EP1751352B1 - Papier-mouchoir avec des depots externes de lotion - Google Patents

Papier-mouchoir avec des depots externes de lotion Download PDF

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EP1751352B1
EP1751352B1 EP05741086A EP05741086A EP1751352B1 EP 1751352 B1 EP1751352 B1 EP 1751352B1 EP 05741086 A EP05741086 A EP 05741086A EP 05741086 A EP05741086 A EP 05741086A EP 1751352 B1 EP1751352 B1 EP 1751352B1
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Ronald Ray Warner
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Dirk Butz
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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
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    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21C—PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE BY REMOVING NON-CELLULOSE SUBSTANCES FROM CELLULOSE-CONTAINING MATERIALS; REGENERATION OF PULPING LIQUORS; APPARATUS THEREFOR
    • D21C7/00—Digesters
    • D21C7/14—Means for circulating the lye
    • 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
    • D21H19/00—Coated paper; Coating material
    • D21H19/10—Coatings without pigments
    • 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
    • D21H23/00—Processes or apparatus for adding material to the pulp or to the paper
    • D21H23/02—Processes or apparatus for adding material to the pulp or to the paper characterised by the manner in which substances are added
    • D21H23/22—Addition to the formed paper
    • 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
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  • the present invention relates to paper tissues, and products made from paper tissues. More particularly, the present invention relates to a tissue including lotion deposits having a significant height above the average plane of the tissue surface.
  • Paper tissues sometimes called paper webs or sheets, tissues, tissue layers, paper plies or paper tissue webs, and products made there from, such as paper handkerchiefs, paper kitchen towel or bath tissue, toilet paper or facial tissues, find extensive use in modern society and are well known in the art.
  • Paper tissues are generally made by the layering of cellulose fibers, in a wet form, onto a screen, with the addition of various additives or other ingredients, followed by a drying step. Other process steps, before, during or after the above-mentioned paper making steps are targeted at giving the desired properties to the tissue. Converting steps are aimed at creating a finished product from the paper tissue(s).
  • Products made from paper tissues can be made by the association of multiple layers of paper tissues, also called plies, or can comprise a single paper tissue layer (single ply products). Those plies can be combined and held together in multiple ways to form the finished product, for example by embossing of the multi-ply structure or/and by gluing.
  • the finished products are herein referred to as paper tissue products. Finished products made of more than one ply have internal tissue (or ply) surfaces, inwardly orientated, and 2 external surfaces, outwardly orientated.
  • Tempo TM Relatively thick and yet soft disposable paper products, namely in the form of paper handkerchiefs, are known.
  • Tempo TM sold by The Procter & Gamble Company, is a multi-ply paper product experienced as thick and soft and having a caliper of about 0.3 mm.
  • a high calliper 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 prevent tearing or bursting which for a paper handkerchief in turn results in contamination of the user's hand with mucus or other body fluids.
  • a common way to enhance the smoothness of the tissue surface is to calender the material.
  • Another way to improve the sensation of smoothness perceived by the users of paper tissue products, such as handkerchiefs, is to complement the composition of the paper tissue with some additives during the paper-making phase and/or during the converting phase.
  • Those additives can have the effect of smoothening the paper tissue in a way that makes the user feel it more soft or smooth.
  • some additives have an effect on the skin of the user touching or using the paper tissue product, e.g. smoothening of the skin, hydration of the skin, these latter effects are usually obtained through a partial transfer of the additives onto the skin during usage, thus prolonging the effect of the additives on the skin beyond the period of contact between the paper-tissue product and skin.
  • WO 02/066740 describes lotioned and embossed tissue paper.
  • WO 98/29605 describes soft tissue paper having a surface deposited softening agent.
  • Smoothening lotions are usually of hydrophobic nature or contain hydrophobic compounds.
  • the presence of the lotion at the surface of the paper tissue can have adverse effects on the properties of the paper tissue :
  • First, the masking of the hydrophilic tissue surface by a hydrophobic lotion can reduce the absorbency of tissue or the speed of absorbency. This presents an undesirable effect for the user.
  • the nasal mucus can take a longer time to be absorbed by lotioned paper tissue than by a non lotioned one.
