Patents Assigned to GEORGIA PACIFIC
  • Method of making a cellulosic absorbent sheet
    Patent number: 8568559
    Abstract: A method of making a cellulosic absorbent sheet. A cellulosic web is prepared from an aqueous papermaking furnish. The web is fabric-creped. The fabric-creping step forms a creped web with a drawable reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights including at least: (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched regions of a relatively high local basis weight, interconnected by way of (ii) a plurality of lower local basis weight linking regions. The drawable reticulum includes a cohesive fiber matrix capable of increasing in void volume upon drawing. The creped web is dried, while substantially preserving the drawable reticulum, to form a dried web, and the dried web is drawn. The drawing step increases the void volume of the dried web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 29, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Frank C. Murray, Greg A. Wendt, Steven L. Edwards, Stephen J. McCullough, Guy H. Super
  • Method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet
    Patent number: 8562786
    Abstract: A method of making a fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet. A papermaking furnish is compactively dewatered to form a nascent web. The nascent web is applied to a translating transfer surface and is fabric-creped from the transfer surface at a consistency of from about 30 to about 60 percent utilizing a creping fabric. The creping fabric travels at a fabric speed that is slower than the speed of the transfer surface. The nascent web is creped from the transfer surface and redistributed on the creping fabric to form a creped web with a drawable reticulum having a plurality of interconnected regions of different local basis weights. The creped web is dried to form a dried web, and the dried web is drawn. The drawing step includes drawing the dried web between a first draw roll and a second draw roll.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 1, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 22, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Frank C. Murray, Greg A. Wendt, Steven L. Edwards, Stephen J. McCullough, Guy H. Super
  • PROCESS FOR CLEANING A TRANSPORT BELT FOR MANUFACTURING A PAPER WEB
    Publication number: 20130269734
    Abstract: The disclosure relates to a continuous cleaning method for cleaning a moving fabric in a paper machine. The method uses one or more cleaning stages. In one embodiment, one cleaning stage applies steam to heat and soften contaminants on the fabric followed by the application of water, preferably superheated water, to remove the contaminants. Another cleaning stage may apply hot water, steam and/or superheated water via an encapsulated shower and evacuation chamber making it possible to clean the width of the fabric without substantial rewet.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 13, 2013
    Publication date: October 17, 2013
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Mark S. HUNTER, Dean J. Baumgartner, David Drew Raines, Theodore D. Kennedy, David S. Veldhuizen, Glenn W. Busch, Mitchell S. Edbauer
  • Blends of anionic copolymers suitable for surface size and methods of making the same
    Patent number: 8557925
    Abstract: A sizing composition comprises a blend of at least two anionic copolymers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 27, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Cornel Hagiopol, James W. Johnston, Sean M. Tyler, Michael J. Bush
  • Pitch emulsions
    Patent number: 8557138
    Abstract: An emulsion of pitch in water preferably characterized by having a lower level of tack on drying by virtue of using as the emulsifying agent a fatty acid, a chemically modified fatty acid, a rosin acid, a chemically modified rosin acid, or combinations thereof, especially a tall oil fatty acid, or a chemically modified tall oil fatty acid, where the pitch emulsion is useful for reducing the development of fugitive dust in a dust-forming material.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 31, 2009
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Lisa M. Arthur, John B. Hines, Brian L. Swift, Pablo G. Dopico, Michael C. Peck, Roger Scott Johnson
  • Packaging assembly having casters
    Patent number: 8556278
    Abstract: Embodiments of Various packaging assemblies for moving a product in a carton are provided. In this regard, a representative packaging assembly, among others, includes a carton that is designed to contain the product, and a tray that is placed below the carton. The tray has at least one caster that facilitates moving the carton.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 7, 2008
    Date of Patent: October 15, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Corrugated LLC
    Inventor: Jody S. Brittain
  • METHODS FOR MAKING LAMINATED, SATURATED, AND ABRASIVE PRODUCTS
    Publication number: 20130266731
    Abstract: Methods for making and using phenol/formaldehyde/furfural-based resins and furfural alcohol-based resins and are provided. The method for making a phenol/formaldehyde/furfural-based resin can include combining a phenol/formaldehyde-based resin with furfural to produce a phenol/formaldehyde/furfural-based resin. The phenol/formaldehyde/furfural-based resin can have a viscosity of about 1 cP to about 1,000 cP at a temperature of about 25° C.
