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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 27, 2013
Filed:
Jul. 18, 2011
Gary S. Furman, Jr., Saint Charles, IL (US);
Gillian Frette, Voorburg, NL;
Frank Koenig, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Tobias Maurer, Velbert, DE;
Gary S. Furman, Jr., Saint Charles, IL (US);
Gillian Frette, Voorburg, NL;
Frank Koenig, Gelsenkirchen, DE;
Tobias Maurer, Velbert, DE;
Nalco Company, Naperville, IL (US);
Abstract
Methods and compositions for softening paper. An inventive composition and method of its use softens paper products (like tissue paper) by de-bonding its cellulose fibers and by improving the smoothness of the resulting paper. The invention forms a surfactant-polymer complex that attaches de-bonding non-ionic surfactants to cellulose fibers that would otherwise not be retained by the cellulose fibers. This complex prevents the fibers from bonding with each other and makes the paper product smoother. Best of all, the composition is environmentally superior and is a non-toxic.