Patents Examined by A. Fortuna
  • Liquid applying apparatus for fiber products
    Patent number: 11655592
    Abstract: A liquid applying apparatus for fiber products is provided, including a first liquid applying device, a second liquid applying device, and a third liquid applying device. The second liquid applying device is adjacent to the first liquid applying device and the third liquid applying device. The first liquid applying device and the second liquid applying device respectively apply and coat liquids on different surfaces of a two-layer fiber product, and the third liquid applying device applies and coats a liquid on a surface of a single-layer fiber product. The second liquid applying device and the third liquid applying device press and laminate the two-layer fiber product and the single-layer fiber product together to form a three-layer fiber product with uniformly distributed liquids therein.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 16, 2021
    Date of Patent: May 23, 2023
    Assignee: Chan Li Machinery Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Tung-I Tsai
  • Water-dispersible sheet
    Patent number: 11649380
    Abstract: A water-dispersible sheet is described that maintains water dispersibility while providing suppressed time degradation of the tacky adhesiveness of a tacky adhesive layer. The water-dispersible sheet has a paper substrate with a multilayer structure. One layer of the multilayer structure is an inner layer that is not in contact with the tacky adhesive layer. Another layer is a surface layer that is in contact with the tacky adhesive layer. The layers independently include mixed pulps of a wood pulp and a refined pulp with an ?-cellulose content of 88 % by weight or more. The weight ratio of the layers and the beating degree of the mixed pulps are set in the specific ranges.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 15, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignees: NIPPON PAPER PAPYLIA CO., LTD., Nippon Paper Industries Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Masaki Kishimoto, Yoshiaki Ishino, Yasuaki Matsumori, Eiji Kusano, Kento Aoshima, Kazuyo Wadagami, Kumiko Katsumata
  • Creped single ply tissue
    Patent number: 11649590
    Abstract: Provided are tissue products comprising a single ply tissue web that has been prepared by a creping process and more preferably by a print creping process adapted to dispose a non-crosslinked latex polymer on at least one of the outer surfaces of the tissue web. The creped single ply tissue products generally have a low degree of stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 8.00, and are highly durable, such as a Durability Index greater than about 12.0. In other instances, the tissue products may have very low levels of lint or dust, such as a Slough less than about 4.00 mg, even at basis weights from about 45 to about 55 grams per square meter (gsm) and tensile strengths from 600 to 1,200 g/3?.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Maurizio Tirimacco, Kevin Joseph Vogt
  • Creped multi-ply tissue product
    Patent number: 11649591
    Abstract: Disclosed are multi-ply tissue products comprising a non-crosslinked binder that are durable, smooth and with low levels of Slough. In certain instances the creped tissue product have a geometric mean tensile (GMT) from about 700 to about 1,500 g/3?, a basis weight from about 45 to about 60 gsm and a Slough less than about 2.00 mg, more preferably less than about 1.50 mg, such as from about 0.10 to about 2.00, such as from about 0.25 to about 1.50 mg. The inventive tissue products also have good durability, such as a Durability Index from about 10.0 to about 20.0, smooth surfaces, such as a TS750 value from about 15.0 to 40.0 and low stiffness, such as a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 20, 2022
    Date of Patent: May 16, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kevin Joseph Vogt, Mark William Sachs, Erin Ann McCormick, Devon Gaynelle Curley, Sara Jane Wille Stabelfeldt, Nathan John Vogel, Christopher Steven LeCount
  • Release-paper base paper and method for producing same, and release paper
    Patent number: 11643781
    Abstract: Release paper base paper includes a substrate; and a coating agent containing a modified polyvinyl alcohol (A) and sodium acetate, the substrate coated with the coating agent, wherein the modified polyvinyl alcohol (A) has 0.005 mol % or more and less than 10 mol % of double bonds derived from unsaturated carboxylic acid or a derivative thereof (B) in side chains, has 1.4 mol % or more and 2.0 mol % or less of 1,2-glycol bond, units, and is water soluble, and a content of the sodium acetate relative to the modified polyvinyl alcohol (A) is 0.01 mass % or more and 10 mass % or less. The release paper base paper of the present invention is excellent in sealing properties for silicone. Use of the release paper base paper allows acceleration of curing of silicone in a release layer and improvement in adhesion between the substrate and the release layer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 29, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 9, 2023
    Assignee: KURARAY CO., LTD.