  • the lotion can migrate from the tissue surface thru the paper tissue structure making the paper tissue less hydrophilic and making less lotion available at the surface to deliver the smoothening benefits to the skin.
  • a traditional way to respond to that expected migration of the lotion over time is to use a relatively high amount of lotion to insure a certain availability of the lotion on the surface of the tissue, even after extended storage. In turn this creates an excess of lotion on the freshly produced paper tissues thus triggering a negative greasy feeling during use (and reducing further more the absorbency of the paper tissue).
  • lotions that are coating the fibers are less susceptible to be released by the tissue during use and thus less transferable to the skin of the user.
  • the present invention provides a paper tissue having first and second opposed surfaces wherein the tissue includes a lotion on at least one surface of the paper tissue.
  • the lotion is present in substantially discrete protruding deposits on the first surface, wherein the paper tissue has a bulk of equal or less than 5.2 cm 3 /g of tissue wherein the protruding deposits have an average height of at least 30 ⁇ m.
  • the present invention provides a paper tissue exhibiting a high level of surface smoothness and softness, high absorbency, a high strength and a high bulkiness. These apparently competing characteristics have been combined by following the concept of the present invention.
  • a “lotion” composition is added to the tissue preferably at the converting phase in order to improved its softness / smoothness and have smoothening effect on the skin.
  • Some of the lotion can transfer from the tissue to the user's skin upon use of the paper tissue article. It thus induces a longer term smoothening effect on the skin.
  • Lotion can be called alternatively smoothening or softening lotion or composition.
  • 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, mineral oil, namely silicone oil e.g. dimethicone and isopropyl palmitrat, and mixtures thereof.
  • Suitable immobilizing agents include waxes, fatty alcohols, fatty acids, e.g.
  • the lotions contain at least one immobilizing agent and an emollient.
  • Lotions can be emulsions or dispersions.
  • Other optional components include perfumes, antibacterial actives, antiviral actives, disinfectants, pharmaceutical actives, film formers, deodorants, opacifiers, astringents, solvents and the like.
  • Particular examples of lotion components include camphor, thymol, menthol, chamomile extracts, aloe vera, calendula officinalis.
  • Protruding deposit is defined as a deposition of lotion on the paper tissue that protrudes (in some embodiments, at least 25 micrometers) above the average plane of the tissue surface.
  • Average height of protruding deposits means average of the height of each data point (provided by the method described thereafter) that are at least 25 micrometers above the average plane of the tissue surface.
  • tissue tissue used interchangeably in this document.
  • the present invention is useful with tissue paper in general, including but not limited to conventionally felt-pressed tissue paper; high bulk pattern densified tissue paper; and high bulk, uncompacted tissue paper and through-air dried paper.
  • the tissue paper can be of a homogenous or multi-layered construction; and tissue paper products made therefrom can be of a single-ply or multiply construction.
  • the tissue paper preferably has a basis weight of between about 10 g/m 2 and about 65 g/m 2 , and bulk of about 5.2 cm3/g or less (preferably equal or less than 5.0 cm3/g). More preferably, the basis weight will be about 40 g/m 2 or less.
  • Such paper is typically made by depositing a papermaking furnish on a foraminous forming wire, often referred to in the art as a Fourdrinier wire. Once the furnish is deposited on the forming wire, it is referred to as a web. The web is dewatered by pressing the web and drying at elevated temperature. The dewatered web is then further pressed and dried by a steam drum apparatus known in the art as a Yankee dryer.
  • Applicable wood pulps include chemical pulps, such as Kraft, sulfite, and sulfate pulps, as well as mechanical pulps including, for example, groundwood, thermomechanical pulp and chemically modified thermomechanical pulp.
  • the papermaking furnish used to make tissue paper structures can have other components or materials added thereto as can be or later become known in the art.
  • the types of additives desirable will be dependent upon the particular end use of the tissue sheet contemplated. For example, in products such as toilet paper, paper towels, facial tissues and other similar products, high wet strength is a desirable attribute.
  • wet strength resins chemical substances known in the art as "wet strength" resins.
  • a general dissertation on the types of wet strength resins utilized in the paper art can be found in TAPPI monograph series No. 29, Wet Strength in Paper and Paperboard, Technical Association of the Pulp and Paper Industry (New York, 1965 ).
