Abstract: The invention is directed to a coating composition for application to a flushable cellulosic based waterleaf sheet to impart transitory water repellency to at least one surface of the sheet. The composition comprises between 20% by weight to about 70% by weight of relatively large particle size delaminated clay in combination with a polyethylene based polymer that has been produced by the drying of a colloidal polyethylene in water composition with the said clay.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
February 24, 1987
Date of Patent:
April 24, 1990
Assignee:
Monadnock Paper Mills, Inc.
Inventors:
Alexander E. Hutton, Jr., Richard E. Burke, Stanley P. Wheeler, Jr.