Creped electret nonwoven wiper
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsLaura Keck, Eugenio Varona, Alan Wright
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Abstract
Disclosed herein are disposable fibrous nonwoven wipers which include one or more creped fibrous nonwoven webs which have been electret treated. The fibrous nonwoven wipers provide desirable properties including improved capacity and efficiency for picking up debris such as dirt, dust and particulate matter and enhanced particle attraction and containment properties. Also disclosed herein is a method for making the fibrous nonwoven wipers.
Claims20
A nonwoven wiper comprising at least one fibrous nonwoven web material, said nonwoven web material being a creped and electret treated nonwoven web material.
A method for producing a creped electret nonwoven wiper comprising the steps of providing a fibrous nonwoven web material, adhering said fibrous nonwoven web to a creping roll with a creping agent, removing said fibrous nonwoven web from said creping roll by creping said nonwoven web from said creping roll to produce a creped nonwoven web, and thereafter passing said nonwoven web material through an applied electric field.
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