Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc.

Steven Michael Hurley

David Arthur Fell

David John Paulson

Kendell Jean Williams

James George Van Himbergen

Nicholas Alan Kraft

Donald LeRoy Smith

Thomas Gerard Vercauteren

Sara Lynn Rosack

Johanna Marie Buss

Corey Thomas Cunningham

Dave Allen Soerens

Troy Michael Runge

Nathan John Vogel

Elizabeth Oriel Bradley

William Clayton Bunyard

Timothy James Van Himbergen

Christopher James Uecker

Jian Qin

Scott W Wenzel

Scott J Smith

Lawrence Howell Sawyer

Michael John Niemeyer

WanDuk Lee

Mark Joy

Shiming Zhuang

Markus Frank

Whei-Neen Hsu

Sandra Marie Rogers

Philip Eugene Kieffer

Kenneth Raymond Schueler, Jr

Nancy Birbiglia Lange

YoonHee Cho

A liquid absorbent structure is made by dry laying a fibrous web having incorporated therein a superabsorbent material, and applying an aqueous composite stabilizer to at least one surface of the web. The aqueous composite stabilizer imparts integrity to the resulting structure without substantially impairing the effectiveness of the superabsorbent material to absorb liquid while forming the absorbent structure without removing the water from aqueous composite stabilizer or drying out the absorbent structure. The absorbent composite absorbs the water from the aqueous composite stabilizer. The absorbent composite comprises about 70% by weight of a superabsorbent material.

Method of forming an absorbent structure

An ultrasonic mixing system having a treatment chamber in which at least two separate phases can be mixed to prepare an emulsion is disclosed. The treatment chamber has an elongate housing through which the phases flow longitudinally from a first inlet port and a second inlet port, respectively, to an outlet port thereof. An elongate ultrasonic waveguide assembly extends within the housing and is operable at a predetermined ultrasonic frequency to ultrasonically energize the phases within the housing. An elongate ultrasonic horn of the waveguide assembly is disposed at least in part intermediate the inlet and outlet ports, and has a plurality of discrete agitating members in contact with and extending transversely outward from the horn intermediate the inlet and outlet ports in longitudinally spaced relationship with each other.

Ultrasonic treatment chamber for preparing emulsions

The present disclosure generally relates to wet wipes having liquid wipe compositions that including an organopolysiloxane that reduces sheet-to-sheet adhesion, improves the stack height, increases flexibility and maintains strength in the wet wipe. The liquid wipe compositions include an organopolysiloxane having the following structure: wherein p+q=1 to 2000, Ris independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group or hydroxyl group, and Rand Rare independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in amine, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyether, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in quaternary, and a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyampholyte.

Wet wipes having a liquid wipe composition with an organopolysiloxane

The present disclosure generally relates to wet wipes having liquid wipe compositions that including an anti-adhesion component that reduces sheet-to-sheet adhesion, improves the stack height, increases flexibility and maintains strength in the wet wipe. The liquid wipe compositions include an organopolysiloxane having the following structure: wherein p+q=0 to 2000, Ris independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group or hydroxyl group, and Rand Rare independently selected from a monovalent hydrocarbon group, a hydroxyl group, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in amine, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyether, a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in quaternary, and a monovalent hydrocarbon group functional in polyampholyte.

Wet wipes having a liquid wipe composition with anti-adhesion component

An absorbent structure made at least in part from a superabsorbent material having a retention capacity (CRC) as determined by a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Test of at least about 25 g/g and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) as determined by a Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability Test of at least 575&#xd7;10cm. In another embodiment, the absorbent structure is made at least in part from a superabsorbent material having a retention capacity (CRC) as determined by a Centrifuge Retention Capacity Test of at least about 25 g/g, an absorbency under load (AUL) at 0.9 psi as determined by an Absorbency Under Load Test of at least 18 and a free swell gel bed permeability (GBP) as determined by a Free Swell Gel Bed Permeability Test of at least about 350&#xd7;10cm.

Absorbent structure with superabsorbent material

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Neenah, WI, United States of America

Steven Michael Hurley