Patent application number | Description | Published |
20090188636 | Soft tissue paper having a polyhydroxy compound applied onto a surface thereof - A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound applied thereto by slot extrusion, said polyhydroxy compound providing said tissue paper product with a Wet Burst greater than about 90 g, a Dynamic Coefficient of Friction less than about 0.9, and a Bending Flexibility less than about 0.1 gf cm | 07-30-2009 |
20100313648 | PROCESS FOR DEMONSTRATING TISSUE PRODUCT BREAK-THROUGH - A method for demonstrating the comparative break-though strengths of at least two tissue products is disclosed. The steps include: a) providing a break-through test apparatus b) providing the tissue products; c) observing a first condition of each tissue product; d) disposing a first of the tissue products between a lower platen and an upper platen in a face-to-face-to-face relationship between coextensive apertures disposed within the lower and upper platen; e) providing a simulated mucous composition; f) directing a first portion of the simulated mucous composition toward the first tissue product; g) observing a second condition of the first tissue product; h) disposing a second tissue product between the coextensive apertures; i) directing a second portion of the simulated mucous composition toward the second tissue product; j) observing a second condition of the second tissue product; and, k) comparing the second condition of the first tissue product and the second condition of the second tissue product. | 12-16-2010 |
20100313649 | PROCESS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE PRODUCT BREAK-THROUGH - A method for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The method entails the steps of: a) observing a first condition of the tissue product; b) disposing the tissue product between a lower platen and an upper platen; c) disposing at least a portion of the tissue product within an aperture disposed within the lower platen and an aperture disposed within the upper platen; d) providing a simulated mucous composition; e) directing the simulated mucous composition toward the tissue product disposed within the aperture disposed within the lower platen and the aperture disposed within the upper platen; f) after step d), observing a second condition of the tissue product; and, g) comparing the first and the second conditions of the tissue product. | 12-16-2010 |
20100313671 | APPARATUS FOR DETERMINING TISSUE PRODUCT BREAK-THROUGH - An apparatus for testing the break-through strength of a tissue product is disclosed. The apparatus comprises a dose addition assembly having an opening and a sample holder. The sample holder comprises a lower platen and an upper platen disposed in a fact to face relationship and each having coextensive openings disposed therein. The opening of the dose addition assembly is disposed proximate to one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. A substance is disposed within the dose addition assembly and is capable of being expectorated from the opening of the dose addition assembly through one of the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens onto a tissue product disposed between the upper and lower platens and within the openings disposed within the upper and lower platens. | 12-16-2010 |
20110027596 | FIBROUS STRUCTURES - Fibrous structures that exhibit a Wet Burst of greater than 30 g as measured according to the Wet Burst Test Method and that may also exhibit a Geometric Mean (“GM”) Modulus and/or CD Modulus of less than 1320 at 15 g/cm and/or less than 875 at 15 g/cm as measured according to the Modulus Test Method are provided. | 02-03-2011 |
20110104443 | SOFT TISSUE PAPER HAVING A POLYHYDROXY COMPOUND APPLIED ONTO A SURFACE THEREOF - A tissue paper product having at least one ply, wherein only one outer surface of said tissue paper product has a polyhydroxy compound selected from the group consisting of glycerols, polyglycerols, polyethylene glycols (PEGS), polyoxyethylenes, polyoxypropylenes, and combinations thereof applied thereto by slot extrusion, said polyhydroxy compound providing said tissue paper product with a Wet Burst greater than about 90g, a Dynamic Coefficient of Friction less than about 0.9, and a Bending Flexibility less than about 0.1 gf cm | 05-05-2011 |
20110253332 | FIBROUS STRUCTURES COMPRISING A LOW SURFACE ENERGY ADDITIVE - Fibrous structures comprising an additive, more particularly finished fibrous structures comprising a low surface energy solid additive, and/or sanitary tissue products comprising such finished fibrous structures, are provided. | 10-20-2011 |
20120222568 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA HAVING A LARGE COLOR GAMUT ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A gravure printing system is disclosed. The gravure printing system is provided with a central roll having a first plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof. Each cell of the first plurality of discrete cells is capable of receiving a fluid that is a first combination of at least two primary fluids. Each of the at least two primary fluids are placed in fluid contact at a first position internal to the central roll. The first combination of at least two primary fluids is fluidically displaceable into a first cell of the first plurality of discrete cells from a second position internal to the central roll. | 09-06-2012 |
20120222569 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA HAVING A LARGE COLOR GAMUT ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A gravure printing system is disclosed. The gravure printing system has a central roll with a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof. A first of the plurality of discrete cells are capable of receiving at least one fluid and a second of the plurality of discrete cells are capable of receiving at least two fluids. Each of the fluids is fluidically displaced into the first and second cells from a position internal to the central roll. | 09-06-2012 |
20120222572 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA HAVING A LARGE COLOR GAMUT ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A contact printing system is disclosed. The contact printing system has a central roll having a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof. Adjacent cells of the plurality of discrete cells each have a fluid disposed therein from a respective location internal to the central roll. Each fluid is disposable from each of the cells to a web substrate and provides a resultant color upon the web substrate having a 2-D gamut boundary represented by a defined system of CIELab equations. | 09-06-2012 |
20120222576 | UNIQUE PROCESS FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE COLOR INDICIA UPON WEB SUBSTRATES - A process for printing a web substrate in contacting engagement with an external surface of a central roll of a contact printing system is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing the central roll with a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof; b) contactingly engaging at least two primary fluids internal to the central roll to form a first secondary fluid; c) fluidically displacing the first secondary fluid into a first portion of the plurality of discrete cells from a position internal to the central roll; and, d) displacing the first secondary fluid from each of the first portion of discrete cells onto the web substrate. | 09-06-2012 |
