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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 5209823 | Water-soluble dispersant which aids in the dispersion of polyester fibers during the preparation of a wet-laid nonwoven fiber mat A water-soluble dispersant which aids in the dispersion of polyester fibers during the preparation of a wet-laid nonwoven fiber mat, the water-soluble dispersant comprising: polyethylene glycol in an amount greater than about 80% by weight of the water-so... | 05/11/1993 |
| 5190616 | Self-emulsifying sizing agents The invention relates to self-emulsifying sizing agents which are able to have long shelf stability and easily formable emulsifiable liquid when the agents are mixed with water, and which are suitable for treating paper. These sizing agents comprise of co... | 03/02/1993 |
| 5180472 | Method for the manufacture of anti-static sheets for use in high pressure laminates An anti-static paper sheet for use in high pressure laminates comprised of Pontiac hardwood, high alpha hardwood, and cotton linters, the sheet being initially treated with a wet strength resin and saturated with a water soluble polycationic quaternary am... | 01/19/1993 |
| 5176794 | Flame spread barrier made from mechanically delaminated vermiculite sheet One or more layers of a sheet comprising (1) 60% to 99%, based on the weight of solids, of vermiculite delaminated by mechanical means only, (2) 1% to 40%, based on the weight of solids, of at least one fibrous material and (3) 0.1% to 4%, based on the we... | 01/05/1993 |
| 5167766 | Charged organic polymer microbeads in paper making process In a papermaking process, improved drainage and retention are obtained when ionic, organic microbeads of less than about 1,000 nm in diameter if crosslinked or less about than 60 nm in diameter if noncrosslinked are added either alone or in combination wi... | 12/01/1992 |
| 5125996 | Three dimensional imaging paper Imaging paper having randomly distributed fibers and uniformly dispersed throughout unexpanded synthetic thermoplastic polymeric microspheres, a method of preparation and a method of imparting an image thereto.... | 06/30/1992 |
| 5112445 | Gellan gum sizing Surface sizes comprising 1) gellan gum and 2) one or more film-forming polymers such as chemically modified starch, cellulose derivatives, and polyvinyl alcohol are described. The compositions exhibit enhanced film-forming properties.... | 05/12/1992 |
| 5043370 | Polyalkylene imide of high brightness and retention characteristics and low toxicity and method of increasing paper whiteness A polyalkylene imide of high brightness and retention characteristics and low biological toxicity comprises a polyalkylene imine having covalently bound thereto at least one residue of a compound of the formula ##STR1## wherein R1 is H, (C... | 08/27/1991 |
| 5030325 | Method of manufacturing gloss paper A method of manufacturing gloss coated paper by applying a coating composition containing a pigment and an adhesive on base paper. The pigment contains 5 to 40% by weight of satin white with an average particle diameter of 0.8 μm or below and an organic ... | 07/09/1991 |
| 5017268 | Filler compositions and their use in papermaking A filler composition that is suitable for use in the manufacture of paper, board, wet-laid non-wovens or other fibrous sheet materials comprises (preferably flocculated) filler particles (e.g. mineral fillers such as clay, talc or calcium carbonate) attac... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5017420 | Process for preparing electrically conductive shaped articles from polybenzimidazoles An electrically conductive shaped article such as a film or fibrous material and a process for preparing the same from a polybenzimidazole shaped article is provided. The polybenzimidazole article is first contacted with cuprous ions to produce a cuprous ... | 05/21/1991 |
| 5004791 | Organosiloxane-containing polysaccharides Disclosed are a polysaccharide derivative having the structure: ##STR1## and a polysaccharide graft polymer having the structure: Sacch--O--(G)m --(M)--n, wherein Sacch- is a polysaccharide; m is zero or one; G is the residue of... | 04/02/1991 |
| 4973680 | Organosiloxane-containing polysaccharides Disclosed are a polysaccharide derivative having the structure: ##STR1## and a polysaccharide graft polymer having the structure: Sacch-O-(G)m -(M)-n, wherein Sacch- is a polysaccharide; m is zero or one; G is the residue of a p... | 11/27/1990 |
