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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 06, 1993
Filed:
Feb. 26, 1992
Applicant:
Inventor:
John K Borchardt, Houston, TX (US);
Assignee:
Shell Oil Company, Houston, TX (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
162-5 ; 162-6 ; 162-7 ;
Abstract
The invention relates to a process for the deinking of wastepaper stocks comprising converting the wastepaper to a pulp and contacting said pulp with an aqueous medium having a pH of about 7 or less containing a surface active deinking agent, and thereafter subjecting the resulting pulp-containing medium to one or more wash and/or flotation steps which is carried out at a pH of about 7 or less to remove suspended ink therefrom and to condition said pulp-containing medium for subsequent addition to a paper machine.