EP1242688A1 - Mouchoir en papier multicouche epais et doux - Google Patents

Mouchoir en papier multicouche epais et doux

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EP1242688A1
EP1242688A1 EP00978868A EP00978868A EP1242688A1 EP 1242688 A1 EP1242688 A1 EP 1242688A1 EP 00978868 A EP00978868 A EP 00978868A EP 00978868 A EP00978868 A EP 00978868A EP 1242688 A1 EP1242688 A1 EP 1242688A1
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paper tissue
plies
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paper
tissue
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Scott Thomas Loughran
Hasnaa Agouzoul
Claudia Christiane Bollinger-Krause
Marianne Malmbak
Anja Werth
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Procter and Gamble Co
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    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP 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
    • D21H1/00—Paper; Cardboard
    • D21H1/02—Multi-ply material finished plies
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F1/00—Mechanical deformation without removing material, e.g. in combination with laminating
    • B31F1/07—Embossing, i.e. producing impressions formed by locally deep-drawing, e.g. using rolls provided with complementary profiles
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP 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
    • D21H27/00—Special paper not otherwise provided for, e.g. made by multi-step processes
    • D21H27/30—Multi-ply
    • B—PERFORMING OPERATIONS; TRANSPORTING
    • B31—MAKING ARTICLES OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER; WORKING PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F—MECHANICAL WORKING OR DEFORMATION OF PAPER, CARDBOARD OR MATERIAL WORKED IN A MANNER ANALOGOUS TO PAPER
    • B31F2201/00—Mechanical deformation of paper or cardboard without removing material
    • B31F2201/07—Embossing
    • B31F2201/0758—Characteristics of the embossed product
    • B31F2201/0761—Multi-layered
    • D—TEXTILES; PAPER
    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP 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
    • D21H25/00—After-treatment of paper not provided for in groups D21H17/00 - D21H23/00
    • D21H25/005—Mechanical treatment

Definitions

  • the present invention relates to paper tissue, and in particular to facial tissue, and disposable handkerchiefs.
  • a three-ply tissue with embossed middle ply is provided.
  • Paper webs or sheets sometimes called tissue or paper tissue webs or sheets, or herein called paper tissue, find extensive use in modern society. Such items as facial and toilet tissues are staple items of commerce, all of which are herein referred to as paper tissue. It has long been recognised that important physical attributes of these products are their strength and thickness/caliper, their softness and smoothness, their absorbency, and their lint resistance. Research and development efforts have been directed to the improvement of each of these attributes without seriously affecting the others as well as to the improvement of two or three attributes simultaneously.
  • Softness and smoothness relate to the tactile sensation perceived by the consumer when holding a particular product, rubbing it across the skin, or crumpling it within the hands.
  • This tactile sensation is a combination of several physical properties.
  • One of the more important physical properties related to the softness and smoothness is generally considered by those skilled in the art to be the surface structure of the paper tissue from which the tissue product is made and which is best captured by the physiological surface smoothness (PSS) parameter as known e.g. from US 5,855,738.
  • PSS physiological surface smoothness
  • As important for the tactile sensation of consumers is the thickness/caliper of a tissue product.
  • Strength is the ability of the product to maintain physical integrity and to resist tearing, bursting, and shredding under use conditions.
  • Absorbency is the measure of the ability of a product to absorb quantities of liquid, particularly aqueous solutions or dispersions. Overall absorbency as perceived by the consumer is generally considered to be a combination of the total quantity of a liquid a given mass of paper tissue will absorb at saturation as well as the rate at which the mass absorbs the liquid.
  • Lint resistance is the ability of the fibrous product, and its constituent webs, to bind together under use conditions, including when wet. In other words, the higher the lint resistance is, the lower the propensity of the web to lint will be.
  • WO97/44528 discloses a multi-ply tissue product with high absorbency.
  • Example 4 discloses a product where a patterned, relatively textured ply is disposed between two substantially unpattemed, relatively untextured plies.
  • EP 0 264 676 discloses a process for the manufacture of multi-ply paper sheets.
  • Example 3 discloses a three-ply product made from wet-formed paper, where the inner web is provided from embossed paper with a weight of 18g/m 2 and the outer webs are provided from calendered paper with a weight of 14g/m 2 .
