Water-decomposable cleaning article and manufacturing method therefor
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorsNaohito Takeuchi, Konishi Takayoshi
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Abstract
There is disclosed a cleaning article including a water-decomposable non-woven fabric containing water dispersible fibers and a water soluble resin coated on one side or both sides of the water-decomposable non-woven fabric. The water soluble resin is contained more in a surface portion or surface portions of a fiber assembly than in a remaining portion or inner portion of the fiber assembly. The water soluble resin thus contained can increase only the surface strength of the non-woven fabric sufficiently without deteriorating the softness of the entire article, so that dropping of fibers or breakage of surface upon wiping operation can be prevented.
Claims3
A method of manufacturing a cleaning article comprising:
- a step of subjecting a fiber web comprising water dispersible fibers to a water jetting treatment thereby forming a water-decomposable non-woven fabric;
- a step of drying the water-decomposable non-woven fabric with a drying drum brought into contact with one surface thereof;
- a step of coating a surface of the water-decomposable non-woven fabric, with a water soluble resin solution having a viscosity in the range of 10,000 to 70,000 cps;
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- a step of drying the coated water soluble resin solution,
- wherein the water soluble resin solution contains alkyl cellulose and a (meth)acrylic acid (ester) maleic acid copolymer.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.