Deflecting member for making fibrous structures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10815618-B2
Application number	US-201715795329-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2017
Priority date	Oct 27, 2016
Publication date	Oct 27, 2020
Grant date	Oct 27, 2020

Abstract

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A deflection member comprising a reinforcing member and a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent welding, wherein at least one of the plurality of tiles is stitched to at least another of the plurality of tiles to create a multi-tile grouping before the plurality of tiles in the multi-tile grouping are fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent.

2. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive and the adhesive is selected from a group comprising air activated adhesives, light activated adhesives, heat activated adhesives, moisture activated adhesives, and combinations thereof.

3. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member through solvent welding and the solvent is selected from a group comprising isopropyl alcohol, dichloromethane, dichloromethane-tetrahydrofuran, acetone, cyclohexanone, N,N-Dimethyl formamide, ethyl acetate, dichloroethane, glacial acetic acid, methyl ethyl ketone, 2-methoxy ethanol, N-methyl pyrrolidone, O-dichlorobenzol, tetrachloroethylene, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, xylene; formic acid, phenol, resorcinol or cresol in aqueous or alcoholic solutions; and calcium chloride in alcoholic solutions.

4. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive and the adhesive is selected from a group comprising air activated adhesives, light activated adhesives, heat activated adhesives, moisture activated adhesives, multipart adhesives and combinations thereof.

5. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive and/or resin is applied in a thickness of between about 1 micron and about 2500 microns.

6. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

7. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein one or more of the plurality of tiles has a first shape, and one or more of the plurality of tiles has a second shape, and the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

8. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework of tiles, wherein the patterned framework has less than about 3 mm of distance between adjacent tiles.

9. A deflection member comprising:
a. a fluid pervious reinforcing member, the reinforcing member comprising woven filaments; and,
b. a patterned framework comprising a plurality of tiles fastened to the reinforcing member by adhesive, resin and/or solvent welding, the tiles comprising regularly spaced protuberances extending in a Z-direction;
wherein at least one of the plurality of tiles is stitched to at least another of the plurality of tiles to create a multi-tile grouping before the plurality of tiles in the multi-tile grouping are fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive, resin and/or solvent.

10. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of tiles is fastened to the reinforcing member through adhesive and the adhesive is selected from a group comprising air activated adhesives, light activated adhesives, heat activated adhesives, and combinations thereof.

11. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of tiles is fastened to the reinforcing member through solvent welding, and the solvent is selected from a group comprising isopropyl alcohol, dichloromethane, dichloromethane-tetrahydrofuran, acetone, cyclohexanone, N,N-Dimethyl formamide, ethyl acetate, dichloroethane, glacial acetic acid, methyl ethyl ketone, 2-methoxy ethanol, N-methyl pyrrolidone, O-dichlorobenzol, tetrachloroethylene, tetrahydrofuran, toluene, xylene; formic acid, phenol, resorcinol or cresol in aqueous or alcoholic solutions; and calcium chloride in alcoholic solutions.

12. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of tiles is fastened to the reinforcing member through resin and the resin is selected from a group comprising light activated resins, heat activated resins and combinations thereof.

13. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein the adhesive and/or resin is applied in a thickness of between about 1 micron and about 2500 microns.

14. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

15. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein one or more of the plurality of tiles has a first shape, and one or more of the plurality of tiles has a second shape, and the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

16. The deflection member of claim 9 , wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework of tiles, wherein the patterned framework has less than about 3 mm of distance between adjacent tiles.

Assignees

• Procter & Gamble

Inventors

• Brent Jr John Leslie
• Singer James Michael
• Manifold John Allen
• Watkins Eric James
• Castillo Mario

Classifications

• B33Y70/00

  Materials specially adapted for additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B33Y40/00

  Auxiliary operations or equipment, e.g. for material handling · CPC title

• D21F11/006 Primary

  Making patterned paper · CPC title

• D21F11/14

  Making cellulose wadding, filter or blotting paper · CPC title

• B29C65/4805

  characterised by the type of adhesives · CPC title