WO2013126492A1 - Structures fibreuses et procédés de fabrication de celles-ci - Google Patents

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WO2013126492A1
WO2013126492A1 PCT/US2013/027004 US2013027004W WO2013126492A1 WO 2013126492 A1 WO2013126492 A1 WO 2013126492A1 US 2013027004 W US2013027004 W US 2013027004W WO 2013126492 A1 WO2013126492 A1 WO 2013126492A1
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David William Cabell
John Gerhard Michael
Hasan Eroglu
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Priority to CN201380010458.9A priority patent/CN104254647A/zh
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    • D21—PAPER-MAKING; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE
    • D21H—PULP COMPOSITIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR
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    • D04H—MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS, NON-WOVEN FABRICS; COTTON-WOOL; WADDING ; NON-WOVEN FABRICS FROM STAPLE FIBRES, FILAMENTS OR YARNS, BONDED WITH AT LEAST ONE WEB-LIKE MATERIAL DURING THEIR CONSOLIDATION
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  • the present invention relates to fibrous structures, more particularly to fibrous structures comprising a plurality of solid additives and a plurality of filaments, and even more particularly to fibrous structures comprising a plurality of solid additives and a plurality of starch filaments, and methods for making such fibrous structures.
  • Fibrous structures comprising solid additives, such as pulp fibers, and filaments, such as starch filaments, are known in the art.
  • Such fibrous structures have been made using filament sources, such as meltblow dies.
  • the meltblow dies have been oriented the same as one another with respect to the machine direction of the fibrous structure being made by filaments provided by such meltblow dies.
  • the meltblow dies have been oriented at 90° angles to the machine direction.
  • the problem with making fibrous structures with the filament sources, such as meltblow dies, oriented the same, for example at 90° angles to the machine direction is that each layer of filaments within the fibrous structure provided by each filament source exhibit the same orientation as each other layer of filaments each other filament source as shown in Fig. 1.
  • Fig. 1 shows a fibrous structure 10 comprising three layers 12 of filaments 14 where each layer 12 is produced by a filament source that is oriented at a 90° angle to the machine direction, which results in each layer 12 of filaments 14 exhibiting a machine direction orientation.
  • the fibrous structure 10 which contains solid additives 16 (for example pulp fibers) and three layers 12 of filaments 14 that exhibit the same orientation, exhibits an average Tensile Ratio of greater than 2 as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method described herein.
  • the impact of the layers of filaments exhibiting the same orientation can be exasperated by the fibrous structure being made at speeds of greater than 200 ft/min and/or by the fibrous structure being greater than 20 inches wide.
  • fibrous structures void of solid additives, for example void of pulp fibers, from thermoplastic polymer filaments provided by spunbond dies and/or meltblow dies that are oriented at different angles with respect to the machine direction of the fibrous structure.
  • a fibrous structure that comprises a plurality of solid additives, for example pulp fibers, and a plurality of filaments, for example starch filaments, wherein the filaments are present in the fibrous structure in two or more different layers based on their orientation in each layer and methods for making such fibrous structures.
  • the present invention fulfills the needs described above by providing novel fibrous structures comprising a plurality of solid additives, for example pulp fibers, and a plurality of filaments, for example starch filaments.
  • a fibrous structure comprising a plurality of solid additives and a plurality of filaments wherein the filaments are present in the fibrous structure in two or more different layers of filaments based on their orientation in each layer, is provided.
  • a fibrous structure comprising a plurality of filaments comprising one or more polysaccharides, wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a Tensile Ratio of 2 or less as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method described herein, is provided.
  • a single- or multi-ply sanitary tissue product comprising a fibrous structure according to the present invention.
  • a method for making a fibrous structure comprising the steps of:
  • a method for making a fibrous structure comprising the steps of:
  • the present invention provides fibrous structures and methods for making fibrous structures that fulfill the needs described above.
  • Fig. 1 is a schematic representation of a prior art fibrous structure
  • Fig. 2 is a schematic representation of an example of a fibrous structure in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 3 is a photograph of a layer of filaments of a fibrous structure produced by a source of filaments oriented at a 90° angle to the machine direction of the fibrous structure;
  • Fig. 4 is a photograph of a layer of filaments of a fibrous structure produced by a source of filaments oriented at about a 40° angle to the machine direction of the fibrous structure;
  • Fig. 5 is a schematic representation of one example of a fibrous structure in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 6 is a cross-sectional view of the fibrous structure of Fig. 5 taken along line 6-6;
  • Fig. 7 is a schematic representation of one example of a method for making a fibrous structure according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 8 is a schematic representation of one example of a portion of fibrous structure making process according to the present invention.
  • Fig. 9 is a schematic representation of an example of a meltblow die in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 10A is a schematic representation of an example of a barrel of a twin screw extruder in accordance with the present invention.
  • Fig. 10B is a schematic representation of a screw and mixing element configuration for the twin screw extruder of Fig. 10A.
  • Fibrous structure as used herein means a structure that comprises one or more filaments, for example a plurality of filaments, and one or more solid additives, such as a plurality of pulp fibers.
  • a fibrous structure according to the present invention is an association of filaments and solid additives that together form a structure capable of performing a function.
  • Non-limiting examples of processes for making fibrous structures according to the present invention include known wet, solution, and dry filament spinning processes that are typically referred to as nonwoven processes.
  • the filament spinning process is a meltblowing process where filaments are provided from a meltblow die (a filament source). Further processing of the fibrous structure may be carried out such that a finished fibrous structure is formed.
  • the finished fibrous structure is a fibrous structure that is wound on a reel at the end of a fibrous structure making process. The finished fibrous structure may subsequently be converted into a finished product, e.g. a sanitary tissue product.
  • “Filament” as used herein means an elongate particulate having a length greatly exceeding its average diameter, i.e. a length to average diameter ratio of at least about 10.
  • the filament is a single filament rather than a yarn, which is a strand of filaments twisted together along their lengths.
  • a filament exhibits a length of greater than or equal to 5.08 cm and/or greater than or equal to 7.62 cm and/or greater than or equal to 10.16 cm and/or greater than or equal to 15.24 cm.
  • Filaments are typically considered continuous or substantially continuous in nature especially with respect to the fibrous structure in which they are present. Filaments are relatively longer than fibers.
  • Non-limiting examples of filaments include meltblown and/or spunbond filaments.
  • Non-limiting examples of polymers that can be spun into filaments include natural polymers, such as starch, starch derivatives, cellulose, such as rayon and/or lyocell, and cellulose derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivatives, and synthetic polymers including, but not limited to thermoplastic polymer filaments, such as polyesters, nylons, polyolefins such as polypropylene filaments, polyethylene filaments, and biodegradable thermoplastic fibers such as polylactic acid filaments, polyhydroxyalkanoate filaments, polyesteramide filaments and polycaprolactone filaments.
