Use of a surface-reacted calcium carbonate in tissue paper, process to prepare a tissue paper product of improved softness, and resulting improved softness tissue paper products
US8460510B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Oct 19, 2011 |
| Grant date | Jun 11, 2013 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 19, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC D)Textiles; Paper
- CPC primaryD21H27/002
- WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
The present invention related to the use of a surface-reacted natural calcium carbonate as filler in tissue paper products, to a process to prepare tissue paper products, and to a tissue paper product featuring an improved softness, wherein said surface-reacted natural calcium carbonate is the reaction product of a natural calcium carbonate with an acid and carbon dioxide, which is formed in situ by the acid treatment and/or supplied externally.
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