Cell arrangements and belts for producing
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsKari Beth ROSS, Ansonia BADGETT, Anthony Paul BANKEMPER, Kathryn Christian KIEN, Khrystyan A. EDENS, Alisha Lois BEST
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Abstract
A structure such as a fibrous structure, a papermaking belt, a structuring layer, and a mask, the structure including a plurality of cell clusters defining a para-cluster channel and supporting at least a portion of the para-cluster channel.
Claims21
A structure selected from the group consisting of a fibrous structure, a papermaking belt, a structuring layer, and a mask, the structure comprising:
- a plurality of cell clusters;
- wherein at least some of the plurality of cell clusters define a first para-cluster channel therebetween;
- wherein at least a pair of the plurality of cell clusters define a wedge-shaped cross channel therebetween;
- wherein the wedge-shaped cross channel comprises a narrow portion and a wide portion;
- and
- wherein the narrow portion of the wedge-shaped support is supportively-adjacent to the first para-cluster channel.
A structure selected from the group consisting of a fibrous structure, a papermaking belt, a structuring layer, and a mask, the structure comprising:
- a plurality of cell clusters;
- wherein at least some of the plurality of cell clusters define a first para-cluster channel therebetween;
- wherein the first para-cluster channel has a first side and a second side;
- wherein a first cell cluster on the first side of the first para-cluster channel comprises a first intra-cluster channel that is substantially perpendicular to and supportively-adjacent to a portion of the first para-cluster channel;
- wherein a second cell cluster on the second side of the first para-cluster channel comprises a second intra-cluster channel that is substantially perpendicular to and supportively-adjacent to the portion of the first para-cluster channel;
- and
- wherein the first intra-cluster channel and the second intra-cluster channel are not aligned.
A structure selected from the group consisting of a fibrous structure, a papermaking belt, a structuring layer, and a mask, the structure comprising:
- a plurality of cell clusters;
- wherein at least some of the plurality of cell clusters define a first para-cluster channel therebetween;
- wherein the first para-cluster channel has a first side and a second side;
- wherein a first cell cluster on the first side of the first para-cluster channel comprises a first intra-cluster channel that is substantially perpendicular to and supportively-adjacent to a portion of the first para-cluster channel;
- wherein a second cell cluster on the second side of the first para-cluster channel comprises a second intra-cluster channel that is substantially perpendicular to and supportively-adjacent to the portion of the first para-cluster channel;
- and
- wherein the cells of the first cell cluster are not aligned with the cells of the second cell cluster.
A structure selected from the group consisting of a fibrous structure, a papermaking belt, a structuring layer, and a mask, the structure comprising:
- at least one cell cluster in which;
- the cell cluster comprises a plurality of cells;
- at least one cell comprises a non-center-facing side and a center-facing side;
- wherein the center-facing side faces a centroid of the cell cluster;
- wherein the non-center-facing side defines a portion of a perimeter of the cell cluster;
- wherein at least one cell exhibits a concavity ratio of about 0.8 to 1;
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- wherein the center-facing sides of the cells in the cell cluster bound a supported area having an area of from greater than about 1.9 mm2 to about 10 mm2.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.