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US 11,987,931 B2Granted
Cleansing substrate with synchronized printed and expanded texture
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsSimon K. Poruthoor, Christopher C. Creagan, Nathan J. Vogel, Jenna L. Bednar, Amanda Thelen
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Abstract
The current disclosure provides for a woven or nonwoven textured substrate that is stable in water based solutions. The textured substrate is generated by a controlled placement of ink on to portions of the surface and/or between layers of the textured substrate which is then followed by heat activation which expands the ink to puff out where the ink was applied to the textured substrate.
Claims16
A method comprising:
- providing a textured substrate comprising at least one layer having a first density and at least one layer having a second density, wherein the first density is at least 10% greater than the second density, wherein the at least one layer having the second density comprises an airlaid nonwoven web;
- printing a design pattern on an outer surface of the airlaid nonwoven web with an expandable ink and not on an outer surface of the at least one layer having the first density;
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- activating the design pattern on the textured substrate with heat.
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A method comprising:
- printing a design pattern with an expandable ink onto a surface of an airlaid web of a substrate comprising the airlaid web and at least one other layer, wherein the airlaid web has a density at least 10% less than the at least one other layer;
- drying the design patterned substrate;
- activating the design patterned substrate with heat.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.