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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:
Apr. 11, 1995
Filed:
Jun. 22, 1994
Applicant:
Inventors:
Assignee:
Johnson & Johnson Inc., , CA;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B05D / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
427261 ; 28104 ; 28112 ; 28167 ; 28169 ; 101491 ; 156181 ; 4273899 ; 427412 ; 427424 ; 427428 ; 4274346 ;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing a non-woven fabric printed with a decorative pattern. A fibrous starting material whose individual fibers are capable of movement relatively to one another under the influence of applied fluid forces is subjected to a fluid stream for entangling the fibers to form a unitary fibrous network. The unitary fibrous network is impregnated with liquid binder which solidifies and consolidates the non-woven fabric. Before the binder has cured and is still in a liquid condition, the unitary fibrous network is printed with a decorative pattern. Subsequently, the unitary fibrous network is dried to simultaneously cure the binder and the colorant forming the decorative pattern.