  • the filaments of the present invention may be monocomponent and/or multicomponent.
  • the filaments may comprise bicomponent filaments.
  • the bicomponent filaments may be in any form, such as side-by-side, core and sheath, islands-in-the-sea and the like.
  • Solid additive as used herein means a solid particulate such as a powder, granule, and/or fiber.
  • Fiber as used herein means an elongate particulate as described above that exhibits a length of less than 5.08 cm and/or less than 3.81 cm and/or less than 2.54 cm.
  • Fibers are typically considered discontinuous in nature especially with respect to the fibrous structure.
  • fibers include pulp fibers, such as wood pulp fibers, and synthetic staple fibers such as polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, copolymers thereof, rayon, glass fibers and polyvinyl alcohol fibers.
  • Staple fibers may be produced by spinning a filament tow and then cutting the tow into segments of less than 5.08 cm thus producing staple fibers.
  • a fiber may be a naturally occurring fiber, which means it is obtained from a naturally occurring source, such as a vegetative source, for example a tree and/or plant. Such fibers are typically used in papermaking and are oftentimes referred to as papermaking fibers.
  • Papermaking fibers useful in the present invention include cellulosic fibers commonly known as wood pulp fibers. Applicable wood pulps include chemical pulps, such as Kraft, sulfite, and sulfate pulps, as well as mechanical pulps including, for example, groundwood, thermomechanical pulp and chemically modified thermomechanical pulp. Chemical pulps, however, may be preferred since they impart a superior tactile sense of softness to tissue sheets made therefrom.
  • Pulps derived from both deciduous trees hereinafter, also referred to as "hardwood” and coniferous trees (hereinafter, also referred to as “softwood”) may be utilized.
  • the hardwood and softwood fibers can be blended, or alternatively, can be deposited in layers to provide a stratified web.
  • fibers derived from recycled paper which may contain any or all of the above categories of fibers as well as other non-fibrous polymers such as fillers, softening agents, wet and dry strength agents, and adhesives used to facilitate the original papermaking.
  • cellulosic fibers such as cotton linters, rayon, lyocell and bagasse fibers can be used in the fibrous structures of the present invention.
  • the fibrous structure may comprise solid additives that comprise trichomes and/or seed hairs.
  • Layer of filaments means a plurality of filaments that form at least a part of a fibrous structure wherein the filaments of the layer extend along a common primary direction.
  • the filaments of the layer exhibit the common primary direction orientation.
  • the filaments of a layer may exhibit a machine direction orientation.
  • the filaments of a layer may exhibit an orientation that is different from the machine direction, for example an orientation along an angle between the machine direction and the cross machine direction.
  • one or more layers of filaments may be combined, such as deposited on one another, to form a fibrous structure according to the present invention.
  • the fibrous structure may comprise two or more different layers of filaments.
  • a fibrous structure 10 may comprise a first layer 18 of filaments 14 that exhibits a machine direction orientation and a second layer 20 of filaments 14 that exhibits an orientation different from the machine direction orientation exhibited by the first layer 18.
  • Orientation as used herein with respect to orientation of filaments within a layer of filaments means that the filaments within a layer extend along a common primary direction. Obviously, there may be some filaments that extend in a secondary direction within a layer, but the vast majority of the filaments in a layer extend in a common primary direction and that common primary direction establishes the orientation of the filaments within a layer. As shown in Fig. 3, a layer of filaments exhibits a machine direction orientation. In Fig. 4, a layer of filaments exhibits an angled orientation with respect to the machine direction of the layer.
  • the angle of a source of filaments (with respect to the machine direction of a fibrous structure being made), such as a meltblow die, provides the filaments of the layer of filaments produced from the source of filaments with an defined orientation. Therefore, if two or more layers of filaments are produced by two or more sources of filaments (for example meltblow dies) that are oriented at different angles (for example within the range of 0° to 90° positive or negative from the MD) with respect to the machine direction, then the filaments within the two or more layers will exhibit different orientations by default.
  • a source of filaments with respect to the machine direction of a fibrous structure being made
  • the smaller angle with respect to the machine direction is measured and considered as the angle of orientation of the source of filaments. If the angles of orientation of a source of filaments are the same with respect to the machine direction, then the angle of orientation is 90°.
  • Nonwoven substrate as used herein means a web comprising one or more layers of filaments of the present invention.
  • “Sanitary tissue product” as used herein means a fibrous structure useful as a wiping implement for post-urinary and post-bowel movement cleaning (toilet tissue), for otorhinolaryngological discharges (facial tissue), and multi-functional absorbent and cleaning uses (absorbent towels).
  • the sanitary tissue product may be convolutedly wound upon itself about a core or without a core to form a sanitary tissue product roll.
  • the sanitary tissue product of the present invention comprises one or more fibrous structures according to the present invention.
  • the sanitary tissue products of the present invention may exhibit a basis weight between about 10 g/m 2 to about 120 g/m 2 and/or from about 15 g/m 2 to about 110 g/m 2 and/or from about 20 g/m 2 to about 100 g/m 2 and/or from about 30 to 90 g/m 2 .
  • the sanitary tissue product of the present invention may exhibit a basis weight between about 40 g/m 2 to about 120 g/m 2 and/or from about 50 g/m 2 to about 110 g/m 2 and/or from about 55 g/m 2 to about 105 g/m 2 and/or from about 60 to 100 g/m 2 .
  • the sanitary tissue products of the present invention may exhibit a density of less than about 0.60 g/cm 3 and/or less than about 0.30 g/cm 3 and/or less than about 0.20 g/cm 3 and/or less than about 0.10 g/cm 3 and/or less than about 0.07 g/cm 3 and/or less than about 0.05 g/cm 3 and/or from about 0.01 g/cm 3 to about 0.20 g/cm 3 and/or from about 0.02 g/cm 3 to about 0.10 g/cm 3 .
  • the sanitary tissue products of the present invention may be in the form of sanitary tissue product rolls.
  • Such sanitary tissue product rolls may comprise a plurality of connected, but perforated sheets of fibrous structure, that are separably dispensable from adjacent sheets.
  • the sanitary tissue products of the present invention may comprise additives such as softening agents, temporary wet strength agents, permanent wet strength agents, bulk softening agents, lotions, silicones, wetting agents, latexes, patterned latexes and other types of additives suitable for inclusion in and/or on sanitary tissue products.
  • additives such as softening agents, temporary wet strength agents, permanent wet strength agents, bulk softening agents, lotions, silicones, wetting agents, latexes, patterned latexes and other types of additives suitable for inclusion in and/or on sanitary tissue products.
  • “Scrim” as used herein means a web material, such as a web comprising filaments, that is used to overlay solid additives within the fibrous structures of the present invention such that the solid additives are positioned between the web material and another layer of filaments within the fibrous structures.
