American Cyanamid Company

Cytec Technology Corporation

Bayer Corporation

Other

Kemira Oyj

Lanxess Corporation

Kemira Chemicals, Inc.

Bayer Chemicals Corporation

The Procter Gamble Company

David L Dauplaise

Robert J Proverb

Joseph J Kozakiewicz

Gerald J Guerro

Joseph M Schmitt

Rajiv Bazaj

Michael Stephen Ryan

Otto S dePierne

Kimberly C Dilts

William Brevard

Michael Ralph Lostocco

D R Nagaraj

Sun-Yi Huang

Lucyna M Pawlowska

David W Lipp

Charles Hunter

Wei S Yen

Michael P O'Toole

William J Trzaskos

Katarzyna Komarowska

Glenn E Baikow

Michael J Scanlon

Harold A Goldsberry, Iii

David Wesley Lipp

Sr William Brevard

The invention relates to a composition comprising a (a) a temporary wet strength agent component capable of forming hemi-acetal bonds with the fibers of a tissue web to provide initial wet strength, subsequent rapid degradation of the initial wet strength when the tissue web contacts water; and (b) a sizing agent component capable of imparting water-repelling properties to the tissue web; such that the strength agent component and the sizing agent component are present in sufficient amounts so that when the composition is added to a tissue pulp slurry during a tissue-making process, tissue made from the tissue-making process exhibits a combination of (i) improved initial wet tensile, (ii) improved decay, and (iii) absorbency.

Temporary wet strength system for tissue paper

The invention relates to an aqueous sizing composition comprising (a) an emulsion comprising an alkenylsuccinic anhydride component containing alkenylsuccinic anhydride particles suspended in a first starch component containing emulsifying starch selected from the group consisting of non-ionic starches, ionic starches, and mixtures thereof, and (b) a second starch component selected from the group consisting of non-ionic starches, ionic starches and mixtures thereof, such that the alkenylsuccinic anhydride and the starch in the emulsion and the second starch component are present at a starch: alkenylsuccinic anhydride weight ratio that is sufficiently high to enable the sizing composition to impart useful sizing properties to a fibrous substrate when the sizing composition contacts the fibrous substrate. The invention also relates to fibrous substrates treated with the sizing composition, processes for making the composition and processes for using such a composition, and other compositions. In one embodiment, alkylene ketene dimer is used instead of alkenylsuccinic anhydride.

Alkenylsuccinic anhydride composition and method of using the same

The invention relates to a flushable paper product comprising a fibrous substrate having (i) at least one strength region comprising a reacted cationic or a reacted nonionic strength agent and (ii) at least one dispersibility region, wherein the paper product has (a) a dispersibility of at least one tenth of a second, (b) a dry strength, and (c) a wet strength of at least about five percent of the dry strength.

Strong and dispersible paper products

The invention relates to a functional promoter comprising a water-soluble anionic polymer having a molecular weight of at least about 50,000 daltons and a molecular weight charge index value of at least about 10,000, and a cationic strength component. The invention also relates to a paper product made with such a system, and method for imparting wet strength to a paper product with the functional promoter.

Anionic functional promoter and charge control agent

This invention relates to paper sizing compositions comprised of at least one sizing agent selected from ASA, AKD and rosin where the at least one sizing agent is emulsified in water, at least one emulsion stabilizer, and from about 0.01% to about 15% by weight of at least one hydrophobic substance, based on the total weight of sizing agent present, provided that the hydrophobic substance is not highly alkoxylated. The sizing promotion efficiency of the paper sizing compositions, as determined by at least one method selected from the Cytec size testing method, the Hercules size testing method, and the Cobb size testing method, is greater than or equal to about 4. Exemplary hydrophobic substances include fatty acid esters, triglycerides, hydrocarbons, esters and/or amides derived from ASA, silicone oils, alcohols, and stearic anhydride. The invention also relates to methods for sizing paper products with these paper sizing compositions and paper or paperboard treated with these sizing compositions.

