Loaded paper

• US 4,925,530 A
• Filed: 07/20/1988
• Issued: 05/15/1990
• Est. Priority Date: 12/21/1985
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Wiggins Teape Group Limited (Sequana SA)
• Original Assignee: Wiggins Teape Group Limited (Sequana SA)
• Inventors: Sinclair, Peter, Hayes, Angela J.
• Primary Examiner(s): Chin, Peter
• Application Number:
  US07/222,346
• Time in Patent Office: 664 Days
• Field of Search: 162/175, 162/181.1, 162/181.2-181.7, 162/183, 162/168.2, 162/168.3, 162/164.6, 162/164.3, 162/181.8, 162/164.1
• US Class Current: 162/164.1
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 17/375 Poly(meth)acrylamide
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 17/43 Carboxyl groups or derivatives thereof
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 17/455 comprising tertiary amine or being at least partially quaternised
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 17/55 Polyamides; Polyaminoamides; Polyester-amides
• CPC Class Codes: D21H 23/14 by selecting point of addition or time of contact between components

Abstract

Aqueous suspensions of papermaking fibres and filler are each separately treated with an anionic or a cationic polymer, after which the filler (preferably) or the papermaking fibre is treated with a polymer of opposite charge to that used in the initial treatment. The filler and papermaking suspensions are then mixed to form a papermaking stock, with dilution as necessary before, during or after the mixing operation. This stock is then used to form a loaded paper web in conventional manner. The initial treating polymer is preferably a papermaking retention aid or flocculant, e.g. a cationic polyarcylamide or an amine/amide/epichlorohydrin copolymer in the case of cationic materials or an anionic polyacrylamide in the case of anionic materials. The further treating polymer is preferably an anionic or cationic starch, depending on the charge of the initial treating polymer.

Claims

1. A process for the production of loaded paper from papermaking fibre and filler, comprising the steps of:

(a) treating the papermaking fibre in an aqueous medium with a charged synthetic polymer;

(b) separately treating the filler in an aqueous medium with a charged synthetic polymer, with the proviso that if the charged synthetic polymer used to treat the filler is anionic it is selected from papermaking flocculents and retention aids;

(c) selecting the charged synthetic polymer used in step (a) and the charged synthetic polymer used in step (b) such that both have the same charge polarity;

(d) additionally treating the filler with a charged polymer of opposite charge polarity from that of the polymer(s) used in steps (a) and (b);

(e) mixing aqueous suspensions of treated filler and treated papermaking fibre from steps (a), (b) and (d) to form a papermaking stock, diluting as necessary before, during or after the mixing operation; and

(f) draining the papermaking stock to form a loaded paper web, wherein the filler, papermaking fibre and charged polymers are used in amounts effective to produce loaded paper.

2. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is a cationic papermaking retention aid or flocculant.

3. A process as claimed in claim 2 wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is a cationic polyacrylamide or a cationic amine/amide/epichlorohydrin copolymer.

4. A process as claimed in claim 3, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is used in an amount of at least 0.15% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre.

5. A process as claimed in claim 4, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 0.4% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre.

6. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is a cationic papermaking retention aid or flocculant.

7. A process as claimed in claim 6, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is a cationic polyacrylamide or a cationic amine/amide/epichlorohydrin copolymer.

8. A process as claimed in claim 6 or claim 7, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is used in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

9. A process as claimed in claim 8, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

10. A process as claimed in claim 9, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is used in an amount of from 0.3 to 1.0% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

11. A process as claimed in claim 2, wherein the polymer used in the step (c) treatment is an anionic starch.

12. A process as claimed in claim 11, wherein the anionic starch is used in an amount of at least 4% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

13. A process as claimed in claim 12, wherein the anionic starch is used in an amount of from 5 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

14. A process as claimed in claim 11, wherein the weight ratio on a dry basis of the amounts of polymer used in steps (b) and (c) is from 1:

6 to 1;

40.

