CA1046460A - Disposable impregnated furniture polishing wiper - Google Patents

Abstract

Abstract A disposable impregnated wiper for treatment of house-hold surfaces such as furniture. The wiper comprises a cellulosic substrate having a bonding material impregnated into at least one surface in a fine pattern to form bonded web portions of greater strength than the adjacent portions, such substrate being sub-stantially compressible, and an oil-in-water emulsion impregnant having an internal phase of mineral oil and silicone fluid in specified amounts and ratios. The impregnant composition and sub-strate are in specified ratios and the substrate is loaded to no more than about 50% of its liquid capacity.

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The invention concerns impregnated disposable wipers ~or treatment o~ surfaces such as household ~urniture.
It has hereto~ore been generally known to employ vari-ous compositions ~or the cleaning ~md polishing o~ hard house-hold sur~aces such as furniture. ~uch compositions have been preparea and used in various ~orms, including pastes, solutions, lotions, creams and emulsions. One o~ the most popular and con-venient forms in recent years has been an emulsion sprayed ~rom a sel~-pressurized container.
Certain compositions ~or treatment of ~urniture and household sur~aces have also been impregnated into substrates o~ various types. ~arious examples o~ such products are shown in the ~ollowing United States Patents: 2,495~066; 3,619,280, 3,200,036, 1,852,11~; and 3,619,251. The prior art includes numerous dusting aids and the like. However, the aforementioned and similar impregnated substrate products have not provided an adequate alternative to the well-known and popular sel~-pressur~
ized emulsion products. The impregnated substrate products o~
the prior art have not exhibited good application ability, as is required, ~or example, to apply a furniture polish composition evenly over a large surface area and leave an open protective film as in the case o~ the popular pressurized emu~sion. Fur-; ther, some attempts to produce an acceptable impregnated wiper have ~ailed because o~ poor quality o~ substrate ~or the intend-ed use. Many substrate/composition combinations exhibit poor application characteristics. Coverage is uneven. The period o~
use is inadequate. Also, the substrates are often weakened to the point that they fragment during wiping.
Various compositions could be impregnated into a sub-strate ~or purposes o~ polishing household sur~aces. Mineraloil has been used in impregnated wipers of various kinds. As ., . . . . , , ................... . ., , , , , , ~ , - . . ,, . :. . . . -mentioned, such products are used primarily as dusting aids, rather than for deposition o~ a signi~lcant ~ilm. If substan-tial amounts o~ mineral oil were used, a continuous film would : be formed, but a separate dry cloth would be necessary because of extreme oiliness and messiness which would result. Silicone fluids, on the other hand, could not be deposited to ~orm a con-tinuous ~ilm. A substrate/composition combination which can deposit a dry, even signi~icant protective ~ilm has not hereto-fore been avail~ble.
Accordingly, the in~ention provides a disposable wiper ~: comprising: a cellulosic ~ibrous web substrate having a basis - weight of at least about 40 g./m.2, said substrate having a bond-ing material penetrated into at least one surface thereof in a fine pattern to form bonded web portions of greater strength than adjacent portions not containing sàid bonding material, said substrate being substantially compressible, said substrate having a liquid capacity o~ at least about 200% by weight of ` substrate; and a sur~ace treating composition impregnated in ` said substrate in a weight ratio range to said substrate o~
;~ 20 about 1:1-3:1, said composition being an oil-in-water emulsion comprising àbout 4-65% by weight of mineral oil, silicone fluid in weight ratio to said mineral oil of about 1:12-2.5:1 and hav-ing viscosity of about 50-5,000 centistokes, and water, said emulsion having an internal phase of about 4-70% by weight of said composition, said substrate being loaded to no more than about 50~ of liquid capacity.
An advantage of the wiper is its excellent ability to evenly apply a protective ~ilm over a large sur~ace area o~
furniture (for example). Thus it provides a convenient dis-' 30 posable product ~or the care o~ household sur~aces, and is a workable alternative to pressurized emulsion products such as . .