Paper sizing compositions and methods

A paper or board is coated with a composition comprising from 30-95 parts by weight of a synthetic, carboxylated surface size containing at least about 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups and at least about 25 mole percent of carboxylated groups such as styrene/acrylic acid copolymer, and from 5-70 parts by weight of a substantially hydrophilic polyacrylamide such as a cationic or anionic polyacrylamide.

Paper or board with surface of carboxylated surface size and polyacrylamide

A composition useful in paper and board making comprises a carboxylated surface size containing at least 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups and at least about 25 mole percent of carboxylated groups such as styrene-(meth)acrylic aicd copolymers or styrene-maleic acid (anhydride or salt) copolymers, a hydrophilic polyacrylamide and a crosslinking agent such as glyoxylated vinylamide polymers, formaldehyde, melamine-formaldehyde condensates and glyoxyl-extended materials.

Paper or board treating composition of carboxylated surface size, polyacrylamide and crosslinker

The present invention is directed to paper sizing emulsions, a method of making sizing emulsions, a method of sizing paper products, such as paper and board, and paper or board made using the method and the sizing emulsions of the invention. The paper sizing emulsions of the invention contains at least one sizing agent and a cationic liquid hydroxyalkylated starch that is pumpable and at least partially degraded. Typically, before dilution for mixing with the sizing material, the starch exists as a liquid in water and contains solids in an amount up to about 30 percent by weight, and has a viscosity of up to about 30,000 cps. The starch is diluted with water, before emulsifying the sizing agent to reduce the solids to an amount suitable for emulsification, and used to emulsify the sizing agent. The resulting emulsion can then be used to size paper and board.

Use of hydroxyalkylated starches for improved emulsification of sizing agents

A composition used in paper and board making comprises a carboxylated surface size containing at least 40 mole percent of hydrophobic groups such as styrene/(meth)acrylic acid copolymers or styrene/maleic acid (anhydride or salt) copolymers, and a hydophilic polyacrylamide.

Paper or board treating composition of carboxylated surface size and

Compositions containing hydrophilic polyacrylamide and hydrophobic surface size agents and the methods for using such compositions in paper and board to improve printability, sizing and strength are provided in the instant invention.

Methods and agents for improving paper printability and strength

Compositions comprising a blend of (1) an ionic, water-soluble, vinylamide polymer containing sufficient vinylamide and --CHOHCHO substituents to be thermosetting and a ratio of glyoxal substituents to glyoxal-reactive substituents in excess of about 0.02:1.0 and (2) a glyoxalated, cationic, water-soluble vinylamide polymer having a molecular weight of about 500 to about 6000, sufficient glyoxal-reactive and glyoxal substituents to be thermosetting and a ratio of glyoxal substituents to vinylamide substituents being in an excess of about 0.1:1.0, are disclosed.

Temporary wet strength resins

Quatemary dialkylaminomethyl polymers derived from (alk)acrylamide and about 1 to about 15 mole percent ethylenically unsaturated anionic comonomer wherein the resulting ampholytic polymer has a standard viscosity of at least about 2.1 cps am disclosed. Processes for the preparation of these polymers and their use in flocculating suspended material in a variety of aqueous dispersions are also disclosed.

Ampholytic polymers and polymeric microemulsions

A novel method for preparing anionic, cationic or non-ionic polymeric microemulsions comprising a multi-step process to achieve high solids and low emulsifier and oil content. The polymeric microemulsions are useful in papermaking as retention aids, in solid-liquid separation as flocculants and in enhanced oil recovery as a drive fluid.

Preparation of high solids polymeric microemulsions

Quaternary dialkylaminomethyl polymers derived from (alk)acrylamide and about 1 to about 15 mole percent ethylenically unsaturated anionic comonomer wherein the resulting ampholytic polymer has a standard viscosity of at least about 2.1 cps are disclosed. Processes for the preparation of these polymers and their use in flocculating suspended material in paper deinking sludges and deinking process waters are also disclosed.

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David L Dauplaise