  • the scrim comprises a web material that exhibits a basis weight of less than 10 g/m 2 and/or less than 7 g/m 2 and/or less than 5 g/m 2 and/or less than 3 g/m 2 and the remaining layer(s) of filaments of the fibrous structure of the present invention exhibit a basis weight of greater than 10 g/m 2 and/or greater than 15 g/m 2 and/or greater than 20 g/m 2 and/or to about 120 g/m 2 .
  • Hydroxyl polymer as used herein includes any hydroxyl-containing polymer from which filaments of the present invention may be made.
  • the hydroxyl polymer of the present invention includes greater than 10% and/or greater than 20% and/or greater than 25% by weight hydroxyl moieties.
  • the hydroxyl within the hydroxyl-containing polymer is not part of a larger functional group such as a carboxylic acid group.
  • Non- thermoplastic as used herein means, with respect to a filament as a whole and/or a polymer within a filament, that the filament and/or polymer exhibits no melting point and/or softening point, which allows it to flow under pressure, in the absence of a plasticizer, such as water, glycerin, sorbitol, urea and the like.
  • Thermoplastic as used herein means, with respect to a filament as a whole and/or a polymer within a filament, that the filament and/or polymer exhibits a melting point and/or softening point at a certain temperature, which allows it to flow under pressure.
  • Non-cellulose-containing as used herein means that less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or less than 0.1% and/or 0% by weight of cellulose polymer, cellulose derivative polymer and/or cellulose copolymer is present in fibrous element. In one example, “non-cellulose-containing” means that less than 5% and/or less than 3% and/or less than 1% and/or less than 0.1% and/or 0% by weight of cellulose polymer is present in fibrous element.
  • Associate means combining, either in direct contact or in indirect contact, filaments such that a fibrous structure is formed.
  • the associated filaments may be bonded together for example by adhesives and/or thermal bonds.
  • the filaments may be associated with one another by being deposited onto the same fibrous structure making belt.
  • Weight average molecular weight as used herein means the weight average molecular weight as determined using gel permeation chromatography according to the protocol found in Colloids and Surfaces A. Physico Chemical & Engineering Aspects, Vol. 162, 2000, pg. 107- 121.
  • Basis Weight as used herein is the weight per unit area of a sample reported in g/m 2 .
  • Machine Direction means the direction parallel to the flow of the fibrous structure through a fibrous structure making machine, such as a papermaking machine and/or product manufacturing equipment.
  • Cross Machine Direction or “CD” as used herein means the direction perpendicular to the machine direction in the same plane of the fibrous structure and/or sanitary tissue product comprising the fibrous structure.
  • Ply or Plies as used herein means an individual fibrous structure optionally to be disposed in a substantially contiguous, face-to-face relationship with other plies, forming a multiple ply fibrous structure. It is also contemplated that a single fibrous structure can effectively form two "plies” or multiple "plies", for example, by being folded on itself.
  • spinnerette as used herein means a plate that comprises one or more filament forming nozzles from which filaments of a melt composition can flow.
  • the spinnerette comprises a plurality of filament forming nozzles arranged in one or more rows and/or columns. Such a spinnerette is referred to as a multi-row spinnerette.
  • Abut one another as used herein with reference to two or more spinnerettes that abut one another means that a surface of one spinnerette is in contact with a surface of another spinnerette.
  • “Seam” as used herein means the line of contact between two abutting spinnerettes.
  • “Seam filament forming nozzle opening” as used herein means one or more filament forming nozzle openings that are closest in distance to the seam formed by two abutting spinnerettes.
  • component or composition levels are in reference to the active level of that component or composition, and are exclusive of impurities, for example, residual solvents or by-products, which may be present in commercially available sources.
  • the fibrous structure of the present invention comprises filaments comprising a hydroxyl polymer.
  • the fibrous structure may comprise starch and/or starch derivative filaments.
  • the starch filaments may further comprise polyvinyl alcohol and/or other polymers.
  • the filaments of the present invention may be produced from a polymer melt composition comprising a hydroxyl polymer, such as an uncrosslinked starch, a crosslinking system comprising a crosslinking agent, such as an imidazolidinone, and water.
  • the polymer melt composition may also comprise a surfactant, such as a sulfosuccinate surfactant.
  • a surfactant such as a sulfosuccinate surfactant.
  • a non-limiting example of a suitable sulfosuccinate surfactant comprises Aerosol ® AOT (a sodium dioctyl sulfosuccinate) and/or Aerosol ® MA-80 (a sodium dihexyl sulfosuccinate), which is commercially available from Cytec Industries, Woodland Park, NJ.
  • the filaments of the present invention comprise greater than 25% and/or greater than 40% and/or greater than 50% and/or greater than 60% and/or greater than 70% to about 95% and/or to about 90% and/or to about 80% by weight of the filament of a hydroxyl polymer, such as starch, which may be in a crosslinked state.
  • the filament comprises an ethoxylated starch and an acid thinned starch, which may be in their crosslinked states.
  • the filament may comprise polyvinyl alcohol at a level of from 0% and/or from 0.5% and/or from 1% and/or from 3% to about 15% and/or to about 12% and/or to about 10% and/or to about 7% by weight of the filament.
  • the filaments may comprise a surfactant, such as a sulfosuccinate surfactant, at a level of from 0% and/or from about 0.1% and/or from about 0.3% to about 2% and/or to about 1.5% and/or to about 1.1% and/or to about 0.7% by weight of the filament.
  • the filaments may also comprise a polymer selected from the group consisting of: polyacrylamide and its derivatives; polyacrylic acid, polymethacrylic acid, and their esters; polyethyleneimine; copolymers made from mixtures of monomers of the aforementioned polymers; and mixtures thereof at a level of from 0% and/or from about 0.01% and/or from about 0.05% and/or to about 0.5% and/or to about 0.3% and/or to about 0.2% by weight of the filament.
  • Such polymers may exhibits a weight average molecular weight of greater than 500,000 g/mol.
  • the filament comprises polyacrylamide.
  • the filaments may also comprise a crosslinking agent, such as an imidazolidinone, which may be in its crosslinked state (crosslinking the hydroxyl polymers present in the filaments) at a level of from about 0.5% and/or from about 1% and/or from about 2% and/or from about 3% and/or to about 10% and/or to about 7% and/or to about 5.5% and/or to about 4.5% by weight of the filament.
  • a crosslinking facilitator that aids the crosslinking agent at a level of from 0% and/or from about 0.3% and/or from about 0.5% and/or to about 2% and/or to about 1.7% and/or to about 1.5% by weight of the filament.
  • the filament may also comprise various other ingredients such as propylene glycol, sorbitol, glycerine, and mixtures thereof.
  • the filaments of the present invention that associate to form the fibrous structures of the present invention may contain various types of polymers such as hydroxyl polymers, non- thermoplastic polymers, thermoplastic polymers and mixtures thereof.
