Patent ID: 7011729

Claim:
A paper making process comprising the steps of a. forming a paper mat by sending pulp and process water to a head box and having the pulp and process water deposited from the head box onto a wire screen, and b. providing a mixture in the form of a slurry comprising starch from about 0.1% to about 20% by weight of the slurry, and fiber from about 0.01% to about 2.0% by weight of the slurry, and applying the starch and fiber mixture to the paper mat, and c. removing the paper mat from the wire screen, and d. having the paper mat further processed to obtain paper wherein the pulp and process water is filtered through the paper mat to form white water which is removed from the wire screen and moved into a pressure screen that obtains accepts and rejects and the starch and fiber mixture comprises the accepts.