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Consumer scrubbing wipe article and method of making same

US8343882B2 · kind B2 · utility

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20Claims

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Assignee

3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES COMPANY · US

Inventors

Mitchell T. Johnson · Seattle, US
Timothy J. Lindquist · Woodbury, US

Key dates

Filing date	Sep 20, 2010
Grant date	Jan 1, 2013
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Sep 20, 2030

Classification

Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
CPC primaryY10T442/676
WIPO fieldTextile and paper machines
WIPO sectorMechanical engineering

Abstract

A consumer scrubbing wipe article is disclosed that includes a nonwoven substrate and a texture layer. The nonwoven substrate has a dry basis weight of less than about 300 g/m2. A non-crosslinked, abrasive resin-based texture layer is printed onto at least one surface of the substrate such that the texture layer extends at least 50 microns outwardly beyond the substrate surface upon coalescing. The texture layer bonds to the surface of the substrate via coalescing, and includes resin characterized as independently imparting a scrubbyness attribute to the article upon coalescing.

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