EP0840823B1 - Tissue products with improved softness - Google Patents

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EP0840823B1
EP0840823B1 EP96925328A EP96925328A EP0840823B1 EP 0840823 B1 EP0840823 B1 EP 0840823B1 EP 96925328 A EP96925328 A EP 96925328A EP 96925328 A EP96925328 A EP 96925328A EP 0840823 B1 EP0840823 B1 EP 0840823B1
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Duane Gerard Krzysik
Charles Wilson Colman
Mike Thomas Goulet
Peter Michael Radovanovich
Wen Zyo Schroeder
Michael John Smith
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    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/03Non-macromolecular organic compounds
    • D21H17/05Non-macromolecular organic compounds containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen only
    • D21H17/07Nitrogen-containing compounds
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H21/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties
    • D21H21/14Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its function, form or properties; Paper-impregnating or coating material, characterised by its function, form or properties characterised by function or properties in or on the paper
    • D21H21/22Agents rendering paper porous, absorbent or bulky
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/03Non-macromolecular organic compounds
    • D21H17/05Non-macromolecular organic compounds containing elements other than carbon and hydrogen only
    • D21H17/10Phosphorus-containing compounds
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/20Macromolecular organic compounds
    • D21H17/21Macromolecular organic compounds of natural origin; Derivatives thereof
    • D21H17/22Proteins
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/20Macromolecular organic compounds
    • D21H17/33Synthetic macromolecular compounds
    • D21H17/46Synthetic macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D21H17/53Polyethers; Polyesters
    • DTEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21HPULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
    • D21H17/00Non-fibrous material added to the pulp, characterised by its constitution; Paper-impregnating material characterised by its constitution
    • D21H17/20Macromolecular organic compounds
    • D21H17/33Synthetic macromolecular compounds
    • D21H17/46Synthetic macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds
    • D21H17/59Synthetic macromolecular compounds obtained otherwise than by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds obtained by reactions forming in the main chain of the macromolecule a linkage containing silicon

