CN107407046A

CN107407046A - Fibre element, fibre structure and product comprising containment agent and preparation method thereof

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Publication number: CN107407046A
Application number: CN201680013603.2A
Authority: CN
Inventors: P·T·威斯曼; M·R·斯维克; M·W·黑姆斯基; P·D·乔克翰
Original assignee: Procter and Gamble Ltd
Current assignee: Procter and Gamble Ltd
Priority date: 2015-03-04
Filing date: 2016-03-01
Publication date: 2017-11-28
Anticipated expiration: 2036-03-01
Also published as: BR112017018960A2; EP3265606A1; CA3074394C; CN107407046B; JP6748097B2; CA2977387C; CA3074394A1; CA2977387A1; US20160258083A1; WO2016140942A1; RU2683101C1; JP2018509531A

Abstract

The invention provides a kind of fibre element comprising containment agent and/or the fibre structure including such fibre element and/or the product including the fibre element and the fibre structure and their preparation method.

Description

Fibre element, fibre structure and product comprising containment agent and preparation method thereof

Technical field

The present invention relates to fibre element, such as long filament and/or fiber, includes the fibre structure of such fibre element, and wraps The product of such fibre element and/or fibre structure is included, and relates more specifically to include the fiber of one or more containment agents Element and/or fibre structure and/or product, and preparation method thereof.

Background technology

Bitters known in the art is used together with film.For example, as it is known that bitters is coated on film, such as by by hardship Taste agent spraying, printing and/or dusting are on the surface of film.

In fibre element and/or fibre structure technical field, the fibre being designed to by people and/or animal consumption be present Element, such as the fibre element comprising activating agent are tieed up, and/or includes the fibre structure of such fibre element, and including the fibre The product of element and the fibre structure is tieed up, however, some fibre being not designed for by people and/or animal consumption also be present Element, or even the fibre element comprising activating agent, and/or the fibre structure including such fibre element and/or including the fibre Tie up the product of element and the fibre structure.Accordingly, there exist mitigate to be not designed for absorbing by people and/or animal accidental ingestion Such fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or the risk of the product including such fibre element and/or fibre structure ask Topic.Up to now, such fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product do not mix containment agent, such as bitters and/or thorn Agent and/or emetic are swashed, to prevent the intake of people and/or animal.

Therefore, fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product including such fibre element and/or fibre structure are (all As be not designed for by people and/or animal consumption it is of the invention) formulator suffer from a problem that it how is Prevent and/or mitigate by people and/or animal consumption, for example, the such fibre element of accidental ingestion and/or fibre structure and/or including The risk of the product of such fibre element and/or fibre structure.

As described above, it is obviously desirable to by fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including such fibre element And/or in the product of fibre structure and/or it is upper include one or more containment agents, such as bitters and/or stimulant and/or urge Vomitory, fibre element by people and/or animal consumption is not designed for prevent and/or mitigate intake (such as accidental ingestion) And/or fibre structure and/or the product including such fibre element and/or fibre structure (such as include one or more activity The fibre element of agent) risk, and preparation method thereof.

The content of the invention

The present invention is not designed to fibre element by people and/or animal consumption and/or including this fiber by providing The fibre structure of element and/or the product including such fibre element and/or fibre structure, such as comprising being not designed to by people And/or the fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product of one or more activating agents of animal consumption, with fibre element And/or in fibre structure and/or product and/or go up comprising containment agent to meet above-mentioned needs.

A solution of above mentioned problem is to fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, such as includes one kind Or the fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product of multiple actives add one or more containment agents, with contain people and/ Or animal consumption or the such fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product that attempt the intake present invention.

In the example of the present invention, there is provided a kind of fibre element, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is not designed use In and/or be not suitable for by people and/or animal consumption, wherein the fibre element include one or more fibre elements shaping material Material and one or more containment agents, for example, wherein described one or more containment agents are present in fibre element, such as fiber element method The mixture of part moulding material and containment agent, and/or on the surface of fibre element, such as in the form of coating composition and/ Or printing is on the surface.

In another example of the present invention, there is provided be not designed for and/or be not suitable for by people and/or animal consumption Fibre element, such as long filament and/or fiber, wherein the fibre element include one or more fibre element moulding materials and One or more activating agents, the agents are such as present in fibre element, are such as including fibre element moulding material, work In the mixture of property agent and containment agent, and/or it is present on the surface of fibre element, such as in the form of coating composition, And/or printing is on the surface, such as mixture of fibre element moulding material and activating agent, the agents are exposed to as worked as It is expected that can be discharged during use condition from fibre element, and one or more containment agents, the containment agent are for example present in fiber In element, such as in the mixture comprising fibre element moulding material, activating agent and containment agent, and/or in fibre element On surface, such as in the form of coating composition, and/or printing is on the surface.

In another example of the present invention, there is provided one kind is applied to for example prepare fiber element method of the present invention by spinning technique The fibre element forming composition of part, such as long filament forming composition, it includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one Kind or a variety of containment agents and optionally one or more polar solvents (such as water).

In another example of the present invention, there is provided one kind is applied to for example prepare fiber element method of the present invention by spinning technique The fibre element forming composition of part, such as long filament forming composition, it includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one Kind or multiple actives, one or more containment agents and optionally one or more polar solvents (such as water).

In the present invention even in another example, there is provided a kind of fibre element, such as long filament and/or fiber, its not by It is designed for and/or is not suitable for by people and/or animal consumption, wherein the fibre element includes one or more fibre elements Moulding material, one or more activating agents, such as the mixture of fibre element moulding material and activating agent, and one or more are held back Preparation, for example, wherein described one or more containment agents are present in fibre element, such as shaping material comprising fibre element In the mixture of material, activating agent and containment agent, and/or on the surface of fibre element, such as in the form of coating composition, And/or printing is on the surface, wherein the activating agent includes one or more surfactants, one or more enzymes, Yi Zhonghuo A variety of foam inhibitors, and/or one or more spices.

In even another example of the present invention, there is provided a kind of fibre structure, it includes one or more fibre elements, Such as long filament and/or fiber, wherein the fibre structure includes one or more activating agents, the agents such as at one or In multiple fibre elements, such as in the mixture comprising fibre element moulding material and activating agent, and/or in one or more On the surface of fibre element, and/or in fibre structure, such as between fibre element, such as in the space of fibre structure (the total of forming fiber structure for such as, including one or more particles with one or more activating agents) and/or at two or Between more fibre structures being attached directly or indirectly to one another, and/or two between the fibre element for forming fibre structure Or more between layer, and/or on the surface of fibre structure, and/or on the surface of one or more of fibre element, with And one or more containment agents, the containment agent for example in one or more fibre elements, such as comprising fibre element into In the mixture of shape material, activating agent and containment agent, and/or on the surface of one or more fibre elements, and/or in fiber It is all as between fibre element in structure, such as (such as, comprising holding back with one or more in the space of fibre structure The total of forming fiber structure of one or more particles of preparation) and/or be attached directly or indirectly to one another at two or more Between fibre structure, and/or between two or more layers of fibre element for forming fibre structure, and/or in fiber On the surface of structure, and/or on the surface of one or more of fibre element.

In another example of the present invention, there is provided for preparing fibre element, such as the method for long filament and/or fiber, It the described method comprises the following steps：

A. fibre element forming composition is provided, the fibre element forming composition includes one or more fibre elements Moulding material, one or more activating agents and one or more containment agents and optionally one or more polar solvents are (all Such as water)；And

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to one or more fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is described Fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one or more activating agents, such as when exposed to fibre element Expection use condition when, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element, and one or more Containment agent.In one example, the total content for the fibre element moulding material being present in fibre element is with dry fibers element Weight meter, 80% or less, and/or 70% or less, and/or 60% or less, and/or 50% or less, and/or 40% Or it is less, and/or 30% or less, and/or 20% or less, and the total content for the activating agent being present in fibre element is In terms of the weight of dry fibers element, 20% or bigger, and/or 30% or bigger, and/or 40% or bigger, 50% or bigger, And/or 60% or bigger, and/or 70% or bigger, and/or 80% or bigger.

A. fibre element forming composition is provided, the fibre element forming composition includes one or more fibre elements Moulding material, one or more activating agents and optionally one or more polar solvents (such as water)；

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to one or more fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is described Fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one or more activating agents, such as exposed to fibre element Expection use condition when, the activating agent can from fibre element discharge and/or from fibre element discharge；And

C. by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising containment agent Grain) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element.In one example, the fibre element being present in fibre element The total content of moulding material be in terms of the weight of dry fibers element, 80% or less, and/or 70% or less, and/or 60% or Less, and/or 50% or less, and/or 40% or less, and/or 30% or less, and/or 20% or less, and exist The total content of activating agent in fibre element is in terms of the weight of dry fibers element 20% or bigger, and/or 30% or more Greatly, and/or 40% or bigger, 50% or bigger, and/or 60% or bigger, and/or 70% or bigger, and/or 80% or more Greatly.

In another example of the present invention, there is provided the method for preparing fibre structure, methods described include following step Suddenly：

A., fibre structure, such as the fibre structure of one or more fibre elements including the present invention are provided, and

B. by one or more containment agents (for example, in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising containment agent Particle) put on the surface of fibre structure.

A. fibre element forming composition is provided, the fibre element forming composition includes one or more fibre elements Moulding material, one or more activating agents, one or more containment agents and optionally one or more polar solvents are (such as Water)；

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to one or more fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is described Fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one or more activating agents, such as exposed to fibre element Expection use condition when, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element, and one or more Containment agent；And

C. multiple fibre elements such as are collected on band or fabric in collection device so that fibre element is entangled to each other with formation Fibre structure；And

D. optionally, by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising holding back The particle of preparation) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element and/or fibre structure.

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to one or more fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is described Fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials and one or more activating agents, such as exposed to fibre element Expection use condition when, the activating agent can from fibre element discharge and/or from fibre element discharge；

C. by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising containment agent Grain) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element；And

D. multiple fibre elements such as are collected on band or fabric in collection device so that fibre element is entangled to each other with formation Fibre structure；And

E. optionally, by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising holding back The particle of preparation) put on the surface of fibre structure.

D. by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising containment agent Grain) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element and/or the surface of fibre structure.

In the present invention even in another example, there is provided the method for preparing fibre structure, methods described include with Lower step：

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to one or more fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, it is described Fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one or more activating agents, exposed to the pre- of fibre element During phase use condition, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element, and one or more containments Agent；

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to multiple fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, the fiber element method Part includes one or more fibre element moulding materials and one or more activating agents, such as in the expection exposed to fibre element During use condition, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element；

C. multiple particles comprising one or more containment agents are combined to form mixture with multiple fibre elements；And

D. such as mixture is collected on band or fabric in collection device so that fibre element is entangled to each other with formation with particle Fibre structure；And

E. optionally, by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising holding back The particle of preparation) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element and/or the surface of fibre structure.

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to multiple fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, the fiber element method Part includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, one or more activating agents, such as in the expection exposed to fibre element During use condition, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element, and one or more containments Agent；

A. fibre element forming composition is provided, the fibre element forming composition includes one or more fibre elements Moulding material and optionally one or more activating agents, one or more containment agents, and/or one or more polar solvents are (all Such as water)；

B. fibre element forming composition is spun to multiple fibre elements, such as long filament and/or fiber, the fiber element method Part includes one or more fibre element moulding materials, and optionally one or more activating agents, such as exposed to fiber element method During the expection use condition of part, the activating agent can discharge from fibre element and/or be discharged from fibre element, and a kind of or more Kind containment agent；

C. by multiple particles comprising one or more activating agents and/or one or more containment agents and multiple fibre elements Combine to form mixture；And

E. optionally, by one or more containment agents (such as in liquid form and/or in solid form, such as comprising holding back The particle of preparation) put on the surface of one or more of fibre element and/or the surface of fibre structure.In an example In, one or more of particle can include coating composition, and the coating composition includes coating or part coated particle One or more containment agents.

In even another example of the present invention, there is provided one or more fibre elements comprising the present invention and/or one Or multiple fibre structures and the product of one or more containment agents, such as laundry detergent products, and/or dishwashing detergent production Product, and/or hard surface cleaning product, and/or hair care product.In one example, except fibre element and/or fiber Outside structure, the product may also include film.In one example, the film, which can include, is present in film and/or the table in film One or more containment agents on face.

Even if provided herein is example refer to fibre element, such as long filament and/or such as by the way that long filament is cut into fiber And the fiber made of the long filament of the present invention, but the fibre structure of the present invention can include the mixture of fibre element, such as long filament With the mixture of fiber.

Therefore, the present invention provides fibre element, such as long filament and/or fiber, and/or the fiber knot including fibre element Structure, and/or include the product of such fibre element and/or fibre structure comprising one or more containment agents, and its preparation side Method.

Brief description of the drawings

Fig. 1 is the schematic diagram according to the example of the fibre element of the present invention；

Fig. 2 is the schematic diagram according to the example of the Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention；

Fig. 3 is the schematic diagram for preparing the example of the method for the fibre element of the present invention；

Fig. 4 is the schematic diagram of the example of the die head in the method for Fig. 3 with zoomed-in view；

Fig. 5 is the front view according to the example of the present invention one group equipment used when measuring dissolving；

Fig. 6 is Fig. 5 side view；And

Fig. 7 is Fig. 5 partial top view.

Embodiment

Definition

As used herein, " fibre structure " refers to the structure for including one or more fibre elements.In one example, root Fibre structure according to the present invention refers to the fibre element and particle for forming the structure for being able to carry out function such as integrative-structure together Association.

The fibre structure of the present invention can be uniform or can be layering.If layering, fibre structure may include at least Two and/or at least three and/or at least four and/or at least five layers, such as one or more fibre element layers, one or Multiple stratum granulosums and/or one or more fibre elements/granulate mixture layer.In one example, in multi-ply fibrous structure, One or more layers directly can be formed and/or deposited to form fibre structure, but in multi-ply fibrous structure on existing layer, One or more existing fibrous structure plies can for example pass through hot adhesion, gluing, impressing, engagement, rotating blade perforate, acupuncture, pressure Flower, tufting, and/or other machinery combined method are combined to form multi-layer fiber with one or more of the other existing fibrous structure plies Structure.

In one example, fibre structure is multi-ply fibrous structure, and it shows such as to resurvey examination according to base as described herein It is less than 10000g/m measured by method²And/or less than 7500g/m²And/or less than 5000g/m²And/or less than 3000g/m² And/or more than 50g/m²And/or more than 100g/m²And/or more than 250g/m²And/or more than 500g/m²Base weight.

In one example, fibre structure is that (fiber and/or long filament, such as connect for the fibre element in any property or source Continuous long filament) piece, it is formed as fibre structure by any mode, and can pass through any side in addition to woven or knitting Formula is bonded together.The felt obtained by wet grinding is not Soluble Fiber structure.In one example, according to the fibre of the present invention Dimension structure refers to that ordered arrangement long filament is with perform function in a certain structure.In another example, fibre structure of the invention It is the arrangement for including multigroup two or more and/or three or more fibre elements, they tangle or with other to each other Mode is associated to form fibre structure each other.In another example, in addition to the fibre element of the present invention, fiber of the invention Structure can also include one or more solid additives such as particulate and/or fiber.

In the example of the present invention, fibre structure of the invention includes one or more fibre elements, such as long filament And/or fiber, wherein the fibre structure includes one or more activating agents, such as with liquid and/or solid (such as particle) Form, the activating agent is in one or more fibre elements, and/or on the surface of one or more fibre elements, and/ Or in fibre structure, such as between fibre element, such as in the space of fibre structure and/or two or more that Between this fibre structure being directly or indirectly attached, and/or two or more layers in the fibre element for forming fibre structure Between, and/or on the surface of fibre structure, and/or on the surface of one or more of fibre element, and it is a kind of or A variety of containment agents, the containment agent is for example in one or more fibre elements, and/or the table in one or more fibre elements It is all as between fibre element on face, and/or in fibre structure, such as in the space of fibre structure and/or at two Or more between the fibre structure that is attached directly or indirectly to one another, and/or two in the fibre element for forming fibre structure Or more between layer, and/or on the surface of fibre structure, and/or on the surface of one or more of fibre element.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention can include one or more activating agents, and the activating agent is most Just prepare when be present in fibre structure, but before the expection use condition exposed to fibre structure and/or when assemble In the surface of fibre structure.

Additionally or alternatively, fibre structure of the invention can include one or more activating agents, and the activating agent is initial Be present in during preparation in fibre structure, but before the expection use condition exposed to fibre structure and/or when be gathered in The surface of fibre structure.

Fibre structure and/or product including fibre structure can have for example suitable for dosing in washing machine and/or dish Shape and size in rinsing maching, and comprising activating agent total content (by weight) cause using fibre structure and/ Or during clothes is washed during product, such as in washing machine and/or in washbowl and/or washs dish in dish rinsing maching Delivering is more than 1g and/or the activating agent more than 3g and/or more than 5g and/or more than 8g and/or more than 10g.

In one example, fibre structure of the invention is " unitary fibrous structure ".

As used herein, " unitary fibrous structure " is to include mutually tangling or otherwise associating each other to form fiber The arrangement of multigroup two or more and/or three or more fibre elements of structure.The unitary fibrous structure of the present invention can Think one or more layers in multi-ply fibrous structure.In one example, unitary fibrous structure of the invention may include three Or more different fibre elements.In another example, unitary fibrous structure of the invention may include two different fibres Element, such as total of forming fiber structure are tieed up, it is different fine including three or more to be formed to deposit different fibre elements thereon Tie up the fibre structure of element.In one example, fibre structure may include soluble such as water-soluble fibre element and insoluble Such as water-insoluble fibre element.

As used herein, " total of forming fiber structure " refers to that fibre structure includes the mixture of at least two different materials, At least one of wherein described material includes fibre element and at least one other material, and the other materials include particle, Such as the particle comprising activating agent and/or containment agent.

As used herein, " Soluble Fiber element " refers to fibre structure and/or its component, for example, being more than 0.5 weight % And/or more than 1 weight % and/or more than 5 weight % and/or more than 10 weight % and/or more than 25 weight % and/or more than 50 Weight % and/or more than 75 weight % and/or more than 90 weight % and/or more than 95 weight % and/or about 100 weight % fibre It is solvable to tie up structure, and e.g. polar solvent is solvable, such as water soluble.In one example, Soluble Fiber structure Including fibre element, wherein at least 50 weight % and/or more than 75 weight % and/or more than 90 weight % and/or more than 95 weights The fibre element measured in % and/or about 100 weight % Soluble Fiber structure is solvable.

Soluble Fiber structure includes multiple fibre elements.In one example, Soluble Fiber structure include two or More and/or three or more different fibre element.

Its fibre element of Soluble Fiber structure and/or composition Soluble Fiber structure, such as long filament, one kind can be included Or multiple actives, such as fabric care active, dish detergent active, hard surface activating agent, hair care active agent, Floor care activating agent, skin care active agent, oral care active agents, pharmaceutically active agents and their mixture.One In individual example, Soluble Fiber structure of the invention and/or its fibre element include one or more surfactants, Yi Zhonghuo A variety of enzyme (such as in the form of enzyme grain), one or more spices and/or one or more foam inhibitors.In another example, The Soluble Fiber structure and/or its fibre element of the present invention includes builder and/or chelating agent.In another example, this The Soluble Fiber structure of invention and/or its fibre element include bleaching agent (bleaching agent such as encapsulated).In another example In, Soluble Fiber structure of the invention and/or its fibre element include one or more surfactants, and optionally, One or more spices.

