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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 14, 2002
Filed:
Sep. 30, 1998
Applicant:
Inventors:
Jay Chiehlung Hsu, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Nauman Noorali Lakhani, Roswell, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D21B 1/12 ; D21H 1/114 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
D21B 1/12 ; D21H 1/114 ;
Abstract
A method of making sanitary paper products from coarse fibers. The method includes the steps of: (a) pulping coarse fibers in water with agitation to produce a pulp slurry, the pulp from the coarse fibers having an average fines content of greater than about 40%; (b) using an effective amount of pulp washing to reduce the fines content and increase the Canadian Standard Freeness; (c) introducing the pulp at a papermaking consistency into the headbox of a paper making machine; and (d) utilizing the pulp in a paper making process to produce sanitary paper products.