Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Dennis John DeGroot

Michael Joseph Garvey

James Alvin Boldra

Thomas Harold Roessler

Thomas David Ehlert

Patrick Sean McNichols

Peiguang Zhou

Robert Allen Janssen

Robert Eugene Vogt

Michael Barth Venturino

Duane Girard Uitenbroek

Frank Paul Abuto

Earl C McCraw, Jr

Bryon Paul Day

Keith R Haen

Gregory K Hall

Timothy James Rymer

Braulio Arturo Polanco

Mark Scott Lancaster

Peter Michalovich Kobylivker

In a process for dyeing a textile web having a first face and a second face opposite the first face, dye is applied to the textile web and the web is then moved in an open configuration thereof over a contact surface of an ultrasonic vibration system with the textile web in direct contact with the contact surface of the ultrasonic vibration system. The ultrasonic vibration system is operated to impart ultrasonic energy to the textile web to facilitate the distribution of dye throughout the web. The web is then moved further in its open configuration through a microwave application chamber of a microwave system and the microwave system is operated to impart microwave energy to the web in the microwave application chamber to facilitate binding of the dye to the web.

Process for dyeing a textile web

A blended composition of unsaturated block copolymer with improved thermal stability and processing behavior includes at least one unsaturated block copolymer; and a compatibilizer selected from the group consisting of (1) high melt flow rate homopolymers or copolymers; (2) styrene-ethylenepropylene-styrene (SEPS); (3) ethylene vinyl acetate (EVA); (4) styrene-butadiene-styrene (SBS), or styrene-isoprene-styrene (SIS) block copolymers; (5) single site catalyzed polyolefins, such as metallocene catalyzed and constrained geometry polyolefins; (6) amorphous poly alpha olefin homopolymer and copolymers; and (7) a combination of such.

Thermal stabilization and processing behavior of block copolymer compositions by blending, applications thereof, and methods of making same

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for tuning a microwave apparatus. The chamber volume of the microwave apparatus can be changed by moving a flexible portion of a flexible wall while a perimeter portion of the flexible wall remains fixed.

Tunable microwave apparatus

A method for forming a stabilized airlaid layer () can include an airforming of a substantially unbonded fibrous layer () which includes absorbent fibers and binder-fibers. The fibrous layer () is exposed to high-frequency electromagnetic energy during a distinctively short activation period to activate the binder-fibers to provide the stabilized, airlaid layer (). In a particular aspect the activation period can be not more than about 3 sec.

Method and apparatus for making on-line stabilized absorbent materials

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Appleton, WI, United States of America

Dennis John DeGroot