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Bulky paper with concavo-convex pattern and process for producing thereof

US8449718B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Filing dateApr 28, 2009
Grant dateMay 28, 2013
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Expiry dateMay 31, 2029

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  • Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
  • CPC primaryD21H21/54
  • WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
  • WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern includes the steps of producing a wet mixed sheet comprising high-basis-weight regions and low-basis-weight regions from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water, the heat-expanding particles being evenly dispersed in the fiber in the high basis-weight and low basis-weight regions; and then heating the wet mixed sheet to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles and form a concavo-convex pattern. This allows the free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers.

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