Abstract: One aspect of the present invention relates to a cleaning wipe for picking up diverse debris, such as sand, dust, hair, and food particles. In one aspect, the cleaning wipe comprises a web defining a working surface opposite a second surface, the working surface defining at least a first region having a first degree of loftiness and a first height, a second region having a second degree of loftiness and a second height, and a third region having a third degree of loftiness and a third height. The third region includes an adhesive. The first degree of loftiness is greater than the second degree of loftiness, which is greater than the third degree of loftiness. The first height is greater than the second height, which is greater than the third height.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method of making a scouring web. The method of making the scouring web comprises providing a plurality of metal fibers and a plurality of polymeric fibers, combining the metal fibers with the polymeric fibers, heating the polymeric fibers so that at least a portion of the polymeric fibers melt, and cooling the polymeric fibers to solidify the portion of the polymeric fibers that melted and to secure the blend of metal fibers and polymeric fibers together.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a scouring web and a method of making a scouring web. The scouring web comprises a plurality of metal fibers and a plurality of polymeric fibers. The metal fibers and polymeric fibers are combined and a portion of the polymeric fibers secures the metal fibers and polymeric fibers together to form the web.

Abstract: A cleaning sheet includes a substrate having opposed major surfaces, an adhesive, such as an adhesive, coated onto at least a portion of at least one of the substrate major surfaces, and loose fibers arranged on the adhesive, wherein at least one of the individual fibers contacts the adhesive at more than one point. A method of making the cleaning sheet is also disclosed.

Abstract: A cleaning wipe useful as a wet cleaning wipe for picking up diverse debris, such as hair and other debris such as dirt, including a web defining a working surface opposite a second surface. The working surface has first, second, and third regions each having a different degree of loftiness and a different height. The degree of loftiness of the first region is greater than that of the second and third regions, and the degree of loftiness of the second region is greater than that of the third region. Finer debris, such as wetted hair, is captured and/or retained within the first region, whereas other debris such as particulates (e.g., dirt, sand) are captured and/or retained in the second region. In one embodiment, a plurality of the first, second, and third regions are defined on the working surface in a pattern.

Abstract: A wipe is provided that includes a first wiping member bonded to a backing member along valleys, whereby the wiping member includes a plurality of discrete peaks, and an adhesive is provided, in one embodiment, in the valleys and not on the peaks.

Abstract: A method of applying an additive to selected regions of a web includes the steps of applying the additive to the raised regions of a patterned roll having an outer surface comprising raised regions and recessed regions, providing a flat roll having a smooth outer surface arranged in rotatable contact with the patterned roll, and conveying the web of material between the patterned roll and the flat roll, thereby to transfer the additive to selected regions of the web. An apparatus for selectively applying an additive to a web is also described.

Abstract: A method of selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and thereby forming a cleaning sheet having adhesive free peaks and adhesive containing valleys includes coating an adhesive transfer roll with adhesive, transferring a portion of the adhesive to raised regions of a female pattern forming roll, separating the adhesive between the adhesive transfer roll and the female pattern forming roll, and transferring the adhesive from the raised regions of the female pattern forming roll to the web. An apparatus for selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and forming a cleaning sheet is also described.

Abstract: A method of selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and thereby forming a cleaning sheet having adhesive free peaks and adhesive containing valleys includes coating an adhesive transfer roll with adhesive, transferring a portion of the adhesive to raised regions of a female pattern forming roll, and transferring the adhesive from the raised regions of the female pattern forming roll to the web. An apparatus for selectively applying pressure-sensitive adhesive to a nonwoven web and forming a cleaning sheet is also described.

Abstract: A cleaning wipe including a fiber web and a tacky material. The fiber web defines opposing surfaces and an intermediate region between the opposing surfaces. In this regard, at least one of the opposing surfaces serves as a working surface for the cleaning wipe. The tacky material is applied to the web such that a level of tacky material is greater in the intermediate region than at the working surface. In one embodiment, the amount of tacky material per area of web material is greater in the intermediate region than at either of the opposing surfaces. In another embodiment, the fiber web is a nonwoven fiber web.