IP Library Granted Patent US 10,954,636
Granted Patent B2
US 10,954,636 · App. 16/716,962 · Granted Mar 23, 2021

Disposable towel produced with large volume surface depressions

Inventors: James E. Sealey, II (Belton, SC); Byrd Tyler Miller, IV (Easley, SC); Jeffrey Grunwald (Port Matilda, PA); Ashley Harris (Inman, SC); Justin S. Pence (Anderson, SC)
Assignee: First Quality Tissue, LLC
D21H27/40B32B7/12B32B29/005D21H27/002D21H27/32
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Patent No.
US 10,954,636
App. No.
16/716,962
Granted
Mar 23, 2021
Kind
B2
Abstract

A disposable tissue or paper towel product including at least two plies, an exposed outer surface of at least one of the two plies comprising a plurality of pockets, the plurality of pockets having an average volume greater than 0.4 mm 3 and an average surface area of 2.5 mm 2 .

Claims (24)

1. A disposable tissue or paper towel product comprising:

at least two plies, an exposed outer surface of at least one of the two plies having a surface area comprising a plurality of pockets, the plurality of pockets having an average volume greater than 0.4 mm 3 , the disposable tissue or paper towel product having a wet scrub resistance of 130 revolutions or greater, wherein at least one of the two plies comprises embossments and the embossments provide an embossed area covering between 5 to 15 percent of the surface area, and wherein the disposable tissue or paper towel product is a structured towel roll.

2. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is formed using a structured fabric of a through air drying process.

3. The product of claim 1 , wherein the product is formed using one of the following types of wet-laid forming processes: Through Air Drying (TAD), Uncreped Through Air Drying (UCTAD), Advanced Tissue Molding System (ATMOS), NTT, and ETAD.

4. The product of claim 1 , wherein the at least two plies are laminated together.

5. The product of claim 4 , wherein the at least two plies are laminated together with heated adhesive.

6. The product of claim 2 , wherein the structured fabric is made of warp and weft monofilament yarns.

7. The product of claim 6 , wherein the diameter of the warp monofilament yarn is 0.40 mm.

8. The product of claim 6 , wherein the diameter of the weft monofilament yarn is 0.550 mm.

9. The product of claim 6 , wherein the diameter of the warp monofilament yarn is 0.30 mm to 0.55 mm.

10. The product of claim 6 , wherein the diameter of the weft monofilament yarn is 0.30 to 0.55 mm.

11. The product of claim 2 , wherein the through air drying process comprises transferring a web that forms the at least one of the two plies from a forming wire to the structured fabric at a 5% speed differential or more.

12. A disposable tissue or paper towel product comprising:

at least two plies, an exposed outer surface of at least one of the two plies having a surface area comprising a plurality of pockets, the plurality of pockets having an average volume greater than 0.4 mm 3 , the disposable tissue or paper towel product having a basis weight less than 45 gsm, the disposable tissue or paper towel product having a wet scrub resistance of 130 revolutions or greater, wherein at least one of the two plies comprises embossments and the embossments provide an embossed area covering between 5 to 15 percent of the surface area, and wherein the disposable tissue or paper towel product is a structured towel roll.

13. The product of claim 12 , wherein the product is formed using a structured fabric of a through air dying process.

14. The product of claim 12 , wherein the product is formed using one of the following types of wet-laid forming processes: Through Air Drying (TAD), Uncreped Through Air Drying (UCTAD), Advanced Tissue Molding System (ATMOS), NTT, and ETAD.

15. The product of claim 12 , wherein the at least two plies are laminated together.

16. The product of claim 15 , wherein the at least two plies are laminated together with heated adhesive.

17. The product of claim 13 , wherein the structured fabric is made of warp and weft monofilament yarns.

18. The product of claim 17 , wherein the diameter of the warp monofilament yarn is 0.40 mm.

19. The product of claim 17 , wherein the diameter of the weft monofilament yarn is 0.550 mm.

20. The product of claim 17 , wherein the diameter of the warp monofilament yarn is 0.30 mm to 0.55 mm.

21. The product of claim 17 , wherein the diameter of the weft monofilament yarn is 0.30 to 0.55 mm.

22. The product of claim 13 , wherein the through air drying process comprises transferring a web that forms the at least one of the two plies from a forming wire to the structured fabric at a 5% speed differential or more.

Assignments (1)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
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Continuity (3)
Continuation 15292991 · Oct 13, 2016
Provisional Application 62240880 · Oct 13, 2015
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