Device and methods for applying compositions to fabric surfaces
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsStephan Gary BUSH, Ted DE CASTRO, Gayle Marie FRANKENBACH, Dana Paul GRUENBACHER, Kenneth Lee MORAND, Thomas Elliot RABE, Faiz Feisal SHERMAN, Todd Michael WERNICKE
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Abstract
A device and method for applying a material to a surface of a fabric. The device has a sensor and a microfluidic die. The device further includes a reservoir for containing a material to be deposited, and a CPU. The method includes providing information from the sensor about the surface to the CPU, which uses the information to identify where the material is to be deposited and/or how much to deposit.
Claims20
An apparatus for applying a composition to the surface of a fabric, the apparatus including:
- a. an applicator head comprising a microfluidic die having one or more applicator nozzles;
- b. a reservoir to hold the composition;
- c. a sensor;
- and
- d. a CPU;
- wherein the sensor is configured to sense at least a portion of the surface of the fabric and provide the CPU with information about the surface of the fabric, and wherein the CPU analyzes the information from the sensor to identify deviations on the surface of the fabric, and the CPU activates the one or more applicator nozzles based on the deviations.
A method of depositing a composition on a surface of the fabric, the method comprising the steps of:
- identifying the surface of the fabric onto which the composition will be deposited;
- providing a device having a sensor, a reservoir for the composition, a CPU, and at least one microfluidic die comprising at least one nozzle;
- locating the sensor over at least a portion of the surface of the fabric;
- activating the sensor to acquire information about the surface of the fabric;
- providing the acquired information to the CPU;
- instructing the CPU to calculate the location of one or more deviations on the surface of the fabric;
- and
- activating the at least one nozzle to deposit the composition on the surface of the fabric.
The use of a device including a sensor, a CPU, a reservoir and a microfluidic die to apply a composition to a surface of the fabric.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.