Dendrimeric polymers for the production of paper and board
US6468396B2 · kind B2 · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Apr 4, 2001 |
| Grant date | Oct 22, 2002 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2021 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD21H21/10
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A papermaking stock and a method for improving the retention of pulp fines, mineral fillers, dispersed wood resin, and/or synthetic hydrophobic stickies and cellulose fibers in a cellulosic fiber sheet, employs dendrimeric polymers for increasing the retention of fines, fillers, dispersed hydrophobic particles, and cellulosic fibers. The application in the paper industry provides a means of (1) increasing the retention of fillers in paper and decreasing the loss of filler materials in white water waste from papermaking; (2) increasing the retention of cellulosic fines and fibers in the paper-making process; increasing drainage on the paper machine; and (3) removing a significant fraction of the wood resin, plastics, and stickies from the process stream thus enabling a greater extent of reuse of filtrates and, hence, less effluents from mills, fewer problems from wood resins such as deposit formation, loss of strength of product, and contamination of product with dirt particles.
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