  • Non-limiting examples of hydroxyl polymers in accordance with the present invention include polyols, such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, starch, starch derivatives, starch copolymers, chitosan, chitosan derivatives, chitosan copolymers, cellulose, cellulose derivatives such as cellulose ether and ester derivatives, cellulose copolymers, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivatives, hemicellulose copolymers, gums, arabinans, galactans, proteins and various other polysaccharides and mixtures thereof.
  • polyols such as polyvinyl alcohol, polyvinyl alcohol derivatives, polyvinyl alcohol copolymers, starch, starch derivatives, starch copolymers, chitosan, chitosan derivatives, chitosan copolymers, cellulose, cellulose derivatives such as cellulose ether and ester derivatives, cellulose copo
  • a hydroxyl polymer of the present invention is a polysaccharide.
  • a hydroxyl polymer of the present invention is a non-thermoplastic polymer.
  • the hydroxyl polymer may have a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 g/mol to about 40,000,000 g/mol and/or greater than about 100,000 g/mol and/or greater than about 1,000,000 g/mol and/or greater than about 3,000,000 g/mol and/or greater than about 3,000,000 g/mol to about 40,000,000 g/mol.
  • Higher and lower molecular weight hydroxyl polymers may be used in combination with hydroxyl polymers having a certain desired weight average molecular weight.
  • hydroxyl polymers such as natural starches
  • natural starch can be acid- thinned, hydroxy-ethylated, hydroxy-propylated, and/or oxidized.
  • the hydroxyl polymer may comprise dent corn starch hydroxyl polymer.
  • Polyvinyl alcohols herein can be grafted with other monomers to modify its properties.
  • a wide range of monomers has been successfully grafted to polyvinyl alcohol.
  • Non-limiting examples of such monomers include vinyl acetate, styrene, acrylamide, acrylic acid, 2- hydroxyethyl methacrylate, acrylonitrile, 1,3-butadiene, methyl methacrylate, methacrylic acid, vinylidene chloride, vinyl chloride, vinyl amine and a variety of acrylate esters.
  • Polyvinyl alcohols comprise the various hydrolysis products formed from polyvinyl acetate. In one example the level of hydrolysis of the polyvinyl alcohols is greater than 70% and/or greater than 88% and/or greater than 95% and/or about 99%.
  • Polysaccharides as used herein means natural polysaccharides and polysaccharide derivatives and/or modified polysaccharides. Suitable polysaccharides include, but are not limited to, starches, starch derivatives, chitosan, chitosan derivatives, cellulose, cellulose derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivatives, gums, arabinans, galactans and mixtures thereof.
  • the polysaccharide may exhibit a weight average molecular weight of from about 10,000 to about 40,000,000 g/mol and/or greater than about 100,000 and/or greater than about 1,000,000 and/or greater than about 3,000,000 and/or greater than about 3,000,000 to about 40,000,000.
  • Non-cellulose and/or non-cellulose derivative and/or non-cellulose copolymer hydroxyl polymers such as non-cellulose polysaccharides may be selected from the group consisting of: starches, starch derivatives, chitosan, chitosan derivatives, hemicellulose, hemicellulose derivatives, gums, arabinans, galactans and mixtures thereof.
  • the filaments of the present invention are void of thermoplastic, water- insoluble polymers.
  • Solid additives of the present invention can be applied to a surface of a layer of filaments in a solid form.
  • the solid additives of the present invention can be delivered directly to a surface of a layer of filaments without a liquid phase being present, i.e. without melting the solid additive and without suspending the solid additive in a liquid vehicle or carrier.
  • the solid additive of the present invention does not require a liquid state or a liquid vehicle or carrier in order to be delivered to a surface of a layer of filaments.
  • the solid additive of the present invention may be delivered via a gas or combinations of gases.
  • a solid additive is an additive that when placed within a container, does not take the shape of the container.
  • one or more solid additives may be present on a surface of a fibrous structure of the present invention.
  • the solid additives of the present invention may have different geometries and/or cross- sectional areas that include round, elliptical, star-shaped, rectangular, trilobal and other various eccentricities.
  • the solid additive may exhibit a particle size of less than 6 mm and/or less than 5.5 mm and/or less than 5 mm and/or less than 4.5 mm and/or less than 4 mm and/or less than 2 mm in its maximum dimension.
  • the solid additive of the present invention may exhibit an aspect ratio of less than about 25/1 and/or less than about 15/1 and/or less than about 10/1 and/or less than 5/1 to about 1/1.
  • a particle is not a fiber as defined herein.
  • the solid additives may be present in the fibrous structures of the present invention at a level of greater than about 1 and/or greater than about 2 and/or greater than about 4 and/or to about 20 and/or to about 15 and/or to about 10 g/m 2 .
  • a fibrous structure of the present invention comprises from about 2 to about 10 and/or from about 5 to about 10 g/m 2 of solid additives.
  • the solid additives are present in the fibrous structures of the present invention at a level of greater than 5% and/or greater than 10% and/or greater than 20% to about 50% and/or to about 40% and/or to about 30% by weight.
  • the solid additives 14 comprise fibers, for example wood pulp fibers.
  • the wood pulp fibers may be softwood pulp fibers and/or hardwood pulp fibers.
  • the wood pulp fibers comprise eucalyptus pulp fibers.
  • the wood pulp fibers comprise Southern Softwood Kraft (SSK) pulp fibers
  • the solid additives may be chemically treated, for example chemically treated pulp fiber.
  • the solid additives comprise softening agents and/or are surface treated with softening agents.
  • suitable softening agents include silicones and/or quaternary ammonium compounds, such as PROSOFT ® available from Hercules Incorporated.
  • the solid additives comprise a wood pulp treated with a quaternary ammonium compound softening agent, an example of which is available from Georgia-Pacific Corporation.
  • a softening agent only to the solid additives versus applying it to the entire fibrous structure and/or nonwoven substrate and/or bonding material, ensures that the softening agent softens those components of the entire fibrous structure that need softening compared to the other components of the entire fibrous structure.
  • the nonwoven substrate of the present invention comprises one or more layers of filaments. Two or more layers of filaments making up the nonwoven substrate may have the same or different orientations. In one example, the nonwoven substrate comprises two or more layers of filaments that exhibit different orientations.
  • the nonwoven substrate comprises a plurality of filaments comprising a hydroxyl polymer.
  • the hydroxyl polymer may be selected from the group consisting of polysaccharides, derivatives thereof, polyvinyl alcohol, derivatives thereof and mixtures thereof.
  • the hydroxyl polymer comprises a starch and/or starch derivative.
  • the nonwoven substrate 12 may exhibit a basis weight of greater than about 10 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 14 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 20 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 25 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 30 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 35 g/m 2 and/or greater than about 40 g/m 2 and/or less than about 100 g/m 2 and/or less than about 90 g/m 2 and/or less than about 80 g/m 2 .