  • Paper tissue of the present invention can have a moisture content of between 0 and 20% (w/w) but it has been found that best results are obtained with a moisture level of at least 4% (w/w).
  • the paper tissue of the present invention can be formed from a unique layer of material or can be a multi-layered tissue paper web.
  • the terms "multi-layered tissue paper web, multi-layered paper web, multi-layered web, multi-layered paper sheet and multi-layered paper product" are all used interchangeably in the art to refer to sheets of paper prepared from two or more layers of aqueous paper making furnishes which are preferable comprised of different fiber types, the fibers typically being relatively long softwood and relatively short hardwood fibers as used in tissue paper making.
  • the layers are preferable formed from the deposition of separate streams of dilute fiber slurries upon one or more endless foraminous surfaces. If the layers are initially formed on separate foraminous surfaces, the layers can subsequently combined when wet to form a multi-layered tissue paper web.
  • the "paper tissue products” of this invention are the finished products such a kitchen towels or paper handkerchiefs, made out of one or multiple plies of the above described paper tissues.
  • Each ply of a multiply paper product can be made of diverse material or be manufactured in diverse ways at the paper making or converting steps.
  • the term "single-ply tissue product” means that it is comprised of one ply of tissue; the ply can be substantially homogeneous in nature or it can be a multi-layered tissue paper web.
  • the term "multi-ply tissue product” means that it is comprised of more than on ply of tissue.
  • the plies of a multi-ply tissue product can be substantially homogeneous in nature of they can be multi-layered tissue paper webs.
  • “Lotion basis weight of the protruding deposits” is the concentration of lotion, expressed in grams per square meter, within the protruding deposits of lotion on the tissue. This is an average value of the deposits measured.
  • the lotion basis weight of the protruding deposits is determined as described in the method below.
  • Density of the protruding deposits is the average number of protruding lotion deposits per area of tissue, expressed in sqcm -1 .
  • “Lotion basis weight of the tissue” is the overall concentration of lotion, expressed in grams per square meter, of lotion on the tissue (also referred as total or overall basis weight or concentration).
  • the basis weight can be measured by any standard method, e.g. solvent extraction, or deducted from the process conditions (amount of lotion deposited on the tissue divided by the total area of the tissue).
  • the careful selection the distribution of the lotion on the tissue, as multitude of discrete deposits, can enhance the transferability of the lotion from the tissue onto the skin of the user. It is believed that protruding deposits having a significant height above the average plan of the tissue surface will have a higher transferability to the skin of the user and thus will contribute best to the general smoothness of the tissue. It has been found that deposits protruding at least 25 ⁇ m above the average plan of the tissue surface are most beneficial. Preferably the deposits protrude at least 30 ⁇ m, 35 ⁇ m or at least 50 ⁇ m. The beneficial effects have been best observed when the protruding deposits are applied on the tissue paper of limited bulk (i.e. less than 5.2 cm 3 /g, or 5.0 cm 3 /g).
  • the total basis weight of lotion on the tissue is equal or less than 9 g/sqm, less than 6g/sqm, less than 4.5g/sqm, 3.0g/sqm and most preferably less than 2g/sqm.
  • R is greater than 0.005.
  • R can also be 0.01, 0.02, 0.05, 0.1, 0.2, or 0.3 in preferred embodiments.
  • the beneficial effects are obtained in some embodiments when the density of protruding deposits is at least 1, 3, 5 or 10 per sqcm of tissue.
  • the lotion can be visualized by osmium tetroxide staining, described herein. In other embodiments, the lotion can be visualized by Infrared spectroscopy (IR spectroscopy), which method is referenced herein.
  • IR spectroscopy Infrared spectroscopy
  • the total basis weight of lotion on the tissue is generally at least 0.3 g/sqm, 0.6 g/sqm, 1.0 g/sqm, 1.5g/sqm or2.5 g/sqm.
  • R 2 is at least 0.005, 0.001, at least 0.05 or at least 0.08.
  • the invention is related to a multiply tissue product.
