IP Library Granted Patent US 10,045,884
Granted Patent B2
US 10,045,884 · App. 14/604,156 · Granted Aug 14, 2018

Non-woven gauze and method and system for manufacturing the same

Inventors: Jianquan Li (Guangdong, CN); Huan Wang (Guangdong, CN); Zaoxia Lu (Guangdong, CN)
Assignee: Winner Medical Co., Ltd.
A61F13/00051A61F13/00017A61F13/00021A61F13/00987D01G25/00D04H1/02D04H1/495D04H18/04
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Patent No.
US 10,045,884
App. No.
14/604,156
Granted
Aug 14, 2018
Kind
B2
Abstract

A non-woven gauze product and a method and system for manufacturing same. The spunlace device includes a second spunlace machine having a shaping layer on the surface, the shaping layer is provided with pointed projections having tapered tops disposed in a matrix arrangement, each pointed projection has a bottom of rectangular cross-section, the bottom size of each pointed projection is larger than the bottom distance between two adjacent pointed projections. A non-woven cloth having rectangular holes in an array layout is formed by water jetting the fiber-web at the second spunlace machine. The rectangular holes in an array layout are presented in a flat structure having warp and weft, and the dimension of each rectangular hole is larger than the line width of warp and weft. The features of such non-woven cloth are similar to those of gauze, so the non-woven cloth can be a substitute for the current gauze.

Claims (37)

1. A system for manufacturing non-woven gauze product, comprising:

a picker for opening, cleaning and blending raw cotton;

a carding machine provided downstream of the picker for further opening and cleaning the raw cotton and carding for fiber-web forming;

a lapping platform provided downstream of the carding machine for spreading the fiber-web in an overlapped manner upon a set specification;

a sensing line transporter for transporting a sensing line to the lapping platform and to a place between upper and lower fiber-webs delivered by one or more carding machine, wherein said sensing line is a chip-binding wire bound with a chip capable of transmitting radio signals which chip-binding wire comprises:

a metal wire;

one or more chips arranged upon a preset interval and fixed on the metal wire;

a non-woven layer wrapped around the metal wire and the chip; and

a fixing thread wound around the non-woven layer;

the lapping platform being provided with a press roller for pressing the sensing line delivered by the sensing line transporter to the place between the upper and lower fiber-webs when spreading the fiber-web in an overlapped manner;

a spunlace device provided downstream of the lapping platform for water jetting the overlapped fiber-web; the spunlace device comprising a first spunlace machine and a second spunlace machine; the first spunlace machine including a first rotatable barrel and a first spunlace support net surrounding the first barrel; the second spunlace machine including a second rotatable barrel and a second spunlace support net surrounding the second barrel, the second spunlace support net having a shaping layer, the shaping layer being provided thereon with pointed projections disposed in a matrix arrangement and a through hole, each pointed projection having a tapered top and a bottom of rectangular cross-section, the bottom size of each pointed projection being larger than the bottom distance between two adjacent pointed projections; and

an aftertreatment device provided downstream of the spunlace device for post-processing the product obtained after water jetting process to receive non-woven gauze product.

2. The system according to claim 1 , wherein the bottom distance between two adjacent pointed projections is 0.1˜1 mm, the density of the pointed projections on the shaping layer is not less than 50 per square inch.

3. The system according to claim 1 , further comprising a coater for coating adhesive on the sensing line prior to embedding the sensing line into the place between the upper and lower fiber-webs.

4. The system according to claim 3 , further comprising a metal ring provided ahead of the coater for fixing the sensing line.

5. A method for manufacturing non-woven gauze product by utilizing the system according to claim 1 , comprising:

a picking step for opening, cleaning and blending raw cotton;

a carding step for further opening and cleaning the raw cotton and carding for fiber-web forming;

a lapping step for spreading the fiber-web in an overlapped manner upon a set specification, wherein the lapping step further comprises: embedding the sensing line into a place between two layers of fiber-web wherein said sensing line is a chip-binding wire bound with a chip capable of transmitting radio signals which chip-binding wire comprises:

a metal wire;

one or more chips arranged upon a preset interval and fixed on the metal wire;

a non-woven layer wrapped around the metal wire and the chip; and

a fixing thread wound around the non-woven layer;

a spunlace step for water jetting the overlapped fiber-web introduced into the spunlace device, wherein the spunlace step specifically comprises: prewetting the fiber-web with low-pressure water flow when introducing the fiber-web into the input of the spunlace device; water jetting the prewetted fiber-web with the spunlace device to cause the fiber on the shaping layer of the second spunlace machine to be shifted and entangled under the impact of spunlace to form a rectangular hole on the water-jetted fiber-web; performing water jetting on the fiber-web from the back side thereof by the first spunlace machine, and performing water jetting on the fiber-web from the front side thereof by the second spunlace machine; and

an aftertreatment step for post-processing the product obtained after water jetting process to receive product of non-woven gauze.

6. The method according to claim 5 , wherein in the lapping step, prior to embedding the sensing line into a place between two layers of fiber-web, further comprises:

coating adhesive on the sensing line.

7. A non-woven gauze product comprising spunlace non-woven cloth having rectangular holes in an array layout formed by the impact of spunlace, the rectangular holes in an array layout being presented in a flat structure having warp and weft, and the dimension of each rectangular hole being larger than the distance between adjacent rectangular holes;

said product further comprising a sensing line embedded among the fibers of the spunlace non-woven cloth, wherein said sensing line is a chip-binding wire bound with a chip capable of transmitting radio signals which chip-binding wire comprises:

a metal wire;

one or more chips arranged upon a preset interval and fixed on the metal wire;

a non-woven layer wrapped around the metal wire and the chip; and

a fixing thread wound around the non-woven layer;

and the upper and lower surfaces thereof being covered by entangled fibers.

8. The non-woven gauze product according to claim 7 , wherein the distance between adjacent rectangular holes of the non-woven gauze product is 0.1˜1 mm, and the density of the rectangular holes is not less than 50 per square inch.

9. The non-woven gauze product according to claim 7 , wherein the metal wire is a continuous copper wire or a plurality of end-to-end binding copper wire sections, and/or the fixing thread is combined therein with at least one thread of spandex.

10. The non-woven gauze product according to claim 7 , wherein the non-woven gauze product is a medical dressing.

Assignments (2)
CHANGE OF NAME Recorded Jul 23, 2015
From: LI, JIANQUAN; WANG, HUAN; LU, ZAOXIA
To: WINNER MEDICAL CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 036164/0254 →
ASSIGNMENT OF ASSIGNOR'S INTEREST Recorded Jan 23, 2015
From: LI, JIANQUAN; WANG, HUAN; LU, ZAOXIA
To: WINNER INDUSTRIES (SHENZHEN) CO., LTD.
Reel/Frame 034801/0963 →
Continuity (1)
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