  • the fibrous structure 10 of the present invention comprises a nonwoven substrate 26 comprising one or more layers of filaments, a plurality of solid additives 16, such as pulp fibers that are positioned between the nonwoven substrate 26 and a scrim 28 which is bonded to the nonwoven substrate 26 at one or more bond sites 30.
  • the bond site 30 is where at least a portion of the scrim 28 and a portion of the nonwoven substrate 26 are connected to one another, such as via a thermal bond, or a bond created by applying high pressure to both the scrim 28 and the nonwoven substrate 26 such that a glassining effect occurs ("a pressure bond").
  • the solid additives 16 may be uniformly distributed on a surface 32 of the nonwoven substrate 26.
  • the scrim 28 comprises one or more layers of filaments of the present invention.
  • the scrim 28 consists of a single layer of filaments of the present invention.
  • the scrim 28 and nonwoven substrate 26 may comprise filaments having the same composition, for example hydroxyl polymer-containing filaments, such as starch filaments.
  • the scrim 28 may be present in the fibrous structure of the present invention at a basis weight of greater than 0.1 and/or greater than 0.3 and/or greater than 0.5 and/or greater than 1 and/or greater than 2 g/m 2 and/or less than 10 and/or less than 7 and/or less than 5 and/or less than 4 g/m 2 .
  • the scrim 28 may be present in the fibrous structure of the present invention at a basis weight of from about 0.1 to about 4 g/m 2 .
  • One purpose of the scrim 28 is to reduce the lint produced by the fibrous structure 10 by inhibiting the solid additives 16 from becoming disassociated from the fibrous structure 10.
  • the scrim 28 may also provide additional strength properties to the fibrous structure 10.
  • the bond sites 30 may comprise a plurality of discrete bond sites.
  • the discrete bond sites may be present in the form of a non-random repeating pattern.
  • One or more bond sites 30 may comprise a thermal bond and/or a pressure bond.
  • the fibrous structures of the present invention comprise a plurality of filaments, such as hydroxyl polymer-containing filaments, wherein the filaments are present in the fibrous structure in two or more different layers of filaments based on their orientation in each layer.
  • filaments such as hydroxyl polymer-containing filaments
  • the fibrous structures of the present invention unexpectedly exhibit an average Tensile Ratio (MD Tensile/CD Tensile) of 2 or less and/or less than 1.7 and/or less than 1.5 and/or less than 1.3 and/or less than 1.1 and/or greater than 0.7 and/or greater than 0.9 as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method described herein.
  • the fibrous structures of the present invention exhibit an average Tensile Ratio of from about 0.9 to about 1.1 as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method described herein.
  • Table 1 below shows examples of Tensile Ratios for fibrous structures of the present invention and comparative fibrous structures.
  • the fibrous structure of the present invention may comprise a surface softening agent.
  • the surface softening agent may be applied to a surface of the fibrous structure.
  • the softening agent may comprise a silicone and/or a quaternary ammonium compound.
  • the fibrous structure of the present invention may comprise embossments such that the fibrous structure is embossed.
  • the fibrous structure comprises a nonwoven substrate, which has a plurality of solid additives present on both of the nonwoven substrate's opposite surfaces that are positioned between the nonwoven substrate surfaces and one or more scrims that are bonded to each of the nonwoven substrate surfaces.
  • the solid additives may be different or the same and may be present at different levels or at same levels and may be uniformly distributed on the opposite surfaces of the nonwoven substrate.
  • the scrim may be different or the same and may be present at different levels or at same levels and be bonded to opposite surfaces of the nonwoven substrate at one or more bond sites.
  • the fibrous structure of the present invention may comprise one ply within a multi-ply sanitary tissue product.
  • a multi-ply sanitary tissue product comprising two or more plies of the fibrous structure according to the present invention.
  • two or more plies of the fibrous structure according to the present invention are combined to form a multi-ply sanitary tissue product.
  • the two or more plies may be combined such that the solid additives are adjacent to at least one outer surface and/or each of the outer surfaces of the multi-ply sanitary tissue product.
  • Figs. 7 and 8 illustrate one example of a method for making a fibrous structure of the present invention. As shown in Figs. 7 and 8, the method 34 comprises the steps of:
  • first filaments 36 from a first source 38 of filaments, which form a first layer 40 of filaments;
  • first, second, third, and fourth filaments 36, 42, 48, 56 and the solid additives 16 to form a fibrous structure 10, wherein the first source 38 of filaments is oriented at a first angle a to the machine direction of the fibrous structure 10, the second source 44 of filaments is oriented at a second angle ⁇ to the machine direction different from the first angle a, the third source 50 is oriented at a third angle ⁇ to the machine direction different from the first angle a and the second angle ⁇ , and wherein the fourth source 58 is oriented at a fourth angle ⁇ to the machine direction different from the second angle ⁇ and third angle ⁇ .
  • the first, second, and third layers 40, 46, 52 of filaments are collected on a collection device 62, which may be a belt or fabric.
  • the collection device 62 may be a patterned belt that imparts a pattern, such as a non-random, repeating pattern to the fibrous structure 10 during the fibrous structure making process.
  • the first, second, and third layers 40, 46, 52 of filaments are collected (for example one on top of the other) on the collection device 62 to form a multi-layer non woven substrate 26 upon which the solid additives 16 are deposited.
  • the fourth layer 60 of filaments may then be deposited onto the solid additives 16 to form a scrim 28.
  • the first angle a and the fourth angle ⁇ may be the same angle, for example 90° to the machine direction.
  • the second angle ⁇ and the third angle ⁇ may be the same angle, just positive and negative of one another.
  • the second angle ⁇ may be -40° to the machine direction and the third angle ⁇ may be +40° to the machine direction.
  • At least one of the first, second, and third angles ⁇ , ⁇ , ⁇ is less than 90° to the machine direction.
  • the first angle a and/or fourth angle ⁇ is about 90° to the machine direction.
  • the second angle ⁇ and/or third angle ⁇ is from about ⁇ 10° to about ⁇ 80° and/or from about ⁇ 30° to about ⁇ 60° to the machine direction and/or about ⁇ 40° to the machine direction.
  • the first, second, and third layers 40, 46, 52 of filaments may be formed into a nonwoven substrate 28 prior to being utilized in the process for making a fibrous structure described above.
  • the nonwoven substrate 28 would likely be in a parent roll that could be unwound into the fibrous structure making process and the solid additives 16 could be deposited directly onto a surface 32 of the nonwoven substrate 28.
  • the step of providing a plurality of solid additives 16 onto the nonwoven substrate 26 may comprise airlaying the solid additives 16 using an airlaying former.
  • an airlaying former is available from Dan- Web of Aarhus, Denmark.
  • the step of providing fourth filaments 56 such that the filaments contact the solid additives 16 comprises the step of depositing the fourth filaments 56 such that at least a portion (in one example all or substantially all) of the solid additives 16 are contacted by the fourth filaments 56 thus positioning the solid additives 16 between the fourth layer 60 of filaments and the nonwoven substrate 26.
