Disposable scrubbing product

• Main Authors: FRANK G. DRUECKE, PEIGUANG ZHOU, FUNG-JOU CHEN, IVAN SCHRODT, JEFFREY DEAN LINDSAY, JULIE BEDNARZ
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 17.12.2009
• Subjects: BRAIDING; COFFEE MILLS; COTTON-WOOL; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; DRESSING OR CONDITIONING OF ABRADING SURFACES; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FEEDING OF GRINDING, POLISHING, OR LAPPING AGENTS; FURNITURE; GRINDING; HUMAN NECESSITIES; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; LAYERED PRODUCTS; LAYERED PRODUCTS, i.e. PRODUCTS BUILT-UP OF STRATA OF FLAT ORNON-FLAT, e.g. CELLULAR OR HONEYCOMB, FORM; MACHINES, DEVICES, OR PROCESSES FOR GRINDING OR POLISHING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; POLISHING; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TOOLS FOR GRINDING, BUFFING, OR SHARPENING; TRANSPORTING; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

The present invention discloses a disposable scrubbing product for use in household cleaning or personal care applications. The scrubbing product of the invention is a multi-layer laminate product and generally includes at least two distinct layers, an abrasive layer and an absorbent fibrous layer such as a layer tissue made from papermaking fibers, a layer of coform, an airlaid web, or combinations thereof. The abrasive layer is formed primarily of polymeric fibers in a disordered or random distribution as is typical of fibers deposited in meltblown or spunbond processes so as to form an open, porous structure. In one embodiment, multiple layers of an abrasive structure are releasably attached together. In this manner, the top or outermost layer may be removed after being used in order to expose an unused abrasive structure located below the discarded layer.