Coated fiber product with adhered super absorbent particles
AssigneeWeyerhaeuser Company
InventorsRichard H. Young, Sr., Amar N. Neogi, Michael R. Hansen
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Abstract
A fiber product of discontinuous fibers coated with a binder containing carboxyl groups and solid particles of superabsorbent material adhered to the fibers by the carboxyl group containing binder.
Claims14
A fiber product which comprises discontinuous fibers, a binder which coats at least a portion of the fibers, the binder containing carboxyl groups, solid particles of super absorbent material adhered to the fibers by the carboxyl group containing binder, the binder being about seven percent or greater of the combined dry weight of the binder, particles, and fibers to which the super absorbent material particles are adhered by the binder, and wherein the particles are not entirely coated with the binder.
A fiber product which comprises discontinuous fibers, a binder which coats at least a portion of the fibers, the binder comprising polymers made from acrylic acid or ethylene acrylic acid containing carboxyl groups, solid particles of super absorbent material adhered to the fibers by the carboxyl group containing binder, the binder being about seven percent or greater of the combined dry weight of the binder, particles, and fibers to which the super absorbent material particles are adhered by the binder, and wherein the particles are not entirely coated with the binder.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.