Claims
- 1. A method for the manufacture of a sheet material product, comprising contacting a fiber slurry with a wire screen to form a fiber web and removing water from the fiber web to form a sheet material; characterized in that the method further comprises:(1) forming a liquid mixture in a closed pressurized system, said liquid mixture containing an additive composition and a compressed fluid comprising: (a) an additive composition containing at least one additive material that modifies or enhances the properties or performance of the sheet material product; and (b) a compressed fluid which is present in an amount which renders said liquid mixture capable of being sprayed, which forms a liquid mixture with said additive composition, and which is a gas at standard conditions of 0° C. temperature and one atmosphere pressure (STP); (2) spraying said liquid mixture by passing the mixture under a pressure of at least about 500 psi through an orifice to form a spray; and (3) applying said spray containing said additive composition to said sheet material being conveyed during the manufacture of said sheet material product and producing a sheet material product which is not a release sheet or a waterproofed textile product.
- 2. The method of claim 1, wherein the sheet material is paper, textile or a flexible sheet material.
- 3. The method of claim 1, wherein the sheet material contains paper fiber or is paper.
- 4. The method of claim 1 wherein the sheet material contains paper fiber and said sheet material product is tissue paper.
- 5. The method of claim 4, wherein said tissue paper product is selected from the group consisting of sanitary tissues, household tissues, industrial tissues, facial tissues, cosmetic tissues, soft tissues, absorbent tissues, medicated tissues, toilet papers, paper towels, paper napkins, paper cloths, and paper linens.
- 6. The method of claim 3, wherein said additive composition is applied to at least one surface of a conveyed web containing the sheet material.
- 7. The method of claim 6, wherein said additive composition is applied to said conveyed web of the sheet material after the web has been at least partially dried.
- 8. The method of claim 6, wherein the conveyed sheet material is at a conveying speed of more than 50 meters per minute.
- 9. The method of claim 1, wherein the liquid mixture is substantially free of volatile organic solvents and water.
- 10. The method of claim 1, wherein said liquid mixture is substantially free of water.
- 11. The method of claim 1, wherein said spray is a decompressive spray.
- 12. The method of claim 1, wherein the compressed fluid is carbon dioxide or ethane and is a supercritical fluid at the temperature and pressure at which said liquid mixture is sprayed.
- 13. The method of claim 1, wherein said additive material is selected from the group consisting of softeners, emollients, lubricants, moisturizers, lotions, creams, conditioners, absorbants, hydrophilizers, debonders, surfactants, oils, waxes, silicones, mineral oil, lanolin, derivatized lanolin, aloe extract, fatty alcohols, fatty acid esters, polyhydroxy compounds, and quaternary ammonium compounds and mixtures thereof.
- 14. The method of claim 1, wherein the additive composition is applied to the sheet material by first applying said additive composition to a surface from which said additive material is then transferred to said sheet material by contacting said surface with said sheet material.
Parent Case Info
This Application is a 371 of PCT/US98/21382 filed Oct. 9, 1998 which claims benefit of Prov. No. 60/062,028 filed Oct. 10, 1997.
PCT Information
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PCT/US98/21382 |
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WO99/19081 |
4/4/1999 |
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