    Type: Application
    Filed: April 10, 2013
    Publication date: October 10, 2013
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Benjamin D. Gapud
  • Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using same
    Patent number: 8551355
    Abstract: Dedusting agents for fiberglass products and methods for making and using the same are provided. The composition can include a binder and a dedusting agent. The dedusting agent can include an emulsion comprising one or more pitches, one or more fatty acids, one or more rosins, or any combination thereof.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2010
    Date of Patent: October 8, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Kim Tutin, Kelly Shoemake, Phillip W. Hurd, Brian L. Swift, Michael C. Peck, Lisa M. Arthur
  • Fabric-creped absorbent cellulosic sheet having a variable local basis weight
    Patent number: 8545676
    Abstract: An absorbent cellulosic sheet includes a papermaking-fiber reticulum. The paper-making-fiber reticulum includes a plurality of fiber-enriched regions that are oriented in a cross-machine direction (CD) of the sheet, and the fiber-enriched regions have (i) a local basis weight and (ii) papermaking fibers that are oriented in the CD of the sheet. The paper-making-fiber reticulum further includes a plurality of linking regions that link corresponding ones of the fiber-enriched regions together in linking directions. The linking regions have (i) basis weights that are lower than those of the corresponding ones of the fiber-enriched regions and (ii) papermaking fibers that are oriented in the linking directions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 16, 2012
    Date of Patent: October 1, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Guy H. Super, Steven L. Edwards, Stephen J. McCullough, Frank C. Murray
  • Building Material Containing Latent Heat Storage Material and Methods of Making the Same
    Publication number: 20130251986
    Abstract: A building material includes a paneled article having a first side and a second side. A layer of encapsulated latent heat storage material is disposed on the first side of the panel and a coating is disposed over the layer of encapsulated latent heat storage material.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 15, 2011
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC GYPSUM LLC
    Inventors: Joel T. Charlton, Keshav S. Gautam
  • SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER WITH SENSOR FOR SHEET SEPARATION
    Publication number: 20130248644
    Abstract: A sheet product dispenser is provided. The sheet product dispenser includes a roil of sheet product, a dispensing arrangement, and a method of sensing the separation of a dispensed sheet product. A sensor is provided for detecting the movement of a movable member, such as a tear bar or paper guide. The sensor generates a signal in response to the movement of the movable member. A controller de-energizes a roller in said dispensing arrangement in response to said signal.
    Type: Application
    Filed: May 19, 2013
    Publication date: September 26, 2013
    Applicant: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Harold Goeking, Robert W. Cornell, Panagiotis Zosimadis, Noah McNeely
  • Belt-creped, variable local basis weight multi-ply sheet with cellulose microfiber prepared with perforated polymeric belt
    Patent number: 8540846
    Abstract: A multi-ply wiper/towel product includes at least one wet laid web including at least 10% fibrillated cellulosic microfiber, and at least about 40% wood pulp derived papermaking fibers. The at least one wet laid web has formed therein (i) a plurality of fiber-enriched hollow domed regions on the upper side of the at least one wet laid web having a relatively high local basis weight, and (ii) connecting regions of a relatively lower local basis weight forming a network interconnecting the relatively high local basis weight domed regions of the one wet laid web. Transition areas are provided in the at least one wet laid web with upwardly and inwardly inflected consolidated fibrous regions transitioning from the connecting regions into the domed regions, and the at least one wet laid web exhibits a differential pore volume for pores under 5 microns in a diameter of at least about 75 mm3/g/micron.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 28, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Joseph H. Miller, Daniel W. Sumnicht, Ayanna M. Bernard, Sanjay Wahal
  • ADHESIVE COMPOSITIONS HAVING A REDUCED CURE TIME AND METHODS FOR MAKING AND USING SAME
    Publication number: 20130240114
    Abstract: Adhesive compositions having a reduced cure time and methods for making and using same are provided. In at least one specific embodiment, the adhesive composition can include a mixture of one or more phenolic-aldehyde resins and one or more cure accelerants. The one or more cure accelerants can be selected from the group consisting of: ammonia, ammonium hydroxide, one or more primary amines, one or more secondary amines, one or more tertiary amines, one or more alkanolamines, one or more aromatic amines, one or more polyamines, one or more amides, one or more polyamides, one or more compounds containing at least one amine functional group and at least one sulfur functional group, and any mixture thereof. In one or more embodiments, the adhesive composition can also include one or more hardeners.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 12, 2013
    Publication date: September 19, 2013
    Applicant: GEORGIA-PACIFIC CHEMICALS LLC
    Inventors: Jeffrey Balogh, Jessica D. Jennings, Arun Narayan, Kelly A. Shoemake, Bobby L. Williamson, Jesse Petrella
  • Apparatus and method for degrading a web in the machine direction while preserving cross-machine direction strength
    Patent number: 8535481
