Cleansing Pad

Abstract

A cotton wool cleansing pad includes a panel of hydroentangled cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square meter impregnated with a cleansing liquid or the like. Preferably a number of the pads are formed in a interlinked strip of pads joined edge to edge by tear-away links and mounted in a dispensing pack.

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         29 . A cleansing strip of cotton material, including:
 a plurality of inter-linked cotton wool cleansing pads;   said cleansing pads being joined together edge to edge by tear-away links;   each pad comprising a panel of hydro-entangeld cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 gramme per square meter, and   each pad being impregnated with a cleansing liquid.   
     
     
         30 . A cleansing strip as claimed in  claim 29  wherein the panel of hydro-entangled cotton material has a dry weight in the range 200-250 gramme per square meter. 
     
     
         31 . A cleansing strip as claimed in  claim 29  which is arranged in a stack in a zig-zag formation, said stack being contained in a pack having a dispensing opening through which the cleansing pads are delivered for use. 
     
     
         32 . A cleansing strip as claimed in  claim 29  which is arranged in a roll, said roll being contained in a pack having a dispensing opening through which the cleansing pads are delivered for use. 
     
     
         33 . A process for forming a cleansing pad or strip of cleansing pads including the following steps:
 carding cotton material to form a web of carded cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 gramme per square meter,   delivering the web of carded cotton material to a hydroentangling station, layering and hydroentangling at a desired hydroentangling pressure the carded cotton material web to form a hydroentangled cotton web of a desired strength,   removing excess moisture from the hydroentangled cotton web,   impregnating the hydroentangled cotton web with the cleansing liquid, and   forming a strip of pads from the impregnated hydroentangled cotton wool web, said strip comprising a plurality of pads joined edge to edge by tear-away links.   
     
     
         34 . A process for forming a pack of the cotton wool cleansing pads as claimed in  claim 33  the process including:
 forming an elongate strip having a plurality of interlinked cleansing pads,   moistening the strip of cleansing pads with the cleansing liquid,   stacking the cleansing pads in a zig-zag formation, and   enclosing the stack of cleansing pads in a sealed pack.   
     
     
         35 . A process as claimed in  claim 34  which includes during moistening of the cotton wool cleansing pads over-wetting of the strip of cleansing pads and then squeezing out excess moisture from the strip of cleansing pads. 
     
     
         36 . A process as claimed in  claim 34  which includes delivering the cleansing pads through a liquid bath after hydroentangling of the cotton material forming the cleansing pads for impregnating the cotton material with the cleansing material. 
     
     
         37 . A process as claimed in  claim 34 , the process including:
 forming an elongate perforated strip having a plurality of interlinked cotton wool cleansing pads,   stacking the cotton wool cleansing pads in a zig-zag formation,   wetting the stack of cotton wool cleansing pads with the cleansing liquid, and   enclosing the wetted stack of cotton wool cleansing pads in a sealed pack.   
     
     
         38 . A process as claimed in  claim 33  including the step of forming the strip of cleansing pads into a roll. 
     
     
         39 . A cleansing strip comprising a plurality of interlinked cotton wool cleansing pads joined together edge to edge by tear-away links, each cleansing pad including a panel of hydroentangled cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square meter impregnated with a cleansing liquid, said cleansing strip being arranged in a stack in a zig-zag formation, said stack being contained in a pack having a dispensing opening through which the cleansing pads are delivered in use. 
     
     
         40 . A cleansing strip comprising a plurality of interlinked cotton wool cleansing pads joined together edge to edge by tear-away links, each cleansing pad including a panel of hydroentangled cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square meter impregnated with a cleansing liquid, said cleansing strip being arranged in a roll, said roll being contained in a pack having a dispensing opening through which the cleansing pads are delivered for use. 
     
     
         41 . A process for forming a strip of cleansing pads as claimed  claim 33 , including:
 carding cotton material to form a web of carded cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square meter,   delivering the web of carded cotton material to a hydroentangling station, layering and hydroentangling at a desired hydroentangling pressure the carded cotton material web to form a hydroentangled cotton web of a desired strength,   removing excess moisture from the hydroentangled cotton web,   impregnating the hydroentangled cotton web with the cleansing liquid,   forming a strip of pads joined together edge to edge by tear-away links from the impregnated hydroentangled cotton wool web, and   arranging the pads of the cleansing strip in a stack in a zig-zag formation.   
     
     
         42 . A process for forming a strip of cleansing pads as claimed in  claim 33 , including:
 carding cotton material to form a web of carded cotton material having a dry weight in the range 170-250 g per square metre,   delivering the web of carded cotton material to a hydroentangling station, layering and hydroentangling at a desired hydroentangling pressure the carded cotton material web to form a hydroentangled cotton web of a desired strength,   removing excess moisture from the hydroentangled cotton web,   impregnating the hydroentangled cotton web with the cleansing liquid,
 forming a strip of pads joined together edge to edge by tear-away links from the impregnated hydroentangled cotton wool web, 
 arranging the pads of the cleansing strip in a roll.