Paperboard product

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-11753773-B2
Application number	US-202016850552-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Apr 16, 2020
Priority date	Oct 16, 2015
Publication date	Sep 12, 2023
Grant date	Sep 12, 2023

Abstract

The present disclosure relates to paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship and methods of making paperboard having an improved basis weight to bending strength relationship. In particular, a paperboard provided herein includes a refined cellulose in at least 1 ply.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A method of making a paperboard product, comprising:
a. depositing a layer of a suspension of cellulose fibers, the suspension including a bond strengthening agent and having a cellulose content of about 80% to about 95% cellulose from a paper and/or recycled furnish and about 5% to about 20% refined cellulose; and
b. applying pressure to the layer to form at least 1 ply of a paperboard product having 1 or more plies, wherein the paperboard product has:
a basis weight reduction of 5% to 30% or a basis weight of about 90% to about 110% of a control paperboard having a single ply with a cellulose content that is 100% cellulose from the paper furnish;
a bending stiffness of at least 90% of the control paperboard having a single ply with a cellulose content that is 100% cellulose from the paper furnish; and
a thickness of about 90% to about 110% of the control paperboard having a single ply with a cellulose content that is 100% cellulose from the paper furnish; and wherein either:
refined oat hulls are included in the at least 1 ply in an amount of about 5% to about 15% of the cellulose content of the at least 1 ply; or
the refined cellulose is refined oat hulls and the bond strengthening agent is highly refined wood cellulose in a 3:1 to 4:1 ratio of refined oat hulls to highly refined cellulose.

2. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bending stiffness is at least 115% of the control paperboard.

3. The method of claim 2 , wherein the thickness is about 95% to about 105% of the control paperboard having the single ply with the cellulose content that is 100% from the paper furnish.

4. The method of claim 1 , wherein the bond strengthening agent comprises a non-cellulose polymer.

5. The method of claim 1 , wherein the paperboard product is coated with a polyelectrolyte complex.

6. The method of claim 1 , wherein refined oat hulls are included in the at least 1 ply in an amount of about 5% to about 15% of the cellulose content of the at least 1 ply.

7. The method of claim 1 , wherein the refined cellulose is refined oat hulls and the bond strengthening agent is the highly refined wood cellulose in a 3:1 to 4:1 ratio of refined oat hulls to highly refined cellulose.

Assignees

• Gen Mills Inc
• Univ Maine System

Inventors

• Tuszkiewicz George
• Lorence Matthew W
• Paradis Mark
• Bilodeau Michael A

Classifications

• D21H11/00 Primary

  Pulp or paper, comprising cellulose or lignocellulose fibres of natural origin only · CPC title

• D21J1/08 Primary

  Impregnated or coated fibreboard · CPC title

• D21H27/30

  Multi-ply (for surface covering D21H27/18; making on paper-making machines D21F9/00, D21F11/00) · CPC title

• D21H21/18

  Reinforcing agents · CPC title

• D21H17/09

  Sulfur-containing compounds · CPC title