    Inventors: Keisuke Morikawa, Taeko Kaharu, Tadahito Fukuhara, Yuki Tachibana
  • Recycle pulp comprising cellulose acetate
    Patent number: 11639579
    Abstract: A recycled cellulose pulp composition is provided which comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. A wet-laid fibrous product is also provided which comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. A bailed article is also provided that comprises recycled cellulosic fibers and cellulose ester staple fibers. In embodiments, the recycled cellulosic fibers are present in an amount of 50 wt % or more, based on the total dry weight of fibers, and the cellulose ester staple fibers are present in an amount sufficient to increase the Canadian standard freeness (CSF) of the composition by 5% or more compared to a 100 wt % cellulosic fiber pulp composition processed under similar conditions.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: May 2, 2023
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Kenny Randolph Parker, Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell
  • Belt or fabric including polymeric layer for papermaking machine
    Patent number: 11634865
    Abstract: A fabric or belt for a papermaking machine including a first layer that defines a web contacting surface and a second layer that supports the first layer. The first layer is made of extruded polymer and includes a plurality of first elements aligned in a first direction, a plurality of second elements aligned in a second direction and extending over the plurality of first elements, and a plurality of open portions defined by the plurality of first and second elements. The second layer is made of woven fabric. The first layer is bonded to the second layer so that the first layer extends only partially through the second layer and an interface formed between the first and second layers includes bonded and unbonded portions and airflow channels that extend in a plane parallel to the first and second layers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 9, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: STRUCTURED I, LLC
    Inventors: James E. Sealey, Byrd Tyler Miller, IV, Phillip MacDonald, Taras Z. Andrukh, Justin S. Pence
  • Layered tissue comprising non-wood fibers
    Patent number: 11634870
    Abstract: The present invention provides multi-layered tissue webs, and tissue products comprising the same, the multi-layered webs comprising wood fibers and non-wood cellulosic fibers where the non-wood cellulosic fibers are selectively deposited in one or more outer layers of the multi-layered web. Surprisingly disposing non-wood cellulosic fibers in the outer layers, even in relatively modest amounts, alters the machine and/or cross-machine direction properties of the resulting web, such that MD:CD tensile ratio may be reduced.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 4, 2021
    Date of Patent: April 25, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill
  • Toilet tissue comprising a non-clingy surface
    Patent number: 11624157
    Abstract: Fibrous structures, for example toilet tissue, having a surface including a plurality of fibrous elements, such as a plurality of hydroxyl polymer filaments that exhibit an average fiber diameter of less than 2 ?m as measured according to the Surface Average Fiber Diameter Test Method such that the fibrous structure exhibits a Dual Surface Glide Value of less than 17.7 g as measured according to the Glide Test Method—3 Inch Sample and method for making same is provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: April 11, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Gary McKee, Brooke Marie Woods, Joerg Kleinwaechter, William Ryan Falta, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Toilet tissue comprising a dynamic surface
    Patent number: 11591752
    Abstract: Toilet tissue having a dynamic surface comprising a surface material that overlays a textured web material such that the toilet tissue exhibits one or more novel properties and method for making same are provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 28, 2020
    Date of Patent: February 28, 2023
    Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
    Inventors: Matthew Gary McKee, Brooke Marie Woods, Joerg Kleinwaechter, Atiya Jordan-Brown, David Warren Loebker, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Paul Dennis Trokhan
  • Dosing of nanocellulose suspension in gel phase
    Patent number: 11578463
    Abstract: A method of dosing a nanocellulose suspension in gel phase into a second suspension, wherein the method comprises the steps of: providing said nanocellulose suspension in gel phase; providing said second suspension; bringing said nanocellulose suspension in gel phase in contact with said second suspension; wherein the method comprises a step of subjecting said nanocellulose suspension in gel phase to a shear rate of more than 500 l/s, simultaneously with and/or immediately prior to the step of bringing said nanocellulose suspension in gel phase and said second suspension in contact with each other.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: February 14, 2023
    Assignees: Stora Enso Oyj, Wetend Technologies Oy
    Inventors: Esa Saukkonen, Isto Heiskanen, Kaj Backfolk, Jouni Matula, Jussi Matula
  • High strength and low stiffness hesperaloe tissue
    Patent number: 11566379
    Abstract: Soft, durable and bulky tissue products comprising non-wood fibers and more particularly high yield hesperaloe pulp fibers are disclosed. The tissue products preferably comprise at least about 5 percent, by weight of the product, high yield hesperaloe pulp fiber and have relatively modest tensile strengths, such as a geometric mean tensile (GMT) greater than about 1,000 g/3?, and improved durability and cross-machine direction (CD) properties, such as a CD Stretch greater than about 10 percent. Additionally, at the foregoing tensile strengths the products are not overly stiff. For example the tissue products may have a Stiffness Index less than about 10.0.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2021
    Date of Patent: January 31, 2023
    Assignee: Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
    Inventors: Kayla Elizabeth Rouse, Richard Louis Underhill, David John Paulson, Felicia Marie Sauer, Thomas Gerard Shannon
  • Multilayer creping belt having connected openings, methods of making paper products using such a creping belt, and related paper products
    Patent number: 11559963
