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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 25, 2022
Filed:
May. 24, 2019
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Xiaoxin Liu, Beijing, CN;
Shrish Yashwant Rane, Beijing, CN;
Gerald Alain Viens, Cincinnati, OH (US);
THE PROCTER & GAMBLE COMPANY, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
The present invention relates to a process and an apparatus for making a fibrous web comprising a plurality of first areas comprising hydroentangled fibers, the first areas being discrete in a machine direction and/or a counter-machine direction, wherein the process comprises subjecting a fibrous web to a first hydroentanglement process directing water jets from a water injection means comprising a plurality of orifices on to the fibrous web; blocking at least one water jet from the water injection means discontinuously by use of a first blocking member positioned between the water injection means and the fibrous web.