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US 2026/0071365 A1Published application
Low basis weight nonwoven webs and methods for making same
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsMatthew Gary McKee, Jeffrey Glen Sheehan, Ward William Ostendorf, Steven Lee Barnholtz, Timothy James Klawitter, Patricia Callanan Thomas, Mark Charles Rueve, Robert Howard Scholle
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Abstract
Low basis weight, for example less than 5 gsm, nonwoven webs, rolls thereof, and methods for making same are provided.
Claims22
A low basis weight nonwoven web exhibiting a basis weight of less than 5 gsm, wherein the low basis weight nonwoven web comprises a plurality of hydroxyl polymer fibrous elements;
- wherein the hydroxyl polymer fibrous elements have an average fiber diameter of less than 4.5 microns as measured by the average fiber diameter method.
A method for making a low basis weight nonwoven web, the method comprising the steps of:
- a. providing a hydroxyl polymer composition;
- b. spinning the hydroxyl polymer composition to form a plurality of hydroxyl polymer fibrous elements;
- c. collecting the plurality of hydroxyl polymer fibrous elements on a collection device such that a low basis weight nonwoven web that exhibits a basis weight of less than 5 gsm is formed.
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