Equipment and processes for the application of atomized fluid to a web substrate

US10060062B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Miguel Angel Valle · Sharonville, US
• Katie Kristine Glass · Maineville, US
• Hasan Eroglu · Kyles, US
• David Warren Loebker · Cincinnati, US
• Kurt David Alexander · Mason, US
• André Mellin · Amberley Village, US
• Kevin Benson McNeil · Loveland, US
• David William Cabell · Cincinnati, US
• John Gerhard Michael · Cincinnati, US
• Stanford Royce Jackson · Sharonville, US
• Thorsten Knobloch · Cincinnati, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Feb 22, 2013
• Grant date: Aug 28, 2018
• Expiry date: Jan 25, 2035

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B31F2201/0784
• WIPO field: Chemical engineering
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

An apparatus for the application of atomized fluid to a web material having a first surface and a second surface opposed thereto is disclosed. The apparatus is provided with a fluid source disposed adjacent to the first surface of the web material and a receipt plenum disposed adjacent to the second surface of the web material. The receipt plenum provides a source of negative pressure to the second surface of the web material. A fluid disposed from the fluid source contacts the first surface of the web material and is caused to traverse therethrough by the source of negative pressure. A portion of the fluid contacting the first surface of the web material is contained by the receipt plenum.