| 4935290 | Heat-superstabilized semi-finished products containing thermoplastics resin This heat-superstabilized semi-finished product containing thermoplastic resin is constituted of at least two layers: at least one surface layer S designed to be exposed to a source of heat and at least one other layer C which is not directly exposed to s... | 06/19/1990 |
| 4925530 | Loaded paper Aqueous suspensions of papermaking fibres and filler are each separately treated with an anionic or a cationic polymer, after which the filler (preferably) or the papermaking fibre is treated with a polymer of opposite charge to that used in the initial t... | 05/15/1990 |
| 4904524 | Wet wipes A wet wipe comprising a porous sheet impregnated with an aqueous lotion and, concentrated near the surface of the sheet, polymeric beads containing a functional ingredient which is useful for treating the human skin or environmental surfaces and which are... | 02/27/1990 |
| 4866151 | Polysaccharide graft polymers containing acetal groups and their conversion to aldehyde groups Polysaccharide graft polymers which comprise an acetal-containing or aldehyde-containing homopolymer or copolymer grafted to a polysaccharide base have been prepared. The monomer repeating units in the homopolymer are derived from one or more ethylenicall... | 09/12/1989 |
| 4855338 | Method for treating grafted protein latices Microfluidization of latices of a graft copolymer of a conjugated diene monomer and a vinyl aryl monomer on a protein such as a soy protein reduces the viscosity of the graft copolymer latex.... | 08/08/1989 |
| 4846932 | Water setting paper Water setting paper (high water-absorbency material) comprised of pulp fiber, water-soluble resin and high wate-absorbency resin is produced in sheet form for use in urine containers or portable toilets. Water setting paper or the high water-absorbency sh... | 07/11/1989 |
| 4845148 | Dry strength resin of amino/aldehyde acid colloid with acrylamide polymer, process for the production thereof and paper produced therefrom Dry strength resins are prepared by reacting acrylamide polymers with amino/aldehyde resin acid colloids during the formation of the colloid. The resultant copolymers are useful as dry strength resins in the formation of paper.... | 07/04/1989 |
| 4833011 | Synthetic pulp and absorbent comprising the same A synthetic pulp comprising a pulp fiber of a thermoplastic resin and, adhering to the surface thereof, a polypropylene glycol having a molecular weight of 200 to 10,000, preferably together with a phenolic antioxidant and/or a phosphorous acid ester type... | 05/23/1989 |
| 4824523 | Method of making paper with high filler content The invention relates to a method for producing paper by the addition of a retention - dry strength agent system. The system consists of cationic starch with a substitution degree of at least 0.005 in an amount of at least 1%, anionic high-polymer with a molec... | 04/25/1989 |
| 4816073 | Aqueous dispersions, a process for their preparation and the use of the dispersions as sizing agents Aqueous dispersions of rosin and synthetic sizing agent wherein the particles in the dispersed phase contain a mixture of rosin and the synthetic sizing agent and wherein the dispersions contain a polyaluminum compound. The dispersions are prepared by hom... | 03/28/1989 |
| 4806610 | Method for making latices Continuous homogenization during the free radical aqueous graft or over copolymerization of an unsaturated monomer on a protein provides a latex of reduced viscosity.... | 02/21/1989 |
| 4789430 | Paper sheet, process for preparing same and applications thereof particularly as product for substituting impregnated glass webs The invention relates to a paper sheet obtained essentially from (parts by dry weight) in particular by a process of double flocculation, which has a very high resistance to delamination. The invention is applicable to floor and wall coverings.... | 12/06/1988 |
| 4774272 | Composite sheet material for storage envelopes for magnetic recording media There is provided a composite sheet material for fabrication of storage envelopes for magnetic recording media, e.g., floppy diskettes. The material has a low debris count, and a fast rate of static decay as well as high stiffness and strength.... | 09/27/1988 |