    Abstract: 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 receiving the web, and a third embossing roll having male embossing elements, wherein the second and third embossing rolls define a second nip for receiving the web, and wherein at least a substantial portion of the embossing elements of at least one of the first, second, and third embossing rolls are substantially oriented in the cross-machine direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 13, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventor: Galyn A. Schulz
  • Mold- and moisture-resistant gypsum boards
    Patent number: 8535790
    Abstract: Mold- and moisture-resistant gypsum boards and methods for making them are disclosed, the method comprising applying a slurry that forms a gypsum core to an upper or a lower facing sheet impregnated with a thermoset resin (e.g., a phenol-formaldehyde resin) in an amount effective to (i) allow water vapor passage through the facing sheet when the thermoset resin is in its uncured state and (ii) provide mold and moisture resistance to the facing sheet when the thermoset resin is in its cured state and heating sufficiently to cure said resin and dry said gypsum core, thereby yielding said gypsum board.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 8, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Chemicals LLC
    Inventors: Frederick C. Dupre, Jr., Kathleen Dalburg
  • Screen basket optimized for removal of stickies from adhesives-contaminated recyclable fiber
    Patent number: 8534468
    Abstract: A screen structure which is unusually effective at removing stickies from recyclable fiber but is tolerant of substantial swings in throughput which result in variations in the flow velocity through the screen-slot velocity. One example of the screen structure is created by forming a very large number of similarly shaped vanes then locking them into a ring structure to form a cylindrical screen basket but equivalent surface configurations can also be formed into sheet stock.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2012
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Wayne F. Winkler, Bradley E. Lucas
  • Railcar distribution system and method for shipping product
    Patent number: 8534968
    Abstract: A distribution system includes a railcar having a length defining an x-direction, and a payload disposed within the interior of the railcar. The payload includes assemblages of product, the product of each assemblage being disposed upon a pallet, the assemblages being arranged in sets of assemblages along the x-direction. The sets of assemblages are disposed in an alternating staggered arrangement in the x-direction such that a first plurality of the sets of assemblages are disposed substantially toward one side of the railcar, and a second plurality of the sets of assemblages are disposed substantially toward the other side of the railcar.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 29, 2009
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Sean T. Van Uum, Robert P. Hieronymus
  • Dispenser with slot aperture
    Patent number: 8534493
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a housing having a dispensing wall, a bottom wall disposed opposite the dispensing wall, two side walls connecting the dispensing wall to the bottom wall, and two end walls connecting the dispensing wall, the bottom wall and the two side walls. A first slot aperture is disposed in the dispensing wall centered between the two end walls, the first slot aperture having a major axis oriented perpendicular to each of the two side walls. A second slot aperture is disposed in a first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a major axis oriented relative to the major axis of the first slot aperture such that the first slot aperture and the second slot aperture define a contiguous aperture between the dispensing wall and the first of the two side walls, the second slot aperture having a width less than a width of the first slot aperture.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2010
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Kip K. Decker, Micheal S. Lerch
  • Sheet product dispensers and methods for controlling the dispensers
    Patent number: 8538580
    Abstract: Sheet product dispensers and methods for controlling the dispensers are provided. A sheet product dispenser includes a housing and a dispensing assembly disposed in the housing. The dispensing assembly is configured to hold a roll of sheet product thereon and to dispense a portion of the roll of sheet product. The sheet product dispenser further includes an ultraviolet light source disposed on the housing. The ultraviolet light source is configured to emit ultraviolet light.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 15, 2008
    Date of Patent: September 17, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventor: Warren R. Brownlee
  • Interchangable access device for a dispenser
    Patent number: 8528787
    Abstract: A dispenser includes a back-housing, a cover movably coupled to the back-housing, and a latch coupled to the back-housing. A catch is coupled to the cover. The latch cooperates with the catch to hold the cover against the back-housing when the cover is in a first position. The cover has an opening. A key insert is disposed to be removably coupled to the opening of the cover. A push button insert is disposed to be removably coupled to the key insert. A key device is disposed to be removably coupled to the key insert. The push button insert and the key device are mutually interchangeable with each other for being removably coupled to the key insert by a user.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 16, 2011
    Date of Patent: September 10, 2013
    Assignee: Georgia-Pacific Consumer Products LP
    Inventors: Antonio M. Cittadino, William R. Mathias, Alan P. Paal