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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.
Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Aug. 13, 1991
Filed:
Dec. 19, 1989
Applicant:
Inventors:
Malcolm L Johnson, East Point, GA (US);
Tracey A Burbank, Eatonton, GA (US);
Mark D Strickland, Woodstock, GA (US);
Assignee:
Kimberly-Clark Corporation, Neenah, WI (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
D04H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
264113 ; 156 628 ; 156286 ; 428284 ; 428903 ; 264-6 ;
Abstract
There is disclosed a nonwoven wiper comprising a composite web made of a number of interbonded layers of meltblown thermoplastic fibers. The outer layers have average pore sizes greater than 20 microns and preferably greater than 40 microns for rapid pick up of liquid. The internal layers have average pore sizes between 10-20 microns for liquid holding capacity.