Double-sided buffing pads with intertwined seams
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorsAaron C. KRAUSE, Aleksandrs TITOVS
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Abstract
Provided are buffing pads that have intertwined seams such that any hard or unyielding edges are covered and not exposed during a buffing or polishing process. A double-sided buffing pad for polishing surfaces comprises a backing plate; two fibrous buffing media with filaments of textiles extending therefrom that are affixed one media to each face of the backing plate; and a seam that is intertwined by a portion of the filaments from each media are intertwined. The filaments may be intertwined by needle-tacking, air entanglement, or hydro-entanglement.
Claims13
A double-sided buffing pad for polishing surfaces comprising:
- a backing plate;
- two fibrous buffing media with filaments of textiles extending therefrom that are affixed one media to each face of the backing plate;
- and
- a seam that is intertwined by a portion of the filaments from each media.
A method of making a double-sided buffing pad for polishing surfaces, the method comprising:
- affixing two fibrous buffing media with filaments of textiles extending therefrom to a backing plate, one media to each face of the backing plate;
- and
- forming a seam by intertwining a portion of the filaments of textiles from each media.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.