  • the fibrous structure 10 may be subjected to a bonding step that bonds the fourth layer 60 of filaments (in this case, the scrim 28) to the nonwoven substrate 26.
  • This step of bonding may comprise a thermal bonding operation.
  • the thermal bonding operation may comprise passing the fibrous structure 10 through a nip formed by thermal bonding rolls 64, 66. At least one of the thermal bonding rolls 64, 66 may comprise a pattern that is translated into the bond sites 30 formed in the fibrous structure 10.
  • the fibrous structure may also be subjected to other post-processing operations such as embossing, tuft-generating, gear rolling, which includes passing the fibrous structure through a nip formed between two engaged gear rolls, moisture-imparting operations, free-fiber end generating, and surface treating to form a finished fibrous structure.
  • the fibrous structure is subjected to gear rolling by passing the fibrous structure through a nip formed by at least a pair of gear rolls.
  • the fibrous structure is subjected to gear rolling such that free-fiber ends are created in the fibrous structure.
  • the gear rolling may occur before or after two or more fibrous structures are combined to form a multi-ply sanitary tissue product. If it occurs after, then the multi-ply sanitary tissue product is passed through the nip formed by at least a pair of gear rolls.
  • the method for making a fibrous structure of the present invention may be close coupled (where the fibrous structure is convolutedly wound into a roll prior to proceeding to a converting operation) or directly coupled (where the fibrous structure is not convolutedly wound into a roll prior to proceeding to a converting operation) with a converting operation to emboss, print, deform, surface treat, or other post-forming operation known to those in the art.
  • direct coupling means that the fibrous structure can proceed directly into a converting operation rather than, for example, being convolutedly wound into a roll and then unwound to proceed through a converting operation.
  • one or more plies of the fibrous structure according to the present invention may be combined with another ply of fibrous structure, which may also be a fibrous structure according to the present invention, to form a multi-ply sanitary tissue product that exhibits a Tensile Ratio of 2 or less and/or less than 1.7 and/or less than 1.5 and/or less than 1.3 and/or less than 1.1 and/or greater than 0.7 and/or greater than 0.9 as measured according to the Dry Tensile Strength Test Method described herein.
  • the multi-ply sanitary tissue product may be formed by combining two or more plies of fibrous structure according to the present invention.
  • two or more plies of fibrous structure according to the present invention may be combined to form a multi-ply sanitary tissue product such that the solid additives present in the fibrous structure plies are adjacent to each of the outer surfaces of the multi-ply sanitary tissue product.
  • the process of the present invention may include preparing individual rolls of fibrous structure and/or sanitary tissue product comprising such fibrous structure(s) that are suitable for consumer use.
  • the sources of filaments comprise meltblow dies that produce filaments from a polymer melt composition according to the present invention.
  • the meltblow die 68 may comprise at least one filament-forming hole 70, and/or 2 or more and/or 3 or more rows of filament-forming holes 70 from which filaments are spun. At least one row of the filament-forming holes 70 contains 2 or more and/or 3 or more and/or 10 or more filament-forming holes 70.
  • the meltblow die 68 comprises fluid-releasing holes 72, such as gas-releasing holes, in one example air-releasing holes, that provide attenuation to the filaments formed from the filament-forming holes 70.
  • One or more fluid-releasing holes 72 may be associated with a filament-forming hole 70 such that the fluid exiting the fluid-releasing hole 72 is parallel or substantially parallel (rather than angled like a knife-edge die) to an exterior surface of a filament exiting the filament-forming hole 70.
  • the fluid exiting the fluid-releasing hole 72 contacts the exterior surface of a filament formed from a filament-forming hole 70 at an angle of less than 30° and/or less than 20° and/or less than 10° and/or less than 5° and/or about 0°.
  • One or more fluid releasing holes 72 may be arranged around a filament-forming hole 70.
  • one or more fluid-releasing holes 72 are associated with a single filament-forming hole 70 such that the fluid exiting the one or more fluid releasing holes 72 contacts the exterior surface of a single filament formed from the single filament-forming hole 70.
  • the fluid-releasing hole 72 permits a fluid, such as a gas, for example air, to contact the exterior surface of a filament formed from a filament- forming hole 70 rather than contacting an inner surface of a filament, such as what happens when a hollow filament is formed.
  • a polymer melt composition of the present invention may be prepared using a screw extruder, such as a vented twin screw extruder.
  • a barrel 74 of an APV Baker (Peterborough, England) 40:1, 48 mm twin screw extruder is schematically illustrated in Fig. 10A.
  • the barrel 74 is separated into eight zones, identified as zones 1-8.
  • the barrel 74 encloses the extrusion screw and mixing elements, schematically shown in Fig. 10B, and serves as a containment vessel during the extrusion process.
  • a solid feed port 76 is disposed in zone 1 and a liquid feed port 78 is disposed in zone 1.
  • a vent 80 is included in zone 7 for cooling and decreasing the liquid, such as water, content of the mixture prior to exiting the extruder.
  • An optional vent staffer commercially available from APV Baker, can be employed to prevent the polymer melt composition from exiting through the vent 80.
  • the flow of the polymer melt composition through the barrel 74 is from zone 1 exiting the barrel 74 at zone 8.
  • twin screw extruder A screw and mixing element configuration for the twin screw extruder is schematically illustrated in Fig 10B.
  • the twin screw extruder comprises a plurality of twin lead screws (TLS) (designated A and B) and paddles (designated C) and reverse twin lead screws (RTLS) (designated D) installed in series as illustrated in Table 2 below.
  • TLS twin lead screws
  • RTLS reverse twin lead screws
  • Screw elements are characterized by the number of continuous leads and the pitch of these leads.
  • a lead is a flight (at a given helix angle) that wraps the core of the screw element.
  • the number of leads indicates the number of flights wrapping the core at any given location along the length of the screw. Increasing the number of leads reduces the volumetric capacity of the screw and increases the pressure generating capability of the screw.
  • the pitch of the screw is the distance needed for a flight to complete one revolution of the core. It is expressed as the number of screw element diameters per one complete revolution of a flight. Decreasing the pitch of the screw increases the pressure generated by the screw and decreases the volumetric capacity of the screw.
  • the length of a screw element is reported as the ratio of length of the element divided by the diameter of the element.
  • Screw element type A is a TLS with a 1.0 pitch and varying length ratios.
  • Screw element type B is a TLS with a 0.5 pitch and varying length ratios.
  • Bilobal paddles, C serving as mixing elements, are also included in series with the TLS and RTLS screw elements in order to enhance mixing.
  • Paddle C has a length ratio of 1/4.
  • Various configurations of bilobal paddles and reversing screw elements D, single and twin lead screws threaded in the opposite directions, are used in order to control flow and corresponding mixing time.
