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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 02, 2004
Filed:
Dec. 20, 2000
Applicant:
Inventors:
Bruno Johannes Ehrnsperger, Frankfurt, DE;
Mattias Schmidt, Idstein, DE;
Karl Michael Schumann, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Fred Naval Desai, Fairfield, OH (US);
Gary Dean Lavon, Oberursel, DE;
Gerald Alfred Young, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Donald Carroll Roe, West Chester, OH (US);
Assignee:
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/300 ; A61F 1/315 ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B01D 6/300 ; A61F 1/315 ;
Abstract
The present invention is a Liquid transport member with significantly improved liquid handling capability, which has at least one bulk region and a wall region that completely circumscribes said bulk region, and which comprises a port region, whereby the bulk region has an average fluid permeability k which is higher than the average fluid permeability k of the port regions.
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