15. A process as claimed in claim 14, wherein said weight ratio is from 1:

6 to 1;

14.

16. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is an anionic papermaking retention aid or flocculant.

17. A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is an anionic polyacrylamide.

18. A process as claimed in claim 16 or claim 17, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is used in an amount of at least 0.15% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre.

19. A process as claimed in claim 18 wherein the polymer used in the step (a) treatment is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 0.4% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre.

20. A process as claimed in claim 1, wherein the polymer used in step (b) is an anionic papermaking retention aid or flocculant.

21. A process as claimed in claim 20, wherein the polymer used in step (b) is an anionic polyacrylamide.

22. A process as claimed in claim 20 or 21, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is used in an amount of at least 0.1% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

23. A process as claimed in claim 22, wherein the polymer used in the step (b) treatment is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

24. A process as claimed in claim 16, wherein the polymer used in the step (c) treatment is a cationic starch.

25. A process as claimed in claim 24, wherein the cationic starch is used in an amount of at least 4% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

26. A process as claimed in claim 25, wherein the cationic starch is used in an amount of 8 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

27. A process as claimed in claim 24, wherein the weight ratio on a dry basis of the amounts of polymer used in steps (b) and (c) is from 1:

12 to 1;

100.

28. A process as claimed in claim 27, wherein said weight ratio is from 1:

24 to 1;

40.

37. Loaded paper made by a process as claimed in claims 1, 29 or 33.

29. A process for the production of loaded paper from paper making fibre and filler, comprising the steps of:

(a) treating the papermaking fibre in an aqueous medium with a cationic synthetic polymer;

(b) separately treating the filler in an aqueous medium with a cationic synthetic polymer;

(c) treating the thus-treated filler with an anionic polymer;

(d) mixing aqueous suspensions of treated papermaking fibre from step (a) and treated filler from steps (b) and (c) to form a papermaking stock, diluting as necessary before, during or after the papermaking operation; and

(e) draining the papermaking stock to form a loaded paper web, wherein the filler, papermaking fibre and charged polymers are used in amounts effective to produce loaded paper.

30. A process as claimed in claim 29, wherein the polymer used in both steps (a) and (b) is a cationic papermaking retention aid or flocculant and the polymer used in step (c) is an anionic starch.

31. A process as claimed in claim 30 wherein the polymer used in both steps (a) and (b) is a cationic polyacrylamide or a cationic amine/amide/epichlorohydrin copolymer.

32. A process as claimed in claim 31, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) and (b) treatments is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 1.0% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre or filler, and the anionic starch is used in an amount of from 5 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.

33. A process for the production of loaded paper from papermaking fibre and filler, comprising the steps of:

(a) treating the papermaking fibre in an aqueous medium with an anionic synthetic polymer;

(b) separately treating the filler in an aqueous medium with an anionic synthetic polymer wherein the polymer is selected from papermaking flocculents and retention aids;

(c) treating the thus-treated filler with a cationic polymer;

(d) mixing aqueous suspensions of treated papermaking fibre from step (a) and treated filler from steps (b) and (c) to form a papermaking stock, diluting as necessary before, during or after the papermaking operation; and

(e) draining the papermaking stock to form a loaded paper web, wherein the filler, papermaking fibre and charged polymers are used in amounts effective to produce loaded paper.

34. A process as claimed in claim 33, wherein the polymer used in both steps (a) and (b) is an anionic papermaking retention aid or flocculant and the polymer used in step (c) is a cationic starch.

35. A process as claimed in claim 34 wherein the polymer used in both steps (a) and (b) is an anionic polyacrylamide.

36. A process as claimed in claim 35, wherein the polymer used in the step (a) and (b) treatments is used in an amount of from 0.2 to 0.4% by weight, based on the dry weight of the papermaking fibre or filler, and the cationic starch is used in an amount of from 8 to 10% by weight, based on the dry weight of the filler.