  • the multiply tissue product comprises 2 plies
  • the invention works well when at least one of the external surfaces (outwardly orientated surfaces) has more lotion than its corresponding internal surface (inwardly orientated surfaces). This can be determined by scanning electron microscopy.
  • the multiply tissue product has at least 3 plies, it has been found that the lotion transferability is suitable when at least 60%, at least 70 % at least 80% or at least 90% of the lotion is located one of the outer plies. Indeed, the lotion present on the inner ply(ies) contributes much less in the transfer of the lotion to the users skin.
  • additives or compound could be applied by the described process, as long as the physical characteristics (e.g. melting point, viscosity), and the application temperature are adjusted to obtain the desired distribution pattern of the applied additives or compounds at the surface of the paper tissue.
  • additives or compounds could include: hydration lotion, soap, moisturizers, sun-protection, make-up removal ingredients, anti-aging, disinfectants, or more generally additives/compounds in the cosmetic and therapeutic fields, detergents, soaps, waxes, cleaning additives and more generally compounds for the cleaning, maintenance, protection and treatment of objects, surfaces or mechanical parts.
  • Lotions are in most instances of heterogeneous composition. They may contain solids, crystalline gel structures, polymeric material below glass point, a multiplicity of phases (such as oily and water phase) and/or emulsified components. It may be difficult to determine precisely the melting temperature of the lotion, i.e. difficult to determine the temperature of transition between the liquid form, the quasi-liquid from, the quasi-solid form and the solid form.
  • melting temperature, melting point, transition point and transition temperature are used interchangeably in this document and have the same meaning.
  • the melting temperature relates to the definition of the form or state of the lotion (liquid, solid, quasi-liquid, quasi-solid), but also its rheological properties.
  • liquid or quasi-liquid lotion are able to flow, move, and migrate, for example under the force encountered during the process of application.
  • Solid or quasi-solid lotions are not able to flow freely and are somewhat immobilized at their location.
  • a lotion will be said liquid or quasi-liquid if it can be fed onto the rotating surfaces and expulsed there from under the used process conditions.
  • a lotion will be said solid or semi-solid if it does not significantly freely migrates from the surface into the inner structure of the tissue at room temperature, i.e. 23°C until the product is usually used.
  • the lotion may comprise a surface treating agent.
  • suitable surface treating agents that may be included in the lotion can be selected from the group consisting of: polymers such as polyethylene and derivatives thereof, hydrocarbons, waxes, oils, silicones (polysiloxanes), quaternary ammonium compounds, fluorocarbons, substituted C 10 -C 22 alkanes, substituted C 10 -C 22 alkenes, in particular derivatives of fatty alcohols and fatty acids(such as fatty acid amides, fatty acid condensates and fatty alcohol condensates), polyols, derivatives of polyols (such as esters and ethers), sugar derivatives (such as ethers and esters), polyglycols (such as polyethyleneglycol) and mixtures thereof.
  • the lotion may comprise oils and/or emollients and/or waxes (any and all of which may be a transferable agent) and/or immobilizing agents.
  • the lotion comprises from about 10% to about 90% of an oil and/or liquid emollient and from about 10% to about 50% of immobilizing agent and/or from about 0% to about 60% of petrolatum and optionally the balance of a vehicle.
  • the lotion may be heterogeneous. They may contain solids, gel structures, polymeric material, a multiplicity of phases (such as oily and water phase) and/or emulsified components. It may be difficult to determine precisely the melting temperature of the lotion, i.e. difficult to determine the temperature of transition between the liquid form, the quasi-liquid from, the quasi-solid form and the solid form.
  • melting temperature, melting point, transition point and transition temperature are used interchangeably in this document and have the same meaning.
  • the lotion may be semi-solid, of high viscosity so they do not substantially flow without activation during the life of the product or gel structures.
  • the lotion may be shear thinning and/or they may strongly change their viscosity around skin temperature to allow for transfer and easy spreading on a user's skin.
  • the lotion may be in the form of emulsions and/or dispersions.
  • the lotion has a water content of less than about 20% and/or less than 10% and/or less than about 5% or less than about 0.5%.
  • the lotion may have a solids content of at least about 15% and/or at least about 25% and/or at least about 30% and/or at least about 40% to about 100% and/or to about 95% and/or to about 90% and/or to about 80%.