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10464~;C)those used for furniture care. By "household sur~aces", re~er-ence is made to ~urniture, woodwork~ cabinets, kitchen surfaces such as appliances, counters, tiles, ~inyl surfaces, marble, and the like.
The disposable wiper also exhibits a unique "metering out" of its impregnant during wiping over household sur~aces.
The unique metering of the impregnant enables the aforementioned even application over a large area during a signi~icant period ~; of application. Another advantage o~ the impregnated wiper is long shelf li~e, made possible since little or no volatile sol-vent is used.
In one embodiment, the disposable wiper has a cellu-losic fibrous web substrate having a basis weight of at least about 40 g./m.2, with a bonding material penetrated into at - least one sur~ace in a fine pattern to ~orm bonded web portions o~ greater strength than ad~acent portions which do not contain the bonding material. The substrate is made substantially com-pressible, so~t and bulky, pre~erably by creping. The substrate has a liquid capacity of at least about 200%, and normally about 600%, by weight o~ substrate. The substrate is impregnated with a particular composition to no more than about 50% o~ its liquid capacity, and in a weight range ratio to substrate o~ about 1:1-3:1. The composition is an oil-in-water emulsion having about - 4-65% by weight o~ mineral oil, silicone ~luid, having viscosity o~ about ~0-5~000 centistokes, in weight ratio to mineral oil o~
about 1:12-2.5:1, an emulsi~ier and water. The total internal phase o~ the emulsion is about 4-70% by weight o~ the composi-tion.
I~ the basis weight is below about ~0 g./m.2, the im-; 30 pregnated wiper will not normally meter out the impregnant prop-erly unless the wiper is at least doubled over during use. A

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substrate of higher basis weight will meter out the lmpregnant quite well, even using a single layer during the wiping proce-dure. Although there would appear to be an upper limit on the basis weight o~ currently available substrates, there is no ~nown upper limit in terms of the performance of impregnated wipers made with the substrate herein described. The substrate will be described in greater detai:L later in this specification.
The impregnated wiper advantageo~sly deposits a dry~
; even, significant film on household surfaces, without the neces-sity of using a dry cloth in addition to the impregnated wiper.
Such ~ilm is shiny, has good clarity and greatly enhances the appearance o~ surfaces thereby polished. The performance o~
this invention is quite unexpected. In particular) the dryness, evenness and continuity of the film, particularly its dryness even though in some embodiments large amounts o~ mineral oil are employed, are particularly surprising. It is believed that this result is made possible by the combination o~ mineral oil and silicone fluid which is employed, but, in view o~ the widely ~arying amounts of mineral oil used~ the good dryness is une~-pected.
The composition impregnated into the aforementionedsubstrate in one form of the disposable wiper is an oil-in-water emulsion. The amount of internal phase of the emulsion may vary greatly as indicated above. Eowever, i~ the internal phase is above the upper lLmit previously specified, the emulsion will normally tend to become unstable. If it is below the lower limit speci~ied, the impregnated wiper will not pro~ide ~ notice-; able polishing e~ect on househola surfaces. The total internal phase should be within the range o~ about 10-30% by weight of the composition to provide signi~icantly improved per~ormance. Over about 307~ the impregnated wipe r dep ~s its a f ilm whi ch is of'ten ' .