  • Screw element D is a RTLS with a 0.5 pitch and a 0.5 length ratio.
  • zone 1 the hydroxyl polymer is fed into the solid feed port at a rate of 230 grams/minute using a K-Tron (Pitman,NJ) loss-in-weight feeder.
  • This hydroxyl polymer is combined inside the extruder (zone 1) with water, an external plasticizer, added at the liquid feed at a rate of 146 grams/minute using a Milton Roy (Ivyland, PA) diaphragm pump (1.9 gallon per hour pump head) to form a hydroxyl polymer/water slurry.
  • This slurry is then conveyed down the barrel of the extruder and cooked.
  • Table 3 below describes the temperature, pressure, and corresponding function of each zone of the extruder.
  • part of the melt processed hydroxyl polymer is dumped and another part (lOOg) is fed into a Zenith®, type PEP II (Sanford NC) and pumped into a SMX style static mixer (Koch-Glitsch, oodridge, Illinois).
  • the static mixer is used to combine additives such as crosslinking agent, crosslinking facilitator, external plasticizer, such as water, with the melt processed hydroxyl polymer.
  • the additives are pumped into the static mixer via PREP 100 HPLC pumps (Chrom Tech, Apple Valley MN). These pumps provide high pressure, low volume addition capability.
  • the polymer melt composition of the present invention is ready to be processed by a polymer processing operation.
  • a non-limiting example of a process for producing filaments by polymer processing a polymer melt composition of the present invention is any operation and/or process by which a filament comprising a processed hydroxyl polymer is formed from a polymer melt composition.
  • Nonlimiting examples of polymer processing operations include extrusion, molding and/or fiber spinning. Extrusion and molding (either casting or blown), typically produce films, sheets and various profile extrusions. Molding may include injection molding, blown molding and/or compression molding. Fiber spinning may include spun bonding, melt blowing, rotary spinning, continuous filament producing and/or tow fiber producing.
  • a "processed hydroxyl polymer” as used herein means any hydroxyl polymer that has undergone a melt processing operation and a subsequent polymer processing operation.
  • a polymer melt composition is prepared according to the Synthesis of a Polymer Melt
  • the polymer melt composition present in the twin screw extruder is pumped to a meltblow die using a suitable pump, such as a Zenith®, type PEP II, having a capacity of 10 cubic centimeters per revolution (cc/rev), manufactured by Parker Hannifin Corporation, Zenith Pumps division, of Sanford, NC, USA.
  • a suitable pump such as a Zenith®, type PEP II, having a capacity of 10 cubic centimeters per revolution (cc/rev), manufactured by Parker Hannifin Corporation, Zenith Pumps division, of Sanford, NC, USA.
  • the hydroxyl polymer's, such as starch, flow to the meltblow die is controlled by adjusting the number of revolutions per minute (rpm) of the pump.
  • Pipes connecting the extruder, the pump, the meltblow die, and optionally a mixer are electrically heated and thermostatically controlled to 65 °C.
  • the meltblow die has several rows of circular extrusion nozzles spaced from one another at a pitch P of about 2.489 mm.
  • the nozzles are arranged in a staggered grid with a spacing of about 2.489 mm within rows and a spacing of 2.159 mm between rows.
  • the nozzles 200 have individual inner diameters of about 0.254 mm and individual outside diameters of about 0.813 mm.
  • Each individual nozzle is encircled by an annular orifice formed in an orifice plate having a thickness of about 1.9 mm.
  • a pattern of a plurality of the orifices in the orifice plate correspond to a pattern of extrusion nozzles in the meltblow die.
  • the resulting area for airflow is about 36 percent.
  • the plate is fixed so that the filaments being extruded through the extrusion nozzles are surrounded and attenuated by generally cylindrical, humidified air streams supplied through the orifices of the orifice plate.
  • the extrusion nozzles can extend to a distance from about 1.5 mm to about 4 mm, and more specifically from about 2 mm to about 3 mm, beyond the exterior surface of the orifice plate.
  • a plurality of boundary-layer air orifices is formed by plugging extrusion nozzles of two outside rows on each side of the plurality of extrusion nozzles, as viewed in plane, so that each of the boundary-layer air orifices comprise an annular orifice described herein above. Additionally, every other row and every other column of the remaining extrusion nozzles are blocked, increasing the spacing between active extrusion nozzles
  • Attenuation air for attenuating the filaments being produced through the extrusion nozzles can be provided by heating compressed air by an electrical-resistance heater, for example, a heater manufactured by Chromalox, Division of Emerson Electric, of Pittsburgh, PA, USA.
  • An appropriate quantity of steam at an absolute pressure of from about 240 to about 420 kiloPascals (kPa), controlled by a globe valve, is added to saturate or nearly saturate the heated air at the conditions in the electrically heated, thermostatically controlled delivery pipe. Condensate is removed in an electrically heated, thermostatically controlled, separator.
  • the attenuating air has an absolute pressure from about 130 kPa to about 310 kPa, measured in the controlled delivery pipe.
  • the filaments being extruded from the extrusion nozzles have a moisture content of from about 20% and/or from about 25% to about 50% and/or to about 55% by weight.
  • the filaments are dried by a drying air stream having a temperature from about 149° C to about 315° C by an electrical resistance heater supplied through drying nozzles and discharged at an angle generally perpendicular relative to the general orientation of the filaments being extruded.
  • the filaments are dried from about 45% moisture content to about 15% moisture content (i.e., from a consistency of about 55% to a consistency of about 85%) and are collected on a collection device, for example a moving foraminous belt.
  • a crosslinking system via a crosslinking agent may crosslink the hydroxyl polymers together to provide the filament with wet strength, with or without being subjected to a curing step.
  • the crosslinking occurs such that the polymer melt composition is capable of being delivered through the extrusion nozzles and producing filaments.
  • the crosslinking system does not prematurely crosslink the hydroxyl polymers in the polymer melt composition so that the extrusion nozzles are clogged and thus no filaments can be produced.
  • the filaments of the present invention do not include coatings and/or other surface treatments that are applied to a pre-existing form, such as a coating on a fiber, film or foam.
  • a filament in accordance with the present invention may be coated and/or surface treated with the crosslinking system of the present invention.
  • the filaments produced via a polymer processing operation may be cured at a curing temperature of from about 110°C to about 215°C and/or from about 110°C to about 200°C and/or from about 120°C to about 195°C and/or from about 130°C to about 185°C for a time period of from about 0.01 and/or 1 and/or 5 and/or 15 seconds to about 60 minutes and/or from about 20 seconds to about 45 minutes and/or from about 30 seconds to about 30 minutes.
  • Alternative curing methods may include radiation methods such as UV, e-beam, IR and other temperature-raising methods.
  • the filaments may also be cured at room temperature for days, either after curing at above room temperature or instead of curing at above room temperature.