  • Nonlimiting examples of suitable oils and/or emollients include glycols (such as propylene glycol and/or glycerine), polyglycols (such as triethylene glycol), petrolatum, fatty acids, fatty alcohols, fatty alcohol ethoxylates, fatty alcohol esters and fatty alcohol ethers, fatty acid ethoxylates, fatty acid amides and fatty acid esters, hydrocarbon oils (such as mineral oil), squalane, fluorinated emollients, silicone oil (such as dimethicone) and mixtures thereof.
  • glycols such as propylene glycol and/or glycerine
  • polyglycols such as triethylene glycol
  • petrolatum such as propylene glycol and/or glycerine
  • fatty acids such as propylene glycol and/or glycerine
  • fatty alcohol ethoxylates such as fatty alcohol esters and fatty alcohol ethers
  • Immobilizing agents include agents that are may prevent migration of the emollient into the paper tissue such that the emollient remain primarily on the surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product and/or on the surface treating composition on a surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product and facilitate transfer of the lotion to a user's skin. Immobilizing agents may function as viscosity increasing agents and/or gelling agents.
  • suitable immobilizing agents include waxes (such as ceresin wax, ozokerite, microcrystalline wax, petroleum waxes, fisher tropsh waxes, silicone waxes, paraffin waxes), fatty alcohols (such as cetyl and/or stearyl alcohol), fatty acids and their salts (such as metal salts of stearic acid), mono and polyhydroxy fatty acid esters, mono and polyhydroxy fatty acid amides, silica and silica derivatives, gelling agents, thickeners and mixtures thereof.
  • waxes such as ceresin wax, ozokerite, microcrystalline wax, petroleum waxes, fisher tropsh waxes, silicone waxes, paraffin waxes
  • fatty alcohols such as cetyl and/or stearyl alcohol
  • fatty acids and their salts such as metal salts of stearic acid
  • mono and polyhydroxy fatty acid esters such as ceresin wax, ozokerite, microcrystalline wax, petroleum waxes, fisher tropsh
  • the lotion comprises at least one immobilizing agent and at least one emollient.
  • the lotion comprises a sucrose ester of a fatty acid.
  • the lotion may be comprise a transferable agent and thus be considered a transferable lotion.
  • a transferable lotion comprises at least one transferable agent that is capable of being transferred to an opposing surface such as a user's skin upon use. In one example, at least 0.1% of the transferable lotion present on the user contacting surface transfers to the user's skin during use.
  • the amount of transferable composition that transfers to a user's skin during use can be determined by known methods such as by tape stripping the skin 3 times, after use of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product by the user, with Tegaderm Tapes, available from 3M, and analyzing the tapes for the transferable composition or a component within the transferable composition assuming all components of the transferable composition transfer equally.
  • lotion components include vehicles, perfumes, especially long lasting and/or enduring perfumes, antibacterial actives, antiviral actives, disinfectants, pharmaceutical actives, film formers, deodorants, opacifiers, astringents, solvents, cooling sensate agents, and the like.
  • lotion components include camphor, thymol, menthol, chamomile extracts, aloe vera, calendula officinalis, alpha bisalbolol, Vitamin E, Vitamin E acetate.
  • the lotion is present on the surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product and/or on the surface treating composition present on the surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product at a level of at least about 0.5 g/m 2 and/or at least about 1.0 g/m 2 and/or at least about 1.5 g/m 2 per user contacting surface.
  • the lotion is present on the surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product and/or on the surface treating composition present on the surface of the paper tissue and/or sanitary tissue product at a level of from about 0.5 g/m 2 and/or from about 1.0 g/m 2 and/or from about 1.5 g/m 2 to about 10 g/m 2 and/or to about 8 g/m 2 and/or to about 6 g/m 2 per user contacting surface.
  • a "vehicle” is a material that can be used to dilute and/or emulsify agents forming the surface treating composition and/or lotion to form a dispersion/emulsion.
  • a vehicle may be present in the surface treating composition and/or lotion, especially during application of the surface treating composition and/or to the paper tissue.
  • a vehicle may dissolve a component (true solution or micellar solution) or a component may be dispersed throughout the vehicle (dispersion or emulsion).
