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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 8163130 | Paper product having unique physical properties A paper product having a plurality of tessellating unit cells forming a pattern is disclosed. Each unit cell has a center and at least two continuous land areas extending in at least two directions from the center and a plurality of pillow areas each surrounded by a... | 04/24/2012 |
| 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 |
| 8114250 | Method and installation for the combination of plies forming an absorbent sheet The present invention relates to a method for the combination of at least two plies of tissue paper without glue and by pressure marking, characterized in that it involves embossing at least one first ply according to an embossing design by passage between a first c... | 02/14/2012 |
| 8025763 | Method for coating dry finish paperboard A method for coating paperboard including the steps of preparing a web of cellulosic fibers, the web having a basis weight of at least about 85 pounds per 3000 ft2, calendering the web at least once to form a paperboard substrate, wherein each of the cale... | 09/27/2011 |
| 7988823 | Method of making textured tissue sheets having highlighted designs 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. ... | 08/02/2011 |
| 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 |
| 7789994 | Clothlike non-woven fibrous structures and processes for making same Fibrous structures, more particularly non-woven fibrous structures that exhibit properties that consumers associate with cloths, sanitary tissue products incorporating such fibrous structures and processes for making such fibrous structures are provided. ... | 09/07/2010 |
| 7588661 | 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... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7588660 | Wet-pressed tissue and towel products with elevated CD stretch and low tensile ratios made with a high solids fabric crepe process An absorbent sheet of cellulosic fibers includes a mixture of hardwood fibers and softwood fibers arranged in a reticulum having: (i) a plurality of pileated fiber enriched regions of relatively high local basis weight interconnected by way of (ii) a plurality of lo... | 09/15/2009 |
| 7585388 | Fabric-creped sheet for dispensers Fabric-creped absorbent sheet has an MD bending length of about 3.5 cm or more as well as an absorbency of about 3 g/g or more. The sheet is preferably produced without through drying or dry creping and is a low-dust product especially suitable for automatic towel d... | 09/08/2009 |
| 7550059 | Tissue paper product An apparatus and process for removing water from a cellulosic web. The papermaking apparatus comprises imprinting member having an absolute void volume that enables a hydraulic connection to be formed between a cellulosic web and a capillary dewatering member when c... | 06/23/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7494563 | Fabric creped absorbent sheet with variable local basis weight An absorbent cellulosic sheet having variable local basis weight includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum provided with (i) a plurality of cross-machine direction (CD) extending, fiber-enriched pileated regions of relatively high local basis weight interconnected by (... | 02/24/2009 |
| 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 |
| 7442279 | Method and apparatus for producing tissue paper A method of making paper comprising over drying the paper web by a dryer; transporting the paper web to a reel; and supplying dry air adjacent at least a portion of the paper web's travel path from the dryer to the reel. A paper machine comprising a dryer and a reel... | 10/28/2008 |
| 7435312 | Method of making a clothlike pattern densified web An improved paper and the process of making an improved paper web are disclosed. The improved paper is characterized as having two regions; one is a network (or open grid) region and the other is a plurality of domes. At least a portion of either region of the paper... | 10/14/2008 |
| 7426775 | Polymeric structures comprising a hydrophile/lipophile system Polymer melt compositions, especially polymer melt compositions that can be processed into polymeric structures, especially polymeric structures in the form of fibers are provided. ... | 09/23/2008 |
| 7419570 | Soft, strong clothlike webs The present invention discloses a process and a method providing a high bulk tissue which is both strong and soft. Specifically, it has been discovered that certain low pressure printing technologies may be used to deliver a bonding material to the surface of a high... | 09/02/2008 |
| 7416637 | Low compaction, pneumatic dewatering process for producing absorbent sheet A low-compaction method of making an absorbent cellulosic web includes: forming a nascent web from a papermaking furnish; dewatering the nascent web to a consistency of from about 10 to about 30 percent on a foraminous forming support traveling at a first speed; rus... | 08/26/2008 |
| 7413630 | Multi-layer sheet of absorbent paper The present invention relates to a multi-ply sheet including a first ply (12) and a second ply (14) each made of tissue paper and each exhibiting a specific surface weight between 12 and 35 g/m2, the first ply including a first embossing pat... | 08/19/2008 |
| 7404875 | Modified creping adhesive composition and method of use thereof A modified creping adhesive composition, comprising an adhesive component and at least one terpene modifier, and its use in the production of creped paper products by a process which includes the steps of adhering a paper web to the surface of a drying cylinder and ... | 07/29/2008 |
| 7396436 | Unitary fibrous structure comprising randomly distributed cellulosic and non-randomly distributed synthetic fibers A process for making a unitary fibrous structure comprises steps of: providing a fibrous web comprising a plurality of cellulosic fibers randomly distributed throughout the fibrous web and a plurality of synthetic fibers randomly distributed throughout the fibrous w... | 07/08/2008 |
