Fibrous materials treated with a polyvinylamine polymer

US6824650B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. · US

Inventors

• Jeff Lindsay · Appleton, US
• Tom G. Shannon · Neenah, US
• Mike Thomas Goulet · Neenah, US
• Mike Lostocco · Appleton, US
• Troy Runge · Neenah, US
• Kelly D. Branham · Woodstock, US
• Lisa Flugge · Neenah, US
• Jamie Foster · Appleton, US
• Fred D. Lang · Neenah, US
• Tong Sun · Hangzhou City, CN
• Gil Garnier · Neenah, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Dec 18, 2001
• Grant date: Nov 30, 2004
• Expiry date: Dec 18, 2021

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21H27/002
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

Textile materials, including paper webs, treated with a polyvinylamine polymer and a second agent that interacts with the polyvinylamine polymer is disclosed. The second agent added with the polyvinylamine polymer can be, for instance, a polymeric anionic reactive compound or a polymeric aldehyde-functional compound. When incorporated into a paper web, the combination of the polyvinylamine polymer and the second agent provide improved strength properties, such as wet strength properties. In an alternative embodiment, the polyvinylamine polymer and the second polymer can be applied to a textile material for increasing the affinity of the textile material for acid dyes.