  • the vehicle of a suspension or emulsion is typically the continuous phase thereof. That is, other components of the dispersion or emulsion are dispersed on a molecular level or as discrete particles throughout the vehicle.
  • Suitable materials for use as the vehicle of the present invention include hydroxyl functional liquids, including but not limited to water.
  • the lotion comprises less than about 20% and/or less than about 10% and/or less than about 5% and/or less than about 0.5% w/w of a vehicle, such as water.
  • the surface treating composition comprises greater than about 50% and/or greater than about 70% and/or greater than about 85% and/or greater than about 95% and/or greater than about 98% w/w of a vehicle, such as water.
  • a suitable lotion of the present invention has a water content of less than 20%, less than 10%, less than 5% or less than 0.5%.
  • Example 1 of lotion formulation Example 1 of lotion formulation :
  • the present invention is of particular efficacy when the lotion has the following composition (in weight/weight percent) : Stearyl Alcohol CO1897 * 30% SEFOSE 1618S** 50% Mineral oil (Carnation) *** 20% * Available from Procter&Gamble Chemicals, Cincinnati, USA ** Sucrose esters of fatty alcohols, available from Procter&Gamble Chemicals, Cincinnati, USA *** Available from Crompton Corporation
  • Example 2 of lotion formulation Example 2 of lotion formulation :
  • the present invention is of particular efficacy when the lotion has the following composition (in weight/weight percent) : Stearyl Alcohol CO1897 * 40% Petrolatum (Snowwhite V28EP)** 30% Mineral oil (Carnation) ** 30% * Available from Procter&Gamble Chemicals, Cincinnati, USA ** Available from Crompton Corporation
  • the present invention is of particular efficacy when the lotion has the following composition (in weight/weight percent) : Stearyl Alcohol CO1897 * 20% SEFOSE 1618S** 80% * Available from Procter&Gamble Chemicals, Cincinnati, USA ** Sucrose esters of fatty alcohols, available from Procter&Gamble Chemicals, Cincinnati, USA
  • Formulation 1 Formulation 2 Formulation3 Lotion basis weight of the tissue 2.1g/sqm 3g/sqm 2.1g/sqm Density of deposits (sqcm) 10 2.7 3.7 Ratio R 0.27 0.04 0.06 Mean deposit volume (mm 3 / 1000) 6.8 4.6 6.4 Ratio R 2 (smq/g) 0.0084 0.0013 0.0022
  • the tissue paper used in the following examples is a conventional wet pressed, homogeneous, dry creped tissue paper with a basis weight of about 15.4 g/sqm.
  • the paper web has a composition of about 40% Northern Softwood Kraft and 60% Eucalyptus.
  • four sheets of paper are combined together in an off line combining operation.
  • the pre-combined 4-ply parent roll is subsequently converted into a 4-ply tissue product.
  • the 4-ply parent roll is unwound and subjected to calandering between two smooth steel calender rolls followed by high pressure embossing to achieve ply bonding. The majority of the tissue paper remains unaffected by the high pressure embossing.
  • the 4-ply paper tissue product obtained by the above described process had a basis weight of approximately 60g/sqm (not including any lotion applied), a thickness of 0.27mm, a bulk of 4.5 cm3/g, a machine direction strength of 1280 g/2.54 cm (g/in), a cross direction strength of g/2.54 cm (610 g/in), and a wet burst of about 200g. It contained a wet strength agent and a dry strength agent.
  • the tissue paper used in the following examples is a conventional wet pressed, layered, dry creped tissue paper with a basis weight of about 14.6 g/sqm.
  • the outer layer contains about 100% Eucalyptus fiber whereas the inner layer is composed of a furnish mix of about 85% Northern Softwood Kraft, 10% CTMP and about 5% Eucalyptus fiber. Both layers are of about equal basis weight (symmetrical layer split).
  • four sheets of paper are combined together in an off line combining operation.
  • the pre-combined 4-ply parent roll is subsequently converted into a 4-ply tissue product.
  • the 4-ply parent roll is unwound and subjected to calendering between two smooth steel calender rolls followed by high pressure embossing to achieve ply bonding.
