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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7988828 | Surface treating tissue webs via patterned spraying Tissue webs, such as are useful for making bath tissue, can be surface-treated in a pattern with selected papermaking chemicals, such as debonders and strength agents, to selectively improve the directional properties of the resulting tissue product, particularly th... | 08/02/2011 |
| 7935409 | Tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved either by imparting cross-machine direction dominant bar-like protrusions to the air side of the tissue by using specially woven transfer fabrics and/or by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7935221 | Soft single-ply tissue A soft single-ply tissue sheet is produced by making a textured, high bulk, through dried tissue sheet and calendering the sheet with a high level of compression energy to substantially reduce the bulk and impart improved properties to the sheet. ... | 05/03/2011 |
| 7934597 | Tissue product with sacrificial top sheet for pop-up dispensing In order to improve the reliability of cleanly dispensing the first tissue in a pop-up dispensing tissue container, a relatively high strength sacrificial top sheet is interfolded with the tissue clip. The sacrificial top sheet is adhered to the underside of a remov... | 05/03/2011 |
| D636273 | Double roll package | 04/19/2011 |
| 7914866 | Sleeved tissue product A product including two or more plies with each ply including one absorbent layer and a second opposing fluid impervious layer. The two plies are arranged such that the fluid impervious layers face each other and are positioned at the inside of the two-ply product. ... | 03/29/2011 |
| 7871498 | Fabrics for forming decorative tissue sheets Forming fabrics for making tissue webs are provided with structural icons on the side of the fabric that does not contact the tissue web during formation. The resulting tissue web has good formation without pinholes, yet contains a watermark corresponding to the sha... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871493 | Environmentally-friendly tissue A method of making an environmentally-friendly tissue sheet for conversion into a single-ply roll product, such as bath tissue or paper towels, is disclosed. The method utilizes numerous process aspects that are determined to minimize energy consumption, which is ab... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7871492 | Decorative tissue sheets Forming fabrics for making tissue webs are provided with structural icons on the side of the fabric that does not contact the tissue web during formation. The resulting tissue web has good formation without pinholes, yet contains a watermark corresponding to the sha... | 01/18/2011 |
| 7867362 | Textured cellulosic wet wipes Wet wipes are made from a highly-textured basesheet of cellulose papermaking fibers bonded together with a permanent wet strength agent. The resulting wet wipes can have high wet bulk, good wet strength and can be easily dispensed and fully-opened with one hand.... | 01/11/2011 |
| 7811948 | Tissue sheets containing multiple polysiloxanes and having regions of varying hydrophobicity Hydrophilic polysiloxanes and hydrophobic polysiloxanes are used in combination to provide tissues, such as facial and bath tissues, with an optimal combination of absorbency and softness. At least one of the hydrophobic and hydrophilic polysiloxanes is applied to t... | 10/12/2010 |
| 7807022 | Tissue sheets having good strength and bulk A method of making soft, strong, high bulk tissue is disclosed. The method includes pre-conditioning a wet web by straining the wet web in the cross-machine direction prior to transferring the wet web to a through drying fabric. The pre-conditioned web provides impr... | 10/05/2010 |
| 7794565 | Method of making low slough tissue products The present invention is a soft tissue sheet having reduced lint and slough. The tissue sheet comprises papermaking fibers and a synthetic co-copolymer. The synthetic co-polymer has the general structure: wherein R1 | 09/14/2010 |
| D621188 | Dispenser with textured surface pattern | 08/10/2010 |
| 7749356 | Method for using water insoluble chemical additives with pulp and products made by said method Pulp fibers can be treated with water insoluble chemical additives resulting in a minimal amount of unretained water insoluble chemical additives present after redispersing the treated pulp fibers in the process water. One embodiment of the present invention is a me... | 07/06/2010 |
| 7726349 | Tissue products having high durability and a deep discontinuous pocket structure A tissue sheet having a deep discontinuous pocket structure provides improved durability as measured by the ratio of the cross-machine direction tensile energy absorbed to the cross-machine direction tensile strength. ... | 06/01/2010 |
| 7678856 | Binders curable at room temperature with low blocking Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an azetidinium-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, an azetidinium-functional polyme... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678232 | Process for incorporating poorly substantive paper modifying agents into a paper sheet via wet end addition Synthetic co-polymers having moieties capable of forming hydrogen bonds, ionic bonds, or covalent bonds with cellulose fibers and paper modifying moieties capable of modifying a paper sheet are disclosed. These synthetic co-polymers are derived from the reaction of ... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7678228 | Binders curable at room temperature with low blocking Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an azetidinium-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, an azetidinium-functional polyme... | 03/16/2010 |