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- total intern~l phase, in terms of the polishing per~ormance of an impregnated wiper, is about 18-24~ by weight o~ the composi-tion.
When the total internal phase is in the pre~erred range of about 10-30%, the amount of mineral oil is pre~erably about 8-25% by weight of the total composition. Over about 25%
the composition will become somewhat oily or greasy and perform-ance characteristics are therefore somewhat impaired. Under about 8% the covering characteristics of the impregnated wiper are somewhat impaired. When the total internal phase is in the most preferred range of 18-24~ by weight of the composition, it is pre~erred that the amount of mineral oil be about 15-20% by weight of the total composition, to obtain the best performance.
The amount o~ silicone fluid used is within a weight ratio range to mineral oil o~ 1:12-2.5:1. A preferred weight ratio range o~ silicone fluid to mineràl oil is 1:6-1:1. With-in this range, the internal phase o~ the emulsion wili providea very surprisingly dry film when applied to household surfaces such as furniture~ in spite o~ the high amounts Or mineral oil used in some cases.
To provide the unique metering ef~ect o~ the impreg-nated wiper, it is essential that the substrate be loaded to no more than about 50% o~ its liquid capacity, that is, its capa-cit~ for the impregnant use therewith. Excessive loading will cause bleed-out and will give improper metering such that cer-tain areas of a household surface will be covered in a sloppy fashion3 and only when the impregnant is exhausted from the sub-strate to a certain extent will the superior metering per~orm-,~ .
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ance start to be seen. The substrate typically has a liquid capacity of about 600% by weight of substrate. In such cases, for example, the superior metering properties will be lost if the ratio of impregnant to substrate exceeds about 3:1.
The weight ratio of impregnant to substrate should be within a range of about 1:1-3:3. Below about 1:1, adequate coverage of the surface to be polished is very difficult and the metering qualities of this invention are note evident. A
preferred range of weight ratio of impregnant to substrate is about 1.5:1-2.5:1. In this range the performance, particularly the metering mentioned above, is very satisfactory. The most preferred range is about 1.8:1-2.3:1, in which the metering performance will be markedly superior.
In the accompanying drawings:
Figure 1 is a perspective view of an impregnated wiper;
Figure 2 is a greatly enlarged planar view of a por-tion of the surface of one form of substrate; and Figures 3 and 4 are greatly enlarged planar views of portions of the surface of two other forms of substrate.
The substrate material preferably is a nonwoven cellu-losic paper material which differs from other nonwovens. This type of substrate is believed to be currently available only from Scott Paper Company of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. It is referred to as High Loft Brand 3000-J Series paper. It is be-lieved to be made by a unique process and to have unique prop-erties. this substrate is generally described in British Patent No. 1,294,794, assigned to Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
In the past, there has been extensive activity in the ` 10464~0 ~ield o~ papermaking to disco~er ways o~ imparting so~tness to paper webs without degrading their strength. Paper webs are conventionally so~tened by working them in dif~erent ways, such as by creping them ~rom a drying sur~ace with a creping blade.
Such a process disrupts and breaks many o~ the interfiber bonds in the paper web which are ~ormed during the drying thereof by the h~drogen bonding process associated with papermaking. How-ever, these inter~iber bonds are the principal source o~ strength in an ordinary paper web. Very little strength results ~rom the . 10 physical entanglement o~ the ~ibers since papermaking ~ibers have such an exkremely short length, generally of the order o~
1/16 inch or less.
Attempts to improve this situation have involved the creping of webs in only selected spaced-apart areas over its surface, such as by creping with a notched or serrated creping blade, or creping ~rom a discontinuous sur~ace such as a cir-cum~erentially groovedroll, leaving the portions therebetween with substantially all o~ their strength. However, such crep-ing patterns necessarily created lines o~ weakness through the sheet so that the ultimate sheet was not very strong at least in certain directions.
One o~ the characteristics o~ a sheet product which gives the semblance o~ strength is the toughness o~ the sheet.
~r In essence, this is representative o~ a combination of the ten-sile strength o~ the sheet and the ability o~ the sheet to stretch. Obviously, i~ the sheet can absorb some work imposed upon it by stretching so as to avoid ~irmly resisting the ~ull force applied, the resulting web appears sub~ectively to be stronger. It has long been known to crepe webs in various ways to create stretch and, accordingly, to impart toughness. How-ever~ even webs which have been creped in one direction, or in '' ' .
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In the field o~ nonwoven w~bs which generally include substantial amounts of ~ibers havlng a length greater than 1/4 inch, it has been common practice to apply bonding material to spaced portions v~ the web so that ~ibers in at least portions and perhaps in a network across the web become bonded together to impart strength to the web. However, the fibers in such non-woven webs are su~iciently long to enable small amounts o~ ad-hesive to impart substantial strength to the web since any two adjacent areas o~ adhesive application can be quite far apart ., !
and yet be able to bond one ~iber into a network, It has o~ten been thought that to apply bonding materi-~ al to a paper web (as distinct ~rom the typical nonwoven webs) ,~1 to impart strength thereto would result in harsh areas in the ~ . . . ..
sheet which would destroy any ~eeling o~ softness which is de-sirable. In addition, in view o~ the extremely short length o~
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papermaking ~ibers, it has been ~elt that the amount o~ bonding material and the large percentage o~ the overall area o~ the sheet which would have to be impregnated to impart any strength to the sheet would result in a very hard sheet, having little or no stretch and poor so~tness characteristics.
The substrate used in the impregnated wiper o~ this in-vention, however, is made by an apparently unique method be-- lieved to have been developed by Scott Paper Company. The method involves applying a bonding material to a paper web to i~part strength thereto without impairing the so~tness thereo~
and, furthermore, increasing the bulk of such a web to give it substantial compre~sibility and imparting stretchability in all directions in the plane o~ the web. This method enables so~ker --8_ , . . - ,. . . .
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and bulkier webs to be ~ormed and utilized than was hereto~ore possible in view o~ the addition o:~ substantial strength to the web by the bonding material.
The formation o~ such webs is initiated in a ~airly conventional manner on a papermaking machine, except that steps must be taken to weaken the inter~iber bonding. This may be done by chemical means such as treating ~he ~ibers with a chem-ical debonder to reduce the inter~iber bonding capacity thereo~, or by mechanical means such as by 1) using conditions o~ reduced pressing during web ~ormation to reduce the amount o~ inter~iber bonding in the web, 2) creping the web to weaken interfiber bonding~ 3) needling or 4) embossing. Some o~ these debonding . measures are taken during web ~ormation while others are taken after web ~ormation. Other methods may also be employed. In each case, the resulting webs are characterized by very little inter~iber bonding strength, and by increased bulk and compres-sibility.
A~ter such inter~iber strength is reduced, this weak ness is overcome by application, to at least one side o~ the web, o~ a bonding material thereto in a ~ine pattern. "Fine pattern" re~ers to a repeating unit size o~ no more than about 1/4 inch in any direction, and normally much smaller. There-a~ter, the ~eb may be, and pre~erably is, creped, thereby so~ten-ing the sur~ace to remove the harshness normally e~perienced due - tG bonded web portions. Such creping also substantially in-creases the bulk and compressibility of the web, which is most help~l in the holding o~ the composition used in this inven-tion, and in the uni~ue metering of the compo~ition used. In addition, such creping shortens only such bonded portions of the web in a manner causing buckling or pu~ing of unbonded areas o~ the web so that stretch in all directions in the plane ~ _9 _ ~' .