  • the plies are assembled by a cellulose ether adhesive applied by nozzles.
  • US 5,855,738 discloses a process for making smooth paper tissue comprising a calendering step.
  • Relatively thick disposable paper products namely in the form of paper handkerchiefs and facial tissues, are known.
  • TempoTM sold by The Procter & Gamble Company
  • a high caliper conveys the idea of high dry and wet strength to the consumer.
  • a high wet strength also referred to as wet burst strength, in particular prevents tearing or bursting which in turn results in contamination of the user's hand with mucus or other bodily fluids.
  • the wet strength and caliper of a product can be increased by increasing the number of plies to 5, 6 or even more (instead of embossing or the like) and thereby maintaining a smooth outer surface.
  • this approach would be very costly and also lead to a stiff product, hence compromising tactile perception.
  • the present invention relates to a paper tissue, and in particular to facial tissue, and disposable handkerchiefs.
  • Claimed and desc ⁇ bed is a paper tissue comprising at least two plies, characterised in that the paper tissue has a physiological surface smoothness parameter of less than 700 microns, preferably from 650 microns to 50 microns, more preferably from 650 microns to 300 microns and in combination has a caliper per ply of more than 0.09 mm, preferably from 0.09 mm to 0.5 mm, more preferably from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm.
  • a three-ply tissue with embossed middle ply is provided. Further is a related process claimed and described.
  • a cellulosic fibrous structure is wet-laid using principles and machinery well-known in the art of paper-making.
  • a suitable pulp furnish for the process of making the paper tissue substrate preferably contains papermaking fibres consisting essentially of cellulose fibres (commonly-known as wood pulp fibres) or cellulose-derived fibres (including, for example, rayon, viscose). Fibres derived from soft woods (gymnosperms or coniferous trees) and hard woods (angiosperms or deciduous trees) are contemplated for use in this invention. The particular species of tree from which the fibres are derived is immaterial.
  • the wood pulp fibers can be produced from the native wood by any convenient pulping process.
  • the paper tissue according to the present invention may contain, as a highly preferred component a wet strength chemical agent. Preferably up to about 3.0%, preferably at least 0.5%, and more preferably at least 0.8% by weight, on a dry fiber weight basis, of wet strength chemical agent, such as water-soluble permanent and temporary wet strength resin, are contained.
  • Wet strength resins useful herein can be of several types. For example, Westfelt described a number of such materials and discussed their chemistry in Cellulose Chemistry and Technology, Volume 13, at pages 813-825 (1979).
  • the wet strength resins are water-soluble, cationic materials. That is to say, the resins are water-soluble at the time they are added to the papermaking furnish. It is quite possible, and even to be expected, that subsequent events such as cross-linking will render the resins insoluble in water. Further some resins are soluble only under specific conditions, such as over a limited pH range. Wet strength resins are generally believed to undergo a cross-linking or other curing reactions after they have been deposited on, within, or among the papermaking fibres. Cross-linking or curing does not normally occur so long as substantial amounts of water are present.
  • Base-activated polyamide-epichlorohydrin resins useful in the present invention are sold under the Santo Res trademark, such as Santo Re 31 , by Monsanto Company of St. Louis, Missouri.
  • water-soluble cationic resins useful hererin are the polyacrylamide resins such as those sold under the Parez trademark, such as Parez 631 NC, by American Cyanamid Company of Sandford, Connecticut. These materials are generally described in US-A-3 556 932 issued to Coscia et al on January 19 th 1971 ; and US-A3 556 933 issued to Williams et al on January 19 th 1971.
  • water-soluble resins useful in the present invention include acrylic emulsions and anionic styrene-butadiene latexes. Numerous examples of these types of resins are provided in US-A3 844 880. Meisel Jr et al, issued October 29 th 1974. Still other water-soluble cationic resins finding utility in this invention are the urea formaldehyde and melamine formaldehyde resins. These polyfunctional, reactive polymers have molecular weights on the order of a few thousand. The more common functional groups include nitrogen containing groups such as amino groups and methylol groups attached to the nitrogen. Although less preferred, polyethylenimine type resins find utility in the present invention.
  • the present invention may contain dry strength chemical agents, preferably at levels up to 3% by weight, more preferably at least 0.1 % by weight, on a dry fiber weight basis.
