Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.

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Roland Columbus Smith, Jr

Christopher Dale Fenwick

John Gavin MacDonald

James Hongxue Wang

Jian Qin

Thomas David Ehlert

Patrick Sean McNichols

Eugenio Go Varona

Robert Allen Janssen

Fu-Jya Daniel Tsai

Michael Donald Sperl

Kuo-Shu Edward Chang

Palani Raj Ramaswami Wallajapet

Tamara Lee Mace

Arthur Edward Garavaglia

Jayant Chakravarty

Jaime Braverman

Christopher Cosgrove Creagan

Clifford Jackson Ellis

Hannong Rhim

Michael Allen Daley

Rob David Everett

David Michael Matela

Patricia Hwang Calhoun

Nancy Donaldson Kollin

Karen Lynn English

Hristo Angelov Hristov

Reginald Smith

Laura Braunecker

Monica Lynn Bontrager

Chad Isaac Medlock

D Keith Osteen

Erin A Evans

Tony Fedel

Scott Stephen Englebert

Sharon Rymer

A process for treating a textile web includes applying a first treatment agent to the web. The web is moved in an open configuration over a contact surface of an ultrasonic vibration system. The ultrasonic vibration system is operated to impart ultrasonic energy to the textile web to facilitate the distribution of the first treatment agent through a first extent of the thickness of the textile web. A second treatment agent is applied to the web. The web is moved in an open configuration thereof over a contact surface of an ultrasonic vibration system. The ultrasonic vibration system is operated to impart ultrasonic energy to the textile web to facilitate the distribution of the second treatment agent through a second extent of the thickness of the web. The second extent is different than the first extent.

Process for applying one or more treatment agents to a textile web

Disclosed herein are multicomponent fibers, and particularly sheath-and-core type multicomponent fibers including elastic polymers. The multicomponent fibers have at least three cross sectional elements, wherein a first cross sectional element is an outer sheath element, the second cross sectional element is an inner sheath element, and the third cross sectional element may be either a hollow element or a filled core element.

Multicomponent fiber including elastic elements

This invention is a surge material having permanent storage properties that results in faster intake and greater saturation capacity and reduced fluid flowback. More specifically the invention is a surge material with a superabsorbent material printed on in a pattern of discrete regions. The objective of the invention is obtained by printing, or other known application process, a liquid superabsorbent precursor solution containing a crosslinkable composition onto a surge material and then curing the printed surge material to crosslink the polymers to get a surge material having discrete regions of superabsorbent material in the surge material. This invention is also useful in making an absorbent core of an absorbent article with improved strength, increased absorbency, and decreased shedding of superabsorbent material.

Nonabsorbent surge layer having discrete regions of superabsorbent and method for making

There is provided a resilient, three dimensional material having fibrous texture and appearance and capable of fluid handling. It consists of a top surface and a bottom surface wherein fiber-like elements typically extend from one surface to the other forming flat to undulating surfaces characterized by a multiplicity of interconnected fluid passageways. Deformed, discontinuous film-like or encapsulated regions connect fiber-like elements and stabilize the material. The material of this invention is unique based on the three principle characteristics which are communicated in this application: 1) f(&#x3c8;)&#x3c;0.87, 2) SA/VV&#x3c;186 cm/cm, and 3) caliper&#x3c;0.150 inches. This material is useful for a number of purposes, such as for use as a liner for personal care products like diapers, absorbent underpants, swim wear, feminine hygiene products, adult incontinence products and the like. The properties of the material may be tailored within the ranges of this invention to deliver optimal material performance for use in specific personal care products.

Creped materials

A nonwoven surge material for personal care products, which is a nonwoven fabric made of a homogeneous blend of large and small denier fibers. The small or first denier fiber preferably has an average denier less than 2, is at least 3 denier less than the second or larger fiber and the large or second denier fiber has an average denier between 4 and 15. The nonwoven fabric is a mixture of these fibers in amounts of from 25 to 75 weight percent of each type of fiber. The fabric may have a basis weight between 30 and 200 gsm. The first denier fiber may be a bicomponent fiber which may be a sheath/core polyethylene/polypropylene bicomponent fiber. The second denier fiber may be made from a polyester. It is also possible that the fibers have a hydrophilic treatment added to their surface to increase their hydrophilicity.

Mixed denier fluid management layers

There is provided a fibrous web which includes a binder and which is compressed to a density of up to about 0.3 g/cc. The web may preferably be formed by the bonded carded web process or air lay process. The binder may depend on hydrogen bonding using moisture or may be a non-aqueous solution, a powder, a fibrous binder or a conjugate fiber binder including a moisture triggerable component. Conjugate fibers may be crimped. When wetted the web of this invention should expand rapidly to greater than 80% of its uncompressed thickness and greater than 90% of its thickness when saturated if starting from the uncompressed state.

Compressed absorbent composites

A self-contained photodetector for detecting the light flash from a photoflash unit which is supposed to flash when the shutter of a camera opens. The detector has a light-activated SCR for turning on an IC chip timer, which produces an output signal that turns on a transistor and causes a piezoelectric buzzer to produce an audible signal. All these components are powered by a battery which is contained in the same housing with them. This housing has an opening for passing light onto the SCR.

Photoflash detector

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Gainesville, GA, United States of America

Roland Columbus Smith, Jr