Invention Grant
- Patent Title: Apparatus having forming members with surface texture for making nonwoven material having discrete three-dimensional deformations with wide base openings
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Application No.: US14844507Application Date: 2015-09-03
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Publication No.: US10076898B2Publication Date: 2018-09-18
- Inventor: John Brian Strube , Jill Marlene Orr , James Terry Knapmeyer
- Applicant: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Applicant Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
- Current Assignee Address: US OH Cincinnati
- Agent Christian M. Best; Charles R. Ware; Jeffrey V. Bamber
- Main IPC: D04H1/44
- IPC: D04H1/44 ; B29C43/46 ; B32B38/04 ; D04H1/492 ; D04H1/54 ; D04H13/00 ; D04H1/45 ; A61F13/511 ; B29C65/00 ; B32B38/06 ; B32B5/02 ; B32B5/08 ; B32B5/14 ; B32B5/22 ; B32B5/26 ; B32B7/04 ; B32B3/28 ; B32B3/30 ; A61F13/15 ; D04H1/558 ; D04H1/559 ; A61F13/512 ; B29C65/56 ; B29L31/48 ; B29C65/08 ; B29C65/78 ; B29C65/02

Abstract:
An apparatus for forming deformations in a nonwoven web is disclosed. The apparatus includes a pair of forming members that form a nip therebetween. The forming members include: a first forming member having a surface comprising a plurality of discrete, spaced apart male forming elements; and a second forming member having a surface comprising a plurality of recesses in the second forming member, wherein the recesses are aligned and configured to receive the male forming elements therein, wherein the recesses have a plan view periphery that is larger than, and may completely surround, the plan view periphery of the male elements. At least one of the forming members has a plurality of discrete surface texture elements thereon.
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