  • a highly preferred dry strength chemical agent is carboxymethyl cellulose.
  • suitable dry strength chemical agents include polyacrylamide (such as combinations of CyproTM 514 and AccostrengthTM 711 produced by American Cyanamid of Wayne, N.J.); starch (such as corn starch or potato starch); polyvinyl alcohol (such as AirvolTM 540 produced by Air Products Inc. of Allentown, PA); guar or locust bean gums; and polyacrylate latexes.
  • Suitable starch materials may also include modified cationic starches such as those modified to have nitrogen containing groups such as amino groups and methylol groups attached to nitrogen, available from National Starch and Chemical Company (Bridgewater, NJ).
  • Chemical softening compositions comprising chemical debonding agents are optional components of the present invention.
  • US-A-3 821 068, issued June 28 th , 1974 teaches that chemical debonding agents can be used to reduce the stiffness, and thus enhance the softness, of a paper tissue web.
  • US-A-3 554 862, issued on January 12 th 1971 discloses suitable chemical debonding agents. These chemical debonding agents include quaternary ammonium salts.
  • Preferred chemical softening compositions comprise from about 0.01 % to about 3.0% of a quaternary ammonium compound, preferably a biodegradable quaternary ammonium compound; and from about 0.01 % to about 3.0% of a polyhydroxy compound; preferably selected from the group consisting of glycerol, sorbitols, polyglycerols having an average molecular weight of from about 150 to about 800 and polyoxyethylene glycols and polyoxypropylene glycols having a weight average molecular weight from about 200 to 4000.
  • the weight ratio of the quaternary ammonium compound to the polyhydroxy compound ranges from about 1.0:0.1 to 0.1 :1.0.
  • the chemical softening composition is more effective when the polyhydroxy compound and the quaternary ammonium compound are first premixed together, preferably at a temperature of at least 40°C, before being added to the papermaking furnish.
  • chemical softening compositions may be applied to the substantially dry paper tissue web, for example by means of a printing process (N.B. all percentages herein are by weight of dry fibres, unless otherwise specified).
  • Examples of quaternary ammonium compounds suitable for use in the present invention include either unmodified, or mono- or di- ester variations of : well- known dialkyldimethylammonium salts and alkyltrimethyl ammonium salts. Examples include the di-ester variations of di(hydrogenated tallow)dimethyl ammonium methylsulphate and di-ester variations of di(hydrogenated tallow)dimethyl ammonium chloride. Without wishing to be bound by theory, it is believed that the ester moity(ies) lends biodegradability to these compounds. Commercially available materials are available from Witco Chemical Company Inc. of Dublin, Ohio, under the tradename "Rewoquat V3512". Details of analytical and testing procedures are given in WO95/11343, published on 27 th April, 1995.
  • polyhydroxy compounds useful in the present invention include polyoxyethylene glycols having a weight average molecular weight of from about 200 to about 600, especially preferred is "PEG-400".
  • the paper tissue of the present invention may be made by common methods well-known to the person skilled in the art, such as by dewatering suitable pulp using, for example, one or more papermakers felts and/or belts.
  • conventional papermaking processes are preferred. Any process referred to herein as conventional is a paper-making process which does not comprise a step of through-air-drying. Alternatively, papermaking processes comprising a through-air-drying step can be utilised. Such processes are described in the patent literature referred to hereinafter with regard to through- air-dried tissue.
  • a paper tissue is provided from at least 2 plies which is thick but smooth and hence has a physiological surface smoothness parameter of less than 700 microns, preferably from 650 microns to 50 microns, more preferably from 650 microns to 300 microns and in combination has a caliper per ply of more than 0.09 mm, preferably from 0.09 mm to 0.5 mm, more preferably from 0.1 mm to 0.2 mm.
  • the caliper per ply is a relevant parameter in expressing how much caliper is provided in a cost effective way, i.e. per one ply. Any combination of ranges given above for the PSS parameter and the caliper per ply is within the scope of the present invention.
  • the paper tissue has a low ratio of caliper per ply over the PSS parameter, the ratio being lower than 6500 microns/mm, more preferably lower than 5000 microns/mm, yet more preferably lower than 3000 microns/mm.
  • a paper tissue according to the present invention has a first and a second surface, the surfaces being mutually opposed to each other, and a thickness orthogonal to the first and second surface.