In one example, Soluble Fiber structure of the invention is water-soluble fibre structure.

In one example, Soluble Fiber structure of the invention shows such as to resurvey method for testing according to base as described herein Measured is less than 10000g/m²And/or less than 5000g/m²And/or less than 4000g/m²And/or less than 2000g/m²And/or Less than 1000g/m²And/or less than 500g/m²And/or more than 10g/m²And/or more than 25g/m²And/or more than 50g/m²And/or More than 100g/m²And/or more than 250g/m²Base weight.

As used herein, " fibre element " refers to that length substantially exceeds the ratio of its average diameter, i.e. length and average diameter Rate is at least about 10 elongated particulate.Fibre element can be long filament or fiber.In one example, fibre element is single fiber Element or the yarn for including multiple fibre elements.In another example, fibre element is single fibre element.

The present invention fibre element can be operated via suitable spinning technique, such as melt-blown, spunbond, electrostatic spinning and/or Rotary spinning, it is spun into by fibre element forming composition (also referred to as fibre element forming composition).

The fibre element of the present invention can be one pack system and/or multicomponent.For example, fibre element can include bicomponent fibre And/or long filament.Bicomponent fibre and/or long filament can be in any form, parallel type, core-integumentary pattern, fabric of island-in-sea type etc..

In one example, (it can be long filament and/or fiber and/or cut into the smaller of long filament fibre element The long filament of fragment (fiber)) it can show to be more than or equal to 0.254cm (0.1 inch) and/or more than or equal to 1.27cm (0.5 Inch) and/or more than or equal to 2.54cm (1.0 inches) and/or more than or equal to 5.08cm (2 inches) and/or be more than or wait In 7.62cm (3 inches) and/or more than or equal to 10.16cm (4 inches) and/or the length more than or equal to 15.24cm (6 inches) Degree.In one example, fiber of the invention shows the length less than 5.08cm (2 inches).

As used herein, " long filament " refers to elongated particulate as described above.In one example, long filament show to be more than or Equal to 5.08cm (2 inches) and/or more than or equal to 7.62cm (3 inches) and/or more than or equal to 10.16cm (4 inches) and/ Or the length more than or equal to 15.24cm (6 inches).

It has been generally acknowledged that long filament is naturally continuous or substantially continuous.Long filament is relatively longer than fiber.Long filament is relatively It is longer than fiber.The non-limiting example of long filament includes melt-blown and/or spun-bonded continuous yarn.

In one example, one or more fibers can by the present invention long filament be formed, such as when long filament be cut into it is shorter During length.Therefore, in one example, the present invention also includes the fiber made of the long filament of the present invention, such as comprising a kind of or The fiber of multiple fiber element moulding material and one or more additives such as activating agent.Therefore, except as otherwise noted, this hair The bright long filament being related to and/or plurality of threads also include the fiber made of this class long filament and/or plurality of threads.It has been generally acknowledged that fiber It is natural discontinuous relative to long filament, long filament is considered as natural continuous.

The non-limiting example of fibre element includes melt-blown and/or spun-bonded fibre element.The polymerization of fibre element can be spun into The non-limiting example of thing includes natural polymer (such as starch, starch derivatives, cellulose such as artificial silk and/or Lay match That fiber and cellulose derivative, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative) and synthetic polymer (including but not limited to thermoplastic Property polymer fiber element such as polyester, nylon, polyolefin (such as polypropylene filament, polyethylene filament), and can biology drop The thermoplastic fibre of solution such as PLA long filament, polyhydroxy-alkanoates long filament, polyesteramide long filament and PC long filament). Depending on the polymer and/or composition of fibre element is made, fibre element can be soluble or insoluble.

As used herein, " fibre element forming composition " refers to be applied to prepare (such as by meltblown and/or spunbond Method prepare) present invention fibre element such as long filament composition.Fibre element forming composition includes one or more fibers Element moulding material, the fibre element moulding material show the characteristic that it is applied to be spun into fibre element such as long filament of sening as an envoy to. In one example, fibre element moulding material includes polymer.In addition to one or more fibre element moulding materials, fiber element method Part forming composition can also include one or more additives, such as one or more activating agents.In addition, fibre element shaping group Compound can include one or more polar solvents such as water, one or more (such as all) fibre element moulding materials and/or One or more (such as all) activating agents dissolve and/or are dispersed in polar solvent.

In an example as shown in Figure 1, for example, the present invention made of the fibre element forming composition of the present invention Fibre element 10, such as long filament is that one or more activating agents 12 may be present in fibre element 10 (such as long filament), without It is to be present on fibre element 10 fibre element as (such as coating).The fiber being present in fibre element forming composition The total content of element moulding material and the total content of activating agent can be any suitable amount, as long as the fiber of the present invention is thus made Element such as long filament.In addition to being present in the activating agent 12 in fibre element 10, fibre element 10, which can also include, to be present In in the surface of fibre element and/or on one or more containment agent (not shown).In addition, except being present in fibre element 10 Outside interior activating agent 12, or alternatively, the one or more that fibre element 10 can be additionally included on the surface of fibre element 10 Activating agent 12.

In another example, fibre element of the invention can include one or more activating agents, and the activating agent is most Just prepare when be present in fibre element, but before the expection use condition exposed to fibre element and/or when assemble In the surface of fibre element.

As used herein, " fibre element moulding material " refers to show the material for being applied to prepare the characteristic of fibre element Material, such as polymer or the monomer of polymer can be produced.In one example, fibre element moulding material includes a kind of or more Kind substituted polymer such as anionic polymer, cationic polymer, amphoteric ion polymer, and/or non-ionic polymers. In another example, polymer can include hydroxy polymer such as polyvinyl alcohol (" PVOH "), and/or polysaccharide such as starch and/ Or starch derivatives such as ethoxylated starches and/or acidified starch.In another example, polymer can include polyethylene And/or terephthalic acid (TPA).In another example, fibre element moulding material is the solvable material of polar solvent.

As used herein, " particle " refers to solid additive, such as powder, particulate material, capsule, microcapsules, and/or globule. In one example, fibre element of the invention and/or fibre structure can include one or more particles.Particle can be fiber (in fibre element, such as activating agent and/or the containment agent) of element internal, on the surface of fibre element, such as coatings combine Between thing, and/or fibre element (between the fibre element in fibre structure (such as Soluble Fiber structure)).Include particle Fibre element and/or the non-limiting example of fibre structure be described in US 2013/0172226, it is incorporated by reference Herein.In one example, particle show 1600 μm as measured by according to median particle method of testing as described herein or Smaller median particle.In another example, particle is shown as surveyed according to median particle method of testing as described herein About 1 μm of amount is to about 1600 μm and/or about 1 μm to about 800 μm and/or about 5 μm to about 500 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 300 μm And/or about 10 μm to about 100 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 50 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 30 μm of median particle.The shape of particle Shape can be in following form：Spherical, bar-shaped, tabular, tubulose, square, rectangle, plate-like, star, fiber, or with rule It is or irregular randomly shaped.

As used herein, " particle containing containment agent " refers to the solid additive for including one or more containment agents.One In individual example, for the containment agent of particle form, (in other words, particle includes 100% one or more to the particle containing containment agent Containment agent).Particle containing containment agent can show 1600 μm as measured by according to median particle method of testing as described herein Or smaller median particle.In another example, the particle containing activating agent is shown such as according to median particle as described herein About 1 μm to about 1600 μm and/or about 1 μm to about 800 μm and/or about 5 μm to about 500 μm measured by method of testing and/or about 10 μm to about 300 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 100 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 50 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 30 μm of intermediate value Granularity.In one example, one or more of containment agent is the form of particle, and the particle is shown such as according to described herein Median particle method of testing measured by 20 μm or smaller of median particle.

As used herein, " particle containing activating agent " refers to the solid additive for including one or more activating agents.One In individual example, for the activating agent of particle form, (in other words, particle includes 100% one or more to the particle containing activating agent Activating agent).Particle containing activating agent can show 1600 μm as measured by according to median particle method of testing as described herein Or smaller median particle.In another example, the particle containing activating agent is shown such as according to median particle as described herein About 1 μm to about 1600 μm and/or about 1 μm to about 800 μm and/or about 5 μm to about 500 μm measured by method of testing and/or about 10 μm to about 300 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 100 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 50 μm and/or about 10 μm to about 30 μm of intermediate value Granularity.In one example, one or more of activating agent is the form of particle, and the particle is shown such as according to described herein Median particle method of testing measured by 20 μm or smaller of median particle.

In the example of the present invention, fibre structure includes multiple particles such as particle containing activating agent, and multiple Fibre element, the weight ratio of particle and fibre element of the particle for example containing activating agent is 1:100 or bigger, and/or 1:50 or more It is big, and/or 1:10 or bigger, and/or 1:3 or bigger, and/or 1:Two or more, and/or 1:1 or bigger, and/or about 7:1 to About 1:100, and/or about 7:1 to about 1:50, and/or about 7:1 to about 1:10, and/or about 7:1 to about 1:3, and/or about 6:1 to 1:2, and/or about 5:1 to about 1:1, and/or about 4:1 to about 1:1, and/or about 3:1 to about 1.5:1.

In another example of the present invention, fibre structure includes multiple particles such as particle containing activating agent, Yi Jiduo Individual fibre element, the weight ratio of particle and fibre element of the particle for example containing activating agent is about 7:1 to about 1:1, and/or about 7:1 To about 1.5:1, and/or about 7:1 to about 3:1, and/or about 6:1 to about 3:1.

In another example of the present invention, fibre structure includes multiple particles such as particle containing activating agent, Yi Jiduo Individual fibre element, the weight ratio of particle and fibre element of the particle for example containing activating agent is about 1:1 to about 1:100, and/or about 1: 2 to about 1:50, and/or about 1:3 to about 1:50, and/or about 1:3 to about 1:10.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention includes multiple particles, for example, the particle containing activating agent, such as logical Cross base as described herein to resurvey measured by method for testing, the base weight of particle is more than 1g/m²And/or more than 10g/m²And/or it is more than 20g/m²And/or more than 30g/m²And/or more than 40g/m²And/or about 1g/m²To about 5000g/m²And/or to about 3500g/m² And/or to about 2000g/m²And/or about 1g/m²To about 1000g/m²And/or about 10g/m²To about 400g/m²And/or about 20g/m² To about 300g/m²And/or about 30g/m²To about 200g/m²And/or about 40g/m²To about 100g/m²。

In another example, fibre structure of the invention includes multiple fibre elements, such as passes through base weight as described herein Measured by method of testing, the base weight of fibre element is more than 1g/m²And/or more than 10g/m²And/or more than 20g/m²And/or More than 30g/m²And/or more than 40g/m²And/or about 1g/m²To about 10000g/m²And/or about 10g/m²To about 5000g/m²With/ Or to about 3000g/m²And/or to about 2000g/m²And/or about 20g/m²To about 2000g/m²And/or about 30g/m²To about 1000g/ m²And/or about 30g/m²To about 500g/m²And/or about 30g/m²To about 300g/m²And/or about 40g/m²To about 100g/m²And/or About 40g/m²To about 80g/m².In one example, fibre structure includes two or more layers, and wherein fibre element is with about 1g/ m²To about 500g/m²Base be present in again at least one in the layer.

As used herein, " additive " refers to be present in the fibre element of the present invention rather than fibre element moulding material In any material.In one example, additive includes activating agent.In another example, additive includes containment agent. In another example, additive includes processing aid.In another example, additive includes filler.In one example, add Add agent to include any material being present in fibre element, the material is lacked in fibre element and will not result in fibre element loss Its fibre element structure, in other words, lacking it does not cause fibre element to lose its solid form.In another example, add Agent such as activating agent is added to include non-polymer material.

In another example, additive includes fibre element plasticizer.The present invention suitable plasticizers it is unrestricted Property example includes polyalcohol, polyol, polybasic carboxylic acid, polyester and dimethicone copolyol.It is available more The example of first alcohol include but is not limited to glycerine, diglycerol, propane diols, ethylene glycol, butanediol, pentanediol, cyclohexanedimethanol, oneself Glycol, 2,2,4- trimethylpentane -1,3- glycol, polyethylene glycol (200-600), pentaerythrite, sugar alcohol (such as sorbierite, sweet Reveal alcohol, lactitol) and other unitary and polynary low-molecular-weight alcohol (such as C2-C8 alcohol)；Monose, disaccharides and oligosaccharide, such as Fructose, glucose, sucrose, maltose, lactose, high fructose corn syrup solids and dextrin and ascorbic acid.

In one example, plasticizer includes glycerine and/or propane diols and/or glycerol derivatives such as propoxylation is sweet Oil.In another example, plasticizer is selected from：Glycerine, ethylene glycol, polyethylene glycol, propane diols, glycidol, urea, sorbierite, Xylitol, maltitol, sugar, ethene double formamide, amino acid, sorbate and their mixtures.

In another example, additive includes crosslinking agent, and crosslinking agent is suitable to the fibre element that crosslinking is present in the present invention In fibre element moulding material in one or more.In one example, crosslinking agent includes that hydroxy polymer can be handed over It is associated in the crosslinking agent of (such as hydroxylic moiety via hydroxy polymer) together.The non-limiting example bag of suitable crosslinking agent Include imidazolone, polybasic carboxylic acid and their mixture.In one example, crosslinking agent is crosslinked including urea glyoxal adduct Agent, such as dihydroxy imidazolone such as dihydroxy ethylidene urea (" DHEU ").Crosslinking agent may be present in the fiber element method of the present invention To control the solubility of fibre element and/or in solvent such as polar solvent in part forming composition and/or fibre element Dissolving.

In another example, additive such as shears modifying agent and/or extension modifying agent comprising rheology modifier.Rheology The non-limiting example of modifying agent include but is not limited to available for the present invention fibre element in polyacrylamide, polyurethane and Polyacrylate.The non-limiting example of rheology modifier can be from The Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) business Purchase obtains.

In another example, additive include colouring agents in the fibre elements of one or more incorporation present invention and/ Or dyestuff, with when fibre element is exposed to expected use condition and/or when activating agent discharges from fibre element and/or fiber element method Visual signal is provided during the metamorphosis of part.

In another example, additive includes one or more removers and/or lubricant.Suitable remover and/ Or the non-limiting example of lubricant includes aliphatic acid, soap, fatty alcohol, fatty acid ester, sulfonated fatty acid ester, acetic acid fat Fat amine, fatty acid amide, siloxanes, amino silicone, fluoropolymer and their mixture.In one example, will Remover and/or lubricant put on fibre element, in other words, after fibre element is formed.In one example, inciting somebody to action Fibre element is collected on collection device so that before forming Soluble Fiber structure, one or more remover/lubricants to be applied It is added on fibre element.In another example, before one or more Soluble Fiber structures are contacted, such as soluble fine In dimension the stacking of structure, one or more remover/lubricants are put on to the solubility formed by the fibre element of the present invention Fibre structure.In another example, in fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber form touch surface such as system of processing Equipment surface before, by one or more remover/lubricants put on the present invention fibre element and/or including fiber The Soluble Fiber structure of element, even if so as to inadvertently, it is also beneficial to fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure Remove and/or avoid the layer of fibre element and/or the layer of the Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention to adhere each other.In an example In, remover/lubricant includes particulate.

In another example, additive includes one or more anti-blocking agents and/or antitack agent.Suitable anti-blocking agent And/or the non-limiting example of antitack agent includes starch, starch derivatives, PVPP, cross-linked cellulose, micro- Crystalline cellulose, silica, metal oxide, calcium carbonate, talcum, mica and their mixture.

As used herein, " it is expected that use condition " refer to the present invention fibre element work as its be used in its designed use one Temperature, physics, chemistry and/or the mechanical condition planted or exposed when a variety of.If for example, will for laundry care purpose Fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure including fibre element be designed to be used for washing machine, then being expected use condition will wrap The temperature conditionss being present in during laundry rinse operation in washing machine, electrochemical conditions, physical condition and/or mechanical condition are included, Including any washings.In another example, if for hair-care purpose and by fibre element and/or including fiber element method The Soluble Fiber structure of part is designed to that shampoo is used by the mankind, then expected use condition is included within shampoo and washs people Existing temperature conditionss, electrochemical conditions, physical condition and/or mechanical condition during class hair.Similarly, if by fibre element And/or the Soluble Fiber structure including fibre element is designed to for being washed by hand washing or by the dish of dish rinsing maching Operation, then during expected use condition is included within dish washing operation, it is present in dish washings and/or dish rinsing maching Temperature conditionss, electrochemical conditions, physical condition and/or mechanical condition.

As used herein, " activating agent " refers to such as when fibre element is exposed to fibre element and/or including fibre element Soluble Fiber structure expection use condition when, fibre element and/or include the present invention fibre element solubility The additive of Expected Results is produced in environment outside fibre structure.In one example, activating agent includes additive, and it is handled Surface such as hard surface (that is, the work top in kitchen, bathtub, washroom, water closet, tank, ground, metope, tooth, Vehicle, window, mirror, dish) and/or soft surface (that is, fabric, hair, skin, carpet, crop, plant).Show at another Example in, activating agent include additive, its produce chemically react (that is, foaming, bubbling, coloring, heating, cooling, foaming, sterilization and/ Or clarification and/or chlorination, chemical reaction is produced such as in primary water and/or disinfectant and/or chlorination water).Show at another In example, activating agent includes additive, its processing environment (that is, be deodorized, purify, give air perfuming).In one example, activating agent It is formed in situ, such as is formed during the formation of the fibre element comprising activating agent, such as fibre element can includes water-soluble poly Compound (such as starch) and surfactant (such as anion surfactant), it can produce polymer complex or aggregation Body, play a part of activating agent, for handling fabric face.

As used herein, " processing " refers to that activating agent is provided to surface or the beneficial effect of environment relative to processing surface. Processing includes regulation and/or improves outward appearance, cleannes, smell, purity and/or the sense of touch of surface or environment immediately.Show at one The processing for being related to processing collenchyme (such as skin and/or hair) surface in example refers to regulation and/or improves cutin group immediately The aesthetic appearance and/or sense of touch knitted.For example, " regulation skin, hair or finger/toenail (collenchyme) situation " includes：Thicken skin Skin, hair or finger/toenail are (for example, the epidermis and/or corium of construction skin and/or subcutaneous [for example, subcutaneous fat or muscle] Layer, and finger/toenail applicatory and dry cuticula) to reduce skin, hair or the atrophy of finger/toenail；Increase corium-table The curling on skin border (also referred to as relations with network)；Preventing the loss of skin or hair elasticity, (functional skin elastin laminin loses, broken Bad and/or inactivation) such as elastosis, sagging, skin loss or the recoil of hair deformation；Prevent melanin or non-black Element changes the color of skin, hair or finger/toenail, and such as pouch, rash spot are (for example, as uneven red as caused by rosacea Color) (hereinafter referred to as " erythema "), sallow (grey), as caused by capillarectasia or spider shape blood vessel fade and hair become Ash.

