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Coated water-swellable material comprising hydrogel-forming polymeric core and polymeric coating agent

US7402339B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

Mattias Schmidt · Idstein, DE
Axel Meyer · Frankfurt am Main, DE
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger · Bad Soden, DE
Stephen Allen Goldman · Wyoming, US
Edward Joseph Urankar · Maineville, US

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 7, 2007
Grant date	Jul 22, 2008
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Aug 7, 2027

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T428/31551
WIPO fieldOther special machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

This invention is directed to coated water-swellable materials, typically solid, particulate, water-swellable materials, i.e. materials that comprise hydrogel-forming polymers, whereof at least a part is coated with a coating, which substantially does not break when the polymers swell, as set out in the method herein. Said coating is present at a level of at least 1% by weight of the water-swellable material.The coating comprises preferably an elastomeric polymeric material. The invention also relates products, e.g., disposable absorbent articles, comprising such coated water-swellable material.

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