Pre-loaded floor wipes with improved pickup

• Main Authors: Parrish, Bryan K, Dani, Nikhil P, Falk, Nancy A, Scheuing, David R, Jha, Ashish K
• Format: Patent
• Language: English
• Published: 06.09.2022
• Subjects: ANIMAL AND VEGETABLE OILS, FATS, FATTY SUBSTANCES AND WAXES; CANDLES; CHEMISTRY; CLEANING; CLEANING IN GENERAL; COFFEE MILLS; DETERGENT COMPOSITIONS; DETERGENTS; DOMESTIC ARTICLES OR APPLIANCES; DOMESTIC WASHING OR CLEANING; FATTY ACIDS THEREFROM; FURNITURE; HUMAN NECESSITIES; METALLURGY; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PREVENTION OF FOULING IN GENERAL; RECOVERY OF GLYCEROL; RESIN SOAPS; SOAP OR SOAP-MAKING; SPICE MILLS; SUCTION CLEANERS IN GENERAL; TRANSPORTING; USE OF SINGLE SUBSTANCES AS DETERGENTS

A pre-loaded cleaning substrate, and related systems and methods for picking up particles with an aspect ratio (L/D) greater than 300 (e.g., hair), or greater than 1200 (e.g., particularly long hairs). The substrate (e.g., a nonwoven) may include only a single layer of material. The pre-loaded substrate is loaded (e.g., during manufacture) with a cleaning composition. The fibers of the substrate may have an average diameter less than 15 μm, the substrate may have an air permeability of 35 ft3/min to 75 ft3/min, and the liquid cleaning composition may have a surface tension of less than about 50 dynes/cm. Together, the combination of the particular substrate and cleaning composition may facilitate markedly improved ability to pick up high L/D aspect ratio particle debris (e.g., such as hair), while retaining such particles (e.g., providing hair retention index values of at least 20).