In another example, processing refers to all from textile article such as clothes, towel, linen, and/or hard surface Spot and/or smell are removed such as work top and/or on the dish including tank and plate.

As used herein, " fabric care active " refers to provide beneficial effect when putting on fabric and/or improve to knit The activating agent of thing.Beneficial effect and/or improved non-limiting example to fabric include cleaning and (such as pass through surfactant Cleaning), remove spot, reduce spot, go to wrinkle, recovers color, Electrostatic Control, it is crease-resistant, durable press press, reduce abrasion, be anti-wear, Balling-up/bead removal, anti pilling/bead, go dirt, antiscale (including detergency), shape keep, reduce shrink, flexibility, Fragrance, antibacterial, antiviral, anti-smelly and removal smell.

As used herein, " dish detergent active " refer to when put on dish, glass wares, tank, plate, vessel and/ Or beneficial effect and/or improvement of the offer to dish, glass wares, plastic products, tank, plate, and/or cooking plate during cooking plate Activating agent.Beneficial effect and/or improvement to dish, glass wares, plastic products, tank, plate, vessel, and/or cooking plate Non-limiting example include remove food and/or go dirt, cleaning (such as being cleaned by surfactant), go to decontaminate Stain, spot is reduced, grease is removed, removes water stain and/or pre- stain, glass and metal nursing, sanitized, blast and throwing Light.

As used herein, " hard surface activating agent ", which refers to work as, puts on floor, work top, tank, window, mirror, leaching When bath, bathtub, and/or washroom, to floor, work top, tank, window, mirror, shower, bathtub, and/or washroom Beneficial effect and/or improved activating agent are provided.To floor, work top, tank, window, mirror, shower, bathtub, and/or The beneficial effect of washroom and/or improved non-limiting example include removing food and/or go dirt, cleaning (for example, logical Cross surfactant), remove spot, reduce spot, remove grease, remove water stain and/or pre- stain, go scale removal, sterilization, Blast, polishing and pure and fresh.

As used herein, " Beauty benefits activating agent, " refers to deliver one or more Beauty benefits Activating agent.

As used herein, " skin care active agent " refers to provide beneficial effect when putting on skin or improves skin Activating agent.It should be appreciated that skin care actives cannot be only used for being applied on skin, and available for hair, scalp, finger/toenail And other mammalian keratinous tissues.

As used herein, " hair care active agent " refer to when putting on mammalian hair provide beneficial effect and/ Or improve the activating agent of hair.Beneficial effect and/or improved non-limiting example to hair include flexibility, electrostatic control System, hair reparation, dandruff removal, anti-dandruff, chromotrichia, shape holding, hair holding and hair growth.

As used herein, " weight ratio " refers to that the dry fiber element based on dry weight meter is for example in fibre element such as long filament Long filament and/or dry fiber element moulding material weight (g or %) are to the addition based on dry weight meter in fibre element such as long filament The ratio of the weight (g or %) of agent such as activating agent.

As used herein, " hydroxy polymer " includes the polymer of any hydroxyl, and they can be impregnated in the fibre of the present invention Tie up in element, such as be impregnated in as fibre element moulding material.In one example, hydroxy polymer of the invention is included and pressed Weight meter is more than 10% and/or the hydroxylic moiety more than 20% and/or more than 25%.

As used herein, " can be biodegradable " be in material such as fibre element entirety and/or fibre element Polymer such as fibre element moulding material refers to that fibre element and/or polymer can be sent out in municipal solid rubbish composting plant Raw and/or generation physics, chemistry, heat and/or biodegradation really so that at least 5% and/or at least 7% and/or at least 10% Initial fiber element and/or polymer change into carbon dioxide after 30 days, this is according to OECD (1992) Guideline for the Testing of Chemicals 301B；Ready Biodegradability–CO₂Evolution(Modified Sturm Test) Test measurements, the document is herein incorporated by reference.

As used herein, " can not be biodegradable " be in material such as fibre element entirety and/or fibre element Polymer such as fibre element moulding material refer to that fibre element and/or polymer can not in municipal solid rubbish composting plant Physics, chemistry, heat and/or biodegradation enough occurs so that at least 5% initial fiber element and/or polymer is after 30 days Carbon dioxide is changed into, this is according to OECD (1992) Guideline for the Testing of Chemicals 301B； Ready Biodegradability–CO₂Evolution (Modified Sturm Test) Test is measured, and the document is to quote Mode is incorporated herein.

As used herein, " non-thermal plasticity " is relative to the polymerization in material such as fibre element entirety and/or fibre element Thing such as fibre element moulding material refers to that fibre element and/or polymer show no fusing point and/or softening point, in the absence of In the case of plasticizer water, glycerine, sorbierite, urea etc., this allows it to flow under stress.

As used herein, " non-thermal plasticity, can biodegradable fibre element " refers to show as defined above can The biodegradable and fibre element of the characteristic of non-thermal plasticity.

As used herein, " non-thermal plasticity, can not biodegradable fibre element " refers to show as defined above not Being capable of the biodegradable and fibre element of the characteristic of non-thermal plasticity.

As used herein, " thermoplasticity " is relative to the polymer in material such as fibre element entirety and/or fibre element Such as fibre element moulding material refers to that fibre element and/or polymer show fusing point and/or softening point at a certain temperature, This allows it to flow under stress in the case of in the absence of plasticizer.

As used herein, " thermoplasticity, can biodegradable fibre element " refers to show to give birth to as defined above The fibre element of thing degraded and thermoplastic characteristic.

As used herein, " thermoplasticity, can not biodegradable fibre element " refers to show as defined above can not The fibre element of enough biodegradable and thermoplastic characteristics.

As used herein, " not containing cellulose " refers to exist in fibre element and is less than 5% by weight and/or is less than 3% and/or cellulosic polymer, cellulose derivatives copolymer and/or fibre less than 1% and/or less than 0.1% and/or 0% Tie up plain copolymer.In one example, " not containing cellulose " refer to exist in fibre element be less than by weight 5% and/ Or the cellulosic polymer less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or less than 0.1% and/or 0%.

As used herein, " the solvable material of polar solvent " refers to miscible material in polar solvent.Show at one In example, the solvable material of polar solvent is miscible in alcohol and/or water.In other words, the solvable material of polar solvent is in ring Stabilization can be formed under the conditions of border with polar solvent such as alcohol and/or water and (phase does not occur after homogeneous solution is formed more than 5 minutes Separation) homogeneous solution material.

As used herein, " the solvable material of alcohol " refers to the miscible material in alcohol.In other words, it is in environment bar The material for the homogeneous solution that (is not separated after homogeneous solution is formed more than 5 minutes) stably can be formed under part with alcohol.

As used herein, " material of water soluble " refers to the miscible material in water.In other words, it is in environment bar The material that stabilization (does not separate) homogeneous solution after homogeneous solution is formed more than 5 minutes can be formed under part with water.

As used herein, " the solvable material of non-polar solven " refers to miscible material in non-polar solven.Change sentence Words say that the solvable material of non-polar solven is that stabilization can be formed with non-polar solven (after homogeneous solution is formed more than 5 minutes It is not separated) material of homogeneous solution.

As used herein, " environmental condition " refers to that the ℉'s of 73 ℉ ± 4 (about 23 DEG C ± 2.2 DEG C) and 50% ± 10% is relatively wet Degree.

As used herein, " weight average molecular weight " is referred to as determined using Weight-average molecular weight testing method as described herein Weight average molecular weight.

As used herein, relative to fibre element, " length " refers to along the most major axis of fibre element from an end to another The length of one end.If there are knotting, curling or bending in fibre element, then length is along the complete road of fibre element The length in footpath.

As used herein, measured relative to fibre element, " diameter " according to diameter method of testing as described herein. In one example, fibre element of the invention shows to be less than 100 μm and/or less than 75 μm and/or less than 50 μm and/or is less than 25 μm and/or less than 20 μm and/or less than 15 μm and/or less than 10 μm and/or less than 6 μm and/or more than 1 μm and/or more than 3 μm diameter.

As used herein, " trigger condition " refers to be used to stimulate or start or facilitate fibre element to change in one example Any behavior or event, such as lose or change fibre element physical arrangement and/or release additives such as activating agent. In another example, when the fibre element of the present invention and/or Soluble Fiber structure and/or film are added to the water, bar is triggered Part may be present in environment such as water.In other words, except by the present invention fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure and/ Or outside film the fact that be added to the water, any change is not present in water.

As used herein, the metamorphosis on fibre element, " metamorphosis " refer to that fibre element undergoes its physics knot The change of structure.The non-limiting example of the metamorphosis of fibre element of the invention includes dissolving, melting, is swelled, wrinkles, be broken Into section, expansion, it is elongated, shorten and combinations thereof.When the fibre element of the present invention is exposed into expected use condition, It can completely or substantially lose its fibre element physical arrangement or can make its metamorphosis or its can keep or be kept substantially Its fibre element physical arrangement.

" based on dry fiber element weight meter and/or based on dried soluble fibre structure weight meter " refer to 23 DEG C ± By fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure conditioning 2 in conditioning chamber at 1 DEG C of temperature and 50% ± 2% relative humidity The fibre element and/or the weight of Soluble Fiber structure measured immediately after hour.In one example, " it is based on dry fiber Element weight meter and/or based on dried soluble fibre structure weight meter " refer to such as according to water content test side as described herein Measured by method, the weight meter based on fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure, fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber knot Structure is included less than 20% and/or less than 15% and/or less than 10% and/or less than 7% and/or less than 5% and/or less than 3% And/or to 0% and/or to the moisture for being more than 0%, such as water, such as free water.

As used herein, such as relative to the one or more being present in fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure The total content of activating agent, " total content " refer to the weight of all motif materials such as activating agent or the summation of percentage by weight.Change Word says that fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure can include and press dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure Weight meter 25% anion surfactant, based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure weight 15% nonionic surfactant, by weight 10% chelating agent, and 5% spices so that be present in fibre element In activating agent total content be more than 50%；I.e. based on the weight of dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure 55%.

As used herein, " Betengent product " refers to solid form, such as rectangular solid, sometimes referred to as piece, and it includes one Kind or multiple actives such as fabric care active, dish detergent active, hard surface activating agent and their mixing Thing.In one example, Betengent product of the invention includes one or more surfactants, one or more enzymes, one kind Or a variety of spices and/or one or more foam inhibitors.In another example, Betengent product of the invention includes builder And/or chelating agent.In another example, Betengent product of the invention includes bleaching agent.

In one example, Betengent product includes fibre structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure.

As used herein, material is shaped relative to the fibre element in such as whole fibre element of material and/or fibre element Material and/or fibre element in activating agent, " from ... it is different " or " difference " refer to a kind of material such as fibre element and/or fibre Tie up element moulding material and/or activating agent in chemistry, physically and/or in structure with another material such as fibre element And/or fibre element moulding material and/or activating agent difference.For example, in the fibre element moulding material of filament form with being in fibre The identical fibre element moulding material of dimension form is different.Equally, starch is different from cellulose.However, with regard to the purpose of the present invention and Speech, the starch of the identical material such as different molecular weight of different molecular weight is not material different from each other.

As used herein, " random mixture of polymer " refers to two or more different fibre element moulding materials Random combine is to form fibre element.Therefore, for purposes of the invention, sequential combination is to form fibre element such as core skin Two or more different fibre element moulding materials of bicomponent fibre element be not different fibre element moulding materials with Machine mixture.

As used herein, on fibre element and/or particle, " association (Associate) ", " association (Associated) ", " association type (Association) " and/or " association (Associating) " refer to fibre element and/or Particle directly contact and/or mediate contact are combined so that forming fibre structure.In one example, the fibre element of association And/or particle for example can be bonded together by adhesive and/or hot adhesion.In another example, fibre element and/or Particle can be prepared on band and/or patterning belt to associate each other by depositing to identical fibre structure.

As used herein, "one" and " one kind " of article when used herein, such as " a kind of anion surfactant " Or " a kind of fiber " is understood to mean one or more claimed or described materials.

Except as otherwise noted, all percentages and ratio are by weight.Except as otherwise noted, all percentages and ratio Rate is based on total composition calculating.

Unless otherwise stated, all components or composition levels all refer to the active material of that component or composition Content, and do not include the impurity being likely to be present in commercial source, such as residual solvent or accessory substance.

Fibre structure

The fibre structure of the present invention, such as Soluble Fiber structure include multiple fibre elements, such as plurality of threads, a kind of Or multiple actives and one or more containment agents.In one example, multiple fibre elements mutually tangle to form fiber knot Structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure.

In the example of the present invention, fibre structure is Soluble Fiber structure.

In the example of the present invention, Soluble Fiber structure is water-soluble fibre structure.

In another example of the present invention, fibre structure is perforate fibre structure.In one example, fibre structure is Water-soluble fibre structure including multiple perforates.The perforate can be arranged in the fibre structure of the present invention with non-random repeating pattern It is interior.

When being present in fibre structure, the perforate can have actually any shape and size.In one example, Perforate is the circular or ellipse in the regular pattern of opening spaced apart.Perforate can each have about 0.1mm to about 2mm And/or about 0.5mm is to about 1mm diameter.Perforate can form about 0.5% to about 25% in porose water-soluble fibre structure And/or about 1% to about 20% and/or the aperture area of about 2% to about 10%.It is believed that beneficial effects of the present invention can by with The variously-shaped and non-duplicate and/or irregular pattern of the perforate of size is realized.Fibre structure such as water-soluble fibre structure Perforate can be realized by multiple technologies.For example, perforate can be by a variety of methods, including bond and stretch, such as United States Patent (USP) 3, Those described in 949,127 and 5,873,868 are realized.In one embodiment, perforate can be by forming multiple intervals The melt stability region opened, and then by fibre structure looping mill rolling to stretch fibre structure and be formed in melt stability region Perforate is formed, and such as United States Patent (USP) 5,628,097 and 5, described in 916,661, both of which is herein incorporated by reference.Another In one embodiment, perforate can be by United States Patent (USP) 6,830,800 and 6, and the method described in 863,960 is with multi-layer fiber knot Structure configuration is formed, and the patent is hereby incorporated by reference.For another method of fibre structure perforate to be described in Entitled " the Method And Apparatus For Making An Apertured Fibrous structure " U.S. In patent 8,241,543, it is herein incorporated by reference.

In one example, fibre structure, for example, Soluble Fiber structure include it is multiple identical in composition or substantially Identical is according to fibre element of the invention.In another example, fibre structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure may include two The different fibre elements according to the present invention of kind or more kind.The non-limiting example of difference in fibre element can be physical difference The difference of different such as diameter, length, texture, shape, rigidity, elasticity etc.；Chemical differences such as cross-linking level, solubility, Fusing point, Tg, activating agent, fibre element moulding material, color, active agent content, base weight, fibre element moulding material content, fibre Tie up the presence of any coating on element, whether can it is biodegradable, whether hydrophobicity, contact angle etc.；When fibre element is exposed to It is expected that whether the fibre element loses the difference in terms of its physical arrangement during use condition；When fibre element uses exposed to expected During condition the form of the fibre element whether the difference in terms of change；And should when fibre element is exposed to expected use condition Fibre element discharges the difference in terms of one or more speed in its activating agent.In one example, Soluble Fiber knot Two or more fibre elements and/or particle in structure can include different activating agents.This can be that wherein different activities agent can Energy situation incompatible with each other, such as anion surfactant (such as shampoo activating agent) and cationic surfactant (such as hair conditioner activating agent).

In another example, fibre structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure can show different regions, such as different The region of base weight, density and/or thickness.In another example, fibre structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure can be at one Or texture is included on multiple surfaces.Fibre structure, such as the surface of Soluble Fiber structure can be such as nonrandom heavy comprising pattern Multiple pattern.Fibre structure, such as Soluble Fiber structure is imprintable embossed pattern.

In one example, fibre structure may include the fibre element different from the other parts of Soluble Fiber structure Zone of dispersion.The non-limiting example of different zones in fibre structure is described in the patent application 2013/ of U.S.'s announcement In 0171421 and 2013/0167305, it is herein incorporated by reference.

The fibre structure of the present invention can include multiple particles, for example, the particle comprising activating agent, the particle comprising containment agent, With the particle for including activating agent and containment agent.The non-restrictive example of fibre structure comprising active dose of particle is described in U.S. In the patent application 2013/0172226 that state announces, it is herein incorporated by reference.

The fibre structure of the present invention can use or can be coated with one or more activating agents and/or one or more as it is Containment agent.

In one example, fibre structure of the invention is shown as according to measured by thickness testing method described herein More than 0.01mm and/or more than 0.05mm and/or more than 0.1mm and/or to about 100mm and/or to about 50mm and/or to about 20mm and/or to about 10mm and/or to about 5mm and/or to about 2mm and/or to about 0.5mm and/or the thickness to about 0.3mm.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention is shown as surveyed according to tensile test method as described herein The about 200g/cm of amount or bigger, and/or about 500g/cm or bigger, and/or about 1000g/cm or bigger, and/or about 1500g/ Cm or bigger, and/or about 2000g/cm or bigger and/or and/or less than 5000g/cm and/or less than 4000g/cm be less than 3000g/cm and/or geometric average (GM) tensile strength less than 2500g/cm.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention is shown as surveyed according to tensile test method as described herein That measures is less than 1000% and/or less than 800% and/or less than 650% and/or less than 550% and/or less than 500% and/or small In 250% and/or geometric average (GM) peak elongation less than 100%.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention is shown as surveyed according to tensile test method as described herein Amount is less than 5000g/cm and/or and/or less than 3000g/cm and/or more than 100g/cm more than 500g/cm and/or be more than 1000g/cm and/or geometric average (GM) tangent modulus more than 1500g/cm.

In another example, fibre structure of the invention is shown as surveyed according to tensile test method as described herein Amount is less than 5000g/cm and/or and/or less than 3000g/cm and/or less than 2500g/cm less than 2000g/cm and/or be less than 1500g/cm and/or geometric average (GM) secant mould more than 100g/cm and/or more than 300g/cm and/or more than 500g/cm Amount.

The one or more, and/or multiple fiber element of the present invention can pass through any appropriate method shape known in the art Into fibre structure.When fibre structure is exposed to the expection use condition of fibre element and/or fibre structure, fibre structure can use In the fibre element delivering activating agent from the present invention.

The fibre structure of the present invention includes multiple identical in composition or substantially the same fiber element methods according to the present invention Part.In another example, fibre structure may include two or more different fibre elements according to the present invention.Fiber element method The non-limiting example of difference in part can be physical difference such as diameter, length, texture, shape, rigidity, elasticity etc. Difference；Chemical differences such as cross-linking level, solubility, fusing point, Tg, activating agent, fibre element moulding material, color, activating agent Content, fibre element moulding material content, the presence of any coating on fibre element, whether can biodegradable, whether hydrophobic Property, contact angle etc.；In terms of when fibre element is exposed to expected use condition, whether the fibre element loses its physical arrangement Difference；When fibre element is exposed to expected use condition the form of the fibre element whether the difference in terms of change；And work as In terms of the fibre element discharges one or more speed in its activating agent when fibre element is exposed to expected use condition Difference.In one example, two or more fibre elements in Soluble Fiber structure can include identical fibre element into Shape material, but there is different activities agent.This can be the possible situation incompatible with each other of wherein different activities agent, such as anion Surfactant (such as shampoo activating agent) and cationic surfactant (such as hair conditioner activating agent).