  • the thickness is also referred to a caliper of the tissue.
  • the caliper of a tissue according to the present invention is preferably from 0.1 mm to1 mm, more preferably from 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm.
  • a paper tissue according to the present invention has preferably a wet burst strength greater than 100 g, preferably from 150 g to 500 g, more preferably from 250 g to 400 g.
  • a paper tissue is provided from two plies.
  • one ply is provided from a calendered paper tissue while the other ply is provided from a textured, preferably embossed paper tissue.
  • the embossing increases the overall caliper of the product and thereby also the caliper per ply.
  • the calendering typically increases the smoothness of the respective ply and thereby a surface is provided with a low PSS parameter.
  • Calendered comprises high pressure calendering, high pressure calendering denoting a calendering using a pressure per contact length of at least 3 kN/m, more preferably 5 kN/m to 50 kN/m, yet more preferably 10 kN/m to 25 kN/m. Calendering with higher pressure increases the smoothness of paper tissue and hence decrease the PSS parameter.
  • single plies are subjected to calendering, but alternatively several plies at a time or a whole multi-ply paper tissue may be calendered.
  • Texttured refers to a paper tissue which is either through-air-dried, or bulk embossed, or comprises regions of different basis weights or is dried with a texture or creped under the appropriate conditions (glue content, glue composition, blade impact angle, creping aides), as explained hereinafter.
  • Body embossed refers to an embossing which increases the caliper of the paper tissue by at least 5%, preferably 15%, more preferably 25% as compared to the caliper of the paper tissue before the bulk embossing.
  • Preferably bulk embossing provides a pattern of embossed and unembossed areas, which is imparted to only a limited number of plies of the multi-ply paper tissues of the present invention in one process step, preferably only to one ply in one process steps.
  • the outermost embossed areas of the pattern preferably extends over at least 75%, preferably 85%, more preferably 95% of the total surface area of the embossed paper plies.
  • Knob to knob embossing is well known in the art as illustrated by commonly assigned U.S. Patent No. 3,414,459, issued Dec. 3, 1968 to Wells.
  • the texture may also be imparted to the paper tissue by nested embossing as illustrated by U.S. Patent No. 4,320,162, issued Mar. 16, 1982 to Schulz et al.
  • the texture may be imparted to the paper tissue by dual ply lamination embossing as illustrated by commonly assigned U.S. Patent No. 5,468,323, issued Nov. 21 , 1995 to McNeil.
  • such bulk embossing pattern is provided by steel-to-steel knob-to-knob embossing, the knobs preferably having an elliptical cross section and a height in the range of 0.5 mm to 3 mm, more preferably in the range of 1 mm to 2 mm.
  • the bulk embossing provides a ratio of embossed areas to unembossed areas of from 1 :1 to 1 :20, more preferably 1 :2 to 1 :15, yet more preferably a ratio of from 1 :5 to 1 :10.
  • the tissue may be alternatively through-air-dried.
  • Through-air-dried tissue is disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Patent Nos. 4,529,480, issued July 16, 1985 to Trokhan; 4,637,859, issued Jan. 20, 1987 to Trokhan; 5,364,504, issued Nov. 15, 1994 to Smurkoski et al.; 5,529,664, issued June 25, 1996 to Trokhan et al.; 5,679,222 issued Oct. 21 , 1997 to Rasch et al.; 5,714,041 issued Feb. 3, 1998 to Ayers et al.; 5,906,710, issued May 25, 1999 to Trokhan.
  • the paper tissue may be through-air-dried and made as disclosed in U.S. Patent Nos. 5,429,686 issued July 4, 1995 to Chiu et al. and 5,672,248 issued Sept. 30, 1997 to Wendt et al.
  • the paper tissue may be textured by providing various regions of differing basis weights, so that a multi-basis weight paper tissue is presented.
  • Multi-basis weight paper tissue is disclosed in commonly assigned U.S. Patents Nos. 5,245,025, issued Sept. 14, 1993 to Trokhan et al.; 5,527,428 issued June 18, 1996 to Trokhan et al.; 5,534,326 issued July 9, 1996 to Trokhan et al.; 5,654,076, issued Aug. 5, 1997 to Trokhan et al.; 5,820,730, issued Oct. 13, 1998 to Phan et al.; 5,277,761 , issued Jan. 11 , 1994 to Phan et al.; 5,443,691 , issued Aug.
