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Stretched mechanical fastening web laminate

a technology of mechanical fastening and web laminate, which is applied in the direction of transportation and packaging, other domestic articles, and bands, can solve the problems that the thickness and/or mechanical strength of the mechanical fastener of u.s. pat. no. 6,484,371 does not always meet the practical requirements of disposable sanitary articles and, in particular, sanitary napkins. achieve the effect of decreasing the basis weight of the fibrous web layer

Inactive Publication Date: 2011-06-16
3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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Benefits of technology

[0015](iii) stretching the precursor web laminate monoaxially or biaxially thereby decreasing the basis weight of the fibrous web layer and the thickness of the thermoplastic web layer from their respective initial values to provide a stretched mechanical fastening laminate having a basis weight of less than 100 g / m2.
[0020](iv) slitting the ribs in a cross-direction at spaced locations to form discrete portions of the ribs in the cross-direction with a length in the direction of the ribs essentially corresponding to the desired length of the male fastening elements to be formed, and stretching the precursor web laminate monoaxially or biaxially thereby decreasing the basis weight of the fibrous web layer and the thickness of the thermoplastic web layer from their respective initial values to provide a stretched mechanical fastening laminate having a basis weight of less than 100 g / m2.

Problems solved by technology

Stretching of non-precompressed knitted webs is furthermore difficult to perform.
The thickness and / or mechanical strength of the mechanical fastener of U.S. Pat. No. 6,484,371 does not always meet all practical requirements of disposable sanitary articles and, in particular, of sanitary napkins.

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[0144]Example 1 was repeated with the difference that the precursor web laminate 10 was simultaneously biaxially stretched at a stretch ratio of 6.4:1.

[0145]The density of the male fastening elements 14 before and after stretching, the stretch ratios in MD and CD, the overall stretch ratio MD*CD, the basis weight of the precursor web laminate 10 and of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminate 1, and the MD-strength at break and the elongation at break of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminate 1 were measured as described above.

[0146]The MD tensile strength at break of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminates 1 of Examples 1 and 2 are plotted as a function of the base weight of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminate 1 in FIG. 5 (triangles). The MD tensile strength at break vs. the base weight of the stretched hook web layers of Comparative Examples 1-2 (upright squares) and Comparative Examples 3-4 (rotated squares) is plotted in FIG. 5 for comparison...

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[0154]In this Example 3, a spunbond nonwoven fibrous web was manufactured. Resin FINATHENE 3825 was processed in an extruder at a temperature of 245° C. and spun through the extrusion head (spinneret) having a total of 512 orifices (16 rows of orifices with each row having 32 orifices). The die had a transverse length of 7.875 inches (200 millimeters). The diameter of each orifice was 0.889 mm and the L / D ratio (=length / diameter) of each orifice was 6. The polymer flow rate was 0.66 g / (hole*min). The cooling air at the spinneret had a temperature of 45° F. (7 C). The average titer of the filaments obtained was 3.3 den.

[0155]The fibrous web layer 11 obtained was thermally bonded using a two calendar rolls having a square bond pattern with 20% bond area. The calendar rolls were held at a temperature of 149° C. and operated at a pressure of 30 psi (206.8 kPa).

[0156]The basis weight of the spunbond fibrous web layer 11 was varied by changing the speed of the conveyor belt forming the su...

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[0160]Example 3 was repeated using FINATHENE 3868 resin instead of FINATHENE 3825. The filament titer obtained was 2.3 den.

[0161]The fibrous web layer obtained was not calandared. The basis weight of the precursor web laminate 10 was varied by varying the speed of the supporting conveyor belt as was described in Example 3; the values of the basis weight are reported in table 3. The precursor web laminate was biaxially stretched as described in Example 3 varying the stretch ratio as indicated in table 3 below.

[0162]The density of the male fastening elements 14 before and after stretching, the stretch ratios in MD and CD, the overall stretch ratio MD*CD, the basis weight of the precursor web laminate 10 and of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminate 1, and the MD-strength at break and the elongation at break of the stretched mechanical fastening web laminate 1 were measured as described above.

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Abstract

A stretched mechanical fastening web laminate having a thermoplastic web layer with two major surfaces is disclosed. One of the major surfaces bears a multitude of male fastening elements suitable for engagement with a corresponding female fastening material, and on its other major surface is a fibrous nonwoven web layer. The stretched mechanical fastening web laminate is stretched to provide a basis weight of less than 100 g / m2.

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CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATIONS[0001]This application is a divisional of U.S. Ser. No. 10 / 796,702, filed Mar. 9, 2004, now U.S. Pat. No. 7,897,078, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference in its entirety herein.FIELD OF THE INVENTION[0002]The present invention relates to methods of manufacturing a stretched mechanical fastening web laminate and to stretched mechanical fastening web laminates which are obtainable by such method. The present invention also relates to disposable absorbent articles such as diapers, sanitary napkins, pantyliners and incontinence pads comprising a portion of the mechanical fastening web laminate obtained from the corresponding mechanical fastening web laminate, for example, by cutting.BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION[0003]U.S. Pat. No. 6,582,642 discloses a method of producing a sheet form fastener product comprising[0004]a. lengthwise stretching a sheet of heat-softened synthetic resin to pre-orient the molecular structure of the sheet in...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(United States)
IPC IPC(8): A61L15/22B32B3/06A44B18/00B29C43/22B29C55/06
CPCA61F13/5611A61F13/62B29C43/222Y10T428/24008B29L2031/729Y10T428/24017Y10T24/2783B29C55/06A61F13/625A61F13/627B29C43/22B29C55/04A44B18/00
Inventor PETERSEN, JOHANN F.OERTEL, RALF G.AUSEN, RONALD W.VENNE, JANET A.
Owner 3M INNOVATIVE PROPERTIES CO
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