20120222577 | UNIQUE PROCESS FOR PRINTING MULTIPLE COLOR INDICIA UPON WEB SUBSTRATES - A process for printing a web substrate in contacting engagement with an external surface of a central roll of a contact printing system is disclosed. The process comprises the steps of: a) providing the central roll with a plurality of cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof; b) providing a first fluid satisfying a first system of equations to a first of the cells from a position internal to the central roll; c) providing a second fluid satisfying a second system of equations to a second of the cells from a position internal to the central roll; d) contactingly engaging the web substrate with the external surface of said central roll and, e) fluidically displacing the first and second fluids from the first and second cells onto the web substrate. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224193 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia comprising X colors disposed thereon is disclosed. The indicia are disposed upon the web substrate by a contact printing system adapted to print the X colors upon the web substrate utilizing X−Y printing components. X and Y are whole numbers, 01. Each of the X colors are defined by L*a*b* color values defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside the boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut. | 09-06-2012 |
20120224194 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product having at least one ply, a basis weight of greater than 18 g/m | 09-06-2012 |
20120224195 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product having at least one ply, a basis weight of greater than 18 g/m | 09-06-2012 |
20120225260 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia having a unique color gamut expressed by a difference in L*a*b* color values is disclosed. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225261 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia with L*a*b* color values disposed thereon is disclosed. The indicia disposed upon the web substrate are defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside the boundary described by the MacAdam 3-D gamut and CIELab coordinate values disposed outside the boundary described by the Kien 3-D gamut. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225262 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia having X colors disposed thereon is disclosed. The indicia are disposed upon the web substrate by a contact printing system adapted to print the X colors upon the web substrate utilizing X-Y printing components. X and Y are whole numbers, 01. Each of the X colors is defined by L*a*b* color values defined by CIELab coordinate values disposed inside the boundary described by a system of equations. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225266 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the paper product has indicia comprising at least one ink disposed thereon and substantially affixed thereto. The at least one ink has a color value defined by a 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. The 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut is at least about 190% greater than the Kien 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. | 09-06-2012 |
20120225267 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the paper product has indicia comprising at least one ink disposed thereon and substantially affixed thereto. The at least one ink has a color value defined by a 3-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. The 3-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut is at least about 681% greater than a Kien 3-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. | 09-06-2012 |
20120226249 | Disposable Absorbent Articles Having Wide Color Gamut Indicia Printed Thereon - Aspects of the present disclosure involve absorbent articles having components having printed indicia, and more particularly, web materials having indicia printed with a color palette that exceeds the prior art color palette. Such web materials can be printed during the manufacture of components of absorbent articles. As discussed herein, examples of such printed web materials can be used in the manufacture of printed diaper components, such as for example, backsheets, topsheets, landing zones, fasteners, fastening tabs, ears, absorbent cores, and acquisition layers. The apparatuses and methods discussed herein are also applicable to other types of absorbent articles, such as feminine hygiene products. | 09-06-2012 |
20140034232 | Disposable Absorbent Articles Having Wide Color Gamut Indicia Printed Thereon - Aspects of the present disclosure involve absorbent articles having components having printed indicia, and more particularly, web materials having indicia printed with a color palette that exceeds the prior art color palette. Such web materials can be printed during the manufacture of components of absorbent articles. As discussed herein, examples of such printed web materials can be used in the manufacture of printed diaper components, such as for example, backsheets, topsheets, landing zones, fasteners, fastening tabs, ears, absorbent cores, and acquisition layers. The apparatuses and methods discussed herein are also applicable to other types of absorbent articles, such as feminine hygiene products. | 02-06-2014 |
20140360392 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A contact printing system is disclosed. A gravure cylinder having a plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface thereof. A first portion of a first fluid and a second portion of a second fluid are disposed from a respective channel disposed internal to the gravure cylinder. The gravure cylinder, including the first and second at least one channels and the plurality of discrete cells, is formed so that the gravure cylinder has a unibody construction and has no moving parts interior to the gravure cylinder. | 12-11-2014 |
20140366757 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A contact printing system is disclosed. A gravure cylinder having a plurality of discrete cells having an aspect ratio of at least about 25:1 disposed upon an outer surface thereof. A first portion of a first fluid and a second portion of a second fluid are disposed from a respective channel disposed internal to the gravure cylinder. | 12-18-2014 |
20150027329 | APPARATUS FOR APPLYING INDICIA ON WEB SUBSTRATES - A gravure printing system is disclosed. A gravure cylinder having a first and a second plurality of discrete cells disposed upon an outer surface. A cell of the first plurality of discrete cells receives a first portion of a fluid from a first reservoir and a cell of the second plurality of discrete cells receives a second portion of the fluid from a second reservoir. The first and second portions of the fluid is fluidically displaceable into the respective first and second reservoirs through a discrete channel having a single entry point at a position external to the gravure cylinder, a first exit point into the first reservoir, and a second exit point into the second reservoir. The discrete channel provides fluid communication of the first and second portions of the fluid from the position external to the gravure cylinder to each of the respective first and second reservoirs. | 01-29-2015 |
20150079364 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A web substrate having indicia having a unique color gamut expressed by a difference in L*a*b* color values is disclosed. | 03-19-2015 |
20150079365 | WEB SUBSTRATES HAVING WIDE COLOR GAMUT INDICIA PRINTED THEREON - A paper product of the present disclosure having at least one ply is disclosed. At least one outer surface of the paper product has indicia comprising at least one ink disposed thereon and substantially affixed thereto. The at least one ink has a color value defined by a 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. The 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut is at least about 190% greater than the Kien 2-D CIELab (L*a*b*) color gamut. | 03-19-2015 |