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| Number | Title | Issue Date |
| 7396438 | Lignocellulose fiber-resin composite material A method of making a formed, dried lignocellulose fiber material comprising (a) providing an aqueous lignocellulose fiber pulp slurry having an effective consistency; (b) de-watering the slurry to provide a de-watered material at an effective de-watering rate under ... | 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 |
| 7364042 | Packaging material A packaging material comprising a plurality of flexible strips of material integrally interconnected to one another along one end thereof so as to form a unitary mass and so that the strips of material are intertwineable with one another to form a resilient tuft. Th... | 04/29/2008 |
| 7361253 | Multi-ply wiping products made according to a low temperature delamination process The present invention is generally directed to paper products having great softness and strength. The paper products are formed from one or more paper webs that can be made according to various methods. In one embodiment, the paper web is an uncreped through-air dri... | 04/22/2008 |
| 7351466 | Dunnage conversion machine, method and dunnage product A dunnage conversion machine is characterized by a forming assembly which causes lateral edge portions of a substantially continuous sheet stock material to crumple and to fold upon themselves, leaving an unfolded central portion between the laterally spaced apart f... | 04/01/2008 |
| 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 |
| 7303654 | Cellulosic product and process for its production The present invention relates to a process for the production of a cellulosic product which comprises (i) providing an aqueous cellulosic suspension; (ii) adding to the suspension a clay having 3R2 stacking; and (iii) dewatering the obtained suspension. T... | 12/04/2007 |
| 7300551 | Paper machine belt conditioning system, apparatus and method A belt conditioning method, apparatus and paper machine employing the method and apparatus are provided. The belt method and apparatus include multiple conditioning devices using chemicals to condition water impermeable surfaces of paper machine belts, such as trans... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7300547 | 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... | 11/27/2007 |
| 7297226 | Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength An embossing system for embossing at least a portion of a web is provided comprising a first embossing roll having male embossing elements, a second embossing roll having male embossing elements, wherein the first and second embossing rolls define a first nip for re... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7297228 | Process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product exhibiting reduced malodor A process for manufacturing a cellulosic paper product (e.g., paper hand towels) exhibiting reduced malodor upon wetting. The process comprises forming an aqueous suspension of papermaking fibers, depositing the aqueous suspension onto a sheet-forming fabric to form... | 11/20/2007 |
| 7294231 | Cross-machine direction embossing of absorbent paper products having an undulatory structure including ridges extending in the machine direction A method of embossing an absorbent web with a machine direction undulatory structure is described. The web has a plurality of ridges extending in its machine direction occurring at a frequency, F, across the web and the method includes providing the web to an emboss... | 11/13/2007 |
| 7282251 | Loop materials for touch fastening Loop materials are provided for touch fastening. The loop materials include a web of nonwoven fibrous material defining a plane, the web including: (a) raised areas, elevated above the plane of the web, defining loops constructed for engagement with male touch faste... | 10/16/2007 |
| 7252870 | Nonwovens having reduced Poisson ratio Nonwoven materials having a pattern incorporated into the materials are disclosed. The nonwoven materials may be, for instance, tissue webs, meltspun webs such as meltblown webs or spunbond webs, bonded carded webs, hydroentangled webs, and the like. The pattern may... | 08/07/2007 |
| 7195810 | Air-laid absorbent sheet with sinuate emboss An absorbent sheet made from an air-laid fiber web includes a functional emboss pattern of a continuous (wave-like) shape extending in the machine direction of the sheet. The emboss pattern defines a plurality of compressed regions operative to preferentially convey... | 03/27/2007 |
| 7192893 | Use of linear injectors to deposit uniform selective ozone TEOS oxide film by pulsing reactants on and off A process for enhanced selective deposition of a silicon oxide onto a substrate by pulsing delivery of the reactants through a linear injector is disclosed. The silicon oxide layer is formed by the ozone decomposition of TEOS at relatively low temperatures and relat... | 03/20/2007 |
| 7182837 | Structural printing of absorbent webs A process and method which ‘locks in’ three-dimensional texturing added to a paper web by virtue of an adhesive material which is printed onto the surface of the web is generally disclosed. The adhesive may be applied to the web either before, during, or after t... | 02/27/2007 |
| 7173102 | Facially amphiphilic polymers as anti-infective agents Facially amphiphilic polymers and articles made therefrom having biocidal surfaces are disclosed. The polymers can inhibit the growth of microorganisms in contact with the surface or in areas adjacent to said biocidal surface. There is also disclosed a method to ide... | 02/06/2007 |
| 7169458 | Cloth-like tissue sheets having camouflaged texture 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... | 01/30/2007 |
| 7160418 | Wet crepe throughdry process for making absorbent sheet and novel fibrous products An improved process for making sheet from a fibrous furnish includes: depositing the furnish on a foraminous support; compactively dewatering the furnish to form a nascent web; drying the web on a heated cylinder; creping the web therefrom and throughdrying the web ... | 01/09/2007 |
| 7156953 | Process for producing a paper wiping product A process for producing wiping products and wiping products made by the process are disclosed. According to the present invention, a paper web is treated on both sides with a bonding material. After the bonding material is applied, the web is then subjected to a dry... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7156954 | Soft tissue Soft throughdried tissues, which are sufficiently soft to serve as premium bathroom tissues, can be made without the use of a Yankee dryer. The typical Yankee functions of building machine direction and cross-machine direction stretch are replaced by a wet end rush ... | 01/02/2007 |