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  • U.S. Patent No. 5,217,576 describes a soft absorbent tissue paper with high temporary wet strength.
  • the tissue paper webs comprise papermaking fibers, from about 0.01 % to about 2.0 % by weight of a quaternary ammonium compound wherein two substituents on the ammonium nitrogen are C12-C18-aliphatic hydrocarbon radicals, from about 0.01 % to about 2.0 % by weight of a polyhydroxy plasticizer and from about 0.01 % to about 3.0 % by weight of a water-soluble temporary wet strength resin.
  • the polyhydroxy plasticizer can be polyethylene glycol.
  • U.S. Patent No. 4,943,350 discloses soft, absorbent and bulky cellulosic fibrous webs which impart a soothing or emollient effect to the human skin when used for wiping or drying while essentially retaining their water-absorbent property and strength.
  • the webs have been treated with triquaternary phospholipid complexes derived from fatty acids such as stearic, lauric, linoleic and myristic.
  • the invention resides in a tissue which has been topically treated with a hydrophilic softening composition comprising one or more of propylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, polypropylene glycol, and/or other hydrophilic solvents and one or more organic surface modifiers (hereinafter defined).
  • the invention resides in a tissue comprising from about 0.5 to about 30 dry weight percent, based on the weight of fiber, of a softening composition comprising one or more hydrophilic solvents selected from the group consisting of water, propylene glycol, polypropylene glycol and polyethylene glycol, and one or more surface modifiers selected from the group consisting of quaternary ammonium compounds having the following structure: wherein
  • Suitable organoreactive polysiloxanes include the following structures: and and wherein
  • the add-on amount of the hydrophilic softening composition containing the surface modifier(s) and the hydrophilic solvent(s) is from about 0.5 to about 30 dry weight percent based on the weight of the tissue, more specifically from about 1 to about 10 dry weight percent. Water can be added to the formulation to reduce the viscosity of the composition and to make the formulation more suitable for application.
  • the amount of the surface modifier in the hydrophilic softening composition can be from about 0.2 to about 80 weight percent, more specifically from about 0.5 to about 50 weight percent, and still more specifically from about 1 to about 20 weight percent.
  • humectants include lactic acid and its salts, sugars, glycerin, ethoxylated glycerin, ethoxylated lanolin, corn syrup, hydrolyzed starch hydrolysate, urea, and sorbitol.
  • Suitable skin protectants include allentoin, kaolin, allantoin and zinc oxide.
  • Suitable preservatives include Quaternium-15, organic acids, parabens, DMDM hydantoin, diazolidinyl urea, methylchloroisothiazoline, methylisothiazolin, sodium hydroxymethyl glycinate, imidazolidinyl urea, and the like.
  • Suitable feel modifiers include corn starch, oat flour, talc, boron nitride, and cyclodextrin.
  • the hydrophilic softening composition which can be in the form of a solution or suspension, can be applied to the dry tissue surface by any suitable means, such as spraying or printing.
  • the tissue to which the hydrophilic formulation is applied can be any tissue useful as facial tissue, bath tissue, or towels. Such can be produced by throughdrying or wet-pressing tissue making processes and can be creped or uncreped, layered or blended (not layered).
  • the finished tissue product can be one-ply, two-ply or three or more plies. Either the dryer side or the air side of the tissue can be oriented outwardly in the final tissue product.
  • a hydrophilic solution consisting of 50 parts by weight propylene glycol, 28.5 parts by weight of a softener/debonder composition (quaternary imidazolinium, fatty acid alkoxylate and polyether with 200-800 molecular weight, identified as DPSC 5299-8, Witco Corporation) and 21.5 parts by weight water.
  • the propylene glycol and DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together until uniform. Then the water was added and the mixture stirred until a homogeneous solution was achieved.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to the outer surfaces of the two outer plies of a three-ply, blended, wet-pressed creped tissue having a basis weight of 41.6 grams per square meter.
  • each ply consisted of a blend of 50 percent eucalyptus hardwood, 14 percent northern hardwood kraft, and 36 percent northern softwood kraft fibers.
  • the add-on amount was about 1 dry weight percent based on the total weight of the three-ply tissue.
  • the resulting tissue had a fuzzy softness.
  • a hydrophilic solution consisting of 90 parts by weight propylene glycol and 10 parts by weight DPSC 5299-8 was prepared.
  • the propylene glycol and the DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together until a homogeneous solution was achieved.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to the outer surfaces of the two outer plies of a three-ply, blended, wet-pressed creped tissue (as described in Example 1) having a basis weight of 41.6 grams per square meter using a gravure printing method.
  • the add-on amounts were about 1, 3, and 10 dry weight percent based on the total weight of the tissue.
  • the resulting tissues had a fuzzy softness, with the higher add-on tissues feeling softer.
  • a hydrophilic solution was prepared consisting of 70 parts by weight propylene glycol, 10 parts by weight DPSC 5299-8 and 20 parts by weight of a second quaternary ammonium compound (olealkonium chloride, 50 percent active, identified as Mackernium KP, McIntyre Group, LTD.).
  • the propylene glycol and the DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together.
  • the Mackernium KP was added and stirred until homogeneous.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to the outer surfaces of the two outer plies of a three-ply blended, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 1 and a three-ply layered, wet-pressed creped tissue having a basis weight of about 41.6 grams per square meter.
  • Each of the plies of the layered tissue contained three layers.
  • the dryer side outer layer consisted of eucalyptus fibers.
  • the inner layer contained 28 percent northern hardwood kraft and 72 percent northern softwood kraft fibers.
  • the air side outer layer contained northern hardwood kraft and northern softwood kraft fibers.
  • Kymene® 557H (Hercules, Inc.) was added at 0.16 - 0.34 weight percent based on dry fiber in all layers.
  • a wet strength agent (Parez® 631NC from Cytec Industries, Inc.) was added at 0.45 - 0.55 weight percent based on dry fiber in the inner layer and the airside layer.
  • the three-ply tissue was plied together such that the two outer surfaces were dryer side layers.
  • the add-on amounts of the hydrophilic solution were about 1 and 2 dry weight percent based on the total weight of the tissue.
  • the resulting tissue products were very soft, with the higher add-on tissues being softer.
  • a hydrophilic solution was prepared consisting of 50 parts by weight propylene glycol, 20 parts by weight DPSC 5299-8 and 30 parts by weight Mackernium KP.
  • the propylene glycol and the DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together.
  • the Mackernium KP was added and stirred until homogeneous.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to the outer surfaces of the two outer plies of a three-ply, blended, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 1 and a three-ply layered, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 3.
  • the add-on amounts were about 1 and 2 dry weight percent based on the weight of the tissue.
  • the resulting tissue products were very soft, with the higher add-on tissues being softer.
  • a hydrophilic solution consisting of 80 parts by weight propylene glycol, 10 parts by weight of DPSC 5299-8 and 10 parts by weight of an organoreactive polysiloxane (identified as FTS-226, 40 percent active, OSi Specialties, Inc.).
  • the propylene glycol and DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together until uniform.
  • the FTS-226 was added and the mixture stirred until a homogeneous solution was achieved.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to the outer surfaces of the two outer plies of a three-ply, blended, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 1.
  • the add-on amount was about 1 and 5 dry weight percent based on the weight of the tissue.
  • the resulting tissue had a flannelly softness.
  • a hydrophilic solution consisting of 40 parts by weight propylene glycol, 10 parts by weight DPSC 5299-8 and 50 parts by weight FTS-226.
  • the propylene glycol and the DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together until uniform.
  • the FTS-226 was added and the mixture stirred until a homogeneous solution achieved.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to a blended three-ply, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 1 and a layered, three-ply, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 3.
  • the add-on amount was about 1 and 2 dry weight percent based on the weight of the tissue.
  • the resulting tissues had a flannelly softness.
  • a hydrophilic solution consisting of 55 parts by weight propylene glycol, 20 parts by weight DPSC 5299-8 and 25 parts by weight FTS-226.
  • the propylene glycol and the DPSC 5299-8 were mixed together until uniform.
  • the FTS-226 was added and the mixture stirred until a homogeneous solution achieved.
  • the resulting hydrophilic solution was applied to both a blended, three-ply, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 1 and a layered, three-ply, wet-pressed creped tissue as described in Example 3.
  • the add-on amount was about 1 and 2 dry weight percent based on the weight of the tissues.
  • the resulting tissues had a flannelly softness with the higher add-on tissue being softer.

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EP0840823A1 (en) 1998-05-13
BR9611422A (pt) 1999-02-23
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