| 7387706 | Process of material web formation on a structured fabric in a paper machine A method of forming a structured web including the steps of providing a fiber slurry through a headbox to a nip formed by a structured fabric and a forming fabric and collecting fibers from the fiber slurry in at least one valley of the structured fabric. ... | 06/17/2008 |
| 7384506 | Method for embossing textured tissue sheets Embossing regularly textured sheets with an appropriate regular, discrete embossing pattern to improve softness can result in a combined texture that creates an interference pattern that camouflages the original texture pattern and the embossing pattern. The resulti... | 06/10/2008 |
| 7381299 | Apertured tissue products The fluid intake rate of a tissue product having at least one hydrophobic exterior layer can be increased significantly by the addition of apertures through the hydrophobic exterior layer to the tissue product's hydrophilic interior layer. The apertures allow for fl... | 06/03/2008 |
| 7377995 | Soft durable tissue Single-ply throughdried tissue sheets, particularly suitable as bath tissue, are produced with at least three layers. One or both of the outer layers suitably contain predominantly softwood fibers and a chemical bonding agent. One or more of the inner layers suitabl... | 05/27/2008 |
| 7374638 | High bulk strong absorbent single-ply tissue-towel paper product The present invention relates to absorbent tissue-towel paper products comprising one essentially continuous ply of fibrous structure having a first surface and a second surface, wherein the product has an HFS absorbency greater than 8 g/g and the first surface exhi... | 05/20/2008 |
| 7357847 | Device for drying a paper web A device for drying a paper web includes a structured fabric for carrying the paper web rests during the drying process. A single roll unit includes a suction roll for dewatering the paper web and a press roll for securing the paper web to the structured fabric. The... | 04/15/2008 |
| 7354502 | Method for making a fibrous structure comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibers A method for making a fibrous structure, the method comprising the steps of: providing a mixture of synthetic fibers and short cellulosic fibers onto a forming member so as to form one or more layers including the mixture of synthetic fibers and short cellulosic fib... | 04/08/2008 |
| 7351307 | Method of dewatering a fibrous web with a press belt A method of dewatering a fibrous web in a paper machine including the steps of carrying the fibrous web on a side of a first fabric; contacting the fibrous web with a side of a second fabric, the fibrous web being between the first fabric and the second fabric; and ... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7351308 | Paper products having a tropical composition applied in discrete droplets A method is disclosed for application of compositions onto non-woven webs, such as paper webs. The present invention is also directed to products made from the process. In general, the method includes applying a composition to a non-woven web using a non-impact prin... | 04/01/2008 |
| 7332451 | Papermachine clothing having reduced void spaces Paper-machine clothing comprising a woven structure and a filling component. A filament and a second filament of the woven structure intersect in a weave pattern contact each other. Void spaces produced by the intersection of the first filament and the second filame... | 02/19/2008 |
| 7326322 | Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength An embossing system is provided for embossing a web having a first embossing roll having embossing elements and a second embossing roll having embossing elements, wherein at least a portion of the embossing elements of the first and second embossing rolls are substa... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7326318 | Hydraulically entangled nonwoven material and method for making it A wetlaid or foam formed hydraulically entangled nonwoven material containing at least 30%, by weight, pulp fibres and at least 20%, by weight, man-made fibres or filaments. The material has a basis weight variation in a non-random pattern in that it comprises a plu... | 02/05/2008 |
| 7320743 | Method of making a tissue basesheet A method of imparting bulk and/or visual aesthetics to a tissue basesheet involves pressing the basesheet with a felt having a raised pattern on it so that the pattern becomes inherent in the sheet. A pattern is stitched into a carrier layer which is joined to a sub... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7320821 | Three-dimensional product with dynamic visual impact The present invention relates to three-dimensional products comprising a structure having a first surface and a z-direction perpendicular to the first surface, the structure further comprising a base, a plurality of raised protrusion areas raised at least about 300 ... | 01/22/2008 |
| 7314665 | Embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product and process for making same Multi-ply fibrous structure products, more specifically embossed multi-ply fibrous structure products and methods for making same are provided. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314663 | Embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product and process for making same Multi-ply fibrous structure products, more specifically embossed multi-ply fibrous structure products and methods for making same are provided. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7314664 | Embossed multi-ply fibrous structure product and process for making same Multi-ply fibrous structure products, more specifically embossed multi-ply fibrous structure products and methods for making same are provided. ... | 01/01/2008 |
| 7311800 | Deep-nested embossed paper products The present invention relates to embossed tissue-towel paper products comprising one or more plies of tissue paper wherein at least one of the plies of tissue paper comprises a plurality of embossments wherein the at least one embossed plies have a total embossed ar... | 12/25/2007 |