As shown in Fig. 2 the fibre structure 14 of the present invention may include to form the fibre element of the present invention of the fibre structure 14 Two or more different layers 16,18 (in the Z-direction of Soluble Fiber structure 14) of 10 (such as long filaments).In layer 16 Fibre element 10 can be identical or different with the fibre element 10 in layer 18.Each layer 16,18 may include multiple identical or substantially Identical or different fibre element 10.For example, can the speed faster than other fibre elements in fibre structure 14 discharge its work The fibre element 10 of property agent can be positioned on the outer surface of fibre structure 14.In addition to fibre element 10, one or more in layer It is individual also to include one or more particle (not shown), such as the particle containing activating agent and/or the particle containing containment agent, described Grain is scattered in layer 16,18 and/or is scattered in fibre structure 14.In addition and/or alternatively, the one or more of fibre structure Surface can include one or more activating agents and/or one or more containment agents.

The non-limiting example of the purposes of fibre structure of the present invention includes but is not limited to clothes washing dryer substrate, laundry Machine substrate, towel, hard surface cleaning and/or polishing substrate, floor cleaning and/or polishing substrate, as battery component, baby Cleaning piece, adult wipes, feminine hygiene wipes, toilet paper cleaning piece, window clean substrate, oily inhibitor and/or oil are removed Agent substrate, insect repellent substrate, swimming pool chemistry substrate, food, flavorants, deodorant, garbage disposal bag, packaging film And/or wrappage, wound dressing, medicine delivery, structural insulated, crop and/or vegetal cover and/or place mat, matrix bottom, skin Nurse substrate, hair care chassis, Air care substrate, water process substrate and/or filter, lavatory cleansing substrate, sugar Fruit substrate, pet food, livestock place mat, tooth whitening substrate, carpet clean substrate and activating agent of the present invention it is other suitable Purposes.

The Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention can show the pact as measured by according to dissolution test method as described herein 60 seconds (s) or less, and/or about 30s or less, and/or about 10s or less, and/or about 5s or less, and/or about 2.0s or Less, and/or about 1.5s or less Mean disintegration time.

The Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention can show the pact as measured by according to dissolution test method as described herein 600 seconds (s) or less, and/or about 400s or less, and/or about 300s or less, and/or about 200s or less, and/or about 175s or less, and/or about 100s or less, and/or about 50s or less, and/or the average dissolution time more than 1s.

The Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention can show the pact as measured by according to dissolution test method as described herein 1.0 seconds/gsm (s/gsm) or less, and/or about 0.5s/gsm or less, and/or about 0.2s/gsm or less, and/or about 0.1s/gsm or less, and/or about 0.05s/gsm or less, and/or about 0.03s/gsm or less Mean disintegration time/ Gsm samples.

Soluble Fiber structure of the invention with such fibre element can be shown such as according to dissolving as described herein About 10 seconds/gsm (s/gsm) or less measured by method of testing, and/or about 5.0s/gsm or less, and/or about 3.0s/gsm Or less, and/or about 2.0s/gsm or less, and/or about 1.8s/gsm or less, and/or about 1.5s/gsm or less is flat Equal dissolution time/gsm samples.

In one example, Soluble Fiber structure of the invention is shown such as according to thickness testing method as described herein It is measured be more than 0.01mm and/or more than 0.05mm and/or more than 0.1mm and/or to about 20mm and/or to about 10mm and/ Or to about 5mm and/or to about 2mm and/or to about 0.5mm and/or the thickness to about 0.3mm.

In certain embodiments, suitable fibre structure can have as according to water content method of testing institute as described herein The water content (moisture %) of 0% to about 20% of measurement；In certain embodiments, fibre structure can have about 1% to about 15% water content；And in certain embodiments, fibre structure can have the water content of about 5% to about 10%.

Fibre element

The fibre element such as long filament and/or fiber of the present invention includes one or more fibre element moulding materials.Except Outside fibre element moulding material, fibre element can be also included such as when fibre element and/or including the solvable of the fibre element Property fibre structure when being exposed under expected use condition, being present in fibre element from fibre element such as long filament release One or more activating agents.In one example, the one or more fibre element moulding materials being present in fibre element Weight meter of the total content based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure is less than 80%, and is present in fiber Weight of the total content of one or more activating agents in element based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure Meter is more than 20%.

In one example, fibre element of the invention includes and is based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter of structure, about 100% and/or more than 95% and/or more than 90% and/or more than 85% and/or more than 75% and/or One or more fibre element moulding materials more than 50%.For example, fibre element moulding material can include polyvinyl alcohol, form sediment Powder, modified starch such as oxypropylated starches and/or ethoxylated starches, modification cellulose such as carboxymethyl cellulose and/ Or hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and other suitable polymer, particularly hydroxy polymer.

In another example, fibre element of the invention include one or more fibre element moulding materials and it is a kind of or Multiple actives, wherein the total content for the fibre element moulding material being present in fibre element be based on dry fiber element and/ Or the weight of dried soluble fibre structure is calculated as about 5% to less than 80%, and the activating agent being present in fibre element Weight of the total content based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure is calculated as being more than 20% to about 95%.

In one example, fibre element of the invention includes and is based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter at least 10% and/or at least 15% and/or at least 20% of structure and/or less than 80% and/or less than 75% and/or Fibre less than 65% and/or less than 60% and/or less than 55% and/or less than 50% and/or less than 45% and/or less than 40% Tie up element moulding material, and the weight meter based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure be more than 20% and/ Or at least 35% and/or at least 40% and/or at least 45% and/or at least 50% and/or at least 60% and/or less than 95% And/or the activating agent less than 90% and/or less than 85% and/or less than 80% and/or less than 75%.

In one example, fibre element of the invention includes and is based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter at least 5% and/or at least 10% and/or at least 15% and/or at least 20% of structure and/or less than 50% and/or Fibre element shaping material less than 45% and/or less than 40% and/or less than 35% and/or less than 30% and/or less than 25% Material, and the weight meter based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure are more than 50% and/or at least 55% And/or at least 60% and/or at least 65% and/or at least 70% and/or and/or less than 95% and/or less than 90% be less than 85% and/or the activating agent less than 80% and/or less than 75%.In one example, fibre element of the invention is included and is based on The weight meter of dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure is more than 80% activating agent.

In another example, one or more fibre element moulding materials and activating agent are with 4.0 or smaller and/or 3.5 It is or smaller and/or 3.0 or smaller and/or 2.5 or smaller and/or 2.0 or smaller and/or 1.85 or smaller and/or less than 1.7 It is and/or less than 1.6 and/or less than 1.5 and/or less than 1.3 and/or less than 1.2 and/or less than 1 and/or less than 0.7 and/or small In 0.5 and/or the fibre element less than 0.4 and/or less than 0.3 and/or more than 0.1 and/or more than 0.15 and/or more than 0.2 The total content of moulding material and the weight ratio of activating agent are present in fibre element.

In another example, fibre element of the invention includes fine based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble Weight meter about 10% and/or about 15% to the fibre element moulding material less than 80%, such as polyvinyl alcohol for tieing up structure polymerize Thing, starch polymer and/or carboxymethyl cellulose polymer, and based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter of structure be more than 20% to about 90% and/or to about 85% activating agent.Fibre element can also include plasticizer such as Glycerine and/or pH adjusting agent such as citric acid.

In another example, fibre element of the invention includes fine based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble Weight meter about 10% and/or about 15% to the fibre element moulding material less than 80%, such as polyvinyl alcohol for tieing up structure polymerize Thing, starch polymer and/or carboxymethyl cellulose polymer, and based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter of structure be more than 20% to about 90% and/or to about 85% activating agent, wherein fibre element moulding material with activity The weight ratio of agent is 4.0 or smaller.Fibre element can also include plasticizer such as glycerine and/or pH adjusting agent such as citric acid.

In even another example of the present invention, fibre element includes one or more fibre element moulding materials and worked as Fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure including the fibre element it is releasable when being exposed under expected use condition and/or The one or more activating agents being released, the activating agent are selected from：Enzyme, bleaching agent, builder, chelating agent, sensory agent, dispersant And their mixture.In one example, fibre element includes and is based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fiber The weight meter of structure, total content less than 95% and/or less than 90% and/or and/or less than 80% and/or less than 50% are less than 35% and/or to about 5% and/or to about 10% and/or to about 20% fibre element moulding material, and based on dry fiber The weight meter of element and/or dried soluble fibre structure, total content are more than 5% and/or more than 10% and/or more than 20% And/or more than 35% and/or more than 50% and/or more than 65% and/or to about 95% and/or to about 90% and/or to about 80% activating agent, the activating agent are selected from enzyme, bleaching agent, builder, chelating agent, spices, antimicrobial, antiseptic, anti- Epiphyte pharmaceutical and their mixture.In one example, activating agent includes one or more enzymes.It is living in another example Property agent includes one or more bleaching agents.In another example, activating agent includes one or more builders.Show at another In example, activating agent includes one or more chelating agents.In another example, activating agent includes one or more spices.Very Into another example, activating agent includes one or more antimicrobials, antiseptic and/or antifungal agent.

In another example of the present invention, if fibre element of the invention can when can become air borne comprising them Produce the activating agent of health and/or safety problem.For example, the enzyme that fibre element can be used for suppressing in fibre element becomes air biography Broadcast.

In one example, fibre element of the invention can be meltblown fibers element.It is of the invention in another example Fibre element can be spun-bonded fibre element.In another example, before its one or more activating agent of release and/afterwards, Fibre element can be hollow fiber elements.

The fibre element of the present invention can be hydrophily or hydrophobic.Fibre element can surface treated and/or inside at Manage to change the intrinsic hydrophily or hydrophobic characteristics of fibre element.

In one example, fibre element shows being less than as measured by according to diameter method of testing as described herein 100 μm and/or less than 75 μm and/or less than 50 μm and/or less than 25 μm and/or less than 10 μm and/or less than 5 μm and/or small In 1 μm of diameter.In another example, fibre element of the invention is shown such as according to diameter method of testing as described herein The measured diameter for being more than 1 μm.The diameter of the fibre element of the present invention can be used for one kind that control is present in fibre element Or the rate of release and/or loss late of multiple actives and/or the physical arrangement of change fibre element.

Fibre element can include two or more different activating agents.In one example, fibre element includes two kinds Or more the different activating agent of kind, wherein two or more different activating agents are compatible with each other.In another example In, fibre element includes two or more different activating agents, and wherein two or more different activating agents are each other Incompatible.

In one example, fibre element can be comprising the activating agent in fibre element and on the outer surface of fibre element Activating agent, the active agent coating such as on fibre element.Activating agent on the outer surface of fibre element can be with being present in Activating agent in fibre element is identical or different.If it is different, then activating agent can be compatible with each other or incompatible.

In one example, one or more activating agents can be evenly distributed to or be substantially evenly distributed in whole fiber element method In part.In another example, one or more activating agents can be as the zone of dispersion distribution in fibre element.Show at another In example, at least one activating agent equably or is substantially uniformly distributed in whole fibre element, and at least one other Activating agent as in fibre element one or more zone of dispersions distribution.In another example, at least one activating agent As one or more zone of dispersions distribution in fibre element, and at least one other activating agent is used as and is different from fiber One or more zone of dispersions distribution of the first zone of dispersion in element.

The fibre structure and/or product of the present invention can also include figure or mark, and it makes to fibre structure and/or product User or observer, which pass on and/or transmit the fibre structure and/or product, includes one or more containment agents.Although to fiber It is important that one or more containment agents are simply included for structure and/or product, but transmits and one or more containments be present Agent and/or the visual signal associated in advance with one or more containment agents, which can help to further realize, to be mitigated by people's accidental ingestion Risk purpose.Alternatively, figure or mark may include both visual signal figure and one or more containment agents in itself.Bag Other non-limiting examples of the fibre structure and/or product that include figure and/or mark are found in what on December 3rd, 2014 submitted U.S. Patent application 14/558,829, it is herein incorporated by reference.

Term " figure " or " mark " refer to by figure (such as lines), symbol or character, solid color symbol or character, extremely The image or design that the aberration or transition of two kinds of colors, multiple color symbol or character etc. are formed less.Figure may include attractive in appearance Image or design, when observing described image or design, they can provide some beneficial effects.Figure can be the shape of photographs Formula.Figure is alternatively 1 dimension (1-D) or the form of 2 dimension (2-D) bar codes or quick response (QR) bar code.Graphic designs by with Lower factor determines：For example, one or more colors (the pure mass colour of single or spot color and the process color being tuned into) used in figure, The size of whole figure (or graphic assembly), the position of figure (or graphic assembly), the motion of figure (or graphic assembly), figure The geometry of (or graphic assembly), the number of color in figure, the modification of the combination of the color in figure, printed figure number The message language content in the disappearance of one or more colors and figure in mesh, figure.

Fibre element moulding material

Fibre element moulding material is any suitable material, such as shows to be applied to such as prepare by spinning technique The polymer of the characteristic of fibre element or the monomer that polymer can be produced.

In one example, fibre element moulding material can include the solvable material of polar solvent, the solvable material of such as alcohol The material of material and/or water soluble.

In another example, fibre element moulding material can include the solvable material of non-polar solven.

In another example, long filament moulding material can include the solvable material of polar solvent and without (fine by drying The weight meter for tieing up element and/or dried soluble fibre structure is less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or 0%) The solvable material of non-polar solven.

In another example, fibre element moulding material can be filmogen.In another example, fibre element Moulding material can be synthesis or natural origin, and chemistry, enzymatic and/or physical modification can occurs in it.

In even another example of the present invention, fibre element moulding material can include and be selected from following polymer：Come Come from the acrylic monomer such as polymer of ethylenic unsaturation carboxylic monomer and ethylenically unsaturated monomers, polyethylene Alcohol, polyacrylate, polymethacrylates, copolymer, polyvinylpyrrolidone, the polycyclic oxygen of acrylic acid and methyl acrylate Alkane, starch and starch derivatives, Propiram, gelatin, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, methylcellulose and carboxymethyl cellulose.

In another example, fibre element moulding material can include and be selected from following polymer：Polyvinyl alcohol, polyethylene 01 derivatives, starch, starch derivatives, cellulose derivative, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative, protein, mosanom, Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, chitosan, chitosan derivative, polyethylene glycol, tetramethylene ether glycol, poly- second Alkene pyrrolidone, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose and their mixture.

In another example, fibre element moulding material includes and is selected from following polymer：Propiram, hydroxypropyl methyl Cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethyl cellulose, mosanom, xanthans, Huang Alpine yarrow glue, guar gum, acacin, gum arabic, polyacrylic acid, methylmethacrylate copolymer, carboxy vinyl polymer, Dextrin, pectin, chitin, levulan, elsinan, collagen, gelatin, zeatin, glutelin, soybean protein, casein, polyethylene Alcohol, starch, starch derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative, protein, chitosan, chitosan spread out Biology, polyethylene glycol, tetramethylene ether glycol, hydroxymethyl cellulose and their mixture.

The solvable material of polar solvent

The non-limiting example of the solvable material of polar solvent includes the solvable polymer of polar solvent.Polar solvent is solvable Polymer can be synthesis or natural origin, and chemistry and/or physical modification can occur.In one example, polarity The solvable polymer of solvent shows at least 10,000g/mol and/or at least 20,000g/mol and/or at least 40,000g/mol And/or at least 80,000g/mol and/or at least 100,000g/mol and/or at least 1,000,000g/mol and/or at least 3, 000,000g/mol and/or at least 10,000,000g/mol and/or at least 20,000,000g/mol and/or to about 40,000, 000g/mol and/or the weight average molecular weight to about 30,000,000g/mol.

In one example, the solvable polymer of polar solvent is selected from：The solvable polymer of alcohol, water-soluble polymer and Their mixture.The non-limiting example of water-soluble polymer includes water soluble hydroxy polymer, water insoluble thermoplastic polymerize Thing, it is water-soluble can biodegradable polymer, it is water-soluble can not biodegradable polymer and their mixture. In one example, water-soluble polymer includes polyvinyl alcohol.In another example, water-soluble polymer includes starch.Another In one example, water-soluble polymer includes polyvinyl alcohol and starch.

A. water soluble hydroxy polymer- according to the present invention water soluble hydroxy polymer non-limiting example include it is polynary Alcohol, such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol derivative, polyvinyl alcohol copolymer, starch, starch derivatives, starch copolymer, de- second Acyl chitin, chitosan derivative, chitosan copolymer, cellulose derivative such as cellulose ether and fiber Plain ester derivant, cellulose copolymer, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative, hemicellulose copolymer, natural gum, Arab are poly- Sugar, galactan, protein and a variety of other polysaccharide and their mixture.

In one example, water soluble hydroxy polymer of the invention includes polysaccharide.

As used herein, " polysaccharide " refers to natural polysaccharide and polysaccharide derivates and/or modification of polysaccharides.It is suitable water-soluble more Sugar includes but is not limited to starch, starch derivatives, chitosan, chitosan derivative, cellulose derivative, half Cellulose, hemicellulose derivative, natural gum, araban, galactan and their mixture.Water-soluble polysaccharide can table Reveal about 10,000 to about 40,000,000g/mol and/or more than 100,000g/mol and/or more than 1,000,000g/mol And/or more than 3,000,000g/mol and/or more than 3,000,000 to about 40,000,000g/mol weight average molecular weight.

Water-soluble polysaccharide can include non-cellulose and/or non-cellulose derivative and/or non-cellulose copolymer is water-soluble Polysaccharide.Such non-cellulose water-soluble polysaccharide may be selected from：Starch, starch derivatives, chitosan, chitosan spread out Biology, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative, natural gum, araban, galactan and their mixture.

In another example, water soluble hydroxy polymer of the invention includes Non-thermoplastic polymer.

Water soluble hydroxy polymer can have about 10,000g/mol to about 40,000,000g/mol, and/or more than 100, 000g/mol, and/or more than 1,000,000g/mol, and/or more than 3,000,000g/mol, and/or more than 3,000,000g/ Mol to about 40,000,000g/mol weight average molecular weight.The water soluble hydroxy polymer of higher molecular weight and lower molecular weight can It is used in combination with the hydroxy polymer with some expectation weight average molecular weight.

The known modification of water soluble hydroxy polymer such as native starch includes chemical modification and/or enzyme modification.For example, day Right starch can be acid hydrolysis, hydroxyethylation, hydroxypropylation and/or oxidation.In addition, water soluble hydroxy polymer can include molar shape jade Rice starch.

Naturally occurring starch is usually the mixture of the amylopectin polymers of amylose and D-Glucose unit.Directly Chain starch is substantially linear polymer of the D-Glucose unit by (1,4)-α-D key connections.Amylopectin is D-Glucose The highly-branched polymers of unit, the D-Glucose unit are connected by (Isosorbide-5-Nitrae)-α-D keys and (1,6)-α-D keys in branch point. Naturally occurring starch generally comprises the amylopectin of high relative contents, such as cornstarch (64%-80% amylopectin), wax Matter corn (93%-100% amylopectin), rice (83%-84% amylopectin), potato (about 78% amylopectin) and wheat (73%-83% amylopectin).Although all starch are potentially useful herein, the present invention is most commonly used that high amylopectin starch Native starch, it derives from agricultural origin, and this has the advantages of in liberal supply, to be easy to supplement and be cheap.