  • the paper may be conventionally dried with a texture, for example, according to commonly assigned U.S. Patent Nos. 5,549,790, issued Aug. 27, 1996 to Phan; 5,556,509, issued Sept. 17, 1996 to Trokhan et al.; 5,580,423, issued Dec. 3, 1996 to Ampulski et al.; 5,609,725, issued Mar. 11 , 1997 to Phan; 5,629,052 issued May 13, 1997 to Trokhan et al.; 5,637,194, issued June 10, 1997 to Ampulski et al.; 5,674,663, issued Oct. 7, 1997 to McFarland et al.; 5,693,187 issued Dec. 2, 1997 to Ampulski et al.; 5,709,775 issued Jan. 20,
  • a paper tissue is provided from three plies.
  • This particular embodiment has the advantage of providing a smooth surface to the user on either side.
  • Alternative embodiments of the present invention are for example those with any number of textured, preferably embossed plies disposed between two outer calendered plies, one of these being a four ply paper tissue with two embossed plies disposed between two calendered plies.
  • the plies When two or more plies of paper tissue are combined to form the paper tissue, the plies may, optionally, be attached together by means, for example, of gluing or embossing, herein referred to as "attachment embossing". Gluing is less preferred because it tends to result in a stiffer, less soft product.
  • attachment embosssing refers to an embossing by which all plies of a multi-ply tissue according to the present invention are embossed in one process step.
  • the attachment embossing does not or at least not to a large extent affect the smoothness of any calendered ply. Therefore, preferably the tissue has an unembossed surface over a major part of the surface area of the tissue, preferably on the first and the second surface.
  • the tissue has one or more regions not comprising an attachment embossing and, optionally, one or more regions comprising an attachment embossing, and that the region not comprising an attachment embossing is at least 50%, and as much as 99%, of the surface area of the tissue.
  • the regions comprising an attachment embossing lie close to the edge of the tissue (for example along two or four edges); and a regions comprising an attachment embossing may also be used for decorative purposes (for example to create a pattern or to spell out a logo or brand name).
  • the region not comprising an attachment embossing is the continuous region between and/or around the region comprising an attachment embossing. Attachment embossing is preferably done by steel-to-steel pin-to-pin embossing.
  • the glue is preferably applied unevenly over the surfaces of the plies to be attached. Therefore the glue is preferably not applied by means such a spraying nozzle, since such nozzles apply the glue evenly with no preference for particular areas of the tissue, even when the glue is applied as to form a discontinuous net.
  • a textured, preferably embossed, paper tissue comprises raised portions.
  • the glue to applied only to these raised portions of the paper tissue. Since primarily these raised portions are in context with adjacent plies, in particular with adjacent calendered plies, application of glue to these raised portions is sufficient as to ensure good attachment, but avoids the application of an amount of glue, which easily impart stiffness to the paper tissue.
  • glue may be applied by melt blowing, so as to form areas of preferential glue applications, e.g. strips of glue.
  • the paper tissue and preferably one or both surfaces, most preferably both surfaces of the tissue may, optionally, be further treated with a lotion.
  • a lotion can contribute to the smoothness of the paper tissue, and hence decrease its PSS parameter.
  • the lotion may comprise softening/debonding agents, emollients, immobilizing agents and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable softening/debonding agents include quaternary ammonium compounds, polysiloxanes, and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable emollients include propylene glycol, glycerine, triethylene glycol, spermaceti or other waxes, petrolatum, fatty acids, fatty alcohols and fatty alcohol ethers having from 12 to 28 carbon atoms in their fatty acid chain, and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable immobilizing agents include polyhydroxy fatty acid esters, polyhydroxy fatty acid amides and mixtures thereof.
  • lotion components include perfumes, antibacterial actives, antiviral actives, disinfectants, pharmaceutical actives, film formers, deodorants, opacifiers, astringents, solvents and the like.
  • lotion components include camphor, thymol and menthol.
  • a process according to the present invention may utilise any paper tissue made by any method known in the art, preferred methods are disclosed herein.
  • the process comprises a step of supplying the paper tissue by unwinding at least two plies, preferably three plies, from a corresponding number of patent rolls.