    Abstract: An absorbent sheet made by a process that includes the steps of forming a nascent web from an aqueous papermaking furnish, and creping the nascent web on a multilayer belt that includes (i) a first layer made from a polymeric material having a plurality of overlapping openings, and (ii) a second layer attached to the first layer, with the nascent web being deposited onto a surface of the first layer. The absorbent sheet includes a plurality of hollow domed regions projecting from a side of the absorbent sheet.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 27, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 24, 2023
    Assignee: GPCP IP Holdings LLC
    Inventors: Vipul Kumar, Tianyan Hartlep, Farminder Anand, Xiaolin Fan, Daniel Hue Ming Sze, Taiye Philips Oriaran, Brian J. Schuh, Dean J. Baumgartner
  • Device for deacidifying, reinforcing and strengthening ancient books
    Patent number: 11549218
    Abstract: A novel device for deacidifying, reinforcing and strengthening ancient books is provided. The device includes a double-open front door, a fan set, a dehumidifier, a vacuum pump, a light, a middle partition, a gas pipe hole, a rear panel, an ultrasonic atomizer, a gas pipe and a pulley track. The double-open front door is provided on one side face of the device. The middle partition divides the device into an upper part and a lower part, bottom faces of the upper part and the lower part are each provided with the fan set. The dehumidifier, the vacuum pump and the ultrasonic atomizer are arranged at an external surface of the rear panel opposite the double-open front door. The gas pipe locates at and runs through an upper part of the middle partition, and that section of the gas pipe is provided with the gas pipe hole The gas pipe is connected with the ultrasonic atomizer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 31, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Assignee: SOUTH CHINA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY
    Inventors: Huiming Fan, Jianhua Chen, Haibin Wang, Qian Gan, Jiahe Li, Da Gao, Mingfeng Guo
  • Method for producing sheet containing fine fibers
    Patent number: 11542659
    Abstract: The present invention was accomplished in order to provide a method for producing a sheet containing fine fibers, which enables production of a sheet containing fine fibers without producing wrinkles. The present invention provides a method for producing a sheet containing fine fibers comprising a coating step of coating a dispersion containing fine fibers having a fiber diameter of 1000 nm or smaller on a base material, and a drying step of drying the dispersion containing fine fibers coated on the base material to form a sheet containing fine fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 3, 2023
    Assignee: OJI HOLDINGS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eiichi Mikami, Mitsuru Tsunoda, Hayato Fushimi
  • Composition of matter in a pre-refiner blend zone
    Patent number: 11530516
    Abstract: A composition is contained a blend zone prior to refining containing non-fibrillated virgin cellulose fibers, waste/recycle cellulose fibers or both; cellulose ester fibers, water, and one or more additives comprising fillers, internal sizing agents, biocides, process anti-foaming agents, colorants, optical modifiers, or a combination thereof. An in-line mixer can be used for adding the additives, and the consistency of the composition is lowered relative to a feed of material from a hydropulper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 20, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • Cellulose and cellulose ester film
    Patent number: 11525215
    Abstract: A film is made from a wet laid product containing cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers and a plasticizer. The film can be made by heat pressing the wet laid sheet to form a film having a continuous phase of cellulose ester resin and a discontinuous phase of cellulose fibers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 13, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker
  • Composition of matter in stock preparation zone of wet laid process
    Patent number: 11519132
    Abstract: A composition obtained by combining virgin cellulose fibers, cellulose ester (CE) staple fibers having a denier per filament (DPF) of less than 3, and water, and water. The CE staple fibers can also have a short cut length of less than 6 mm and can be crimped. The compositions, when co-refined, are useful to make wet laid products such as paper, cardboard, and filters that have improved water drainage, air permeability, tensile strength, bulk, burst strength, or stiffness, or a combination of these properties.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: December 6, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Mounir Izallalen, Koushik Ghosh
  • Composition of matter feed to a head box
    Patent number: 11512433
    Abstract: A wet laid process includes a method for making paper in which a composition containing co-refined cellulose fibers and cellulose ester fibers made into a thick stock composition in a machine chest, the thick stock is fed to a cleaning/screening zone through a device that regulates the flow rate of thick stock, the consistency of the thick stock fed to the screening/cleaning zone is reduced to form a thin stock composition; the thin stock composition is subjected to a process for cleaning the thin stock and feeding the cleaned thin stock through screens to form a cleaned and screened thin stock composition, and the cleaned and screened thin stock composition is fed to a headbox.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2019
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: Eastman Chemical Company
    Inventors: Charles Stuart Everett, Melvin Glenn Mitchell, Kenny Randolph Parker, Koushik Ghosh, Mounir Izallalen
  • Compositions and methods for providing increased strength in ceiling, flooring, and building products
    Patent number: 11512020
    Abstract: A composition for addition to a ceiling tile, flooring product, or other construction product may include microfibrillated cellulose and optionally an inorganic particulate material. The ceiling tile, flooring product, or other construction product may further include perlite, mineral wool, wood pulp, starch and other additives, where the wood pulp and other inorganic particulate materials are bonded to the microfibrillated cellulose. Methods of manufacturing the compound are also disclosed.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 22, 2020
    Date of Patent: November 29, 2022
    Assignee: FiberLean Technologies Limited
    Inventors: David Skuse, Jonathan Stuart Phipps, Sean Ireland, Yun Jin