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Soft tissue paper
Assignee: Procter and Gamble Co
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Filing: 1990-02-21
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Granted: 1991-10-22
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Expires: 2010-02-21
Abstract
Abstract Tissue paper having a soft, silky, flannel-like tactile feel through incorporation of an effective amount of a chemical additive such as, for example, a polysiloxane. Preferably, less than about 2% of such a chemical additive on a dry fiber weight basis, is incorporated in the tissue paper: more preferably, only about 0.3% or less is so retained. Tissue paper embodiments of the present invention may further comprise a quantity of surfactant material to enhance softness and/or surface smoothness and/or wettability control; and/or a quantity of a binder material such as starch for linting control. For example, embodiments which would otherwise manifest a significant reduction in wettability due to incorporated chemical additives may further comprise sufficient surfactant to at least partially offset the reduction of wettability induced by the chemical additive: e.g., for tiolet tissue embodiments to be sufficiently wettable to be handled in contemporary sewage handling and disposal systems. Additionally, for example, embodiments which would otherwise manifest a significant exacerbation of linting due to such incorporation of chemical additives alone or in combination with surfactant materials, may further comprise an effective amount of a binder such as starch to at least partially offset the linting exacerbation effects of the chemical additive and, if present, surfactant materials.
Inventors
- 👤 Robert S. Ampulski
- 👤 Wolfgang U. Spendel
Bibliographic Details
Application Number
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Jurisdiction
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Last Synchronized
2026-11-03 23:06
CPC Classifications
D; D21; D21H; D21H23/00; D21H23/02; D21H23/22; D21H23/50; D21H17/00; D21H17/20; D21H17/33; D21H17/46; D21H17/59; Y; Y10; Y10T; Y10T428/00; Y10T428/24; Y10T428/24355; Y10T428/24446; Y10T428/24455
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 20
Claim 1
Independent Claim
109 words
Tissue paper having a basis weight of from about 10 to about 65 grams per square meter, and density of about 0.6 grams or less per cubic centimeter, said tissue paper comprising cellulosic fibers and an effective amount of a polysiloxane material, said polysiloxane being uniformly disposed on the outwardly facing surfaces of the tissue paper, said effective amount of polysiloxane being from about 0.004% to about 2% polysiloxane based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper, said polysiloxane having a viscosity of about 25 centistokes or more, said tissue paper after aging two weeks after its manufacture has a wetting time of 2 minutes or less.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
109 words
Tissue paper having a basis weight of from about 10 to about 65 grams per square meter, and density of about 0.6 grams or less per cubic centimeter, said tissue paper comprising cellulosic fibers and an effective amount of a polysiloxane material, said polysiloxane being uniformly disposed on the outwardly facing surfaces of the tissue paper, said effective amount of polysiloxane being from about 0.004% to about 2% polysiloxane based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper, said polysiloxane having a viscosity of about 25 centistokes or more, said tissue paper after aging two weeks after its manufacture has a wetting time of 2 minutes or less.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tissue paper of claim 1 wherein said effective amount of polysiloxane is from about 0.004% to about 0.3% polysiloxane based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
53 words
The tissue paper of claim 1 wherein said polysiloxane is polydimethylpolysiloxane having a hydrogen bonding functional group selected from the groups consisting of amino, carboxyl, hydroxyl, ether, polyether, aldehyde, ketone, amide, ester, and thiol groups, said hydrogen bonding functional group being present in a molar percentage of substitution of about 20% or less.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tissue paper of claim 3, wherein said polysiloxane has a molar percentage of substitution of about 10% or less, and a viscosity of from about 25 centistokes to about 20,000,000 centistokes.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
34 words
The tissue paper of claim 3 wherein said polysiloxane has a molar percentage of substitution of from about 1.0 to about 5%, and a viscosity of from about 25 centistokes to about 20,000,000 centistokes.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
22 words
The tissue paper of claim 3 wherein said molar percentage of substitution is about 2%, and said viscosity is about 125 centistokes.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
38 words
The tissue paper of claim 1 further comprising a sufficient quantity of a surfactant material to ensure that said tissue paper, after aging two weeks after its manufacture, has a wetting time of about 30 seconds or less.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
31 words
The tissue paper of claim 7 wherein said quantity of said surfactant is sufficient to ensure that two-week-aged said tissue paper has a wetting time of about 10 seconds or less.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tissue paper of claim 1 further comprising a quantity of surfactant material, said quantity being between about 0.01% and about 2% based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
29 words
The tissue paper of claim 9 wherein said quantity of said surfactant is from about 0.05% to about 0.5% based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
14 words
The tissue paper of claim 7 or 10 wherein said surfactant material is noncationic.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
21 words
The tissue paper of claim 9 or 11 wherein said surfactant has a melting point of at least about 50° C.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
44 words
The tissue paper of claim 1 further comprising an effective measure of a binder material to at least partially offset any reduction of tensile strength or increase in linting propensity of said tissue paper which would otherwise result from he incorporation of said polysiloxane.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
12 words
The tissue paper of claim 13 wherein said binder material is starch.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tissue paper of claim 14 wherein said effective measure of said starch is between about 0.01% and about 2% based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
32 words
The tissue paper of claim 2 further comprising a quantity of a surfactant, said quantity being between about 0.01% and about 0.5% based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
47 words
The tissue paper of claim 16 further comprising an effective measure of a binder material to at least partially offset any reduction of tensile strength or increase in linting propensity of said tissue paper which would otherwise result from the incorporation of said polysiloxane and said surfactant.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
12 words
The tissue paper of claim 17 wherein said binder material is starch.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
30 words
The tissue paper of claim 8 wherein said effective measure of said starch is between about 0.01% and about 2% based on the dry fiber weight of said tissue paper.
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