  • the process comprises a further step of applying a texture pattern to at least one ply, preferably by bulk embossing as disclosed herein.
  • the process also comprises a step of high pressure calendering at least one ply using calendering pressures as disclosed herein. Further the process comprises a step of juxtaposing said plies to form a multi-ply tissue.
  • a more preferred process further comprises a step of applying lotion to the plies, which will form the outer plies of the mulit-ply paper tissue, most preferably the lotion is applied only to the surfaces which will form the outer surfaces of the multi-ply tissue.
  • a preferred process comprises a step of attaching the juxtaposed plies by embossing, referred to and described above as attachment embossing.
  • the present process may also comprise the application of glue, preferably only to the raised portions of the textured plies.
  • Caliper is measured according to the following procedure: The tissue paper is preconditioned at 21° to 24°C and 48 to 52 percent relative humidity for two hours prior to the caliper measurement. If the caliper of toilet tissue is being measured, 15 to 20 sheets are first removed and discarded. If the caliper of facial tissue is being measured, the sample is taken from near the center of the package. The sample is selected and then conditioned for an additional 15 minutes.
  • Caliper of the multi-ply paper tissue is the thickness of the paper when subjected to a compressive load of 14.7 g/cm 2 .
  • caliper is measured using a low load Thwing-Albert micrometer, Model 89-11 , available from the Thwing-Albert Instrument Company of Philadelphia, Pa.
  • the caliper per ply is the total caliper of the multi-ply paper tissue divided by the number of plies comprised. For a single ply tissue caliper per ply and caliper are identical. Decorated regions, perforations, edge effects, etc., of the tissue should be avoided if possible.
  • the wet burst strength is measured using an electronic burst tester and the following test conditions.
  • the burst tester is a Thwing-Albert Burst Tester Cat. No. 177 equipped with a 2000 g load cell.
  • the burst tester is supplied by Thwing- Albert Instrument Company, Philadelphia, PA 19154, USA.
  • a sample of the paper tissue is selected which avoids wrinkles, tears, perforations, or gross deviations from macroscopic monoplanarity.
  • the sample is conditioned at 22 to 24°C and 48 to 52% relative humidity for at least two hours prior to testing.
  • the sample is placed on a motorised table and magnetically secured in place. Either face of the sample may be selected for the measurement, provided all traces are taken from the same face.
  • Physiological surface smoothness is obtained by scanning the paper tissue sample in any direction with a profilometer to obtain the Z-direction displacement as a function of distance.
  • the Z-direction displacement is converted to an amplitude versus frequency spectrum by a Fourier Transform.
  • the spectrum is then adjusted for human tactile response using a series of filters.
  • the peak heights of the filtered amplitude frequency curve are summed from 0 to 10 cycles per millimetre to give the result.
  • the paper tissue sample is approximately 100 millimetres x 100 millimetres in size and mounted on a motorised table. While any suitable table will suffice, a table with surface tester model KES-FB-4NKES-SE, available from Kato Tech Company Limited of Koyota, Japan, or a CP3-22-01 DCI Mini Precision table using a NuStep 2C NuLogic Two Axis Stepper Motor Controller in the closed loop control mode have been found suitable.
  • the table has a constant drive motor which travels at the rate of 1 millimetre per second.
  • the sample is scanned 30 millimetres in the forward direction transversely indexed one millimetre, then reversed. Data are collected from the centre 26 millimetres of the scan in both the forward and reverse directions. The first and last 2 millimetres of each scan are ignored and not used in the calculations.
  • the profilometer has a probe with a tip radius of 2.54 microns and an applied force of 0.20 grams.
  • the gauge range is calibrated for a total Z-direction displacement of 3.5 millimetres. Over the scan distance of the sample, the profilometer senses the Z-direction displacement of the stylus in millimetres.
  • the output voltage from the gauge controller is digitised at a rate of at least 20 points per second. Over the entire 26 millimetre scan range, 512 pairs of time surface height data points are obtained for both the forward and reverse directions of a scan.
  • the profilometer is mounted above the sample table such that the surface topography can be measured.
  • a suitable profilometer is a EMD 4320 Wl Vertical Displacement Transducer, having an EPT 010409 stylus tip, and an EAS 2351 Analog Amplifier. This equipment is obtainable from Federal Products of Buffalo, Rhode Island.