| 7096630 | Composite tangled filament mat with overlying liquid moisture barrier for cushioning and venting of vapor, and for protection of underlying subfloor A composite mat and sheet structure for installation atop a subfloor to underlie a layer of hardenable, cementicious material such as gypsum concrete or Portland concrete that is poured atop the composite structure to harden in situ. The composite structure includes... | 08/29/2006 |
| 7078087 | Wipes with an edge treatment along a leading edge portion The invention provides a wipe. The wipes include at least one non-woven web. The web includes an edge portion adjoining a main portion. The web has a top surface and a spaced apart opposite bottom surface and is defined by a width of the web which is perpendicular t... | 07/18/2006 |
| 7026037 | Absorbent paper product such as napkin or handkerchief, methods for manufacturing such a product, and apparatus implementing such methods The invention relates to an absorbent paper product, such as a napkin or tissue, including at least two tissue paper plies which are superposed and joined, cut or precut into a desired format and connected to one another at least over a segment of a peripheral zone.... | 04/11/2006 |
| 6998016 | Method of making a non compacted paper web containing refined long fiber using a charge controlled headbox and a single ply towel made by the process The present invention is a through-air-drying process for producing a fibrous web that possesses not only softness and absorbency but also strength. The method of the present invention monitors and controls the overall charge in the headbox. ... | 02/14/2006 |
| 6974520 | Alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant package for polymer emulsions This invention is directed to formation of a creped nonwoven web. The creped web is formed in a creping process using a polymer emulsion binder formed in an alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant system. The surfactant system comprises a combination of a specific ac... | 12/13/2005 |
| 6964726 | Absorbent webs including highly textured surface The present invention discloses a paper web with a highly textured surface and a method of forming the highly textured web. The process includes printing a viscous material onto the surface of a paper web in a pattern with a low pressure printing process. Specifical... | 11/15/2005 |
| 6958082 | Polishing film and method of producing same A polishing film includes a plastic film and a polishing layer formed on its surface, having a mixture of a first group of silica particles with a first average diameter and a second group of silica particles with a second average diameter fixed in a resin binder, t... | 10/25/2005 |
| 6949166 | Single ply webs with increased softness having two outer layers and a middle layer “Products made from a process for increasing the tactile properties of a base web without adversely affecting the strength of the web is disclosed. In general, the process includes the steps of placing a base web in between a first moving conveyor and a second mov... | 09/27/2005 |
| 6942755 | Method for fabricating an embossed sheet of cellulose tissue, a product so made and an embossing cylinder The invention relates to a method for manufacturing a sheet of paper tissue which is embossed by an embossing cylinder of which the surface is fitted at least in part with embossing elements. The elements include a frustoconical base portion and a tip portion. The m... | 09/13/2005 |
| 6939440 | Creped and imprinted web Paper products, such as wiping products, are disclosed that have a fabric-imprinted pattern in combination with a crepe pattern. In producing paper products according to the invention, a base web containing pulp fibers is formed. Once the base web is substantially d... | 09/06/2005 |
| 6918993 | Multi-ply wiping products made according to a low temperature delamination process The present invention is generally directed to paper products having great softness and strength. The paper products are formed from one or more paper webs that can be made according to various methods. In one embodiment, the paper web is an uncreped through-air dri... | 07/19/2005 |
| 6916402 | Process for bonding chemical additives on to substrates containing cellulosic materials and products thereof Articles containing cellulose materials and treated with a chemical additive are disclosed. In accordance with the present invention, at least a portion of the cellulose containing the article is modified to include a first moiety. A chemical additive, such as softe... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916439 | Colored laminate and a method for coloring the surface of a membrane In this method, a fibrous material is embedded between the surfaces of a membrane and a dissimilar coloring material as the mating surfaces of the membrane and the coloring material are cured or cosolidify. This results in an encapsulation bond where fibers embedded... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6916480 | Wiper containing a controlled-release anti-microbial agent A wiper having a controlled release anti-microbial agent therein for providing anti-microbial cleansing of surfaces is provided. The wiper is formed from an absorbent base web to which an anti-microbial formulation is adhered. The formulation includes an anti-microb... | 07/12/2005 |
| 6913673 | Heated embossing and ply attachment The present invention is generally directed to a process for hot embossing a base sheet and/or to a process for perforating and bonding multiple plies of a paper product together. The process can be used in order to apply a decorative pattern to a paper product and/... | 07/05/2005 |
| 6908524 | Alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant package for polymer emulsions This invention is directed to formation of a creped nonwoven web. The creped web is formed in a creping process using a polymer emulsion binder formed in an alkylphenol ethoxylate-free surfactant system. The surfactant system comprises a combination of a specific ac... | 06/21/2005 |
| 6896766 | Paper wiping products treated with a hydrophobic additive Paper products treated on two surfaces with a liquid resistant composition are disclosed. The paper products can be, for instance, bath tissues, facial tissues, paper towels, and industrial wipers. The liquid resistant compositions can include any additive that prov... | 05/24/2005 |
| 6896767 | Embossed tissue product with improved bulk properties Embossed and rolled tissue products are disclosed. In particular, an embossing pattern is used that enhances the softness and bulk of a tissue product without a substantial degradation in strength. The embossing patterns of the present invention are particularly wel... | 05/24/2005 |
