US 12,252,282 B2
Process for packaging a cleaning wipe
Terra Louise Dent, Cincinnati, OH (US); Nayda Liz Ramos Medina, Green Township, OH (US); Nicola John Policicchio, Mason, OH (US); Agnes Elaine Wells, Cincinnati, OH (US); and Brian Lee Keith, Hamersville, OH (US)
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed by The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US)
Filed on Oct. 4, 2023, as Appl. No. 18/480,595.
Claims priority of application No. 22199953 (EP), filed on Oct. 6, 2022.
Prior Publication US 2024/0116662 A1, Apr. 11, 2024
Int. Cl. B65B 35/56 (2006.01); B65B 25/14 (2006.01); B65B 35/44 (2006.01); B65B 35/50 (2006.01); B65B 63/04 (2006.01)
CPC B65B 35/56 (2013.01) [B65B 25/141 (2013.01); B65B 25/145 (2013.01); B65B 35/44 (2013.01); B65B 35/50 (2013.01); B65B 63/04 (2013.01)] 20 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A process for packaging a product comprising steps of:
(a) providing a cleaning wipe having a longitudinal axis extending between opposing transverse edges that cross said longitudinal axis and longitudinal edges spaced apart from said longitudinal axis and extending between said transverse edges, wherein said cleaning wipe comprises:
a first nonwoven extending along said longitudinal axis and comprising a plurality of first nonwoven strips extending from first nonwoven fixed ends, wherein said first nonwoven fixed ends are oriented towards said longitudinal axis; and
a second nonwoven extending along said longitudinal axis, wherein said second nonwoven is joined to said first nonwoven along a central bonded portion and comprises a plurality of second nonwoven strips extending from second nonwoven fixed ends to second nonwoven free ends, wherein said second nonwoven fixed ends are oriented towards said longitudinal axis, wherein along said central bonded portion said second nonwoven is below said first nonwoven;
(b) moving said cleaning wipe in direction aligned with said longitudinal axis;
(c) moving a gas from positions on opposite sides of said longitudinal axis and beyond said longitudinal edges towards said longitudinal axis thereby bending said second nonwoven strips so that said second nonwoven free ends are out of plane relative to said second nonwoven fixed ends to fluff said cleaning wipe;
(d) placing said cleaning wipe that is fluffed in a container; and
(e) closing said container.