IP Library Granted Patent US 11,486,097
Granted Patent B2
US 11,486,097 · App. 16/938,123 · Granted Nov 1, 2022

Creped fibrous structures

Inventors: Fei Wang (Mason, OH); Douglas Jay Barkey (Salem Township, OH); James Allen Cain (Albany, NY); Stephen John Delvecchio (Cincinnati, OH); Angela Marie Leimbach (Hamilton, OH); Kun Piao (Deerfield Township, OH); James Kenneth Comer (West Chester, OH); Ryan Dominic Maladen (Anderson Township, OH); Atiya Jordan-Brown (Lebanon, OH); David Warren Loebker (Cincinnati, OH)
Assignee: The Procter & Gamble Company
D21H27/02D21F1/10D21F5/048D21F5/181D21F9/02D21F11/006D21H21/146D21H25/005D21H27/002D21H27/004D21H27/005D21H27/007D21H27/008D21H27/40B31F1/126B31F1/16D21F3/045D21F5/188D21G3/005D21H21/20
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Patent No.
US 11,486,097
App. No.
16/938,123
Granted
Nov 1, 2022
Kind
B2
Abstract

Creped fibrous structures having pillows and knuckles, wherein the creped fibrous structures may exhibit improved knuckle properties, such as Knuckle Roughness Ra, Knuckle Roughness Rq, and Knuckle Creping Frequency and methods for making same are provided, and/or may comprise elongate knuckles comprising discrete pillows and/or elongate pillows between first and second elongate knuckles.

Claims (55)

1. A creped fibrous structure, comprising:

a basis weight of from 50 g/m 2 (30.8 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to 110 g/m 2 (67.7 lbs/3000 ft 2 );

an elongate knuckle comprising a perimeter;

a first pillow and a second pillow;

wherein the first and second pillows are discrete from each other;

wherein the first and second pillows are within the perimeter of the knuckle;

wherein the first pillow exhibits a bulk building capability of at least 20% of a bulk building capability of the second pillow; and

wherein the first pillow exhibits a bulk building capability of greater than 16 cc/g.

2. The fibrous structure according to claim 1 wherein the first pillow exhibits a bulk building capability of greater than 17 cc/g.

3. The fibrous structure according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet caliper normalized for basis weight of greater than 0.65 mils/(lb./3000 ft 2 ) as measured according to the Caliper Test Method.

4. The fibrous structure according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure is in roll form such that the roll of fibrous structure exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method.

5. The fibrous structure according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure is in roll form such that the roll of fibrous structure exhibits a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

6. The fibrous structure according to claim 1 wherein the fibrous structure is in roll form such that the roll of fibrous structure exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method, a roll bulk of about 4 cm 3 /g to about 30 cm 3 /g, and a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

7. A creped fibrous structure, comprising:

a basis weight of from 50 g/m 2 (30.8 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to 110 g/m 2 (67.7 lbs/3000 ft 2 );

a Knuckle Roughness Ra of less than 9.00 μm as measured according to the MikroCAD Test Method;

an elongate knuckle comprising a perimeter;

a first pillow and a second pillow;

wherein the first and second pillows are discrete from each other;

wherein the first and second pillows are within the perimeter of the knuckle; and

wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet caliper normalized for basis weight of greater than 0.65 mils/(lb./3000 ft 2 ) as measured according to the Caliper Test Method.

8. The fibrous structure according to claim 7 wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet caliper normalized for basis weight of greater than 0.72 mils/(lb./3000 ft 2 ) as measured according to the Caliper Test Method.

9. The fibrous structure according to claim 7 in roll form wherein the roll exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method.

10. The fibrous structure according to claim 7 in roll form wherein the roll exhibits a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

11. The fibrous structure according to claim 7 wherein the fibrous structure is in roll form such that the roll of fibrous structure exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method, a roll bulk of about 4 cm 3 /g to about 30 cm 3 /g, and a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

12. A creped fibrous structure, comprising:

a Knuckle Creping Frequency of less than 5.5 #/mm as measured by the MikroCAD Test Method;

an elongate knuckle comprising a perimeter;

a first pillow and a second pillow;

wherein the first and second pillows are discrete from each other; and

wherein the first and second pillows are within the perimeter of the knuckle and

wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet caliper normalized for basis weight of greater than 0.65 mils/(lb./3000 ft 2 ) as measured according to the Caliper Test Method.

13. The multi-ply fibrous structure according to claim 12 in roll form wherein the roll exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method.

14. The multi-ply fibrous structure according to claim 12 in roll form wherein the roll exhibits a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

15. The fibrous structure according to claim 12 wherein the fibrous structure is in roll form such that the roll of fibrous structure exhibits a Roll Compressibility of from about 0.5% to about 15% as measured according to the Roll Compressibility Test Method, a roll bulk of about 4 cm 3 /g to about 30 cm 3 /g, and a Roll Firmness of from about 2.5 mm to about 15 mm as measured according to the Roll Firmness Test Method.

16. The fibrous structure according to claim 12 further comprising a second elongate knuckle comprising a second perimeter, wherein a plurality of discrete pillows are within the second perimeter.

17. The fibrous structure according to claim 16 wherein an elongate pillow is disposed between the elongate knuckle and the second elongate knuckle.

18. The fibrous structure according to claim 12 exhibiting a basis weight of from 50 g/m 2 (30.8 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to 110 g/m 2 (67.7 lbs/3000 ft 2 ).

19. The fibrous structure according to claim 12 exhibiting a basis weight of from about 55 g/m 2 (33.8 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to about 105 g/m 2 (64.6 lbs/3000 ft 2 ).

20. The fibrous structure according to claim 12 exhibiting a basis weight of from about 60 g/m 2 (36.9 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to about 100 g/m 2 (61.5 lbs/3000 ft 2 ).

21. A creped fibrous structure, comprising:

a basis weight of from 50 g/m 2 (30.8 lbs/3000 ft 2 ) to 110 g/m 2 (67.7 lbs/3000 ft 2 );

an elongate knuckle comprising a perimeter;

a first pillow and a second pillow;

wherein the first and second pillows are discrete from each other;

wherein the first and second pillows are within the perimeter of the knuckle;

wherein the first pillow exhibits a bulk building capability of at least 20% of the bulk building capability of the second pillow; and

wherein the fibrous structure exhibits a wet caliper normalized for basis weight of greater than 0.65 mils/(lb./3000 ft 2 ) as measured according to the Caliper Test Method.

22. A creped fibrous structure, comprising:

a Knuckle Creping Frequency of less than 5.5 #/mm as measured by the MikroCAD Test Method;

an elongate knuckle comprising a perimeter;

a first pillow and a second pillow;

wherein the first and second pillows are discrete from each other; and

wherein the first and second pillows are within the perimeter of the knuckle; and

wherein the first pillow exhibits a bulk building capability of greater than 16 cc/g.

Continuity (4)
Continuation 15792824 · Oct 25, 2017
Provisional Application 62489007 · Apr 24, 2017
Provisional Application 62412455 · Oct 25, 2016
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