Method of making paper product with glass and other special fibers

Claim 1

THE METHOD OF MAKING A PAPER PRODUCT IN A PAPER MAKING SYSTEM COMPRISED OF A PAPER MAKING MACHINE, A CIRCULATING WHITE WATER SYSTEM, AND A PUMP FOR CONVEYING WHITE WATER THROUGH THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES PREPARING A SLURRY OF PROCESSED PAPER MAKING FIBERS, INTRODUCING THE SLURRY OF PROCESS PAPER WHITE WATER SYSTEM TO EFFECT A SUBSTANTIAL DILUTION OF THE SLURRY, THEREAFTER INTRODUCING DIRECTLY INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY, RELATIVE TO THE PAPER MAKING FIBERS, OF MULTI-FILAMENT SYNTHETIC FIBERS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN ABOUT 1/4 INCH IN LENGTH AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY DRY FORM, SAID SYNTHETIC FIBERS BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITE WATER PUMP AND NOT SUBSTANTIALLY FURTHER UPSTREAM OF THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE THAN IS NECESSARY TO EFFECT DISPERSAL OF THE SYNTHETIC FIBERS, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPERSAL OF SAID SYNTHETIC FIBERS IN THE RELATIVELY LARGE QUANTITIES OF WHITE WATER BETWEEN THE POINT OF INTRODUCTION THEREOF INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM AND THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE, AND FLOWING THE DISPERSED SYNTHETIC FIBERS TOGETHER WITH THE MIXED SLURRY AND WHITE WATER ONTO THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE.

Claim 2

THE METHOD OF MAKING A PAPER PRODUCT IN A PAPER MAKING SYSTEM COMPRISED OF A PAPER MAKING MACHINE, A CIRCULATING WHITE WATER SYSTEM, AND A PUMP FOR CONVEYING WHITE WATER THROUGH THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM, WHICH METHOD COMPRISES PREPARING A SLURRY OF PROCESSED PAPER MAKING FIBERS, INTRODUCING THE SLURRY OF PROCESS PAPER WHITE WATER SYSTEM TO EFFECT A SUBSTANTIAL DILUTION OF THE SLURRY, THEREAFTER INTRODUCING DIRECTLY INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM A SUBSTANTIAL QUANTITY, RELATIVE TO THE PAPER MAKING FIBERS, OF MULTI-FILAMENT SYNTHETIC FIBERS NOT SUBSTANTIALLY LESS THAN ABOUT 1/4 INCH IN LENGTH AND IN SUBSTANTIALLY DRY FORM, SAID SYNTHETIC FIBERS BEING INTRODUCED INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM DOWNSTREAM OF THE WHITE WATER PUMP AND NOT SUBSTANTIALLY FURTHER UPSTREAM OF THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE THAN IS NECESSARY TO EFFECT DISPERSAL OF THE SYNTHETIC FIBERS, PROVIDING FOR THE DISPERSAL OF SAID SYNTHETIC FIBERS IN THE RELATIVELY LARGE QUANTITIES OF WHITE WATER BETWEEN THE POINT OF INTRODUCTION THEREOF INTO THE WHITE WATER SYSTEM AND THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE, AND FLOWING THE DISPERSED SYNTHETIC FIBERS TOGETHER WITH THE MIXED SLURRY AND WHITE WATER ONTO THE WEB-FORMING PORTION OF THE PAPER MACHINE.