IP Library Granted Patent US 11,674,266
Granted Patent B2
US 11,674,266 · App. 17/163,922 · Granted Jun 13, 2023

Soft, low lint, through air dried tissue and method of forming the same

Inventors: James E. Sealey, II (Belton, SC); Byrd Tyler Miller, IV (Easley, SC)
Assignee: First Quality Tissue, LLC
D21H27/005B32B7/12B32B29/002D21F5/181D21F11/145D21F13/00D21H11/04D21H17/02D21H17/28D21H17/37D21H17/375D21H21/14D21H21/18D21H21/20D21H21/24D21H27/002D21H27/30D21H27/32D21H27/38D21H27/40B32B2250/03B32B2250/26B32B2262/02B32B2262/062B32B2262/067B32B2307/54B32B2307/546B32B2307/718B32B2309/105B32B2555/02
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Patent No.
US 11,674,266
App. No.
17/163,922
Granted
Jun 13, 2023
Kind
B2
Abstract

A multi-ply through air dried structured tissue having a bulk softness of less than 10 TS7 and a lint value of 5.0 or less. Each ply of the tissue has a first exterior layer that includes a wet end temporary wet strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton and a wet end dry strength additive in an amount of approximately 0.25 kg/ton, an interior layer that includes a first wet end additive comprising an ionic surfactant, and a second wet end additive comprising a non-ionic surfactant, and a second exterior layer.

Claims (14)

1. A method for forming structured tissue paper comprising:

forming a tissue web on a papermaking machine;

transferring the tissue web to a heated drying drum;

creping the tissue web off of the drum with a creping blade so as to form the tissue paper; and

taking the tissue paper up on a reel drum, wherein the creping blade comprises a wear resistant material and has a creping shelf of from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, the tissue has a lint value of less than 5.5 and a bulk softness TS7 of 10 or less, and the tissue paper is substantially free of any surface deposited softener agents or lotions.

2. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wear resistant material is selected from the group consisting of metal oxides, ceramic materials, silicates, carbides, borides, nitrides, and combinations thereof.

3. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wear resistant material is selected from the group consisting of alumina, chromia, zirconia, tungsten carbide, chromium carbide, zirconium carbide, tantalum carbide, titanium carbide, and combinations thereof.

4. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the creping blade has a set up angle from 10 degrees to 35 degrees.

5. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the creping blade has a blade bevel from 55 degrees to 80 degrees.

6. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the creping blade has a pocket of 90 degrees.

7. The method according to claim 1 , wherein a speed differential between the drying drum and the reel drum is 10 percent.

8. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the wear resistant material is applied to the blade by thermal spraying, physical vapor deposition, or chemical vapor deposition.

9. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the tissue paper comprises first and second exterior layers and an interior layer, and the exterior layers are substantially free of any surface deposited softener agents or lotions.

10. The method according to claim 1 , wherein the creping blade has a set up angle of from about 10 to about 35 degrees and a blade bevel of from about 55 to about 80 degrees.

Assignments (2)
SECURITY INTEREST Recorded Jan 6, 2022
From: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC
To: JPMORGAN CHASE BANK, N.A., AS COLLATERAL AGENT
Reel/Frame 058563/0800 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Feb 2, 2021
From: SEALEY, JAMES E., II; MILLER, BYRD TYLER, IV
To: FIRST QUALITY TISSUE, LLC
Reel/Frame 055107/0996 →
Continuity (5)
Continuation 16598028 · Oct 10, 2019
Continuation 16378790 · Apr 9, 2019
Continuation 15499457 · Apr 27, 2017
Provisional Application 62328350 · Apr 27, 2016
Related Publication 20210164169A1 · Jun 3, 2021
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