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Low Basis Weight Inkjet Printable Substrates with Lower Showthrough and Improved Waterfastness and Print Density
25 Mar 20
A method for preparing a printable substrate having a showthrough value of about 0.14 or less, and an opacity value of at least about 88% which includes a paper substrate with a first and second surfaces formed of paper fibers having a basis weight of from about 12 to about 32 lbs/1300 ft2, and a substrate filler in an amount in the range of from 0 to about 30% by weight of the paper substrate; and a surface size layer on at least one of the first and second surfaces, the surface size layer having about 50 lbs or less per ton of the paper substrate of a starch surface sizing agent and a multivalent metal salt drying agent in an amount sufficient to impart to the at least one of the first and second surfaces a black print density value of at least about 0.8 when inkjet printed with pigmented inks and a waterfastness value of at least about 85% when inkjet printed with dye-based inks, the printable substrate having a MD tensile strength of at least about 12 lbs/in. and a CD tensile strength of at least about 6 lbs/in.
KAPIL M. SINGH
Filed: 26 Nov 19
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Chemiluminescent Wetness Indicator for Absorbent Products
18 Mar 20
Disclosed herein are materials and structural elements for absorbent articles that incorporate at least one component of a chemiluminescent system configured to produce light upon contact with an aqueous system.
Johnway Gao, Brent A. Petersen, Denise Martin, Gary Nicklett
Filed: 27 Jun 19
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Grafted Crosslinked Cellulose
18 Mar 20
Grafted, crosslinked cellulosic materials include cellulose fibers and polymer chains composed of at least one monoethylenically unsaturated acid group-containing monomer (such as acrylic acid) grafted thereto, in which one or more of said cellulose fibers and said polymer chains are crosslinked (such as by intra-fiber chain-to-chain crosslinks).
Karen Brogan, Charles E. Miller, Angel Stoyanov, Torsten Lindner, Maike Siemons
Filed: 22 Aug 19
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Wraparound display with overlapping sections
9 Mar 20
A shipping container convertible to a display case and formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material.
Ignacio Padilla Hermosillo
Filed: 10 Jul 18
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Leak resistant tray
2 Mar 20
A leak resistant tray and a method of forming the tray from a blank.
Alex Dean Bevier
Filed: 7 Feb 18
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Composite Polymer
12 Feb 20
A composition comprising 10 to 50 wt % wood pulp fiber and 45 to 85 wt % thermoplastic polymer wherein the dilution level for detection in a bag at 40° C. is equal to or less than 450 as determined by ASTM E679.
Robert T. Hamilton, Harshadkumar M. Shah, Jeffrey J. Cernohous, Neil R. Granlund, David E. Fish
Filed: 17 Apr 19
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Releasable Paperboard Chock Assembly
12 Feb 20
A releasable paperboard chock assembly is provided comprising first and second paperboard chocks, each comprising a base, a back wall, and first and second side walls adjacent to the base.
Alex D. Bevier
Filed: 15 Oct 19
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Composite Polymer
12 Feb 20
A composition comprising 10 to 50 weight % wood pulp fiber and 45 to 85 wt % thermoplastic polymer wherein the composition has a brightness of at least 20 as measured by the Brightness Test.
Robert T. Hamilton, Harshadkumar M. Shah, Jeffrey J. Cernohous, Neil R. Granlund, David E. Fish
Filed: 17 Apr 19
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Hidden display case with offset center seam glue joint
10 Feb 20
A folded blank for forming a display case and a display case formed from the folded blank.
Matthew Wayne Kistner
Filed: 19 Dec 18
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Pallet stabilizer
10 Feb 20
A pallet stabilizer formed from a paperboard blank.
Julio Cesar Mendoza Castro
Filed: 11 Apr 19
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Crosslinked Pulps, Cellulose Ether Products Made Therefrom; and Related Methods of Making Pulps and Cellulose Ether Products
5 Feb 20
Pulps, cellulose ether products, and methods of making pulps are described.
Mengkui Luo, Michael Rea, Angela Dodd, Andrew Dodd, Amy Anderson-Gaber, Kris Lindenauer, Hugh West, Charles Miller
Filed: 15 Aug 18
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Shipping Insert and Blank for Forming Same
22 Jan 20
An insert formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material.
Kent Owen Nelson
Filed: 16 Jul 18
Utility
Wraparound Display with Overlapping Sections
15 Jan 20
A shipping container convertible to a display case and formed from a one-piece blank of sheet material.
Ignacio Padilla Hermosillo
Filed: 10 Jul 18
Utility
Method and system associated with a sensing roll and a mating roll for collecting data including first and second sensor arrays
13 Jan 20
Collecting roll data associated with a sensing roll and a mating roll forming a nip includes generating sensor signals from a first sensor array on the sensing roll and a second sensor array on the mating roll during rotations of the mating rolls and sensing rolls.
Kerry D. Figiel
Filed: 23 Oct 17
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Synthesis of Coelenterazine
1 Jan 20
Disclosed herein are synthesis methods for coelenterazine.
Rajagopala Reddy Duvvuru, Rama Bhatt, Anil Kumar
Filed: 27 Jun 19
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Crosslinked Cellulose As Precursor In Production of High-grade Cellulose Derivatives and Related Technology
1 Jan 20
A pulp in accordance with a particular embodiment includes crosslinked cellulose fibers.
Mengkui Luo
Filed: 12 Sep 19
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Boiler System Controlling Fuel to a Furnace Based on Temperature of a Structure In a Superheater Section
1 Jan 20
A boiler system is provided comprising: a furnace adapted to receive a fuel to be burned to generate hot working gases; a fuel supply structure associated with the furnace for supplying fuel to the furnace; a superheater section associated with the furnace and positioned to receive energy in the form of heat from the hot working gases; and a controller.
Andrew K Jones, David Fuhrmann, Tim Carlier, Mark Sargent
Filed: 11 Sep 19
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Monitoring upstream machine wires and felts
30 Dec 19
Collecting data includes generating a sensor signal from each of a plurality of sensors located on a sensing roll, wherein each signal is generated when each sensor enters a region of a nip between the sensing roll and mating roll during each rotation of the sensing roll; wherein a web of material travels through the nip and a continuous band contacts a region of the web of material upstream from or at the nip.
Kerry D. Figiel
Filed: 12 Nov 17
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Composition containing a cationic trivalent metal and debonder and methods of making and using the same to enhance fluff pulp quality
23 Dec 19
A process is provided for making a fluff pulp sheet, comprising contacting at least one cationic trivalent metal, salt thereof, or combination thereof with a composition comprising fluff pulp fibers and water at a first pH, to form a first mixture; contacting at least one debonder surfactant with the first mixture and raising the pH to a second pH, which is higher than the first pH, to form a fluff pulp mixture; forming a web from the fluff pulp mixture; and drying the web, to make the fluff pulp sheet.
James E. Sealey, Michael Hevenor
Filed: 24 Jan 16
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Odor-control Absorbent Materials and Absorbent Articles and Related Methods of Use and Methods of Making
27 Nov 19
Absorbent materials configured to sequester trimethylamine (TMA), absorbent articles made therefrom, related methods of use, methods of measuring a reduction of free TMA, and related methods of making absorbent articles are described.
Mary Virginia Schoolfield, Hugh West
Filed: 24 May 18