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The substrate used in this invention is a ~ibrous sheet material having stretch in all directions in its OWM
plane. The substrate has a basis weight o~ at least about 40 g./m.2, and preferably at least about 80 g./m.2. The substrate is a cellulosic material which, w.ith interfiber bonding strength being reduced (such as by initial creping)g a bonding material is applied to at least one sur~ace and pre~erably both sur~
faces in a ~ine pattern to form bonded web portions o~ greater strength than adjacent portio~s not containlng the bonding ma-terial. The substrate used in this invention also is charac-terized by substantial compressibility which has been imparted to the web. "Substantial compressibility" means that degree of compressibility typically imparted by mechanical and/or chemical means, such as by creping, needling, chemical debonding and the like. It is highly preferred to utilize a web o~ the type de-scribed which was creped a~ter the a~orementioned fine pattern of debond~ng material has been applied, to give e~cellent soft-ness and bulk. The substrates used in this invention will typically have a liquid capacity o~ about 600~ by weight, de-pendent on many ~actors. The substrate should have a liquid capacity o~ at least about 200~ by weight.
Pre~erably, the web to which the bonding material is applied is comprised entirely of relatively short ~ibers, that is, those having a length o~ less than 1/4 inch and predominant-ly shorter, such as cellulosic ~ibers like wood pulp or cotton linters used in papermaking. Howe~er, relatively high percent-ages o~ longer ~ibers may be utilized without losing the advan-tages o~ the present invention, and up to 50~ by ~eight of the ~ibers may have a length o~ up to 2 1/2 inches and may comprise : .

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essential that the ~ibers used in the substrate be compatible with the composition impregnated therein.
The pattern o~ bonding material applied to the web can be in any form which leaves a substantial portion of the sur~ace o~ the web ~ree ~rom bonding material. For exampleJ the bonding material may be applied in a discontinuous predetermined inter-mittent pattern o~ discrete solid areas, as shown in Figure 3.
Most preferably the pattern comprises less than 35~ of the total surface area of the web so as to leave 65~ or more o~ the sur-face of the web ~ree from bonding material, at least when print bonded. In Figure 3, bonded areas are represented by numeral 12. ~he lighter surrounding ~reas 14 are unbonded.
A variety o~ other patterns coula be used. Figure 2 illustrates a crisscross patternJ having bonded areas 16 and unbonded areas 18. Figure 4 illustrates a honeycomb pattern having bonded areas 20 and unbonded areas 22.
Application and post-application mlgration o~ bonding material must leave areas comprising a substantial portion o~
the web ~ree ~rom any bonding material, ~or purposes which ~ill become apparent subsequently.
It has been ~ound to be particularly deslrable to ap-ply the bonding material in a continuous predetermined reticu-lar pattern so that the bonding material ~orms a net-like web o~ strength over the web. Figures 2 and 4 are examples. It is well-known that papermaking fibers generally have a length less than 1/4 inch and normally have a predeominant ~iber length ,~ .

