Anti-microbial tissue paper and process to manufacture same
AssigneeCascades Canada Ulc
InventorsMarie-Hélène Charest, Jean-Francois Samuel, Pascal Allard, Régis Arsenault, Charles Beaulne, Jean-Marc Bouchard, Benoît Graton, Gabriel Sanapo
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Abstract
An antimicrobial paper includes a paper web having a grammage between 10 and 60 grams per square meter, a cationizing agent in a concentration ranging between 0.05 wt % and 5 wt %, an antimicrobial agent in a concentration ranging between 0.01 wt % and 3 wt %, the antimicrobial agent and the cationizing agent being added on the paper web having a consistency above 15 wt %, the antimicrobial paper having an antimicrobial agent release of above about 0.01 wt % when wetted.
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A dry antimicrobial wiping paper comprising a paper web having a grammage between 10 and 60 grams per square meter, a cationizing agent in a concentration ranging between 0.05 wt % and 5 wt % and sufficient to at least one of partially neutralize, neutralize and cationize the paper web having a paper web consistency above about 15 wt %, a water-soluble antimicrobial agent in a concentration ranging between 0.01 wt % and 3 wt %, wherein a portion of the antimicrobial agent is released when the antimicrobial wiping paper is wetted by wiping a wet surface.
A dry antimicrobial wiping paper comprising a paper web including a cationizing agent in a concentration ranging between 0.05 wt % and 5 wt % and sufficient to at least one of partially neutralize, neutralize and cationize the paper web, a water soluble antimicrobial agent in a concentration ranging between 0.01 wt % and 3 wt % and having an antimicrobial agent release rate of above about 0.01 wt % when wetted by wiping a wet surface.
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