Disposable washcloth
Abstract
Abstract A DISPOSABLE WASHCLOTH HAVING UTILITY AS A FACECLOTH AND CHARACTERIZED BY A PLURALITY OF DESIRABLE PHYSICAL PROPERTIES FOR BODY WASHING INCLUDING A DEGREE OF SURFACE ROUGHNESS. THE ROUGHNESS IS OCCASIONED BY A STRUCTURE WHICH INCLUDES A SCRIM HAVING CREPED THREADS BONDED OVER THEIR LENGTH BETWEEN AND TO CREPED CELLULOSE WADDING LAYERS; THE CREPED THREADS OF THE SCRIM CARRY A THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE AND IN THE PRODUCT SUCH ADHESIVE IS PRESENT TO SOME EXTENT IN THE WADDING LAYERS AS RELATIVELY RIGID NUGGETS, PROTUBERANCES OR THE LIKE AIDING IN CREPE RETENTION AND IMPARTING TO THE OUTER CELLULOSE LAYERS THE RUGOSITY OR ROUGHNESS DESIRED. THE PROCESS OF FORMATION INCLUDES HOT, AND PREFERABLY DRY, CREPING THE COMPOSITE OF CELLULOSE LAYERS AND ADHESIVELY TREATED SCRIM TO PROVIDE A FINE CREPE IN THE PRODUCT AS A WHOLE. THIS CREPE IS RETAINED BY THE SET THERMOPLASTIC ADHESIVE AT TEMPERATURES COMMON TO WASHCLOTH USE.
Inventors
- 👤 Gordon D Thomas
- 👤 Jerome L Schwoerer
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