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Bonding material may be applied either to one or both of the web surfaces. In some cases, a laminated web, having bonding material applied at the inter~ace (by application to one surface of one of the layers), may be used in this inven-tion. The fine pattern of bondlng material becomes, in effect, the bonding material holding the laminated web together.
The bonding material used in preparing the cellulosic substrate used in this invention must be compatible (not solu-ble in or reactive with) the composition used. ~urthermore, the bonding material must be capable o~ securely bonding the , web fibers one to another. Among the bonding materials which are capable of accomplishing both of these functions and which can be successfully used are acrylate latex rubber emulsion, emulsions of resins such as acrylates, vinyl acetates, vinyl chlorides, methacrylates, and co-polymers thereo~, and co-., ,: . .

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polymers of carboxy methyl cellulose or polyacrylamide. Inother instances, the bonding material may comprise a mixture o~
several materials. Bonding materials, o~ course, must be com-patible with the composition used wikh the substrate. Suitable bonding materials will be known to those skilled in the art.
These substrates will have substantial strength, in-cluding excellent wet strength with the impregnants used in this invention, even over long periods Or time, such as in storage.
In addition to the laminated materials mentioned above, rein~orced-type substrates may be used in this invention.
Rein~orced substrates suitable for this invention would be ob-viohs to those skilled in the art who are familiar with thi.s invention.
A speci~ic example of a substrate usable in this in-vention is ~ormed as ~ollows. A web is formed ~rom a fiber ~urnish consisting of 70~ by weight o~ a bleached so~twood pulp~
and 30% by weight of a bleached hardwood pulp, using a conven-tional papermaking machine. The web is wet creped as it comes o~ a dryer roll o~ the conventional papermaking equipment, and then dried ~urther until about 9~ dry. A bonding material com-prising a water solution of (by weight) 5% tapioca dextrin, 3%
carboxy ethylene vinyl acetate co-polymer, 1% propylene glycol, 0.1~ formalin, a.nd 0.1~ ~luorescent dye is print applied to one side o~ the web in the ~ine pattern shown in Figure 4. The web is printed in a nip ~ormed by a patterned gravure roll having a diameter o~ 14 inches and an elastomer roll having a diameter - o~ 14 inches and a 5/8 inch neoprene cover of a hardness o~ 78 Sho~ "Al' durometer. The gravure roll sur~ace has a reticular pattern o~ interconnected hexagons having kwo o~ their sides - perpendicular to the machine direction and a pattern repeat ; -13-.~ .