  • the digitised data pairs are imported into a standard statistical analysis package for further analysis.
  • Suitable software analysis packages included SAS of Cary, North Carolina, and preferably LabVIEW Instrument Control Software 3.1 available from National Instruments of Austin, Texas.
  • LabVIEW software raw data pairs linking surface height and time from the individual scans are centered about the mean using the Mean.vi analysis tool in the LabVIEW software.
  • the 512 data points from each of the 16 traces are converted to 16 amplitude spectra using the Amplitude and Phase Spectrum. vi tool.
  • Each spectrum is then smoothed using the method described by the PROC Spectra Method of the SAS software.
  • LabVIEW smoothing filter values of 0.000246, 0.000485, 0.00756, 0.062997, 0.00756, 0.000485, 0.000246 are utilized.
  • the output from this tool is taken as the Amp Spectrum Mag (vrms).
  • the amplitude data are then adjusted for human tactile response using a series of frequency filters designed from Verrillo's data on vibrotactile thresholds as a function of vibration frequency as set forth in the Journal of Acoustical Society of America, in the article entitled "Effect Of Contactor Area On The Vibrotactile Threshold", Vol. 35, 1962 (1963).
  • the aforementioned data are reported in a time domain as cycles per second and converted to the spatial domain in cycles per millimetre.
  • the conversion factor and filter values are found in the procedure set forth in the 1991 International Paper Physics Conference, TAPPI Book 1 , more particularly the article entitled “Methods For The Measurement Of The Mechanical Properties Of Paper tissue” by Ampulski, et al., and found at page 19, utilizing the specific procedure set forth at page 22 entitled “Physiological Surface Smoothness”.
  • the response from the filters are set at 0 below the minimum threshold and above the maximum response frequencies and varies from 0 to 1 therebetween as described by the aforementioned Ampulski et al. article.
  • the physiologically adjusted frequency amplitude data are obtained by multiplying the amplitude spectra described above by the appropriate filter value at each frequency.
  • a typical amplitude spectrum and filtered amplitude spectrum are illustrated in Fig. 5 of the aforementioned Ampulski et al. article.
  • the Verrillo- adjusted frequency amplitude curve is summed point by point between 0 and 10 cycles per millimetre. This summation is considered to be the physiological surface smoothness.
  • the eight forward and eight reverse physiological surface smoothness values thus obtained are then averaged and reported in microns.
  • Either face of the tissue may be selected for the smoothness measurement, provided all traces are taken from the same face. If either face of the tissue meets any of the smoothness criteria set forth herein, the entire sample of the tissue is deemed to fall within that criterion. Preferably both faces of the tissue meet the above criteria.
  • Example An aqueous slurry comprising 3% by weight of Nothern Softwood Kraft (NSK) fibres was prepared in a conventional re-pulper.
  • the NSK slurry was refined gently and a 2% solution of the permanent wet strength resin (KymeneTM 617) was added to the NSK stock pipe at a rate of 0.9% by weight of the total dry fibres.
  • the absorption of the permanent wet strength resin onto the NSK fibres is enhanced by an in-line mixer.
  • a 1% solution of the dry strength resin (carboxymethyl cellulose) is added to the NSK stock before the fan pump at a rate of 0.14% by weight of the total dry fibres.
  • the NSK slurry was diluted to about 0.2% consistency at the fan pump.
  • a chemical softening composition comprising di-hard tallow diethyl ester dimethyl quaternary ammonium chloride and polyoxyethylene glycol, having an average molecular weight of 400 (PEG-400).
  • PEG-400 was heated to about 66°C, and the quat was dissolved into the molten PEG-400 so that a homogeneous mixture was formed.
  • An aqueous slurry comprising 3% by weight of eucalyptus fibres was prepared in a conventional re-pulper.
  • a 1 % solution of the chemical softening composition was added to the Eucalyptus stock pipe at a rate of 0.09% by weight of the total dry fibres.
  • the Eucalyptus slurry was diluted to about 0.2% consistency at the fan pump.
  • the 1 % solution of the chemical softening composition was also added to the NSK slurry after post CMC addition and prior to dilution of the slurry to about 0.2% at the stock pump.