| 4769274 | Relatively inexpensive thermoformable mat of reduced density and rigid laminate which incorporates the same A relatively inexpensive mat is provided which through the application of heat and pressure readily can be densified to form rigid shaped articles having a reduced overall density. The mat is substantially free of a binder (e.g., a latex binder) and consi... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4769109 | Relatively inexpensive thermoformable mat and rigid laminate formed therefrom A relatively inexpensive mat is provided which through the application of heat and pressure readily can be densified to form rigid shaped articles. The mat is substantially free of a binder (e.g., a latex binder) and consists essentially of a substantiall... | 09/06/1988 |
| 4766030 | Oxonated poly(alkylene oxide) surface treatment agents An oxonated poly (alkylene oxide) substantially devoid of hydrocarbon chains of 5 or more carbon atoms is used to treat substances bearing negative electrostatic charges, so as to reduce such charges without rendering the substance hyrophobic. In this man... | 08/23/1988 |
| 4750974 | Papermaking aid An improved binder for use in paper-making contains three ingredients, a cationic starch having a degree of substitution of at least 0.01, a high molecular weight anionic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 500,000 and a degree of anionic substi... | 06/14/1988 |
| 4734321 | Fiber reinforced plastics structures An air permeable sheet-like structure comprising 20% to 60% by weight of reinforcing fibers having a high modulus of elasticity (as herein defined), and being between about 7 and about 50 millimeters long, and 40% to 80% by weight of wholly or substantial... | 03/29/1988 |
| 4647360 | Inert carbon fiber diaphragm A diaphragm or membrane for use in electrolysis cells resistant to chemical action thereof is disclosed. In the preferred and illustrated embodiment, a fluoropolymer binder cooperative with a random mix of carbon fibers up to about 13 mm long and up to ab... | 03/03/1987 |
| 4643801 | Papermaking aid An improved binder for use in paper-making contains three ingredients, a cationic starch having a degree of substitution of at least 0.01, a high molecular weight anionic polymer having a molecular weight of at least 500,000 and a degree of anionic substi... | 02/17/1987 |
| 4627889 | Process for sizing paper with anionic hydrophobic sizing agents and cationic retention aids Sizing agents which are novel compounds and have at least one anionic or acidic group which is optionally in salt form and at least two hydrophobic substituents of which at least two of the most adjacent ones are bonded to each other with a bridging membe... | 12/09/1986 |
| 4624743 | Cationic cellulose product and method for its preparation The invention is a fibrous, cationic cellulose pulp product and the method for preparing it. A water suspension of cellulosic fiber is treated under alkaline conditions with a condensate of epichlorohydrin and dimethylamine. Up to 30 molar percent of the ... | 11/25/1986 |
| 4623428 | Process for sizing paper with anionic hydrophobic sizing agents and cationic retention aids Sizing agents, which are novel compounds and contain at least one anionic or acidic sulfonylcarbonylimide group which may be in salt form and at least two hydrophobic substituents of which at least two are linked to each other through a bridge member of t... | 11/18/1986 |
| 4619734 | Sanitary paper web having high bulk, bulk softness and surface softness and method of manufacturing said web In order to achieve a sanitary paper web having high bulk, bulk softness and surface softness it is proposed according to the invention that said web contains expanded microspheres (11) of thermoplastic material in an amount of from 1 to 10% based on the ... | 10/28/1986 |
| 4609431 | Non-woven fibrous composite materials and method for the preparation thereof Non-woven, fibrous composite materials in sheet form are disclosed which are particularly useful as dimensionally stable backings and interliners for surface covering laminates. A method of producing these sheets and laminates is also disclosed.... | 09/02/1986 |
| 4562218 | Formable pulp compositions The present invention concerns our discovery that aqueous cellulosic slurries comprising primary binder, newsprint, sulfite pulp, and vegetable shell flour can be prepared and formed as desired into various configurations. The materials thus formed are us... | 12/31/1985 |
| 4557801 | Wet-strengthened cellulosic webs Cationic polygalactomannan gums and water soluble wet strength resins containing an amic acid and at least one other ethylenically unsaturated monomer, are useful in the preparation of products having improved, off-machine dry strength and wet strength pr... | 12/10/1985 |
