3m Innovative Properties Company

3m Innovative Properties

Ibrahim S Gunes

Audrey A Sherman

Duane Douglas Fansler

James M Jonza

Michael R Berrigan

Stephen M Sanocki

Mark J Williams

Gregg D Dahlke

Michael D Crandall

Mark A Strobel

Jayant Chakravarty

Thomas J Gilbert

Ann M Gilman

Yong K Wu

Mark A Peltier

Joel A Getschel

Matthew S Cole

Neelakandan Chandrasekaran

Jeffrey P Kalish

Paul N Daveloose

David C Raithel

Shou-Lu G Wang

Stanley Rendon

Baris Yalcin

Daniel E Johnson

Stewart H Corn

Robert W Hunter

Myhanh T Truong

Markus A Wicki

Windy A Santa Cruz

Dennard J Powell

Todd L Nelson

Matthew J Schmid

Irem Bolukbasi

Tony R Carrozzella

Bernard G Rolstad

Matthew R Smith

Gustavo B Carvalho

Jerald W Hall

Gustavo B D Carvalho

A scrubbing article including a substrate and a texture layer. The texture layer is formed on at least one surface of the substrate, and is a solvent-free texture layer. The texture layer can include a plastisol ink or a hot melt adhesive, and may further include a plurality of ceramic microspheres. Methods of manufacture are also provided in which a solvent-free texture layer composition is applied to a substrate and then solidified to form a texture layer. In some non-limiting embodiments, the texture layer composition includes a hot melt adhesive and is applied to the substrate in the form of a wetted cellulose sponge.

Consumer scrubbing article with solvent-free texture layer and method of making same

A scrubbing article including a substrate, a stain release coating and a texture layer. The stain release coating is applied to the substrate and is present over a at least a major surface of the substrate, and the texture layer is formed over the stain release coating opposite the substrate. In some embodiments, the texture layer is printed on to the stain release coating. The substrate can assume various forms, such as nonwoven, fabric (e.g., woven or knitted), foam, film and sponge material or combinations thereof.

Consumer scrubbing article with stain release and method of making same

The inventors of the present disclosure recognized that, surprisingly, the antimicrobial treatments used on cellulosic sponges do not work in hydrophilic polyurethane sponges. As such, the inventors of the present disclosure discovered a need for an antimicrobial treatment for use on hydrophilic polyurethane foam sponges. The present inventors invented one antimicrobial composition for use on hydrophilic polyurethane foam sponges including an acetate salt solution humectant. The present inventors invented another antimicrobial composition for use on hydrophilic polyurethane foam sponges including a non-halogen humectant comprising a salt solution having a pH between about 3 and 10 and a water activity of less than 0.9 at 25&#xb0; C.

Antimicrobial hydrophilic polyurethane foam sponges

A composition includes poly(4-methylpent-1-ene) and hollow glass microspheres. The composition has a density of less than 0.8 grams per cubic centimeter. Articles made from the composition and methods of making an article by injection molding the composition are also disclosed.

Poly (methylpentene) composition including hollow glass microspheres and method of using the same

A composition that includes a polyolefin having first repeating units, hollow glass microspheres, a polyolefin impact modifier that is chemically non-crosslinked and free of polar functional groups, and a compatibilizer comprising the first repeating units and second repeating units, which are the first repeating units modified with polar functional groups. Articles made from the composition and methods of making an article by injection molding the composition are also disclosed.

Polyolefin composition including hollow glass microspheres and method of using the same

Heat-activatable siloxane-based adhesive articles include a substrate and a heat-activatable adhesive layer that includes a hot melt processable siloxane-based elastomeric polymer. The siloxane-based elastomeric polymer is a urea-containing segmented copolymer or an oxamide-containing segmented copolymer. The adhesive layers are substantially free of tackifying resins and are non-tacky and non-adhesive until heated to a temperature of at least 50 C. The adhesive layers may be optically clear and may have a microstructured surface.

Heat-activatable siloxane-based adhesives

Siloxane-based pipe coatings include a hot melt processable siloxane-based elastomeric polymer, and may optionally contain fillers and additives. The siloxane-based elastomeric polymer is a urea-containing segmented copolymer or an oxamide-containing segmented copolymer. The coatings are substantially free of tackifying resins and are non-tacky and non-adhesive until heated to a temperature of at least 50 C.

Siloxane-based pipe coatings

Sized short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber comprises, based on the total weight of the sized short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber: from 0.1 to 15 percent by weight of a size resin comprising a polyamide; and from 85 to 99.9 percent by weight of short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber. Methods of making the sized short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber and compositions comprising the sized short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber in a polymeric matrix are also disclosed.

Sized short alumina-based inorganic oxide fiber, method of making, and composition including the same

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Ibrahim S Gunes