  • the two slurries were combined so that the ratio of NSK to eucalyptus fibres was 40:60 and the resulting slurry was deposited, by means of a single layer headbox onto a Fourdrinier wire to form an embryonic web. Dewatering occured through the Fourdrinier wire and was assisted by a deflector and vacuum boxes.
  • the embryonic web was transferred from the Fourdrinier wire, at a fibre consistency of about 20% at the point of transfer, to a conventional drying felt.
  • the web was then transfered to the surface of a Yankee dryer with a sprayed creping adhesive comprising 0.25% aqueous solution of Polyvinyl Alcohol (PVA).
  • PVA Polyvinyl Alcohol
  • the fibre consistency was increased to an estimated 96% before dry creping the web with a doctor blade.
  • the doctor blade had a bevel angle of about 25° and is positioned with respect to the Yankee dryer to provide an impact angle of about 81 °.
  • the Yankee dryer was operated at about 4 m/s and the dried, uncalendared paper was formed into 1 ply rolls at a reel.
  • the 3-ply rolls were produced by simultaneously unwinding 3 of the 1-ply rolls, running the centre ply through a rubber to steel bulk embossing operation and rewinding the two unembossed outer plies with the embossed centre ply to form a 3-ply roll.
  • a smooth rubber roll was loaded against a patterned steel roll.
  • the patterned steel roll has raised elliptical emboss knobs about 1.7mm deep having a major axis at the surface of about 2mm and a minor axis of about 1 mm.
  • the embossments are arranged in repeating pattern of concentric diamonds consisting of about 72 knobs in 900 square mm area.
  • the 3-ply roll was subsequently converted into a 3-ply tissue product.
  • the three ply web was unwound and subjected to an embossing step before folding.
  • the margin of the tissue paper product extending about 15mm in from the edge was embossed following the process described in W095/27429, published on 19 th October 1995.
  • the major part of the surface area of the tissue paper product i.e. all of the surface area within the 15mm margin
  • the tissue was further decorated by embossing the brand name over a small area of the previously unembossed area and four decorative leaf patterns where embossed in the previously unembossed area was also added.
  • Lotion was printed on each of the outer surfaces of the 3-ply web via a two step application process before folding.
  • the lotion was an aqueous solution of di-hard tallow diethyl ester dimethyl quaternary ammonium chloride.
  • the printing was accomplished by running the 3-ply web through two consecutive printing stations each consisting of an engraved anilox roll and a rubber backing roll pair.
  • the anilox roll was engraved to a cell volume of about 3 ml per square meter, and with supplied with lotion from a closed supply chamber designed to fill the engraved volume with lotion.
  • a gap of 0.35mm was established between the anilox roll and backing roll, and the 3-ply web was run through this gap, transferring lotion to the surface touching the anilox roll.
  • the web was then run through the second printing station with an identical anilox/rubber roll pair at a 0.35mm gap.
  • the pairs were arranged such that the second anilox roll contacted the as yet unlotioned surface, transfering lotion to it. This arrangement transferred 0.45% active quat per dry weight of the finished 3- ply tissue.
  • the paper tissue obtained by the above described process had a basis weight of 54 g/m 2 , a total caliper of 0.35 mm, a caliper per ply of 0.12 mm, a wet burst strength of 375 g and a PSS parameter of 620 micron.
  • a second example consists of substrate produced described above, in which the outer plies are run through a smoothing calendering roll. Calendering at 12 kN/m to 15 kN/m was found to further reduce the PSS parameter to about 500 to 450 microns.

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La présente invention concerne un mouchoir en papier et, en particulier, les mouchoirs en papier utilisés dans les soins du visage, et les mouchoirs jetables. L'invention concerne un mouchoir en papier comprenant au moins deux couches, caractérisé par un paramètre de douceur de surface physiologique de moins de 700 microns, de préférence de 650 microns à 50 microns, et plus préférablement de 650 microns à 300 microns, et possédant de plus une épaisseur par couche supérieure à 0,09 mm, de préférence de 0,09 mm à 0,5 mm, et plus préférablement de 0,1 mm à 0,2 mm. L'invention concerne, dans un mode de réalisation préféré, un mouchoir en papier à trois couches comprenant une couche centrale gaufrée. L'invention concerne également un procédé associé.
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