  • the majority of the tissue paper remains unaffected by the high pressure embossing.
  • the tissue was cut in machine direction, followed by cutting in cross direction into sheets of approximately 21cm x 21cm, folded, stacked into stacks of 9 sheets and packed into individual pocket packs.
  • the 4-ply paper tissue product obtained by the above described process has a basis weight, of approximately 60g/sqm (not including any lotion applied), a thickness of 0.27mm, a bulk of 4.5 cm3/g, a machine direction strength of 1180 g/2.54 cm (g/in), a cross direction strength of 560 g/2.54 cm (g/in), and a wet burst of about 200g. It contains a wet strength agent and a dry strength agent.
  • Average lotion add-on level by solvent extraction (basis weight of lotion on the tissue) : A representative sample of about 2g of the lotion treated tissue is extracted by Accellerated Solvent Extraction (ASE) using a model ASE 200, available from Dionex Corp., USA. The following conditions are used: 11ml extraction cell, solvent mixture: 50 % Acetone/n-Hexane; temperature: 100°C (heat and static 5 minutes); pressure: 6.9 MPa (1000 PSI); two cycles with 100 % flush. The solvent is evaporated and the residue is determined gravimetrically.
  • ASE Accellerated Solvent Extraction
  • a ⁇ v ⁇ e ⁇ r ⁇ a ⁇ g ⁇ e l ⁇ o ⁇ t ⁇ i ⁇ o ⁇ n W ⁇ e ⁇ i ⁇ g ⁇ h ⁇ t o ⁇ f t ⁇ h ⁇ e e ⁇ x ⁇ t ⁇ r ⁇ a ⁇ c ⁇ t i ⁇ n g ⁇ B ⁇ a ⁇ s ⁇ i ⁇ s w ⁇ e ⁇ i ⁇ g ⁇ h ⁇ t o ⁇ f t ⁇ h ⁇ e s ⁇ a ⁇ m ⁇ p ⁇ l ⁇ e i ⁇ n g / s q ⁇ m W ⁇ e ⁇ i ⁇ g ⁇ h ⁇ t o ⁇ f t
  • Osmium Staining A square sample of tissue of about 4cm x 4cm is cut from a flat, unembossed and unfolded area of the tissue product to be analyzed ( a smaller area can be used if needed). All tissue samples are placed in open containers equidistant from an open container of 10ml of a 4% OsO 4 solution (in water) under a glass staining dome in a hood. The vapor staining is done typically for 24 hours. The duration of staining is not very critical and can be longer or shorter depending on the affinity of the lotion for osmium and the desired level of "blackness". Staining is stopped when the best possible contrast in the sample between lotion spots and substrate is reached. Because paper fibers will slowly pick up the osmium stain and darken, there is point in the staining process where the lotion will no longer react but the paper fibers will continue to do so, reducing the contrast between lotion and fibers.
  • Sample Preparation for Surface Analysis The sample tissue is placed on a 2 inch x 3 inch (about 5cm x 7.6cm) glass slide with the surface that is to be analyzed, facing up. The edges of the ply were carefully taped to the slide to produce a flat sheet.
  • the mounted samples described above were analyzed by a GFM Primos optical 3D measuring system (Teltow, Germany) which is based on the digital stripe projection technique.
  • the system has a field of view of 2.7x2.1 cm and a detector containing 1300x1000 pixels.
  • the operating software was Primos version 4.074. If possible the full field view should be used, only if the sample does not contain a large enough flat, unfolded and unembossed area should a smaller field of view is to be used for analysis.
  • the system produces a grayscale camera image (GS image) for each sample analyzed as well as a 3D surface height image (3D image) calibrated in micrometer.
  • the GS image was exported from the Primos software as a BMP image for further processing.
  • the 3D image was processed using the Primos software Align function which removes tilt and exported as a Fringe File Version 1 format (FD3).
  • the GS image of the osmium stained sample was smoothed with an averaging convolution filter of kernel size 151 and the resulting image subtracted from the original GS image. This corrected the image for uneven illumination characteristic of the Primos system.
  • the resulting image was then smoothed slightly with a median filter of kernel size 5 to remove any high frequency noise from the measurement.
