Wipe
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsRonald E. Bergsten, John L. Erickson, Thomas E. Haskett, Michele H. Pollock, Yasuo Sudo
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Abstract
A wipe is provided that includes a first wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks, and an adhesive is provided, in one embodiment, in the valleys and not on the peaks.
Claims34
A wipe construction, comprising a substantially continuous wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks, and an adhesive is exposed in the valleys.
A wipe construction consisting essentially of a substantially continuous wiping member having peaks and valleys, and an adhesive exposed in the valleys.
A wipe construction comprising a substantially continuous wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks, and an adhesive is exposed in the valleys, wherein the wipe construction demonstrates a Drag Measurement according to the Drag Measurement Test Method of less than about 1.4 KI.
A wipe construction, comprising a substantially continuous wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks and an adhesive is exposed in the valleys, the backing member is a continuous film, and chambers are provided between the peaks and the film to trap particles.
A method of making a wipe construction, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substantially continuous wiping member;
- (b) providing a backing member;
- (c) providing an adhesive between the wiping member and the backing member;
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- (d) compressing the wiping member and the backing member together along valleys, so that at least some adhesive is in at least some of the valleys and is available to adhere to particles when the wiping member wipes a surface.
A method of making a wipe construction, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substantially continuous wiping member and a backing member that are bonded together along valleys, the wiping member having discrete peaks;
- (b) applying adhesive to substantially the entire exposed surface of the wiping member;
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- (c) selectively detackifying the adhesive provided on the peaks, to leave adhesive exposed in the valleys.
A method of making a wipe construction, comprising the steps of:
- (a) providing a substantially continuous wiping member and a backing member that are bonded together along valleys, the wiping member having discrete peaks;
- (b) applying an activatable adhesive to substantially the entire exposed surface of the wiping member;
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- (c) selectively activating the adhesive that is exposed in the valleys.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.