  • the filaments of the present invention may include melt spun filaments and/or spunbond filaments, hollow filaments, shaped filaments, such as multi-lobal filaments and multicomponent filaments, especially bicomponent filaments.
  • the multicomponent filaments, especially bicomponent filaments may be in a side-by-side, sheath-core, segmented pie, ribbon, islands-in- the-sea configuration, or any combination thereof.
  • the sheath may be continuous or non- continuous around the core.
  • the ratio of the weight of the sheath to the core can be from about 5:95 to about 95:5.
  • the filaments of the present invention may have different geometries that include round, elliptical, star shaped, rectangular, and other various eccentricities.
  • Example 1 Fibrous Structure comprising Starch Filaments/Wood Pulp Fibers
  • a polymer melt composition comprising 7.5% Mowiol 10-98 commercially available from Kuraray Co. (polyvinyl alcohol), 19% Ethylex 2035 commercially available from Tate & Lyle (ethoxylated starch), 19% CPI 050820-156 commercially available from Corn Products International (acid-thinned starch), 0.5% sulfosuccinate surfactant, such as Aerosol AOT, commercially available from Cytec Industries, 0.25% Hyperfloc NF221 commercially available from Hychem, Inc. (polyacrylamide), 3.25% imidazolidinone crosslinking agent (DHEU), and 0.5% ammonium chloride available from Aldrich (crosslinking facilitator) is prepared.
  • the melt composition is cooked and extruded from a co-rotating twin screw extruder at approx 50% solids (50% H 2 0) as described hereinabove.
  • the polymer melt composition is then pumped to a series of meltblow spinnerettes that are oriented at different angles to the machine direction to provide a plurality of filaments from each spinneret.
  • the filaments from each spinnerette are attenuated with saturated air stream to form a layer of filaments that are collected one on top of the other to form a nonwoven substrate.
  • the filaments of two or more of the layers of filaments exhibit different orientations with respect to the machine direction.
  • the nonwoven substrate formed exhibits a basis weight of from about 10 g/m 2 to about 120 g/m 2 as described hereinabove
  • the filaments are dried by convection drying before being deposited on a belt to form the nonwoven substrate. These meltblown filaments are essentially continuous filaments.
  • the spinnerette assembly may be made by abutting a first spinnerette with a second spinnerette such that the maximum distance between a seam filament forming nozzle opening in the first spinnerette and a seam filament forming nozzle opening in the second spinnerette is less than 9 mm and/or less than 7 mm and/or less than 5 mm.
  • an air plate is used in the spinnerette assembly to cover the seam formed by the abutting spinnerettes.
  • Wood pulp fibers Southern Softwood Kraft (SSK) commercially available from Georgia Pacific available as roll comminution pulp, is disintegrated by a hammermill and conveyed to an airlaid former commercially available from Dan- Web via a blower. The wood pulp fibers are deposited onto a surface of the non woven substrate as solid additives.
  • SSK Southern Softwood Kraft
  • Additional polymer melt composition is pumped to an additional meltblow spinnerette that is oriented at an angle to the machine direction of about 90° to produce an additional layer of filaments (which is a scrim), which is deposited on top of the wood pulp fibers to position the wood pulp fibers between the nonwoven substrate and the scrim to form a fibrous structure.
  • the scrim typically exhibits a basis weight of from about 0.1 g/m 2 to about 10 g/m 2 .
  • the fibrous structure is then subjected to a bonding process wherein bond sites are formed between the nonwoven substrate and the scrim such that the wood pulp fibers are positioned between the nonwoven substrate and the scrim to form a finished fibrous structure.
  • the bonding process can be used to impart a pattern to the finished fibrous structure and/or the finished fibrous structure may be embossed.
  • the fibrous structure can be subjected to humidification during the fibrous structure making process, for example prior to being bonded and/or embossed.
  • the finished fibrous structure is then convolutely wound about a core to produce a sanitary tissue product.
  • the fibrous structure, finished fibrous structure, and/or sanitary tissue product incorporating the finished fibrous structure exhibits a Tensile Ratio of 2 or less.
  • Basis Weight of a fibrous structure is measured on stacks of twelve usable units using a top loading analytical balance with a resolution of + 0.001 g. The balance is protected from air drafts and other disturbances using a draft shield. A precision cutting die, measuring 3.500 in + 0.0035 in by 3.500 in + 0.0035 in is used to prepare all samples.
  • the Basis Weight is calculated in lbs/3000 ft 2 or g/m 2 as follows:
  • Basis Weight (Mass of stack) / [(Area of 1 square in stack) x (No. of squares in stack)]
  • Basis Weight (lbs/3000 ft 2 ) [[Mass of stack (g) / 453.6 (g/lbs)] / [12.25 (in 2 ) / 144 (in 2 /ft 2 ) x
  • Basis Weight (g/m 2 ) Mass of stack (g) / [79.032 (cm 2 ) / 10,000 (cmV) x 12] Report result to the nearest 0.1 lbs/3000 ft 2 or 0.1 g/m 2 .
  • Sample dimensions can be changed or varied using a similar precision cutter as mentioned above, so as at least 100 square inches of sample area in stack.
  • Tensile Strength is measured on a constant rate of extension tensile tester with computer interface (a suitable instrument is the EJA Vantage from the Thwing-Albert Instrument Co. Wet Berlin, NJ) using a load cell for which the forces measured are within 10% to 90% of the limit of the load cell.
  • Both the movable (upper) and stationary (lower) pneumatic jaws are fitted with smooth stainless steel faced grips, with a design suitable for testing 1 inch wide sheet material (Thwing-Albert item #733GC). An air pressure of about 60 psi is supplied to the jaws.
  • Eight usable units of fibrous structures are divided into two stacks of four usable units each.
  • the usable units in each stack are consistently oriented with respect to machine direction (MD) and cross direction (CD).
  • One of the stacks is designated for testing in the MD and the other for CD.
  • Using a one inch precision cutter Thiwing-Albert JDC-1-10, or similar) take a CD stack and cut one, 1.00 in + 0.01 in wide by 3 - 4 in long stack of strips (long dimension in CD). In like fashion cut the remaining stack in the MD (strip's long dimension in MD), to give a total of 8 specimens, four CD and four MD strips.
  • Each strip to be tested is one usable unit thick, and will be treated as a unitary specimen for testing.
  • the break sensitivity is set to 80%, i.e., the test is terminated when the measured force drops to 20% of the maximum peak force, after which the crosshead is returned to its original position.
  • Tensile Strength is the maximum peak force (g) divided by the specimen width (1 in), and reported as g/in to the nearest 1 g/in.
  • the Tensile Strength (g/in) is calculated for the four CD unitary specimens and the four MD unitary specimens. Calculate an average for each parameter separately for the CD and MD specimens.

Abstract

Structures fibreuses contenant plusieurs additifs solides et plusieurs filaments.
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