| 7662259 | Method for dewatering a fabric A method of dewatering a fabric includes contacting the fabric with an endless wicking substrate. ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661622 | Apparatus and method for winding and transporting paper A reel for winding a paper roll including: a frame supporting a reel drum and a pair of rails; a reel spool supported for translation by the rails and upon which a paper roll is wound; an endless flexible belt wrapping a portion of the periphery of the reel drum and... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7661552 | Interfolded dispensing panel By interfolding or interleaving at least a portion of the dispensing panel of a dispenser with the first sheet in a stack of sheet material such that a leading edge of the first sheet is exposed, it is no longer necessary to reach into the dispenser to dispense the ... | 02/16/2010 |
| 7625462 | Tissue products containing triggerable polymeric bonding agents Polymeric bonding agents having a “triggerable” bonding functionality and which are in the form of particles or fibers, are blended with papermaking fibers prior to formation of a tissue web. After the web is dewatered, and advantageously during or after drying,... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7625461 | Modified linkbelt molding and throughdrying fabrics Throughdried tissue sheets can be made using a linkbelt throughdrying fabric and/or transfer fabric. In particular, linkbelts can be modified with topically-applied materials, such as extruded or printed silicone materials, in a pattern that provides an overall back... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7624765 | Woven throughdrying fabric having highlighted design elements Textured non-woven webs, papermaking fabrics and tissue sheets made using the textured papermaking fabrics can contain design elements set in highlight areas which make the design elements more visible. ... | 12/01/2009 |
| 7611605 | Method for making rolls of tissue sheets having improved properties The roll properties of tissue sheets are improved by offsetting recurring surface features of the sheet relative to the surface features of adjacent sheets within the roll, such as by providing a throughdryer fabric with an offset seam. This provides the resulting t... | 11/03/2009 |
| 7597213 | Container caps and containers A container cap can comprise: a covering comprising a first panel, a skirt in contact with the first panel, and a dispensing window attached to the first side of the first panel. The first panel can have an outer periphery and an inner periphery and a first side and... | 10/06/2009 |
| D600958 | Tissue dispenser | 09/29/2009 |
| 7588662 | 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 al... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7568594 | Oblong tissue dispenser An oblong dispenser having a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis, and wherein a maximum length of the dispenser, Ld, along the longitudinal axis is greater than a maximum width of the dispenser, Wd, along the transverse axis. The dispenser containing a plurality... | 08/04/2009 |
| 7566381 | Low odor binders curable at room temperature Topically-applied binder materials for imparting wet strength to soft, absorbent paper sheets, such as are useful as household paper towels and the like, include an epoxy-reactive polymer, such as a carboxyl-functional polymer, and an epoxy-functional polymer. These... | 07/28/2009 |
| 7563344 | Molded wet-pressed tissue Wet-pressed creped tissue sheets exhibit continuous undulating valleys separated by continuous mono-planar macro-ridges running in the machine direction of the sheet, the macro-ridges being of a lower fiber density relative to the fiber density of the undulating val... | 07/21/2009 |
| 7527152 | Tray and bundle pack A bundle pack includes a tray having a bottom, a sidewall, and a tray longitudinal axis. A plurality of packaged products disposed in the tray and the packaged products each having a product longitudinal axis and a product transverse axis. The plurality of packaged ... | 05/05/2009 |
| 7517433 | Soft paper sheet with improved mucus removal Tissues having a high level of softness and hand protection in combination with improved cleaning are disclosed. The tissues have been shown to remove more mucus than commercially available tissues. ... | 04/14/2009 |
| D585651 | Sheet good with surface pattern | 02/03/2009 |
| 7470345 | Rolled paper product having high bulk and softness Spirally wound single-ply web products having a chemical additive applied to at least one surface exhibit desirable roll bulk characteristics and softness properties. The rolled products can be made from a single-ply tissue web formed according to various processes.... | 12/30/2008 |
| 7462258 | Paper towel with superior wiping properties Paper towels are produced by printing a binder material, such as certain latex binders, onto one side of a basesheet and creping the binder-treated sheet. The resulting products have exceptional wipe dry properties and a unique pore structure and wicking properties.... | 12/09/2008 |
| 7452446 | Apparatus and method for dewatering a fabric A fabric dewatering apparatus for use after a fabric cleansing apparatus in a paper machine including: an endless wicking substrate disposed for rotation about a dryer roll; the endless wicking substrate and the fabric brought into surface contact as the fabric trav... | 11/18/2008 |
| 7449085 | Paper sheet having high absorbent capacity and delayed wet-out Absorbent paper products, such as paper towels, are disclosed which have a combination of high absorbent capacity and a moderate to low rate of absorbency for hand protection. These properties can be produced, for example, using a throughdried basesheet, such as an ... | 11/11/2008 |
| 7444722 | Refastenable absorbent garment A male component of a mechanical fastening system, such as a hook and loop fastener, that can remain fastened to a female component under high levels of shear force. The male component has a backing material with protrusions extending from the backing material at an... | 11/04/2008 |
