Article having a continuous thermoplastic coating

US6583332B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• H.B. Fuller Licensing & Financing, Inc · US

Inventors

• Harald Werenicz · Reppenstedt, DE
• Thomas Wittkopf · Vögelsen, DE
• Gerhard Voss
• Peter Remmers · Hamburg, DE
• Mark G. Katsaros · Mahtomedi, US
• Robert G. Polance · Lino Lakes, US
• Mark S. Kroll · Arden Hills, US

Key dates

• Filing date: Mar 16, 2000
• Grant date: Jun 24, 2003
• Expiry date: Mar 16, 2020

Classification

• Technology area (CPC D): Textiles; Paper
• CPC primary: D21H23/64
• WIPO field: Textile and paper machines
• WIPO sector: Mechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention relates to a non-contact coating method for producing a continuous coating and articles constructed therefrom. This invention further relates to a method for producing a textile material with a moisture-impermeable barrier layer and to a method for producing a moisture-absorbing article of hygiene which has such a barrier layer. This invention particularly relates to a textile material and hygienic disposable articles comprising a body fluid impermeable barrier layer produced from said coating method. Preferably, the thermoplastic composition used in the method for producing the barrier layer exhibits certain rheological characteristics.