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Nonwoven material subjected to hydraulic jet treatment in spots
Assignee: Kimberly Clark Worldwide Inc
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Filing: 1988-03-18
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Granted: 1990-11-13
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Expires: 2008-03-18
Abstract
Abstract Nonwoven materials, methods of forming the same, and apparatus for forming the same, are disclosed. The nonwoven materials include at least one nonwoven web, with the at least one web being bonded by entangle bonding in spots, such entangle bonding being provided by hydraulic entangling. As a specific embodiment, elastomeric laminates are formed, the at least one nonwoven web subjected to spot-entangle-bonding including an elastomeric web spot-entangle-bonded to another web so as to form an elastomeric laminate. By spot-entangle-bonding (jet treating) the webs, utilizing hydraulic entangling to provide the spot-entangle-bonds, conventional bonding methods need not be used, whereby good hand and drape properties can be retained after bonding, and the overall bulk of the material can be maintained, while providing a product that does not easily delaminate and that is stretchable and resilient. Also disclosed is an apparatus for carrying out the spot-entangle-bonding, including two rotatable perforated drums having water jet manifolds inside thereof, the nonwoven material passing on the circumference thereof, with high pressure water jets issuing from the manifolds and through openings in the perforated drum so as to achieve hydraulic entangling of the nonwoven material at spots corresponding to openings of the perforated drums, with one side of the nonwoven material being adjacent the surface of one of the rotatable perforated drums and the opposite side of the nonwoven material being adjacent the surface of the other rotatable perforated drum.
Inventors
- 👤 Fred R. Radwanski
Bibliographic Details
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2026-11-03 11:13
CPC Classifications
D; D04; D04H; D04H1/00; D04H1/40; D04H1/44; D04H1/46; D04H1/492; D04H1/54; D04H1/56; D04H1/04; D04H1/26; D04H1/413; D04H1/495; D04H1/498; D04H18/00; D04H18/04; Y; Y10; Y10S; Y10S428/00; Y10S428/903
Claims Analysis
Total Claims: 30
Claim 1
Independent Claim
57 words
A spot-entangled material comprising: at least one nonwoven web having two surfaces, and spot-entangle-bonds in which the material of the nonwoven web is entangled and intertwined in the thickness direction between the two surfaces; wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement of the nonwoven web at spots of at least one of the two surfaces.
Claim 2
Dependent Claim
57 words
A spot-entangled material comprising: at least one nonwoven web having two surfaces, and spot-entangle-bonds in which the material of the nonwoven web is entangled and intertwined in the thickness direction between the two surfaces; wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement of the nonwoven web at spots of at least one of the two surfaces.
Claim 3
Dependent Claim
16 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 1, wherein the nonwoven web is a nonwoven fibrous web.
Claim 4
Dependent Claim
35 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 2, wherein said nonwoven fibrous web is an admixture of (1) meltblown fibers and (2) at least one of pulp fibers, staple fibers, additional meltblown fibers, and continuous filaments.
Claim 5
Dependent Claim
14 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 3, wherein said admixture further includes particulate material.
Claim 6
Dependent Claim
21 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 1, wherein said nonwoven web is a web comprising pulp fibers and staple fibers.
Claim 7
Dependent Claim
28 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 1, further including at least one additional web selected from the group consisting of a knit web and a woven web.
Claim 8
Dependent Claim
42 words
An elastomeric laminate comprising: at least one elastomeric web, at least one fibrous web, and spot-entangle-bonds in which material of the elastomeric web and the fibrous web are entangled and intertwined in spots, wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement.
Claim 9
Dependent Claim
42 words
An elastomeric laminate comprising: at least one elastomeric web, at least one fibrous web, and spot-entangle-bonds in which material of the elastomeric web and the fibrous web are entangled and intertwined in spots, wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement.
Claim 10
Dependent Claim
18 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein said elastomeric web is a nonwoven elastomeric web of meltblown fibers.
Claim 11
Dependent Claim
17 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein the fibrous web is a nonwoven web of meltblown fibers.
Claim 12
Dependent Claim
22 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein the fibrous web is a fibrous web of an admixture of pulp and meltblown fibers.
Claim 13
Dependent Claim
16 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein the fibrous web is a web of staple fibers.
Claim 14
Dependent Claim
23 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein the spot-entangle-bonding is a bonding provided by hydraulic entanglement while the elastomeric web is being stretched.
Claim 15
Dependent Claim
16 words
The laminate according to claim 7, wherein said elastomeric web is a fibrous nonwoven elastomeric web.
Claim 16
Dependent Claim
33 words
The laminate according to claim 13, wherein said fibrous nonwoven elastomeric web is sandwiched between two fibrous webs so that, each of the two fibrous webs are spot-entangle-bonded with the nonwoven elastomeric web.
Claim 17
Dependent Claim
19 words
The laminate according to claim 14, wherein the fibrous nonwoven elastomeric web is an elastomeric web of meltblown fibers.
Claim 18
Dependent Claim
20 words
The laminate according to claim 15, wherein the spot-entangle-bonding is provided by hydraulic entanglement while the elastomeric web is stretched.
Claim 19
Dependent Claim
48 words
A spot-entangled material comprising: at least one layer of fibrous material, at least one other layer of materials, and spot-entangle-bonds in which fibers of the fibrous material are entangled and intertwined in spots with the other layer of material, wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement.
Claim 20
Dependent Claim
48 words
A spot-entangled material comprising: at least one layer of fibrous material, at least one other layer of materials, and spot-entangle-bonds in which fibers of the fibrous material are entangled and intertwined in spots with the other layer of material, wherein the spot-entangle-bonds have been provided by hydraulic entanglement.
Claim 21
Dependent Claim
16 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 17, wherein the fibrous material is a nonwoven fibrous web.
Claim 22
Dependent Claim
35 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 18, wherein the nonwoven fibrous web is an admixture of (1) meltblown fibers and (2) at least one of pulp fibers, staple fibers, additional meltblown fibers and continuous filaments.
Claim 23
Dependent Claim
14 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 19, wherein the admixture further includes particulate material.
Claim 24
Dependent Claim
21 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 18, wherein the fibrous material comprises a mixture of pulp fibers and staple fibers.
Claim 25
Dependent Claim
28 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 17, wherein the other layer of material is selected from the group consisting of a knit web and a woven web.
Claim 26
Dependent Claim
19 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 17, wherein the other layer of material is a nonwoven fibrous web.
Claim 27
Dependent Claim
35 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 23, wherein the nonwoven fibrous web is an admixture of (1) meltblown fibers and (2) at least one of pulp fibers, staple fibers, additional meltblown fibers, and continuous filaments.
Claim 28
Dependent Claim
14 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 24, wherein the admixture further includes particulate material.
Claim 29
Dependent Claim
22 words
The spot-entangled nonwoven material according to claim 23, wherein the nonwoven fibrous web comprises a mixture of pulp fibers and staple fibers.
Claim 30
Dependent Claim
21 words
The spot-entangled material according to claim 17, wherein the layer of fibrous material is sandwiched between two layers of foam material.
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