As used herein, " starch " include any naturally occurring unmodified starch, modified starch, synthetic starch and it Mixture, and amylose or the mixture of amylopectin fraction；Starch can pass through physics, chemistry or biology side Method or combinations thereof are modified.The present invention may depend on desired final product to unmodified or modified starch selection. In one embodiment of the invention, the starch or starch mixture available for the present invention have by starch or its mixture Weight meter about 20% to about 100%, more typically about 40% to about 90%, the even more side chain of typically about 60% to about 85% Content of starch.

Suitable naturally occurring starch may include but be not limited to cornstarch, farina, sweet potato starch, wheat and form sediment Powder, sago palm starch, tapioca, rice starch, soybean starch, arrowroot starch, amylopectin (amioca starch), fern Starch, Rhizoma Nelumbinis starch, waxy corn starch and amylose corn starch.Naturally occurring starch especially cornstarch and small Wheat starch is preferable starch polymer, because their economy and availability.

This paper polyvinyl alcohol can be grafted to change its characteristic with other monomers.Successfully a large amount of monomers are connect Branch arrives polyvinyl alcohol.The non-limiting example of such monomer includes vinyl acetate, styrene, acrylamide, acrylic acid, methyl Acrylic acid 2- hydroxyl ethyl esters, acrylonitrile, 1,3- butadiene, methyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid, maleic acid, itaconic acid, ethene Base sodium sulfonate, ALS, methallylsulfonic acid sodium, phenyl allyl ether sodium sulfonate, phenyl methallyl ethers sulphur Sour sodium, 2- acrylamides-methyl propane sulfonic acid (AMP), vinylidene chloride, vinyl chloride, vinylamine and a variety of acrylate.

In one example, water soluble hydroxy polymer is selected from：Polyvinyl alcohol, hydroxymethyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, Hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose and their mixture.The non-limiting example of suitable polyvinyl alcohol includes can be from Sekisui Specialty Chemicals America, LLC (Dallas, TX) are with trade nameThose commercially available. The non-limiting example of suitable hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose includes can be from Dow Chemical Company (Midland, MI) With trade nameThose commercially available, including the combination with hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose mentioned above.

B. water-soluble thermoplastic polymerThe non-limiting example of-suitably water-soluble thermoplastic polymer includes thermoplasticity Starch and/or starch derivatives, PLA, polyhydroxy-alkanoates, polycaprolactone, polyesteramide and some polyester and it Mixture.

The water-soluble thermoplastic polymer of the present invention can be hydrophilic or hydrophobic.Water-soluble thermoplastic polymer can Surface treated and/or inter-process are to change the intrinsic hydrophily or hydrophobic characteristics of thermoplastic polymer.

Water-soluble thermoplastic polymer can include being capable of biodegradable polymer.

Any suitable weight average molecular weight of thermoplastic polymer can be used.For example, it is polymerize according to the thermoplasticity of the present invention The weight average molecular weight of thing is greater than about 10,000g/mol and/or greater than about 40,000g/mol and/or greater than about 50,000g/mol And/or less than about 500,000g/mol and/or less than about 400,000g/mol and/or less than about 200,000g/mol.

The solvable material of non-polar solven

The non-limiting example of the solvable material of non-polar solven includes the solvable polymer of non-polar solven.It is suitable non- The non-limiting example of the solvable material of polar solvent include cellulose, chitin, chitin derivative, polyolefin, polyester, it Copolymer and their mixture.The non-limiting example of polyolefin includes polypropylene, polyethylene and theirs is mixed Compound.The non-limiting example of polyester includes polyethylene terephthalate.

The solvable material of non-polar solven can include can not biodegradable polymer such as polypropylene, polyethylene and certain A little polyester.

Activating agent

Activating agent is a kind of additive, and it is through designing and being intended to except fibre element and/or particle and/or soluble fibre Cucumber outside tieing up structure in itself provides beneficial effect, such as to fibre element and/or particle and/or Soluble Fiber knot Environment outside structure provides beneficial effect.Activating agent can be any suitable additive, its expection use condition in fibre element Lower generation intended effect.For example, activating agent may be selected from：Personal cleanliness and/or conditioner such as hair nursing agent such as shampoo And/or hair coloring agents, hair conditioner, skin-care agent, sun-screening agent and skin conditioning agent；Laundry care and/or conditioner Such as fabric care agent, fabric conditioner, fabric softener, fabric anti wrinkling agent, fabric nursing antistatic additive, fabric nursing decontamination Agent, detergent, dispersant, foam inhibitor, rush infusion, defoamer and fabric refreshers；Liquid and/or powder dishwashing detergent (are used In the washing of hand washing dish and/or the application of inventory dish rinsing maching), hard surface care agent, and/or conditioner and/or polishing agent； Other cleanings and/or conditioner such as antimicrobial, antiseptic, antifungal agent, fabric hueing agent, spices, bleaching agent are (such as Oxygen-bearing bleaching agent, hydrogen peroxide, percarbonate bleach, perborate bleach, chlorine bleach), bleach-activating, chelating It is agent, builder, lotion, brightener, Air care agent, carpet care agent, dye transfer inhibitor, clay soil remover, anti- Redeposited agent, polymer detergent, polymeric dispersant, the more amine polymers of alkoxylate, alkoxylated polycarboxylates' polymer, Amphipathic graft copolymer, dissolution aids, buffer system, water softener, hydraulic agent, pH adjusting agent, enzyme, flocculant, effervescent agent, Preservative, cosmetics agent, makeup removing agent, foaming agent, deposition aid, aggregation forming agent, clay, thickener, latex, titanium dioxide Silicon, drier, Odor con trol agent, antiperspirant, cooling agent, heating agent, water absorbent gel agent, antiinflammatory, dyestuff, pigment, bronsted lowry acids and bases bronsted lowry； Liquid handling activating agent；Agricultural active agent；Industrial activated dose；Can picked-up activity agent such as medicament, teeth whitening, dental care Agent, collutory, the agent of periodontal gingiva care, edible agent, food therapy agent, vitamin, mineral matter；Water treatment agent such as Water warfare and/ Or aqueous disinfectant and their mixture.

Suitably enamel, skin-care agent, skin conditioning agent, hair nursing agent and hair conditioner is non-limiting Example is in CTFA Cosmetic Ingredient Handbook, the second edition, The Cosmetic, Toiletries, and It is described in Fragrance Association, Inc.1988,1992.

The one or more that the chemicals of one or more classifications can be used in activating agent listed above.For example, surface Activating agent can be used for the activating agent of any of the above described number.Similarly, bleaching agent can be used for fabric nursing, hard surface cleaning, disk Dishwashing is washed and even tooth whitening.Therefore, one of ordinary skill in the art will be appreciated that will be based on fibre element and/or Grain and/or the thus desired desired use of manufactured Soluble Fiber structure select activating agent.

If for example, fibre element and/or particle and/or thus manufactured Soluble Fiber structure is used for hair-care And/or conditioning, then one or more suitable surfactants, such as foaming surfactant, with exposed to fibre may be selected Dimension element and/or particle and/or mix the fibre element and/or particle Soluble Fiber structure expection use condition when pair Consumer provides desired beneficial effect.

In one example, if fibre element and/or particle and/or thus manufactured Soluble Fiber structure is designed Or when being intended to be used for wash clothing in laundry rinse operation, then may be selected one or more suitable surfactants and/or Enzyme and/or builder and/or spices and/or foam inhibitor and/or bleaching agent, with exposed to fibre element and/or particle and/or Consumer is provided when mixing the expection use condition of the Soluble Fiber structure of the fibre element and/or particle desired beneficial Effect.In another example, if fibre element and/or particle and/or thus manufactured Soluble Fiber structure is designed During for washing clothing in washing operation and/or dish cleaned in dish washing operation, then fibre element and/or particle And/or Soluble Fiber structure can include laundry detergent composition or dishwashing detergent composition or in such composition Activating agent.In another example, if fibre element and/or particle and/or thus manufactured Soluble Fiber structure quilt Designed for cleaning and/or sterilizing water closet, then fibre element and/or particle and/or thus manufactured Soluble Fiber knot Structure can include lavatory cleansing composition and/or effervescence combination and/or for the activating agent in such composition.

In one example, activating agent is selected from：Surfactant, bleaching agent, enzyme, foam inhibitor, rush infusion, fabric-softening Agent, denture cleansing agent, hair cleanser, hair nursing agent, personal health care agent, toner and their mixture.

In one example, at least one of described activating agent is selected from：Skin benefit agent, medicament, lotion, fabric nursing Agent, dishwashing detergent, carpet care agent, finishes, hair nursing agent, Air care agent and their mixture.

The release of activating agent

When fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure are exposed to trigger condition, one or more activating agents can be from Fibre element and/or the release of particle and/or fibre structure.In one example, when fibre element and/or particle and/or fiber Structure or part thereof loses its feature, and in other words, when losing its physical arrangement, one or more activating agents can be from fibre element And/or particle and/or fibre structure or part thereof release.For example, when the dissolving of fibre element moulding material, melt or undergo When other step of converting cause its loss of structure, fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure lose its physical arrangement. In one example, when the metamorphosis of fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure, one or more activating agents are from fibre Tie up element and/or particle and/or fibre structure release.

In another example, when fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure or part thereof change its feature, change Word is said, when changing its physical arrangement without losing its physical arrangement, one or more activating agents can from fibre element and/or Grain and/or fibre structure or part thereof release.For example, when fibre element moulding material swelling, shrinkage, elongated, and/or shorten, But when keeping its fibre element forming characteristic, fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure change its physical arrangement.

In another example, (do not lose in the case of its form is indeclinable or change its physical arrangement), Yi Zhonghuo Multiple actives can discharge from fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure.

In one example, by fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure exposed to for example as described above by The trigger condition for causing fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure to lose or change its feature and cause activating agent to discharge When, fibre element and/or particle and/or the releasable activating agent of fibre structure.The non-limiting example of trigger condition is included fibre Tie up element and/or particle and/or fibre structure be exposed to solvent, polar solvent such as alcohol and/or water, and/or non-polar solven, It can be order, and whether this depends on fibre element moulding material comprising polar solvent soluble material and/or nonpolar Solvent soluble materials；By fibre element and/or particle and/or Soluble Fiber structure exposed to heat, such as exposed to more than 75 ℉ and/or more than 100 ℉ and/or more than 150 ℉ and/or more than 200 ℉ and/or the temperature more than 212 ℉；By fibre element And/or particle and/or Soluble Fiber structure be exposed to cold, such as exposed to and/or less than 40 ℉ and/or less than 32 ℉ be less than 0 ℉ temperature；Fibre element and/or particle and/or Soluble Fiber structure are exposed to power, such as by using fibre element And/or the tensile force that the consumer of particle and/or fibre structure applies；And/or by fibre element and/or particle and/or fiber Structure is exposed to chemical reaction；Fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure, which are exposed to, causes the condition of phase change；Will Fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure are exposed to pH changes and/or pressure change and/or temperature change；By fiber element method Part and/or particle and/or fibre structure, which are exposed to, causes fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure to discharge one kind or more One or more chemicals of its activating agent of kind；By fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure exposed to ultrasound；By fibre Dimension element and/or particle and/or fibre structure are exposed to light and/or specific wavelength；By fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre Dimension structure is exposed to different ionic strength；And/or fibre element and/or particle and/or fibre structure are exposed to from another fibre Tie up element and/or particle and/or the activating agent of fibre structure release.

In one example, it is a kind of or more when the fibre structure including fibre element and/or particle is subjected to triggering step Kind activating agent can be selected from from fibre element and/or the particle release of the present invention, the triggering step：Knitted with fibre structure pretreatment Spot on Tetramune；By making fibre structure contact to form wash liquid with water；Make Soluble Fiber structure in dryer Rolling；Fibre structure is heated in dryer；And combinations thereof.

Fibre element forming composition

The fibre element of the present invention is made up of fibre element forming composition.Fibre element forming composition is to be based on polarity The composition of solvent.In one example, fibre element forming composition is to include one or more fibre element moulding materials With the Aquo-composition of one or more activating agents.

Although the fibre element and/or fibre structure of the present invention are solid form, it is used for the fiber for preparing the present invention The fibre element forming composition of element can be liquid form.

, can be at about 20 DEG C to about 100 DEG C and/or about 30 DEG C extremely when preparing fibre element by fibre element forming composition Fibre element forming composition is processed at a temperature of about 90 DEG C and/or about 35 DEG C to about 70 DEG C and/or about 40 DEG C to about 60 DEG C.

In one example, fibre element forming composition can include at least 20 weight % and/or at least 30 weight % and/ Or at least 40 weight % and/or at least 45 weight % and/or at least 50 weight % are to about 90 weight % and/or to about 85 weight % And/or one or more fibre element moulding materials to about 80 weight % and/or to about 75 weight %, one or more activity Agent and their mixture.Fibre element forming composition can include about 10 weight % to about 80 weight % polar solvent, Such as water.

In one example, the gross weight meter based on fibre element forming composition, fibre element forming composition it is non- Volatile component can account for about 20 weight % and/or 30 weight % and/or 40 weight % and/or 45 weight % and/or 50 weight % To about 75 weight % and/or 80 weight % and/or 85 weight % and/or 90 weight %.Nonvolatile element can be by fibre element Moulding material, such as trunk polymer, activating agent and combinations thereof are formed.The volatility group of fibre element forming composition Point will include remaining percentage, and the gross weight based on fibre element forming composition its in 10 weight % to 80 weight % In the range of.

In fibre element spinning technique, when fibre element leaves spinning die head, it is needed with initial stability.Hair Tubule number is used to characterize this initial stability standard.Under conditions of die head, capillary number can be at least 1 and/or at least 3 And/or at least 4 and/or at least 5.

In one example, fibre element forming composition shows at least about 1 to about 50 and/or at least about 3 to about 50 And/or the capillary number of at least about 5 to about 30 so that fibre element forming composition can effectively Polymer Processing into fiber element method Part.

As used herein, " Polymer Processing " refers to any spinning operation and/or spinning technique, thus by fibre element into Shape composition forms the fibre element for including the fibre element moulding material through processing.Spinning operation and/or technique may include to spin Bonding, meltblown, method of electrostatic spinning, rotary spinning method, continuous filament yarn preparation and/or bunch fiber preparation manipulation/technique.Such as this Used in text, " the fibre element moulding material through processing " refers to undergo melt-processed operation and produces the follow-up poly- of fibre element Any fibre element moulding material of compound process operation.

Capillary number is that the dimensionless number of possibility is crushed for characterizing this droplet.Larger capillary number represents fluid Leave more stability during die head.Capillary number is defined as follows：

V is the fluid velocity (unit is length per the time) at die head exit,

η is the fluid viscosity (unit is quality per the length * times) under the conditions of die head,

σ is that (unit is quality per the time for the surface tension of fluid²).When speed, viscosity and surface tension are consistent with one group Unit represent when, the capillary number of gained is by without the unit of itself；Unit alone will balance out.

Define the condition that capillary number is used at die head exit.Fluid velocity is the average speed that fluid flows through die openings Degree.Average speed is defined as follows：

(unit is length to Vol'=volume flow rates³Per the time),

(unit is length to cross-sectional area at Area=die head exits²)。

When die openings are circular holes, then fluid velocity can be defined as follows

R is circle hole radius (unit is length).

Fluid viscosity will depend on temperature and may depend on shear rate.The definition of shear thinning fluid is included to shearing The dependence of speed.Surface tension will depend on fluid composition and fluid temperature (F.T.).

In one example, fibre element forming composition can include one or more removers and/or lubricant.Properly Remover and/or lubricant non-limiting example include aliphatic acid, soap, fatty alcohol, fatty acid ester, alpha-sulfonated fatty Acid esters, acetic acid fatty amine and fatty acid amide, siloxanes, amino silicone, fluoropolymer and their mixture.

In one example, fibre element forming composition can include one or more anti-blocking agents and/or antitack agent.Close Suitable anti-blocking agent and/or the non-limiting example of antitack agent include starch, modified starch, PVPP, friendship Join cellulose, microcrystalline cellulose, silica, metal oxide, calcium carbonate, talcum and mica.

The present invention activating agent can fibre element formation before and/or period add fibre element forming composition in, And/or it can be added after fibre element is formed in fibre element.For example, formed according to the present invention fibre element and/or After Soluble Fiber structure, Flavor active agent can be put on to fibre element and/or the Soluble Fiber including fibre element Structure., can be by enzyme after being formed according to the fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure of the present invention in another example Activating agent puts on fibre element and/or the Soluble Fiber structure including fibre element.In another example, root is being formed According to the present invention fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure after, one or more particles can be put on fibre element and/ Or the Soluble Fiber structure including fibre element, the particle may be suitable for through the spinning for preparing fibre element Technique.

In one example, fibre element forming composition of the invention shows such as to be surveyed according to viscosity number as described herein Measured by method for testing, and/or less than about 100Pas and/or less than about 80Pas less than about 60Pas and/or be less than about 40Pas and/or less than about 20Pas and/or less than about 10Pas and/or less than about 5Pas and/or less than about 2Pas And/or the viscosity number less than about 1Pas and/or more than 0Pas.

Extend auxiliary agent

In one example, fibre element includes extension auxiliary agent.Extension auxiliary agent non-limiting example may include polymer, Other extension auxiliary agents and combinations thereof.

In one example, extending auxiliary agent has at least about 50,000Da weight average molecular weight.In another example, prolong The weight average molecular weight for stretching auxiliary agent is about 50,000 to about 25,000,000 and/or about 100,000 to about 25,000,000 and/or about 250,000 to about 25,000,000 and/or about 500,000 to about 25,000,000, in another example be about 800,000 to About 22,000,000, it is about 1,000,000 to about 20,000,000 in another example, and be about in another example 2,000,000 to about 15,000,000.HMW extends what auxiliary agent was especially suitable in some examples of the present invention, and this is Due to its raising extension melt viscosity and reduce the ability of melt fracture.

When for meltblown, the extension auxiliary agent of effective dose is added in the composition of the present invention visually to reduce spinning The melt fracture and capillary of fiber during technique crush, enabling melt-spun goes out substantially connecting with relatively uniform diameter Continuous fiber.The method for preparing fibre element and/or particle is not considered, when deployed, in one example, extends auxiliary agent Can the weight meter based on dry fiber element and/or dry particle and/or dried soluble fibre structure with about 0.001% to about 10% is present, and dry fiber element and/or dry particle and/or dried soluble fiber knot are based in another example The weight meter of structure exists with about 0.005% to about 5%, and dry fiber element and/or dry particle are based in another example And/or the weight meter of dried soluble fibre structure exists with about 0.01% to about 1%, and based on dry in another example The weight meter of dry fibre element and/or dry particle and/or dried soluble fibre structure is deposited with about 0.05% to about 0.5% .

