PRINTABLE COATING ON A SUBSTRATE

• Main Authors: LOHOFF, Michael L, MCELRATH, Devin C, DOLLEVOET, Tim G, NEUBAUER, Andrew E, AHLES, Linda M
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French
• Published: 03.10.2019
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COLOUR PRINTING; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; LINING MACHINES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PERFORMING OPERATIONS; PRINTING; PRINTING, DUPLICATING, MARKING, OR COPYING PROCESSES; PROSTHESES; STAMPS; TRANSPORTING; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TYPEWRITERS

The present disclosure relates to a printed absorbent article and a process for making a printed absorbent article. Specifically, the printing onto the outer cover of an absorbent article may be accomplished by using a hydrophobic substrate and applying aqueous ink containing pigments to an ink receptive coating that has a thickness of about 0.1 millimeters or less and a base weight of at least 2 gsm wherein the coating absorbs liquid from the ink at a contact angle at or about zero degrees at which time the ink is printed onto the hydrophobic substrate at a printing speed of at least 500 feet per minute. La présente invention concerne un article absorbant imprimé et un procédé de fabrication d'un article absorbant imprimé. En particulier, l'impression sur le revêtement externe d'un article absorbant peut être accomplie en utilisant un substrat hydrophobe et en appliquant une encre aqueuse contenant des pigments sur un revêtement de réception d'encre qui a une épaisseur d'environ 0,1 millimètre ou moins et un poids de base d'au moins 2 gsm, le revêtement absorbant le liquide à partir de l'encre à un angle de contact égal ou environ égal à zéro degré, auquel moment l'encre est imprimée sur le substrat hydrophobe à une vitesse d'impression d'au moins 500 pieds par minute.