Customizable apparatus and method for transporting and depositing fluids

US9492835B2 · kind B2 · utility

Assignee

• The Procter & Gamble Company · US

Inventors

• Thomas Timothy Byrne · Sharonville, US
• Michael Scott Prodoehl · Sharonville, US
• Kevin Benson McNeil · Loveland, US
• Gustav Andre Mellin · Amberley Village, US
• Haibin Chen · Zhejiang, CN
• Matthew Alan Russell · Middletown, US

Key dates

• Filing date: May 30, 2014
• Grant date: Nov 15, 2016
• Expiry date: Oct 6, 2034

Classification

• Technology area (CPC B): Performing Operations; Transporting
• CPC primary: B41F13/11
• WIPO field: Surface technology, coating
• WIPO sector: Chemistry

Abstract

A method of depositing a fluid onto a substrate is disclosed. The method can include the steps of providing a substrate, a fluid; a sleeve and roll system comprising a sleeve having a sleeve exit and an inner region and a rotating roll disposed within the inner region and a vascular network to supply the fluid from the interior region of the rotating roll to the exterior surface of the rotating roll in a predetermined path. The vascular network comprises a main artery, a tree comprising a first capillary, and a fluid exit on the exterior surface. The method includes the steps of transporting the fluid to the vascular network; controlling the flow of the fluid to move the fluid at a predetermined flow rate to the fluid exit; and contacting the substrate with the fluid.