Deflecting member for making fibrous structures

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-10844539-B2
Application number	US-201715795339-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Oct 27, 2017
Priority date	Oct 27, 2016
Publication date	Nov 24, 2020
Grant date	Nov 24, 2020

Abstract

A deflection member that includes a reinforcing member that includes a resin coating, and at least one tile fastened to the resin coating.

First claim

What is claimed is:

1. A deflection member comprising:
a. a reinforcing member comprising a resin coating; and
b. at least one tile fastened to the resin coating through adhesive, resin, surface modification and/or solvent welding.

2. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein each of the at least one tile is additively manufactured.

3. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive, resin and/or solvent is applied to the at least one tile.

4. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the adhesive, resin and/or solvent is applied to the resin coating.

5. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is fastened to the resin coating 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.

6. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the fastening comprises surface modification and the surface modification is thermal oxidation to a backside surface of the at least one tile and/or thermal oxidation to a webside resin surface on the resin coating.

7. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the resin coating is selected from a group comprising air activated resins, light activated resins, heat activated resins, moisture activated resins, and combinations thereof.

8. 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.

9. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the reinforcing member comprises woven filaments.

10. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

11. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and 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 resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

12. The deflection member of claim 1 , wherein the at least one tile is a plurality of tiles, and each of the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of 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.

13. A deflection member comprising:
a. a fluid pervious reinforcing member, the reinforcing member comprising woven filaments and a resin coating; and,
b. a patterned framework comprising a plurality of tiles fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member by adhesive, resin, surface modification and/or solvent welding, the tiles comprising regularly spaced protuberances extending in a Z-direction.

14. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles is additively manufactured.

15. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the fastening is 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.

16. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the fastening comprises surface modification the surface modification is thermal oxidation to a backside surface of each of the plurality of tiles and/or thermal oxidation to a webside resin surface on the resin coating.

17. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein the resin coating is selected from a group comprising air activated resins, light activated resins, heat activated resins, moisture activated resins and combinations thereof.

18. The deflection member of claim 13 , wherein each of the plurality of tiles has a single tessellating shape, wherein the plurality of tiles are fastened to the resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

19. The deflection member of claim 13 , 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 resin coating of the reinforcing member to form a patterned framework in a tessellating pattern.

20. The deflection member of claim 13 , 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
• Sheehan Jeffrey Glen

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

• B33Y80/00

  Products made by additive manufacturing · CPC title

• B29K2713/02

  coated · CPC title