the DC stepper motor to move the sheet product with a g... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7984829 | Interchangeable access device for a dispenser An interchangeable access device for a dispenser is provided. The interchangeable access devices include a push-button device and a keyed-device. Each of the access devices includes a retaining feature that allows the access device to be removably coupled to a dispe... | 07/26/2011 |
| 7981234 | Reduced ply separation tail seal Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration o... | 07/19/2011 |
| 7967933 | Reduced ply separation tail seal Easy starting rolls of perforated tissue product which have a reduced tendency to ply separate are formed with an adhesively secured doubled over tail tab folded against the roll. The strength and location of the bonds are controlled by controlling the penetration o... | 06/28/2011 |
| 7959761 | Creping adhesive modifier and process for producing paper products The present invention relates to the use of a quaternary ammonium complex comprising at least one non-cyclic amide as a modifier for a creping adhesive used on a creping cylinder, e.g., a Yankee dryer. ... | 06/14/2011 |
| 7951268 | Machine to produce a fibrous web An apparatus for the production of a fibrous web, especially a tissue or hygienic web, the fibrous web runs through a press nip which is formed by a press unit and a backing roll and the web is subsequently run through a creping nip which is formed by the backing ro... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951266 | Method of producing absorbent sheet with increased wet/dry CD tensile ratio A method of making absorbent cellulosic sheet with increased wet/dry CD tensile ratio includes treating the fiber at high consistency with debonder in a pulper, for example. The process enables the use of large amounts of debonder in a wet-press process in order to ... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7951264 | 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 fro... | 05/31/2011 |
| 7938294 | High capacity napkin dispenser A large capacity napkin dispenser for in counter mounting includes: (a) an elongate housing having a generally rectangular cross-section for receiving a stack of napkins; (b) a faceplate with a dispensing aperture, the faceplate being hinged to the housing so as to ... | 05/10/2011 |
| 7935220 | Absorbent sheet made by fabric crepe process 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 un... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7927456 | Absorbent sheet A method of making a cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a papermaking furnish, the nascent web having a generally random distribution of papermaking fiber; b) transferring the web having a generally random distribution of papermaking fiber to a tran... | 04/19/2011 |
| 7918964 | Multi-ply paper towel with absorbent core A multi-ply absorbent sheet of cellulosic fiber with continuous outer surfaces is provided an absorbent core between the outer surfaces. The absorbent core includes a non-woven fiber network having: (i) a plurality of pileated fiber enriched regions of relatively hi... | 04/05/2011 |
| 7896285 | Sheet product dispenser A dispenser for dispensing sheet product from a supply to a user is disclosed. The dispenser includes a feed device for dispensing a length of sheet product, an energy storage device in operable communication with the feed device, and a user interface in operable co... | 03/01/2011 |
| 7891158 | Robotic multi-product case-packing system A case packing system concurrently accumulates a plurality of different product ensembles and sequentially packs cases thereof, generally by way of (a) concurrently accumulating a plurality of different product ensembles utilizing a plurality of product conveyer lin... | 02/22/2011 |
| 7846296 | Absorbent sheet exhibiting resistance to moisture penetration An absorbent paper sheet is treated with an aqueous wax dispersion such that the sheet includes a fused wax and emulsifier residue in an amount of from about 1 to about 20 weight percent of the sheet based on the combined weight of the fiber, wax residue and an emul... | 12/07/2010 |
