Pre-moistened wet wipe products in perforated roll form made of tissue based substrates

• Main Authors: Wolfe, Donald H, Baer, Samuel C, Cavadeas, Steven L, Decker, Kip K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 16.07.2019
• Subjects: ACCESSORIES, CLOSURES, OR FITTINGS THEREFOR; COFFEE MILLS; CONTAINERS FOR STORAGE OR TRANSPORT OF ARTICLES OR MATERIALS,e.g. BAGS, BARRELS, BOTTLES, BOXES, CANS, CARTONS, CRATES,DRUMS, JARS, TANKS, HOPPERS, FORWARDING CONTAINERS; CONVEYING; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; FURNITURE; HANDLING THIN OR FILAMENTARY MATERIAL; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; IMPREGNATING OR COATING OF PAPER; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; PACKAGES; PACKAGING ELEMENTS; PACKING; PAPER NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; PAPER-MAKING; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREPARATION THEREOF NOT COVERED BY SUBCLASSES D21C OR D21D; PREPARATIONS FOR MEDICAL, DENTAL, OR TOILET PURPOSES; PRODUCTION OF CELLULOSE; PULP COMPOSITIONS; SANITARY EQUIPMENT NOT OTHERWISE PROVIDED FOR; SPECIFIC USE OF COSMETICS OR SIMILAR TOILETPREPARATIONS; SPICE MILLS; STORING; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TEXTILES; TOILET ACCESSORIES; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OF FINISHED PAPER NOT COVERED BY CLASS B31 OR SUBCLASS D21G

The present invention is directed to wet wipes and methods of making thereof. In one aspect, a wet wipe includes a multi-ply tissue impregnated with a wetting composition. The multi-ply tissue includes papermaking fibers, is substantially free of synthetic fibers, and has an absorbent capacity of at least about 8 grams of the wetting composition per gram of the dry multi-ply tissue (g/g) as measured in accordance with American Society for Testing and Materials International (ASTM International) standard D4250. A single ply of the multi-ply tissue has a basis weight of at least 8 pounds per 3,000 square foot ream (lb/rm).