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length o~ .030 inch. The engraved lines of the pattern comprise approximately L~o~ o~ the overall sur~ace area. The pressure in the printing nip is controlled at about 150 psig. Prior to dry-ing o~ the bonding material the web is applied to khe sur~ace o~ a cast iron creping drum having a Brinell hardness o~ 277 and ; a diameter o~ 5 ~eet by means o~ an elastomer roll with an aver-age nip pressure against the creping drum of 137 psig. The creping drum is steam heated to a sur~ace temperature o~ 220F., ; and the drum sur~ace speed is 1500 ~t./min. As the web is pressed to the drum, the average dryness is about 75%J and be-~ore leaving the creping drum, the web has an average dryness of about 95%. The sheet is creped Prom the sur~ace of the crep-ing drum, to which it has adhered, by a conventional creping doctor bl~de set at a creping shel~ angle o~ 11 below the ra-dial line at the point o~ contact.
The compositions used in the impæegnated wipers o~
this invention are oil-in-water emulsions having an internal phase consisting essentially o~ mineral oil and silicone ~luid.
In general, the internal phase of the emulsion will be about 4-70% by weight o~ the composition. Pre~erably the internal phase is about 10-30% by weight o~ the composition and the most preferred range is about 18-24%. The internal phase consists essentially o~ mineral oil, in an amount of about 4-65% by weight o~ the composition, and silicone Muid, in a weight ratio to mineral oil within the range o~ about 1:12-2.5:1. The amount o~ mineral oil is pre~erably about 8-25% by weight o~ the compo-; sition and most pre~erably about 15-20%. The silicone ~luid is pre~erably in weight ratio to mineral oil within the rnnge o~
about 1:6-1:1. Other constituents may be used in the internal phase in amounts which do not inter~ere with the ~ilm ~orming properties o~ the~!ineral oil and silicone ~luid. For example, _lL~_ . . . . ... . . . .
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oils such as almond oil, wood oils, and vegetable oils may be used in amounts up to about 5% by weight o~ the composition pro-vided that this does not exceed about 20~ by weight o~ the inter-nal phase of the emulsion. Minor amounts o~ fragrances may also be used. In some cases, solvents or waxes may be used in limit--ed amounts, as will be discussed later herein.
`~The mineral oil usable in this invention should have -a viscosity within the range of about 50-250 SSU. Xigher or lower viscosity mineral oils may be used as constituents of the ;10 mineral oil o~ any embodiment; the viscosity of the mineral oil blend used m~st be within the specified range. Napthenic and/or paraffinic mineral oils may be used. Examples of specific min-eral oils usable in this invention are Marcol 70 (Exxon Cor-poration)g Marcol 100, Ma~col 52 and Primol 205 (Exxon Corpora-tion). Blends of commercially available mineral oils are also useful in this invention. Heavier mineral oils such as Primol 325 and Primol 355 may be blended with less viscous mineral oils `to provide useful mineral oil blends.
The silicone fluids which may be employed in the com-position of this invention are the organic polysiloxanes, in-cluding polydialkyl siloxanes and polyalkyl aryl siloxanes.
Polysiloxanes such as dimethyl polysiloxane, diethyl polysilox-ane, methyl ethyl polysiloEane, methyl phenyl polysiloxane and co-polymers of two or more such siloxanes are exemplary of the silicone fluids which may be used. Dimethyl polysiloxane is especially preferred. The silicone fluids used in this inven-tion have viscosities within the range of about 50-5,000 centi-~., ,~ stokes, with viscosities on the order of 100-1,000 centistokes ;' being preferred.
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~04~60 only requirements are that the emulsifier be compatible with the other components and that it produce an oil-in-water emul-sion. ~s is well known, certain emulsi~iers will produce water-in-oil emulsions in one environment and oil-in-water emulsions in another. The applicability D~ a speci~ic emulsi~ier may, however~ be readily tested in accordance with knDwn procedures.
For example, the presence or absence of an oil-in-water emul-sion can be determined by testing the capacity of the composi-tion to conduct a current. Oil-in-water emulsions conduct elec-tricity, as is well known, while water-in-oil emulsi~ns do not.
Some emulsi~iers which have been ~ound suitable ~or the compo-sition o~ this invention are sorbitan monooleate (Span 80, ICI
America), polyoxyethylated sorbitan monooleate (Tween 80~ ICI
America), Armeen C (a monoamine ~rom Armak Company), di-coco dimethyl ammonium chloride (Arquad ~C-75, Armak Company), and morpholine oleate.
The cDmpositions o~ this in~ention are preferably sub-stantially solvent-free and wax-~ree. Solvents would tend to dry out impregnated wipers and waxes have a tendency to clog the interstices of the substrate o~ the impregnated wipers and so may inter~ere with the metering of the impregnant onto the surface being polished and the film deposition properties of the invention. Solvents, however, may be used to improve cleanîng characteristics, in any amount which would not inter~ere with ; ~ilm deposition. Waxes which generally remain in solution with the composition may be used in small amounts (up to about 1~).
One example is Hoechst V wax.
Minor amoun~s of other elements may be used to enhance the characteristics and qualities o~ the composition and impreg-nated wiper. ~or example, minor amounts o~ ~ormaldehyde may beuse~ul as a bactericide. BTC 2125M ~rom Onyx Chemical Company .. .. . . . , ~ , . . .
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may be used in minor amounts as a mold inhibitor and fungicide.Very minor amounts of triethanolamine may be used to stabilize the pH. Other preservatives, stabilizers and ~ragrances may be used.
The composition may be blended generally without par-ticular attention to technique. The blending procedure may be carried out at room temperature in any of a wide variety of blending apparatus. The constituents o~ the composition may be added in any order. Methods o~ blending will be apparent to those skilled in the art who are made aware o~ this invention.
The composition may be loaded, that is, impregnated into the substrate, by a number of techniques presently known One loading technique is spraying of the composition onto the ; substrate either be~ore or a~ter it is cut to size. Another technique is a bath process in which the substrate is immersed in a reservoir o~ composition, either in individual pieces or in a continuous web. Another loading technique is the pouch ~illing technique. To load in this manner, a piece o~ substrate is cut to size and folded and inserted in a pouch such as a ~oil ; 20 pouch. Therea~ter, a measured amount o~ composition is poured or injected into the pouch. Various other meth~ds of impreg-nation may be used and many such methods are well-kno~n to those skilled in the art.
In each case, the composition is absorbed by the sub-strate. The substrate takes up composition in the interstices between fibers and the fibers themselves absorb a certain amount o~ composition.
The composition is loaded into the substrate in a weight ratio to substrate o~ about 1:1-3:1. The loading ratio range is preferably about 1.5:1-2.5:1 and is most pre~erably about 1.8:1-2.3:1, to give the best per~ormance.

