Paper making and fiber liberation – Processes and products – Non-fiber additive
Reexamination Certificate
2001-05-17
2004-03-30
Chin, Peter (Department: 1731)
Paper making and fiber liberation
Processes and products
Non-fiber additive
C162S164100, C162S168300, C162S181400, C162S181500, C162S183000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06712933
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to papermaking pulps, papermaking processes employing the pulps, and paper and paperboard products made from the pulps. More particularly, the present invention relates to treating papermaking pulp with at least one microparticle-containing retention aid system.
Microparticles and other particulate materials have been added to papermaking pulps as retention aids. For example, U.S. Pat. No. 4,798,653 to Rushmere, which is incorporated herein in its entirety by reference, describes a papermaking stock including cellulose fibers and a two-component combination of an anionic polyacrylamide and a cationic colloidal silica sol.
One problem with microparticle sols that have been employed in papermaking pulps has been with instability. Because of the instability of sols used in connection with papermaking pulps, the sols are often made on-site for immediate delivery to a papermaking process. A need exists for a stable microparticle sol retention aid for use in papermaking processes which can be formed off-site, exhibits a long shelf life, and can be shipped to a papermaking plant for immediate or future use in a papermaking process.
A need also exists for a papermaking pulp that exhibits even better retention of fines and even better resistance to shear forces during a papermaking process. A need also exists for a papermaking pulp that produces a paper or paperboard product with improved strength characteristics.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention relates to the use of an acidic aqueous alumina sol as a retention aid for a papermaking pulp or stock. The acidic aqueous alumina sol preferably has a pH of from about 3 to about 6. The sol preferably contains elongate secondary particles which are elongated from about 50 nm to about 300 nm in only one plane and formed by edge-to-edge coagulation of rectangular plate-like primary particles having a length on one side of from about 10 nm to about 30 nm when observed through an electron microscope. The acidic aqueous alumina sol is preferably very stable, preferably has a long shelf life, and/or can preferably be made off-site then shipped to a papermaking mill for future use. The pulp or stock may also contain or be treated with at least one coagulant, at least one flocculant, at least one filler, at least one polyacrylamide, at least one cationic starch, and/or other conventional pulp additives. The resulting pulp or stock is then formed into a wet sheet of pulp or stock, having improved retention properties compared to a wet sheet made of conventionally treated pulp. After drainage and drying, the resulting paper or paperboard preferably exhibits excellent opaqueness and/or other desirable physical properties.
The acidic aqueous alumina sol used in the papermaking pulps of the present invention can also be used, according to embodiments of the present invention, for the treatment of waste water streams and textile dye streams.
It is to be understood that both the foregoing general description and the following detailed description are exemplary and explanatory only and are only intended to provide a further explanation of the present invention, as claimed. The accompanying drawings, which are incorporated in and constitute a part of this application, illustrate several exemplary embodiments of the present invention and together with description, serve to explain the principles of the present invention.
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Covarrubias Rosa M.
Dykstra Gerald M.
Karve Mohan D.
Mirza Saleem
Buckman Laboratories International Inc.
Chin Peter
Kilyk & Bowersoc, P.L.L.C.
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