  • This image was then scaled from (min, max) to (0,1) and a thresholding operation applied so that values below 0.30 were set to a binary 1 and values above or equal to 0.30 were set to zero.
  • This binary mask (BM) shows 1's where there is darkly stained lotion and zeros everywhere else.
  • staining method is not appropriate to identify lotioned areas
  • other methods to identify lotioned areas can be used, preferably infrared scanning spectroscopy. This may be appropriate in case staining does not allow to separate the areas with a high amount of lotion (these are the areas that may protrude from the surface) from the rest of the surface area, e.g. if the lotion material does not stain or does not stain enough for differentiating it from the background, or, e.g. if the substrate itself stains.
  • An appropriate method to identify lotioned areas by IR scanning spectroscopy is described in described in US patent application 2005/238700 titled "Paper tissue with high lotion transferability" by J. Kleinwaeschter, D. Butz, C. Marcott and G. Di Girolamo.In this method it is described how to measure the local lotion basis weight in an area of 25 ⁇ m x 25 ⁇ m of a sample with an area of 0.5 cm x0.5 cm or larger.
  • a sample of at least 1 cm x 1 cm is used.
  • the file containing the local lotion basis weight can be exported as a 8 bit greyscale bitmap file and transformed into the desired binary mask BM, using an image analysis program, e.g. AnalySIS (available from Soft Imaging GmbH, Germany) as described in the US patent application cited above, by setting all pixels with a local lotion basis weight of 10g/sqm to "1" in the binary mask BM and all other points to "0". Appropriate fudicial marks within the image can be used to register the binary mask with the 3D height image.
  • an image analysis program e.g. AnalySIS (available from Soft Imaging GmbH, Germany) as described in the US patent application cited above, by setting all pixels with a local lotion basis weight of 10g/sqm to "1" in the binary mask BM and all other points to "0".
  • Appropriate fudicial marks within the image can be used to register the binary mask with the 3D height image.
  • the lotion basis weight of the protruding deposits (in g/sqm) is obtained from the mean volume of the deposits per area multiplied by the density of the lotion.
  • the ratio R is then calculated by dividing the lotion basis weight of the deposits (in g/sqm) by the lotion basis weight of the tissue (in g/sqm).

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  1. Mouchoir en papier ayant des première et deuxième surfaces opposées, comprenant une lotion sur au moins une surface dudit mouchoir en papier, ladite lotion étant présente en dépôts qui ressortent essentiellement discrets sur ladite première surface, où ledit mouchoir en papier a un volume égal ou inférieur à 5,2 cm3/g de mouchoir dans lequel lesdits dépôts qui ressortent ont une hauteur moyenne d'au moins 30 µm.
  2. Mouchoir en papier selon la revendication 1, dans lequel lesdits dépôts ont une hauteur moyenne d'au moins 35 µm.
  3. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel lesdits dépôts ont une hauteur moyenne d'au moins 38 µm.
  4. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel un rapport R est défini par R = Masse surfacique de lotion des dépôts qui ressortent g / m 2 masse surfacique de lotion du mouchoir g / m 2
    Figure imgb0008
    et ledit rapport R est plus grand que 0,005, de préférence dans lequel ledit rapport R est plus grand que 0,01.
  5. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, où ledit mouchoir en papier comprend au moins 2 dépôts qui ressortent par cm carré de mouchoir.
  6. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel ladite lotion est détectée par coloration au tétroxyde d'osmium.
  7. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes dans lequel ladite lotion est détectée par spectroscopie IR à balayage.
  8. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel ladite lotion comprend au moins 30 % de SEFOSE 1618S® et de préférence au moins 10 % d'alcool stéarylique.
  9. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel la masse surfacique de lotion sur ledit mouchoir est égale ou inférieure à 9 g/m2.
  10. Mouchoir en papier selon l'une quelconque des revendications précédentes, dans lequel le rapport R2 est défini comme R 2 = Aire des dépôts qui ressortent mesurée à la valeur seuil de la revendication 1 mm ∧ ⁢ 2 Aire du mouchoir mm ∧ ⁢ 2 * Poids de lotion du mouchoir g / m 2
    Figure imgb0009
    et R2 est au moins 0,0005.
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