Durably hydrophilic carded nonwovens
AssigneesThe Procter & Gamble Company, Indorama Ventures Public Company Limited
InventorsTorsten LINDNER, Gueltekin ERDEM, Patrick GUTMANN, Mads Rudbeck BERGMANN
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Abstract
A carded nonwoven (110) including synthetic staple fibers (120), wherein the synthetic staple fibers have a hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition, said hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition having a polypropylene-based matrix, an ethylene-propylene copolymer additive and a hydrophilic melt additive is disclosed.
Claims20
A carded nonwoven comprising synthetic staple fibers, wherein the synthetic staple fibers comprise or consist of a hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition, said hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition comprising a polypropylene-based matrix, an ethylene-propylene copolymer additive and a hydrophilic melt additive.
The carded nonwoven according to any of the preceding claims, wherein the carded nonwoven is an air-through bonded carded nonwoven comprising a mixture of:
- bi-component fibers with PE sheath;
- and
- bi-component fibers with CoPP sheath;
- wherein the CoPP sheath consists of the hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition.
Synthetic staple fibers comprising or consisting of a hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition, said hydrophilic polypropylene-based composition comprising a polypropylene-based matrix, an ethylene-propylene copolymer additive and a hydrophilic melt additive.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.