Process for making a fibrous structure comprising cellulosic and synthetic fibers
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsTimothy Jude Lorenz, Osman Polat, Paul Dennis Trokhan, Dean Phan
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Abstract
A method for making a unitary fibrous structure including the steps of providing a first plurality of synthetic fibers onto a forming member having a pattern of channels. The synthetic fibers are provided such that at least some of the synthetic fibers are disposed in the channels. A second plurality of cellulosic fibers are provided onto the synthetic fibers such that the cellulosic fibers are disposed adjacent to the synthetic fibers to form a unitary fibrous structure including the synthetic fibers and the cellulosic fibers, wherein the resulting fibrous structure has micro-regions of differential basis weight.
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A method for making a unitary fibrous structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of fibers having a concentration of greater than 50% of synthetic fibers onto a forming member having a pattern of channels, the synthetic fibers provided such that at least 60% of the synthetic fibers are disposed in the channels;
- providing a plurality of cellulosic fibers onto the synthetic fibers such that the cellulosic fibers are disposed adjacent to the synthetic fibers to form an embryonic web;
- transferring the embryonic web from the forming member to a molding member;
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- redistributing at least some of the synthetic fibers while the embryonic web is disposed on the molding member resulting in a unitary fibrous structure in which at least some of the synthetic fibers are distributed in a pattern different from the pattern formed by the pattern of channels.
A method for making a unitary fibrous structure, the method comprising the steps of:
- providing a plurality of fibers having a concentration of greater than 50% of synthetic fibers onto a forming member having a pattern of channels, the synthetic fibers provided such that at least 60% of the synthetic fibers are disposed in the channels;
- providing a plurality of cellulosic fibers onto the synthetic fibers and/or forming member such that more than half of the cellulosic fibers are disposed in one or more layers adjacent to the synthetic fibers disposed in the channels to form an embryonic web;
- transferring the embryonic web from the forming member to a molding member;
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- redistributing at least some of the synthetic fibers while the embryonic web is disposed on the molding member resulting in a unitary fibrous structure in which at least some of the synthetic fibers are distributed in a pattern different from the pattern formed by the pattern of channels.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.