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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 19, 2019
Filed:
May. 30, 2013
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Keyur Desai, Alpharetta, GA (US);
Jian Qin, Appleton, WI (US);
Jeffrey Frank Jurena, Appleton, WI (US);
Frank Paul Abuto, Roswell, GA (US);
Susan Elaine Shawver, Roswell, GA (US);
Donald Eugene Waldroup, Roswell, GA (US);
Deborah Joy Calewarts, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
A method is presented for forming a collapsed foam film-like structure, the method including positioning a composition applicator adjacent to a hot non-permeable dryer surface, producing a first frothed dispersion or frothed solution from a first dispersion or solution, applying the first frothed dispersion or frothed solution to the dryer surface, allowing the first frothed dispersion or frothed solution to convert to a collapsed foam film-like structure, and scraping the collapsed foam film-like structure from the dryer surface. The method can further include producing a second dispersion or solution, blending the first dispersion or solution and the second dispersion or solution, frothing the blended dispersion or solution, applying the blended frothed dispersion or frothed solution to the dryer surface, and allowing the frothed dispersion or frothed solution to convert to a collapsed foam film-like structure.