Can be used as extending the non-limiting example of the polymer of auxiliary agent may include alginates, carrageenan, pectin, crust Matter, guar gum, yellow polysaccharide glue, agar, gum arabic, karaya, bassora gum, locust bean gum, alkylcellulose, hydroxyl alkane Base cellulose, carboxyalkyl cellulose and their mixture.

The non-limiting examples of other extension auxiliary agents may include modification and unmodified polyacrylamide, polyacrylic acid, Polymethylacrylic acid, polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl acetate, polyvinylpyrrolidone, polyethylene vinylacetate, polyethyleneimine Amine, polyamide, polyalkylene oxide (including PEO, PPOX, polyethylenepropylene oxide) and their mixing Thing.

Dissolution aids

When fibre element comprise more than 40% surfactant or when surface activator composition in cold water in use, The fibre element of the present invention can mix dissolution aids to accelerate to dissolve, so as to reduce undissolved or poor dissolubility surface-active The formation of agent aggregation (there may come a time when to be formed).The non-limiting example of dissolution aids include sodium chloride, sodium sulphate, potassium chloride, Potassium sulfate, magnesium chloride and magnesium sulfate.

Buffer solution system

The fibre element of the present invention can be prepared so that during being operated for aqueous cleaning, such as washing clothes or dish And/or during washing hair, washings are by between about 5.0 and about 12 and/or between about 7.0 and 10.5 pH.In the case of dish washing operation, the pH of washings is generally between about between 6.8 and about 9.0.In the situation of clothes washing Under, the pH of washings is generally between 7 and 11.For pH to be controlled into the technology in the use level of recommendation including the use of buffering Agent, alkali, acid etc., and be well known to the skilled artisan in the art.These are including the use of sodium carbonate, citric acid or citric acid Sodium, MEA or other amine, boric acid or borate and other pH modulating compounds well known in the art.

The present invention include can be used as " fibre element and/or Soluble Fiber structure of low pH " detergent compositions, and The surfactant system of its present invention that is particularly suitable for use in and can provide less than 8.5 and/or less than 8.0 and/or less than 7.0 and/ Or less than 7.0 and/or less than 5.5 and/or to about 5.0 application pH value.

The present invention includes pH feature fibre elements during dynamic is washed.Such fibre element may be used in combination the lemon of wax covering Granulates and other pH controlling agents so that after (i) contacts 3 minutes with water, the pH of wash liquid is more than 10；(ii) 10 are contacted with water After minute, the pH of wash liquid is less than 9.5；(iii) after 20 minutes being contacted with water, the pH of wash liquid is less than 9.0；And (iv) Optionally, the wherein balance pH of wash liquid is in the range of higher than 7.0 to 8.5.

Containment agent

The one or more fibre elements and/or fibre structure of the present invention also include one or more containment agents；I.e., it is intended to Such as the fiber element of intake and/or the consumption present invention are prevented by bitter taste and/or excitant taste and/or penetrating odor And/or fibre structure and/or product including the fibre element and fibre structure and/or for example pass through emetic people And/or the reagent of animal vomiting.For the present invention fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or thus manufactured product is (such as Pad) one or more of in and/or upper and/or interior suitable containment agent non-limiting example include bitters, stimulant, Emetic and their mixture.

In one example, the fibre element, fibre structure and/or product with the present invention associate (for example, being contained therein Or thereon) the total content of containment agent can be the content at least resulting in desired containment effect, and may depend on and specifically hold back The feature of preparation, such as bitterness value, but be not that can cause containment agent is worthless to be transferred to people and/or animal, such as it is transferred to The hand of people and/or animal, eye, the content of skin and/or other parts.In another example, fibre element and/or fiber In structure and/or product and/or on the effective dose of containment agent can the efficiency based on specific containment agent so that when exposed to containment People during agent more than 50% undergoes those of containment effect.

a.Bitters

The non-limiting example of suitable bitters includes denatonium salt or their derivative.In one example, institute It is selected from following denatonium salt to state bitters：Denatonium chloride, denatonium citrate, denatonium sugar, denatonium carbonic acid Salt, denatonium acetate, Denatonium Benzoate and their mixture.Bitters may be present in the one or more of the present invention In fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or on.

In one example, bitters is Denatonium Benzoate, and it is referred to as phenyl methyl-[2- [(2,6- 3,5-dimethylphenyl) Amino] -2- oxygen ethyl]-diethylbenzene ammonium formate, CAS 3734-33-6.Denatonium Benzoate is commercially with trade nameSell, it is purchased from Macfarlan Smith, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK.

Bitters can be natural bitterness material.Bitters, such as natural bitterness material, can show be more than 1,000 and/ Or more than 5,000 and/or more than 10,000 and/or more than 20,000 and/or less than 200,000 and/or less than 150,000 and/ Or less than 100,000 and/or about 1,000 to about 200,000 and/or about 5,000 to about 200,000 and/or about 10,000 to about 200,000 bitterness value.Natural bitterness material may be selected from glucosides, isoprenoid, alkaloid, amino acid and theirs is mixed Compound.For example, suitable bitters also includes：Quercetin (3,3', 4', 5,7- pentahydroxyflavone)；Naringin (4', 5,7- trihydroxy Flavones -7- rhamnoglucosides)；Aucubin；Amygdalin；Dihydrofoliamentin；Gentiamarin；Gentiopicrin；River deer tooth Dish hardship glycosides；Sweroside；Gentioflavosid；Centaurosid；Methiafolin；Harpagoside；Centapikrin； Sailicin；Kondurangin；Absinthin；Artabsin；Bitter silibin；Lactucin；Lactucopicin；Salonitenolid；α- Absinthol；β-absinthol；Deoxidation limonene；Limonin；Citron bitter principle (Ichangin)；Different obacunonic acid；Obakunone；Golden cypress Ketone acid；Nomilin；Citron bitter principle；Nomilin acid；Marrubiin；Carnosol；Carnosic acid；Guassin； Brucine；Quinin hydrochloride；Quinine sulfate；Quinine dihydrochloride；Columbine；Caffeine；Threonine；Methionine；Phenylpropyl alcohol ammonia Acid；Tryptophan；Arginine；Histidine；Valine；Aspartic acid；Sucrose octaacetate；And their mixture.Other conjunctions Suitable bitters includes neutral quinine sulphate and lupulus extract (for example, humulone).

Fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product including the fibre element and/or fibre structure can include foot The bitters of amount is to provide bitter taste, such as respectively based on the weight of the fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, about 0.00001% to about 1% and/or about 0.0001% to about 0.5% and/or about 0.001% to about 0.25% and/or about 0.01% To about 0.1% bitters.

With fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the association of the product of the fibre element and/or fibre structure Bitters or part thereof may be present in fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element and/or fibre structure Product surface on.Bitters can be from fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element and/or fiber Its outer surface is moved in the product of structure causes humans and animals in fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product and Qi Kou Bitter taste therein is experienced during contact.Additionally or alternatively, can formed fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product it Afterwards, such as in the form of the coating composition comprising bitters, such as by by bitters and/or composition comprising bitters Spraying and/or printing and/or atomization and/or dusting and/or dusting and/or coating and/or coating and/or otherwise direct Deposit on the surface of fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, bitters is put on into fibre element and/or fiber The surface of structure and/or product including the fibre element and/or fibre structure.In one example, such as at 25 DEG C and Measure after storing fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product one month under 60% relative humidity, bitters so that Few 10ppb and/or at least 50ppb and/or about 10ppb to about 10,000ppm and/or about 50ppb to about 5,000ppm and/or about 50ppb to about 1,000ppm and/or about 100ppb to about 500ppm and/or about 10ppm to about 250ppm content are present in fibre Tie up in element and/or the surface of fibre structure and/or the product including the fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or on.

Sprayed and/or printing and/or atomization and/or with other sides when by bitters and/or composition comprising bitters When formula is deposited on the surface of fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, bitters and/or the combination comprising bitters Thing can be it is non-aqueous, this refer to its include be less than 20% by weight and/or less than 15% and/or less than 10% and/or Less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or about 0% and/or 0% water.Composition comprising bitters can wrap Containing by weight, 100% and/or 80% and/or 60% and/or 40% and/or 35% and/or 30% and/or more than 0% to about 100% and/or about 0.001% to about 80% and/or about 0.001% to about 60% and/or about 0.001% to about 40% and/or About 0.1% to about 35% and/or the bitters of about 5% to about 30%.

Suitable for the present invention bitters non-limiting example be described in BitterDB (http:// bitterdb.agri.huji.ac.il/dbbitter.php), it is that the free of bitters can search for database, contain from Document and Merck index obtain more than 680 kinds of bitters and its related 25 kinds of mankind's bitterness receptors (hT2Rs), and corresponding opinion Literary Ayana Wiener, Marina Shudler, Anat Levit, Masha Y.Niv.BitterDB:a database of bitter compounds,Nucleic Acids Res 2012,40(Database issue):In D413-419.

In addition to the above, based on the weight of the fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, Yi Zhonghuo A variety of bitters can also about 0.01ppm to about 10% and/or about 0.01ppm to about 8% and/or about 0.01ppm to about 5% And/or 0.01ppm to about 4% content is present in fibre element and/or the surface of fibre structure and/or product of the present invention On and/or.

b.Stimulant

The non-limiting example of suitable stimulant is selected from：Capsaicine (including capsaicine), chinese cymbidium benzyl ethyl ether, vanillyl Propyl ether, VBE, vanillin propylene glycol acetal, Ethyl vanillin propylene glycol acetal, capsaicine, gingerol, 4- (1- Peppermint epoxide methyl) -2- (3'- methoxyl group -4'- hydroxy-phenies) -1,3- dioxolanes, papper oil, pepper oleoresin, ginger oil Resin, n-nonanoic acid vanillyl acid amides, Portugal oleoresin, long and thin hot pepper bark extract, sanshool, sanshoamide, Fructus piperis nigrum extract, pepper Fat alkali, pipering, spilanthol and their mixture.Other suitable stimulants include polygodial, the pepper certain kind of berries extracts Thing, pepper extract or their mixture.In one example, stimulant includes capsaicine, such as capsaicine, dihydro are peppery Green pepper alkali, nordihydrocapsaicin, same to dihydrocapsaicin, homocapsaicin and/or Nonivamide.In one example, the stimulant Include capsaicine.

Commercially available adequate stimulus agent includes OPTAHEAT (Symise Flavors), HOTACT (Lipo ) and HEATENOL (Sensient Flavors) Chemicals.

Fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product including the fibre element and/or fibre structure can include foot Stimulant is measured to deliver excitant taste and/or penetrating odor, such as the excitant of the controllable degree to user (is enough to hold back System intake but do not make one up to and/or animal bodies are uncomfortable or the unexpected hand for being largely transferred to user).In an example In, fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or the product including the fibre element and/or fibre structure can include by weight Meter, more than 0.0001% and/or more than 0.001% and/or more than 0.01% and/or more than 0.1% and/or less than 20% and/ Or less than 15% and/or less than 10% and/or less than 5% and/or less than 2% and/or less than 1% and/or less than 0.5% and/ Or about 0.0001% to about 10%, or about 0.001% to about 2%, or about 0.01% to about 1%, or about 0.1% to about 0.5% Stimulant.

With fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the association of the product of the fibre element and/or fibre structure Stimulant or part thereof may be present in fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element and/or fibre structure Product surface on.Stimulant can be from fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element and/or fiber Its outer surface is moved in the product of structure so that human or animal is in fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product and Qi Kou Almost in contact with or experience excitant taste and/or penetrating odor therein during actual contact.Additionally or alternatively, can be in shape Into after fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product, such as in the form of the coating composition comprising stimulant, such as By the way that stimulant and/or composition comprising stimulant are sprayed and/or printing and/or atomization and/or dusting and/or dusting And/or coating and/or coating and/or the table for being otherwise deposited directly to fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product On face, stimulant is put on into fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element and/or fibre structure The surface of product.In one example, such as under 25 DEG C and 60% relative humidity by fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or Measure after product stores one month, stimulant with least 10ppb and/or at least 50ppb and/or about 10ppb to about 10, 000ppm and/or about 50ppb are to about 5,000ppm and/or about 50ppb to about 1,000ppm and/or about 100ppb to about 500ppm And/or about 10ppm to about 250ppm content are present in fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre element And/or on the surface of the product of fibre structure.

When by stimulant and/or composition comprising stimulant spray and/or printing and/or atomization and/or dusting and/or Dusting and/or coating and/or coating and/or the table for being otherwise deposited on fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or product When on face, stimulant and/or the composition comprising stimulant can be non-aqueous, and this refers to that it is included and is less than by weight 20% and/or less than 15% and/or less than 10% and/or less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or about 0% And/or 0% water.Composition comprising stimulant can include by weight, 100% and/or 80% and/or 60% and/or 40% and/or 35% and/or 30% and/or more than 0% to about 100% and/or about 0.001% to about 80% and/or about 0.001% to about 60% and/or about 0.001% to about 40% and/or about 0.1% to about 35% and/or about 5% to about 30% Stimulant.

The excitant of stimulant can determine and Ke Yi Shi Gaoweier heat units according to well known Shi Gaoweier indexs (SHU) record.Stimulant may be selected from having at least about 1,000,000SHU and/or at least about 5,000,000SHU and/or at least The horizontal stimulant of about 10,000,000SHU and/or at least about 15,000,000SHU excitant.To be compared, capsaicine Excitant level be about 16,000,000SHU.Excitant can also be measured and with U.S.'s spices by high performance liquid chromatography Finance House Association's (ASTA) excitant unit determines.Measuring for parts per million capsaicine corresponds to about 15 Shi Gaoweier units, And ASTA excitant units can be multiplied by 15 and be recorded as Shi Gaoweier units.

Since it is desirable that stimulant is detectable so as to as effective containment agent, so it is generally desirable to excitant not by other examinations Agent cool agent such as menthol etc. is covered.In one example, fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fibre The product of dimension element and/or fibre structure is free of, for example, by weight, less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% And/or less than 0.1% and/or less than 0.01% and/or less than 0.001% and/or about 0% and/or 0% cooling agent, such as Menthol and/or eucalyptus.

For similar reasons, it is usually desirable to which stimulant is for fibre element and/or fibre structure and/or including the fiber The user of the product of element and/or fibre structure is readily available.

c.Emetic

In the presence of two kinds of major type of emetic：1) those on the intestines and stomach of humans and animals are directly acted on, and 2) are led to Stimulation oversaturation control vomiting brain region and work indirectly those.Directly act on the non-limit of the suitable emetic of intestines and stomach Property example processed is selected from the ipecac (ipecac is starched and/or powdered ipecac) derived from Uragoga ipecacuanha Baillon (Cephaelis ipecacuanha), derived from Chinese lobelia from asthma weed (Lobelia inflata), the mustard seeds derived from leaf mustard (Brassica juncea), derive from Vomitoxin, copper sulphate and their mixture of Fusarium graminearum (Fusarium graminearum).Controlled by stimulating The example for the emetic made the brain region of vomiting and worked indirectly is apomorphine (apomorphine hydrochloride).

For the non-limiting example for the method for preparing fibre element

The fibre element of the present invention, such as long filament can be prepared as shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, and it, which is included, is present in fibre element And/or one or more containment agents on fibre element.As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, for preparing the fibre element according to the present invention The method 20 of 10 (such as long filaments) comprises the following steps：

A. such as from groove 24 provide include fibre element forming composition 22, its comprising one or more fibre elements into Shape material and one or more containment agents, and optionally, one or more activating agents and/or one or more polar solvents (such as water)；And

B. fibre element forming composition 22 is such as spun to one or more fibre elements 10 via spinning die head 26 Such as long filament, the fibre element is comprising one or more fibre element moulding materials and optionally, one or more activating agents With one or more containment agents.In one example, one or more containment agents can be put on one or more fibre elements Surface and/or include the fibre structure of the fibre element.In another example, fibre element can be free of or substantially Without containment agent, in this case, it may be desired in the spinning duration and/or afterwards of fibre element, one or more are contained Agent puts on the surface of fibre element.

Fibre element forming composition can be in the case of with or without pump 30, via between groove 24 and spinning die head Suitable pipeline 28 between 26 transmits.In one example, the supercharging groove 24 suitable for batch operation, which is filled with, is applied to spinning Fibre element forming composition 22.Pump 30 can be used (such asModel PEP II, capacity are 5.0 cubic centimetres/turns (cc/rev), by Colfax Corporationn, Zenith Pumps branches (Monroe, N.C., USA) manufacture) to be advantageous to Fibre element forming composition 22 is sent to spinning die head 26.It can be controlled by adjusting the revolutions per minute (rpm) of pump 30 From supercharging groove 24 to the flow of the fibre element forming composition 22 of spinning die head 26.Pipeline 28 is used to connect supercharging groove 24, pump 30 and spinning die head 26, pump 30 is arrived to transmit and (be indicated by means of an arrow) the fibre element forming composition 22 from groove 24, and And enter die head 26.

When activating agent wherein be present, one or more fibre element moulding materials for being present in fibre element 10 it is total Weight meter of the content based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure may be less than 80% and/or less than 70% And/or less than 65% and/or 50% or smaller, and when being present in fibre element, one or more activating agents always contain Amount the weight meter based on dry fiber element and/or dried soluble fibre structure may be greater than 20% and/or more than 35% and/ Or 50% or bigger, 65% or bigger, and/or 80% or bigger.

As shown in Figure 3 and Figure 4, spinning die head 26 may include multiple fibre element shaped holes 32, and fibre element forms hole bag The melt capillary 34 surrounded by concentric fluid bore 36 is included, fluid such as air passes through concentric fluid bore to contribute to When fibre element forming composition 22 leaves fibre element shaped hole 32, the fibre element forming composition is drawn and attenuated into fibre Tie up element 10.

In one example, spinning die head 26 as shown in Figure 4 has two rows or more row mutually with about 1.524 millimeters Annular extrusion nozzle (fibre element shaped hole 32) spaced apart the pitch P of (about 0.060 inch).Nozzle has about 0.305 milli The rice single bore of (about 0.012 inch) and the single outside diameter of about 0.813 millimeter (about 0.032 inch).Each independent nozzle Including by the circular melt capillary 34 in horn-like aperture (concentric fluid bore 36) of ring-type and diverging with to each independence Melt capillary 34 provide attenuating air.By the fibre element forming composition 22 that nozzle is extruded by being provided by aperture Generally cylindrical humid air stream is surrounded and refined to produce fibre element 10.

By using resistance heater (for example, the Emerson Electric by Pittsburgh (Pa., USA) The heater of Chromalox branches manufacture) compressed air of the heating from source, it is possible to provide attenuating air.Add appropriate air-flow with Make hot-air saturation under the conditions of the controlled delivering pipeline of electrically heated, constant temperature or close to saturation.Condensate is electrically heated, permanent It is removed in the controlled separator of temperature.

Embryonic fibers element is dried by dry air stream, and dry air stream passes through the resistance heating that is provided by dry nozzle Device (not shown) and with about 149 DEG C (about 300 ℉) to about 315 DEG C (about 600 ℉) temperature；And with relative to the young bird being spun into The angle discharge that about 90 ° of the general direction of shape fibre element.Such as dry fiber can be collected in collection device on band or fabric Element, in one example, due to collecting fibre element on band or fabric, so band or fabric can be to the solubilities of formation Fibre structure assigns pattern, such as non-random repeating pattern.Vacuum source is added immediately below formation zone to can be used for helping collecting Fibre element is collected on device.The spinning of fibre element and collecting produce include intermeshing fibre element such as long filament can Soluble fiber structure.

