EP 4328377 A1 20240228 - STRUCTURING FABRIC WITH SUBLAYER-BEADS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME

Title (en)

STRUCTURING FABRIC WITH SUBLAYER-BEADS AND METHOD OF PRODUCING THE SAME

Title (de)

STRUKTURIERUNGSSTOFF MIT UNTERSCHICHTWULSTEN UND VERFAHREN ZU DESSEN HERSTELLUNG

Title (fr)

TISSU STRUCTURANT A BILLES-SOUS-COUCHE ET PROCEDE DE FABRICATION

Publication

EP 4328377 A1 20240228 (EN)

Application

EP 23166785 A 20230405

Priority

EP 23166785 A 20230405

Abstract (en)

The invention concerns a structuring fabric for use in a machine to produce a structured fiber web, preferably a structured tissue fiber web, the structuring fabric having a machine direction, a cross machine direction and a thickness direction, wherein the structuring fabric comprises a woven base fabric, the woven base fabric having a web facing side and a machine side, wherein the structuring fabric further comprises a plurality of structuring-beads of polymeric material on the web facing side of the woven base fabric, the structuring-beads being suitable to provide a visible structure to the fiber web that is produced on the structuring fabric, and wherein the structuring-beads are resting on an upper foundation surface of corresponding sublayer-beads of polymeric material, the sublayer-beads thereby providing a foundation for the structuring-beads. The invention furthermore refers to a manufacturing process for such a structuring fabric.

IPC 8 full level

D21F 11/00 (2006.01)

CPC (source: EP US)

D06N 3/0006 (2013.01 - US); D06N 3/0088 (2013.01 - US); D06N 3/042 (2013.01 - US); D06N 3/128 (2013.01 - US); D06N 3/14 (2013.01 - US); D06N 3/183 (2013.01 - US); D21F 7/083 (2013.01 - US); D21F 11/006 (2013.01 - EP); D06N 2211/04 (2013.01 - US); D21F 1/0027 (2013.01 - EP)

Citation (applicant)

WO 0075424 A1 20001214 - PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]

Citation (search report)

[XA] WO 02061191 A2 20020808 - PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]
[XA] US 2018119354 A1 20180503 - BRENT JR JOHN LESLIE [US], et al
[A] WO 2010030298 A1 20100318 - ALBANY INT CORP [US], et al
[A] WO 9600812 A1 19960111 - PROCTER & GAMBLE [US]

Designated contracting state (EPC)

AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC ME MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR

Designated extension state (EPC)

Designated validation state (EPC)

KH MA MD TN

DOCDB simple family (publication)

EP 4328377 A1 20240228; US 2024271364 A1 20240815

DOCDB simple family (application)

EP 23166785 A 20230405; US 202418442301 A 20240215