Flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue and a method for making it
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorsLars Fingal, Kaveh Tondkar, Anders Stralin
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Abstract
A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue including a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition is provided. The nonwoven material contains at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres and at least 5%, by fibre weight, poly(lactic acid) fibres having a length between 8 and 20 mm and a fineness between 0.5 and 3 dtex. The poly(lactic acid) fibres are non-melted, and the moist wipe or hygiene tissue is free from added binders and wet-strength agents.
Claims15
A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue comprising a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition, said nonwoven material containing at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres,
- wherein said moist wipe or hygiene tissue comprises at least 5%, by fibre weight, poly(lactic acid) fibres having a length between 8 and 20 mm and a fineness between 0.5 and 3 dtex, said poly(lactic acid) fibres are non-melted, and wherein the moist wipe or hygiene tissue is free from added binders and wet-strength agents.
A method of making a moist wipe or hygiene tissue comprising the steps of:
- foam-forming a fibre mixture of at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres and at least 5%, by fibre weight, poly(lactic acid) fibres having a length between 8 and 20 mm and a fineness between 0.5 and 3 dtex, hydroentangling said mixture to form a hydroentangled nonwoven web, drying said web,
- wherein said web is free from added binders and wet-strength agent, and
- wherein the poly(lactic acid) fibres are non-melted, and impregnating the web with a wetting composition.
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