In one example, when forming fibre element 10, during spinning process, such as it is present in by drying removing Any volatile solvent such as water in fibre element forming composition 22.In one example, fibre element forming composition Volatile solvent such as water weight be more than 30% and/or more than 40% and/or more than 50% during spinning process quilt Remove, be such as removed by fibre element caused by drying 10.

Fibre element forming composition can include the fibre element moulding material of any suitable total content and any properly contain The activating agent of amount, as long as the fibre element as made from fibre element forming composition is included based on dry fiber element and/or done The weight meter total content of dry particle and/or dried soluble fibre structure accounts for about 5% to 50% or smaller fibre of fibre element Tie up element moulding material, and the weight based on dry fiber element and/or dry particle and/or dried soluble fibre structure Meter total content accounts for the activating agent of 50% to about 95% of fibre element.

In one example, fibre element forming composition can include the fibre element moulding material of any suitable total content With the activating agent of any appropriate level, as long as the fibre element as made from fibre element forming composition include be based on dry fiber The weight meter total content of element and/or dry particle and/or dried soluble fibre structure accounts for the pact of fibre element and/or particle 5% to 50% or smaller fibre element form material, and based on dry fiber element and/or dry particle and/or drying The weight meter total content of Soluble Fiber structure accounts for the activating agent of 50% to about 95% of fibre element and/or particle, its Middle fibre element moulding material is 1 or smaller to the weight ratio of activating agent total content.

In one example, fibre element forming composition includes based on the weight of fibre element forming composition about 1% And/or about 5% and/or about 10% to about 50% and/or to about 40% and/or to about 30% and/or to about 20% fiber element method Part moulding material；Based on the weight of fibre element forming composition about 1% and/or about 5% and/or about 10% to about 50% and/ Or to about 40% and/or to about 30% and/or to about 20% activating agent；And based on the weight of fibre element forming composition About 20% and/or about 25% and/or about 30% and/or about 40% and/or to about 80% and/or to about 70% and/or to about 60% and/or to about 50% volatile solvent such as water.Fibre element forming composition can include micro other activating agents, It is less than 10% such as based on the weight of fibre element forming composition and/or less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% Plasticizer, pH adjusting agent and other activating agents.

Such as be meltblown by any suitable spinning technique, spunbond, electrostatic spinning and/or rotary spinning by fibre element into Shape composition is spun into one or more fibre elements and/or particle.In one example, fibre element is shaped into group by being meltblown Compound is spun into multiple fibre elements and/or particle.For example, fibre element forming composition can be pumped into melt-blown spinneret from groove Head.When the fibre element in leaving spinning head forms one or more of hole, make fibre element forming composition with air Refinement, so as to produce one or more fibre elements and/or particle.Then fibre element and/or particle drying can be removed Any remaining solvent such as water for spinning.

The fibre element and/or particle of the present invention can such as pattern for example in a manner of intermeshing in band (not shown) Collection is taken so that the Soluble Fiber structure including fibre element and/or particle is formed.

Application method

In one example, according to the Soluble Fiber structure for including one or more fabric care actives of the present invention It can be utilized in the method for handling textile article.The method of processing textile article may include one or more selected from following Step：(a) the pretreating fabrics product before laundering of textile fabrics product；(b) textile article is made and by Soluble Fiber structure and water The wash liquid contact for contacting and being formed；(c) textile article is made to be contacted with Soluble Fiber structure in dryer；(d) can In the presence of soluble fiber structure in dryer dry fabric product；And (e) combinations thereof.

In some embodiments, methods described, which may additionally include, makes Soluble Fiber structure and fabric system to be pre-treated The step of before product contact by its pre-wetted.For example, water pre-wetted Soluble Fiber structure can be used, the bag of fabric is then adhered to In a part for spot containing pending pretreatment.Alternatively, the wettable fabric and fibre structure is placed in or is adhered to Thereon.In some embodiments, methods described, which may also include, selects a part for only Soluble Fiber structure to be used to handle The step of textile article.For example, if only a fabric care article is pending, Soluble Fiber knot can be cut or cut off A part for structure is placed in or is attached on fabric, or is placed in water to form the wash liquid of relatively small amount, and then it can For pretreating fabrics.In this way, user can customize textile treatment according to task on hand.In some implementations In scheme, at least a portion of Soluble Fiber structure can be applied to the fabric of device processing to be used.Exemplary device Including but not limited to brush and sponge.Any one or more in repeatable abovementioned steps have to obtain desired fabric treating Beneficial effect.

In another example, the Soluble Fiber knot of one or more hair care active agent according to the present invention is included Structure can utilize in the method for handling hair.The method of processing hair may include that one or more is selected from following step： (a) pre-treat hair before hair is washed；(b) hair contact is made to contact the cleaning solution formed with water by Soluble Fiber structure Body；(c) hair is post-processed after hair is washed；(d) hair contact is made to contact the tune formed with water by Soluble Fiber structure Manage fluid；And (e) combinations thereof.

Non-limiting example

Embodiment 1- following preparation includes the fibre element of containment agent, such as long filament.By being stirred with 100-150rpm In the case of, 54 weight % deionized waters are added to prepare fibre element forming composition in appropriate size and the container of cleaning Thing.Weigh low in hydrolysis vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin powder：10 weight % low in hydrolysis vinyl Alcohol copolymer resin powder (fibre element moulding material) (PVA 505, can be from Kuraray Co.Ltd. (Houston, TX) is commercially available) and 5 weight % low in hydrolysis vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin powder (fibre elements Moulding material) (PVA 420H, can be commercially available from Kuraray Co.Ltd. (Houston, TX)) hold to suitable In device, and it is slowly added in water, while is persistently stirred to avoid the formation of obvious agglomerate with little increment using spoon.Regulation mixing Speed is so that the formation of foam minimizes.Then, mixture is slowly heated to 75 DEG C and continues 2 hours, hereafter, add 20 weights Measure % linear alkyl sulfonate surfactants (activating agent-anion surfactant) and 10 weight % alkyl alkoxy sulphur Acid salt surfactant (activating agent-anion surfactant) and then 1 weight % containment agent as described herein is added Enter in mixture.Then the mixture is heated to 75 DEG C, while persistently stirred 45 minutes, then allow to cool to 23 DEG C with shape Into pre-composition.Then the pre-composition is ready for being spun to fibre element as described herein.In one example, Duo Gefang Silk fiber element can mutually tangle and collect includes the fibre structure of fibre element on collection device to be formed.

Embodiment 2- following preparation includes the fibre element of containment agent, such as long filament.By being stirred with 100-150rpm In the case of, 54 weight % deionized waters are added to prepare fibre element forming composition in appropriate size and the container of cleaning Thing.Weigh 14 weight % carboxymethyl cellulose (fibre element moulding material) and 1 weight % extension auxiliary agent (polyacrylamide Amine) it is slowly added into suitable container, and using spoon with little increment in water, while lasting stirring is bright to avoid the formation of Aobvious agglomerate.Mixing velocity is adjusted so that the formation of foam minimizes.Then, mixture is slowly heated to 75 DEG C and continues 2 Hour, hereafter, add 20 weight % linear alkyl sulfonate surfactants (activating agent-anion surfactant) and 10 Weight % alkyl alkoxy sulfates surfactant (activating agent-anion surfactant) and then by 1 weight %'s Containment agent as described herein is added in mixture.Then the mixture is heated to 75 DEG C, while persistently stirring 45 minutes, then 23 DEG C are allowed to cool to form pre-composition.Then the pre-composition is ready for being spun to fibre element as described herein. In one example, multiple spinning fibre elements can mutually tangle and collect includes fibre element on collection device to be formed Fibre structure.

Embodiment 3- following preparation includes the fibre element of containment agent, such as long filament.By being stirred with 100-150rpm In the case of, 54 weight % deionized waters are added to prepare fibre element forming composition in appropriate size and the container of cleaning Thing.Weigh low in hydrolysis vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin powder：11 weight % low in hydrolysis vinyl Alcohol copolymer resin powder (fibre element moulding material) (PVA 505, can be from Kuraray Co.Ltd. (Houston, TX) is commercially available) and 5 weight % low in hydrolysis vinyl acetate-vinyl alcohol copolymer resin powder (fibre elements Moulding material) (PVA 420H, can be commercially available from Kuraray Co.Ltd. (Houston, TX)) hold to suitable In device, and it is slowly added in water, while is persistently stirred to avoid the formation of obvious agglomerate with little increment using spoon.Regulation mixing Speed is so that the formation of foam minimizes.Then, mixture is slowly heated to 75 DEG C and continues 2 hours, hereafter, by 20 weights Measure % linear alkyl sulfonate surfactants (activating agent-anion surfactant) and 10 weight % alkyl alkoxy sulphur Acid salt surfactant (activating agent-anion surfactant) is added in mixture.Then the mixture is heated to 75 DEG C, Persistently stir 45 minutes simultaneously, then allow to cool to 23 DEG C to form pre-composition.Then the pre-composition is ready for spinning Into fibre element as described herein.Then fibre element is contacted with Denatonium Benzoate (containment agent), for example, with solution and/or Powder type, with coated fiber element.In one example, multiple spinning fibre elements (coating or be not coated with containment agent) can With entangled to each other and collect and include the fibre structure of fibre element on collection device to be formed, and then fibre structure is extremely A few surface can contact with Denatonium Benzoate (containment agent), such as with solution and/or powder type, with coated fiber structure Surface.

Embodiment 4- following preparation includes the fibre element of containment agent, such as long filament.By being stirred with 100-150rpm In the case of, 54 weight % deionized waters are added to prepare fibre element forming composition in appropriate size and the container of cleaning Thing.Weigh 15 weight % carboxymethyl cellulose (fibre element moulding material) and 1 weight % extension auxiliary agent (polyacrylamide Amine) it is slowly added into suitable container, and using spoon with little increment in water, while lasting stirring is bright to avoid the formation of Aobvious agglomerate.Mixing velocity is adjusted so that the formation of foam minimizes.Then, mixture is slowly heated to 75 DEG C and continues 2 Hour, hereafter, by 20 weight % linear alkyl sulfonate surfactants (activating agent-anion surfactant) and 10 weights The alkyl alkoxy sulfate surfactant (activating agent-anion surfactant) for measuring % is added in mixture.Then will The mixture is heated to 75 DEG C, while persistently stirs 45 minutes, then allows to cool to 23 DEG C to form pre-composition.Then this is pre- Mixed thing is ready for being spun to fibre element as described herein.Then fibre element is made to be connect with Denatonium Benzoate (containment agent) Touch, such as in the form of a solution, with coated fiber element.In one example, multiple spinning fibre elements (are coated or have been not coated by Containment agent) can mutually be tangled and collected the fibre structure for being included fibre element with formation on collection device.

Then fibre element is made to be contacted with Denatonium Benzoate (containment agent), such as with solution and/or powder type, with coating Fibre element.

In one example, multiple spinning fibre elements can be included with entangled to each other and collection on collection device with being formed The fibre structure of fibre element, and then at least one surface of fibre structure can contact with Denatonium Benzoate (containment agent), Such as with solution and/or powder type, with the surface of coated fiber structure.

Method of testing

Except as otherwise noted, all tests (including defining those and following test method partly described) as described herein All it is the tune at 23 DEG C ± 1 DEG C of temperature and 50% ± 2% relative humidity (except as otherwise noted) before test Nurse one's health what is carried out on the sample of 2 hours in reason room.For purposes of the present invention, the sample nursed one's health as described herein is recognized To be drying sample (such as " dry fiber element ").In addition, all tests are all carried out in this conditioning chamber.

Water content method of testing

Water present in long filament and/or fiber and/or Soluble Fiber structure is measured using following water content method of testing (moisture) content.

Long filament and/or Soluble Fiber structure or their part (" sample ") are placed in conditioning chamber extremely before test Few 24 hours, the temperature of conditioning chamber is 23 DEG C ± 1 DEG C and relative humidity is 50% ± 2%.When in period of at least 5 minutes When being inside not detected by weight and being further change in, example weight is recorded.This weight is recorded as " counterpoise " of sample.Connect down Come, by sample be placed in drying oven 24 hours with drying sample, oven temperature be 70 DEG C, relative humidity is about 4%.In drying After 24 hours, immediately to samples weighing.This weight is recorded as " dry weight " of sample.Water (moisture) content of sample is such as Lower calculating：

Water (moisture) % in 3 aliquot samples is averaged to provide the water (water in the sample of report Point) %.

Dissolution test method

Equipment and material (Fig. 5 to Fig. 7)：

600mL beakers 38

Magnetic stirring apparatus 40 (Labline1250 types or equivalent)

Magnetic stirring bar 42 (5cm)

Thermometer (1 to 100 DEG C +/- 1 DEG C)

Cut punch die -- size is 3.8cm × 3.2cm stainless steel cut punch die

Timer (0-3,600 seconds or 1 hour), is accurate to the second.If sample shows the dissolving more than 3,600 seconds Between, then timer used should have enough total time measurement ranges.However, timer needs to be accurate to the second.

Polaroid 35mm slide plates frame 44 (can or equivalent commercially available from Polaroid Corporation)

35mm slide plate frames retainer 46 (or equivalent)

The water or equivalent of the city of Cincinnati have following characteristic：Total hardness=155mg/L, by CaCO₃Meter；Calcium content= 33.2mg/L；Content of magnesium=17.5mg/L；Phosphate content=0.0462.

Testing scheme

The balance sample at least 2 hours under 23 DEG C ± 1 DEG C steady temperature and humidity environment with 50%RH ± 2%.

Use the base weight of base weighing method defined herein measurement specimen material.

Three dissolved samples are cut out from Soluble Fiber structure sample using cutting punch die (3.8cm × 3.2cm), are made It is fitted in the 35mm slide plates frame 44 with 24mm × 36mm open zones size.

Each sample is locked in single 35mm slide plates frame 44.

Magnetic stirring bar 42 is put into 600mL beakers 38.

Open water tap stream (or equivalent) and use thermometer measure water temperature, and if desired, regulation is hot Water or cold water are to hold it in test temperature.Test temperature is 15 DEG C of ± 1 DEG C of water.Once being in test temperature, then 500mL is used ± 5mL 15 DEG C of ± 1 DEG C of running water filling beaker 240.

Whole beaker 38 is placed on magnetic stirring apparatus 40, opens agitator 40, and adjusts mixing speed until forming whirlpool Rotation, and the bottom being vortexed is in the 400mL marks of beaker 38.

35mm slide plates frame 44 is fixed in the spring clip 48 of 35mm slide plate frames retainer 46 so that the long end of slide plate frame 44 50 parallel to the water surface.Spring clip 48 should be positioned at the centre at the long end 50 of slide plate frame 44.The depth that retainer 46 should be set is adjusted Save device 52 so that the distance between the bottom of depth adjuster 52 and the bottom of spring clip 48 are 11 ± 0.125 inches.This structure Make localizing sample surface perpendicular to water (flow) direction.The arrangement example slightly changed of 35mm slide plates frame and slide plate frame retainer exists Shown in Fig. 1-3 of United States Patent (USP) 6,787,512.

In once moving, fixed slide plate and fixture drop in water and start timer.Sample drops so that sample Positioned at beaker center.When Soluble Fiber structure is broken, it is disintegrated.This is recorded as disintegration time.When all visible When Soluble Fiber structure all discharges from slide plate frame, by slide plate frame rising water outlet, while continue to monitor undissolved Soluble Fiber The solution of structure fragment.When all Soluble Fiber structure fragments are no longer visible, dissolve.When this is recorded as into dissolving Between.

Each sample is repeated three times and records average disintegration and dissolution time.Average disintegration and dissolution time are with the second For unit.

By the sample basis weight each divided by such as determined by base weighing method defined herein, make average disintegration and dissolving Time is for base renormalization.Disintegration and dissolution time through base renormalization are with second/gsm samples (s/ (g/m²)) it is unit.

Diameter method of testing

Discrete fibre element or the diameter of the fibre element in Soluble Fiber structure or film are by using ESEM (SEM) or light microscope and image analysis software measure.The multiplication factor of 200 to 10,000 times of selection causes fibre element Suitably amplified to measure.When using SEM, these samples are sputtered into upper gold or palladium compound to avoid fiber element method Part is powered in electron beam and vibrates.Using the manual code of the determination fibre element diameter from image (on monitor screen), Described image is captured with SEM or light microscope.Using mouse and cursor tool, the side of randomly selected fibre element is searched Edge, then across its width (that is, at this point perpendicular to fibre element direction) measurement to another edge of fibre element.Contracting Put and calibrate image analysis tool provide scaling by obtain by μm in terms of actual read number.With regard to the fibre in Soluble Fiber structure or film For tieing up element, multiple fibres are randomly choosed in the sample of whole Soluble Fiber structure or film using SEM or light microscope Tie up element.Cut at least two parts of Soluble Fiber structure or film (or fibre structure inside product) and by this way Test.At least 100 times such measurements are carried out altogether and then all data records are got off to carry out statistical analysis.Remembered The data of record are used to calculate in the average value of fibre element diameter, the standard deviation and fibre element diameter of fibre element diameter Value.

Another available statistic is Population of the calculating less than the fibre element of some upper limit.In order to determine the system Metering, software is programmed the upper limit is less than with count results how many fibre element diameters, and by the number (divided by total data Quantity is simultaneously multiplied by and 100%) is recorded as the percentage less than the upper limit, such as percentage less than 1 micron diameter by percentage Number or %- sub-micron.The measured diameter of single circular fiber element is expressed as di by us (in microns).

In the case where fibre element has non-circular cross sections, the measured value of fibre element diameter is measured as and set Into equal to hydraulic diameter, the hydraulic diameter is four times of fibre element cross-sectional area divided by the girth of the cross section of fibre element (being outer perimeter in the case of hollow fiber elements).Number average diameter, or average diameter are calculated as below：

Thickness approach

The thickness of Soluble Fiber structure or film measures as follows：By cutting out 5 from Soluble Fiber structure or membrane sample Individual sample so that each size for cutting out sample, which is more than, is purchased from Thwing-Albert Instrument Company The loading footing of the model II of (Philadelphia, PA) VIR electronic thickness ga(u)ges loads surface.Loading footing loads surface and led to Often with there is about 3.14 inches²Circular surface product.Sample is limited between a horizontal plane and loading footing loading surface. It is 15.5g/cm that footing load table, which is loaded, in face of the confined pressure that sample applies².Plane and loading footing load the gained between surface Gap is the thickness of each sample.The average thickness of five samples is calculated as thickness.As a result it is reported as millimeter (mm).

Base resurveys method for testing

The base of fibrous structure sample is stacked, often by the individual single fibrous structure sample in 12 (12) of selection and preparation two again It is individual to stack six single samples and measure.If single sample is connected with each other by perforation line, worn when stacking single sample Hole line must homonymy alignment.The accurate square for being cut into 3.5 inches × 3.5 inches will be often stacked using accurate cutting device.Merge Two squares cut stacked are padded again with preparing 12 thick bases of square.Then base pads on top-loaded balance again Weigh, wherein minimum precision is 0.01g.Top-loaded balance must use air bell to protect against air stream and other interference Influence.When the reading perseverance time recording weight on top-loaded balance.Base re-computation is as follows：

If fibrous structure sample is less than 3.5 inches × 3.5 inches, less sampling area can change to related calculating It is fixed to be resurveyed together for base.

Weight-average molecular weight testing method

The weight average molecular weight (Mw) of material such as polymer is entered by gel permeation chromatography (GPC) using mixed bed column Row measure.Using high performance liquid chromatography (HPLC), it has with lower component：Model 600E pumps, system control Device and controller software 3.2 editions processed, Model 717 plus automatic sampler and CHM-009246 post heaters, all by Waters Corporation (Milford, MA, USA) is manufactured.Post be 20 μm of Mixed A posts of PL gel (gel molecular amount scope be 1, 000g/mol to 40,000,000g/mol), its length is 600mm and internal diameter is 7.5mm, and guard column is the μ of PL gel 20 M, length 50mm, 7.5mm ID.Column temperature is 55 DEG C and volume injected is 200 μ L.Detector isEnhanced Optical System (EOS), it includesSoftware, 4.73.04 version detector softwares, by Wyatt Technology (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) is manufactured, Laser Light Scattering detector, has K5 units and 690nm laser.Odd number detector On gain be set to 101.Gain on even number detector is set to 20.9.Wyatt Technology'sDifferential is rolled over Penetrate meter and be set to 50 DEG C.Gain is set to 10.Mobile phase is HPLC level dimethyl sulfoxide (DMSO)s, and it has 0.1%w/v LiBr, and mobile Phase flow velocity is 1mL/min, isocratic.Run time is 30 minutes.

By in mobile phase dissolved material prepare sample, be nominally 3mg materials/1mL mobile phases.By cover for sample, Then magnetic stirrer stir about is used 5 minutes.Then sample is placed in 85 DEG C of convection oven 60 minutes.Then sample is made Naturally cool to room temperature.Then by 5 μm of nylon membrane filtered samples, nylon membrane is Spartan-25 types, by Schleicher＆ Schuell (Keene, NH, USA) manufacture, using 5mL syringes by sample filtering into 5 milliliters of (mL) automatic sampler bottles.

For each serial sample (3 or more material samples) of measurement, by solvent blank sample injection post.So Sample survey is prepared in a similar manner with related to above-mentioned sample afterwards.Sample survey includes 2mg/mL Propiram (Polymer Laboratories), its weight average molecular weight with 47,300g/mol.The analytical control sample before every group of sample is analyzed.It is parallel Blank testing sample, sample survey and material test sample.Last test blank sample.Light scattering detector and differential refractometer According to " Dawn EOS Light Scattering Instrument Hardware Manual " and "DSP Interferometric Refractometer Hardware Manual " are run, and they are by Wyatt Technology Corp. (Santa Barbara, CA, USA) is manufactured, and the two is hereby incorporated herein by.

The weight average molecular weight of sample is calculated using detector software.Using 0.066 dn/dc (refractive index with concentration difference Mutation) value.Calibration of laser detector and the baseline of refractive index detector are to remove the shadow that detector dark current and solvent scatter Ring.If laser detector signal is saturation or shows excessive noise, it is not used in calculating molecular weight.Select molecule The region of scale sign so that the signal for laser light scattering and 90 ° of δ detectors of refractive index is their corresponding baseline noise water Flat 3 times.The HMW side of usual chromatogram is by refractive index signal limiting, and low molecule amount side is limited by laser signal.

" the single order Zimm plot " that is defined such as detector software can be used to calculate weight average molecular weight.If the Weight-average molecular of sample Amount is more than 1,000,000g/mol, calculates the first rank Zimm plot and second-order Zimm plot, and use has minimum regression fit The result of error calculates molecular weight.The weight average molecular weight of report is the average value run twice of testing of materials sample.

Tensile test method：Elongation, tensile strength, TEA and modulus

Elongation, tensile strength, TEA, secant modulus and tangent modulus are using load sensor with computer interface Constant speed extension tensile tester on measurement (suitable apparatus for use Testworks4.0 softwares MTS Insight, such as purchase From MTS Systems Corp. (Eden Prairie, MN) instrument), measured power in the sensor limit 10% To in 90%.(top) of activity and fixed (bottom) pneumatic type jaw are provided with rubber face holder, the height of the holder Spend for 25.4mm and wider than the width of sample.About 80psi air pressure is provided to jaw.All tests are being maintained at about Carried out in the conditioning chamber of 23 DEG C ± 1 DEG C and about 50% ± 2% relative humidity.Before being tested, by sample in the same terms Lower conditioning 2 hours.

Eight samples of Soluble Fiber structure and/or the fibre structure of dissolving are divided into two to stack, each stack four Individual sample.Sample in each stacking is relative to longitudinal direction (MD) sexual orientation consistent with laterally (CD).One of stack and to be specified for Test in the vertical, and another is tested in the horizontal.Use one inch of precision cutter (Thwing Albert JDC-1- 10, or the like) four MD bars of middle cutting are stacked from one, and four CD bars of middle cutting are stacked from other, wherein size is 2.54cm ± 0.02cm is wide to be multiplied by least 50mm length.

Tester for elongation is programmed to carry out extension test, power and extension data are collected with 100Hz acquisition rate. Chuck is initially reduced to introduce relaxation in the sample by 6mm with 5.08cm/min speed, then with 5.08cm/min speed Chuck is raised until sample is broken.Break sensitivity is set as 80%, i.e. when measured power is down to peak-peak power The test is terminated when 20%, chuck is returned back to its initial position thereafter.

Gauge is set as 2.54cm.Be zeroed chuck.Sample is inserted into upper holder, by it in upper jaw and lower pincers It is intraoral to be vertically aligned, and close upper holder.In the case where sample is from top grip suspension, be zeroed load sensing Device.Sample is inserted into lower holder and closes lower holder.In the case where holder closes, sample should be subjected to enough Tension force to eliminate any relaxation, but show on load sensor the power less than 3.0g.Start tensile tester and start Data Collection.For all four laterally with four longitudinal samples, retest is carried out in a similar way.

Software is programmed so that extension (cm) curve to be calculated as below by the power (g) constructed：

Tensile strength is maximum cutting edge of a knife or a sword value power (g) divided by specimen width (cm), and is recorded in units of g/cm, is accurate to 1.0g/cm。

Adjusted gauge calculates according to the extension measured when adding 3.0g power (cm) to initial gauge (cm).

Elongation is multiplied by 100 to calculate according to the extension (cm) under peak-peak power divided by the gauge (cm) adjusted, and Recorded as %, be accurate to 0.1%.

Gross energy (TEA) extends to area (g*cm) under the force curve for extending integration under peak-peak power according to from zero, Divided by the gauge (cm) that is adjusted and the product of specimen width (cm) calculate, and record and be accurate to 1g*cm/cm²。

Power (g) is repainted to extending (cm) curve, as power (g) to straining (%) curve.Strain is defined as herein Extension (cm) divided by gauge (cm) x 100 adjusted.Software is programmed with from the power (g) of construction to strain (%) curve It is calculated as below：

Secant modulus use the line with least rising of 20% peak force by power to the steepest slope of strain curve most A young waiter in a wineshop or an inn multiplies linear fit to calculate.Then the slope divided by specimen width (2.54cm) and record, be accurate to 1.0g/cm.

Tangent modulus is calculated as the slope to line drawn between two data points on strain (%) curve in power (g). First data point used is the point recorded under 28g power, and the second data point used is the point recorded under 48g power. Then the slope divided by specimen width (2.54cm) and record, be accurate to 1.0g/cm.

To four horizontal samples and four longitudinal sample tensile strength calculateds (g/cm), elongation (%), gross energy (g* cm/cm²), secant modulus (g/cm) and tangent modulus (g/cm).Calculate each independent parameter of horizontal sample and longitudinal sample Average value.

Calculate：

Total dry tensile strength (TDT)=longitudinal tensile strength (g/cm)+transverse tensile strength (g/cm)

The square root of geometric average tension force=[longitudinal tensile strength (g/cm) × transverse tensile strength (g/cm)]

Draw ratio=longitudinal tensile strength (g/cm)/transverse tensile strength (g/cm)

The square root of geometric average peak elongation=[longitudinal tensile strain rate (%) × cross direction elongation (%)]

Total TEA=MD TEA (g*cm/cm²)+CD TEA(g*cm/cm²)

Geometric average TEA=[MD TEA (g*cm/cm²)×CD TEA(g*cm/cm²)] square root

The square root of geometric average tangent modulus=[profile tangent modulus (g/cm) × horizontal tangent modulus (g/cm)]

Total tangent modulus=profile tangent modulus (g/cm)+horizontal tangent modulus (g/cm)

The square root of geometric average secant modulus=[longitudinal secant modulus (g/cm) × horizontal secant modulus (g/cm)]

Total secant modulus=longitudinal secant modulus (g/cm)+horizontal secant modulus (g/cm)

Panel stiffness method of testing

As used herein, " panel stiffness " test is the Kong Shiqi rigidity formed when flat sample below sample downwards Measure.In order to test, by sample molding into the infinite slab that thickness is " t ", it is located on flat surfaces, wherein described wireless flat Plate is centered in above the hole that radius is " R ".The central force " F " of the thin paper put on directly over the center of hole makes thin paper bend downwards Enter distance " w " in hole.For linear elastic material, flexure can be predicted by following formula：

Wherein " E " is effective linear elasticity modulus, and " v " is Poisson's ratio (Poisson's ratio), and " R " is pore radius, And " t " is thin paper thickness, the thickness represented with millimeter of the 5 thin papers measurement stacked under about 0.29psi load to one is taken Degree.Poisson's ratio takes 0.1, and (it is extremely sensitive that poisson solution is not to the parameter, therefore is probably inaccurately as caused by assumed value Small), formula above can be rewritten to the effective modulus to estimate the function as pliability test result to " w "：

Using with 100N load sensors MTS Alliance RT/1 testers (MTS Systems Corp., Eden Prairie, Minn.) obtain test result.When at least 2.5 square inches of five tissue sheets stacked are positioned at branch During the top at hole (radius 15.75mm) center on fagging, a radius is 3.15mm blunting probe with 20mm/min speed Degree is fallen.When probe tip drops to 1mm under supporting plate plane, the EOT end of test.Record exceedes any 0.5mm during test The high specific drop (being represented with gram force/mm) of span (this high specific drop typically occurs in stroke and terminated).Load sensor monitors The power of application, and also monitor position of the probe tip relative to supporting plate plane.Peak load is recorded, and using public above Formula estimates " E ".

Then the panel stiffness " S " of per unit width can be calculated as：

And represented with units Newtons millimeter.Testworks programs are using following formula with calculated rigidity：

S=(F/w) [(3+v) R²/16π]

Wherein " F/w " is high specific drop (power divided by flexure), " v " be take 0.1 Poisson's ratio, and " R " is ring radius.

Fibre element forms method of testing

To prepare the fibre element for being used for fibre element composition measurement, it is necessary to removable be present in fiber element method by removing Any coating composition and/or material on the outer surface of part carry out conditioning fiber element.Then the change of conditioning fiber element is completed Credit is analysed, with measure on fibre element moulding material and activating agent and the fibre element being present in fibre element shaping material The fibre element composition construction of the content of material and activating agent.

Cross-sectional analysis can be completed by using TOF-SIM or SEM and determined on fibre element moulding material and activity The fibre element composition construction of agent.The method that another kind is used to determine fibre element composition construction uses fluorescent dye as mark Note.In addition, generally, the producer of fibre element will be appreciated that the composition of its fibre element.

Median particle method of testing

Method of testing measure median particle must be used.

Using on May 26th, 1989 ratify also with analysis in sieve mesh specification used ASTM D 502-89, " Standard Test Method for Particle Size of Soaps and Other Detergents " are carried out Median particle is tested, to determine the median particle of seed material.According to the 7th part " Procedure using machine- Sieving method " are, it is necessary to including Unite States Standard (ASTM E 11) sieve #8 (2360um), #12 (1700 μm), #16 (1180um), #20 (850 μm), #30 (600 μm), #40 (425 μm), #50 (300 μm), #70 (212 μm), #100 (150 μm) A set of sieve totally dried.The machine method for sieving that above-mentioned bushing screen is used to specify.Seed material can be used as sample.Properly Sieve shake machine and be purchased from W.S.Tyler Company (Mentor, Ohio, U.S.A.).

The abscissa of logarithm is mapped by using the micron-scale opening of each sieve and uses mass accumulation percentage (Q₃) Linear vertical is mapped, to the map data on semilog diagram.The example that above-mentioned data represent is shown in ISO 9276-1: 1998“Representation of results of particle size analysis–Part 1:Graphical Representation ", in scheming A.4.For the purposes of the present invention, the median particle (D of seed material₅₀) be defined as tiring out The abscissa value of point of the product mass percent equal to 50%, and pass through (a50) and lower section (b50) data directly over 50% value Straight-line interpolation calculates between point, and it uses below equation：

D₅₀=10^ [Log (D_a50)-(Log(D_a50)-Log(D_b50))*(Q_a50- 50%)/(Q_a50-Q_b50)]

Wherein Q_a50And Q_b50The mass accumulation fraction values of respectively directly over the 50th percentage data and underface；And And D_a50And D_b50For the micron mesh size value corresponding to these data.

The 50th percentage value less than most dusting cover mesh (150um) or higher than in the most event of scalping mesh (2360um), After geometric progression is not more than 1.5, additional sieve must be added to the bushing screen until the intermediate value is down to the sieve of two measurements Between mesh.

The distribution span of seed material is that the width of intermediate value seed granularity distribution nearby is measured.It can be counted according to following formula Calculate：

Span=(D₈₄/D₅₀+D₅₀/D₁₆)/2

Wherein D₅₀For median particle and D₈₄And D₁₆It is respectively percent to retain in mass accumulation percentage on curve map 16 and percent 80 granularity everywhere.

In D₁₆Value is less than in the most event of dusting cover mesh (150um), then according to following formula effective span：

Span=(D₈₄/D₅₀)。

In D₈₄Value is higher than in the most event of scalping mesh (2360um), then according to following formula effective span：

Span=(D₅₀/D₁₆)。

In D₁₆Value is less than most dusting cover mesh (150um) and D₈₄Value be higher than the most event of scalping mesh (2360um) in, then distribution across Degree uses maximum 5.7.

Dimension disclosed herein and value are not understood as being strictly limited to cited exact numerical.On the contrary, unless in addition Indicate, otherwise each such dimension is intended to indicate that described value and around the functionally equivalent scope of the value.For example, it is disclosed as The dimension of " 40mm " is intended to indicate that " about 40mm ".

Unless expressly excluded or otherwise limited, each document cited herein, including any intersection are drawn With or it is claimed priority by Patents or patent application and the application or any patent application of its advantage or specially Profit, it is incorporated by reference in its entirety accordingly herein.The reference of any document is not relative to any presently disclosed to it Or the accreditation of claimed prior art herein, be not to it individually or with any other with reference to text Offer or the combination of multiple bibliography proposes, suggests or disclose the accreditation of any such invention.If in addition, art in this document Any implication of language or definition mutually conflict with any implication or definition for being herein incorporated by reference in the literature same term, The implication of the term will be assigned in this document or definition is defined.

Although specific embodiments of the present invention have had been illustrated and described, for those skilled in the art For it is readily apparent that a variety of other change and modifications can be made in the case where not departing from spirit and scope of the present invention.Cause This, is intended to all such changes and modifications for covering in appended claims and belonging in the scope of the invention.

Claims

1. a kind of fibre element, the fibre element include one or more long filaments formed material, one or more activating agents and One or more containment agents.

2. fibre element according to claim 1, wherein when the fibre element is exposed to expected use condition, it is described At least one of activating agent can discharge from the fibre element.

3. fibre element according to claim 1 or 2, wherein at least one of described fibre element moulding material includes Polar solvent soluble material, preferably wherein described polar solvent soluble material include water-soluble material.

4. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein in the fibre element moulding material at least One kind includes polymer, and preferably wherein described polymer is selected from：Propiram, hydroxypropyl methyl cellulose, hydroxyethyl cellulose, Hydroxypropyl cellulose, polyvinylpyrrolidone, carboxymethyl cellulose, mosanom, xanthans, bassora gum, guar gum, Acacia Glue, gum arabic, polyacrylic acid, methylmethacrylate copolymer, carboxy vinyl polymer, dextrin, pectin, chitin, Levulan, elsinan (elsinan), collagen, gelatin, zeatin, glutelin, soybean protein, casein, polyvinyl alcohol, shallow lake Powder, starch derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivative, protein, chitosan, chitosan derivative, Polyethylene glycol, tetramethylene ether glycol, hydroxymethyl cellulose and their mixture, it is highly preferred that wherein described polymer Include polyvinyl alcohol.

5. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein the fibre element is also comprising extension auxiliary agent.

6. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described activating agent includes table Face activating agent, preferably wherein described surfactant are selected from：Anion surfactant, cationic surfactant, it is non-from Sub- surfactant, zwitterionic surfactant and their mixture.

7. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described activating agent is selected from： Skin benefit agent, medicament, lotion, fabric care agent, dishwashing detergent,

Carpet care agent, finishes, hair nursing agent, Air care agent and their mixture.

8. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described containment agent includes hardship Taste agent, preferably wherein described bitters are selected from：Chlorination denatonium, denatonium citrate, denatonium sugar, denatonium carbonic acid Salt, denatonium acetate, Denatonium Benzoate and their mixture.

9. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described containment agent includes thorn Swash agent, preferably wherein described stimulant is selected from：Capsaicine (including capsaicine)；Chinese cymbidium benzyl ethyl ether；Vanillyl propyl ether；It is fragrant Blue base butyl ether；Vanillin propylene glycol acetal；Ethyl vanillin propylene glycol acetal；Capsaicine；Gingerol；4- (1- peppermint epoxides Methyl) -2- (3'- methoxyl group -4'- hydroxy-phenies) -1,3- dioxolanes；Papper oil；Pepper oleoresin；Oleoresin ginger；N-nonanoic acid Vanillyl acid amides；Portugal oleoresin；Long and thin hot pepper bark extract；Sanshool；Sanshoamide；Fructus piperis nigrum extract；Chavicine；Pepper Alkali；Spilanthol；And their mixture.

10. fibre element according to any one of the preceding claims, wherein at least one of described containment agent includes Emetic, preferably wherein described emetic include ipecac.

11. a kind of fibre structure, the fibre structure includes multiple fiber element methods according to any one of the preceding claims Part.

12. fibre structure according to claim 11, wherein at least one of described containment agent is described including being present in Particle in the space of fibre structure, preferably wherein described fibre structure are total of forming fiber structure.

13. fibre structure according to claim 11, wherein at least one of described containment agent is present in the fiber On the surface of structure.

14. fibre structure according to claim 11, wherein at least one of described containment agent is present in the fiber It is at least one interior in element.

15. fibre structure according to claim 11, wherein the fibre structure includes at least one activating agent, when described When fibre structure is exposed to expected use condition, the activating agent can discharge from the fibre structure, preferably wherein described Activating agent includes the particle being present in the fibre structure, it is highly preferred that wherein described fibre structure is total of forming fiber knot Structure.