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It is essential that the substrate be loaded to the proper amount to give the excellent metering properties previous-ly described. The substrate should be loaded to no more than about 50% o~ its liquid capacity since amounts signi~icantly in excess o~ 50~ would tend to give bleed-out and make the appli-cation uneven throughout the application process It is highly pre~erred that the substrate be loaded with composition within the range o~ about 25-40% o~ its liquid capacity, to give the best metering e~ect.
EXAMPLES
In the ~ollowlng examples a substrate is prepared by ; cutting a high lo~t nonwoven celluloslc ~ibrous web o~ the type described to the desired size and impregnating it by one o~
several methods with a composition o~ the type previously de-scribed. The substrates used in each o~ the examples are prod-~- ucts o~ Scott Paper Company, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. All o~
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The compositions ~or each example are set ~orth below. In each case the resulting composition is an oil-in-water emulsion.
EXAMPLE I
by weight o~ composition Mineral oil (Marcol 70~ 16.oo Exxon Corporation) Dimethyl polysiloxane 5.00 (500 centistokes) Sorbitan monoleate 1.20 (Span 80, ICI America) Water 76.90 Formaldehyde 0.25 30 B~C 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.50 ; Fragrance 0.10 ~ Triethanolamine 0.05 . . .
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applied ~ilm and duration o~ e~ectiveness of the wiper.
EXAMPLE II
~ 10 The composition o~ E~ample I is duplicated except that ; (1) a lighter mineral oil is used, namely Marcol 52 available ~rom Exxon Corporation, and (2) the silicone ~luid used is a methylethyl polysiloxane (DC 550, ~rom Dow-Corning). This com-position is impregnated by a bath saturation process into a sub-strate similar to the substrate Exa~ple I except that the basis weight is about 40 g./m.2. The impregnant is used in a weight ratio o~ 2:1 wi~h respect to weight o~ the substrate. The meter-ing and use li~e ~ualities of this wiper are excellent.
EXAMPLE III
The composition o~ Exampie I is duplicated except that a hea~ier mineral oil, Marcol 100 (Exxon Corporation), is used.
A substrate o~ the same type and weight as in Example I is ~ folded and deposited into a ~oil pouch. Therea~ter the composi-; tion, in an amount equal to 180~ o~ the weight o~ the substrate, is deposited within the pouch which is then sealed, allowing the composition to be impregnated into the substrate.
EXAMPLE I~
The composition o~ Example I is duplicated except that Primol 205 ~Exxon Corporation) is used as the mineral oil.
A paper similar to that o~ Example I, but having a basis weight o~ 80 g./m.2, is impregnated b~ passing such paper over an in-, 19 .

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EXAMPLE V
, ~ by weight o~ co_position :: Mineral oil (Marcol 70, 15.00 Exxon Corporation) Dimethyl polysiloxane 3.00 (500 centistokes) 10 Sorbitan monooleate 1.20 Water 79-9 .~ Form~dehyde 0.25 B C 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.~0 Fragrance 0.10 Triethanolamine o.o5 The above composition is loaded by a bath process -~ into a substrate similar to that o~ Example I in a weight ratio to substrate of 2.3:1.
EXAMPLE VI :
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.~ Mineral oil (Marcol 70, 20.00 , ; Exxon Corporation) Ethyl methyl polysiloxane 4.00 . (500 centistokes) .
Sorbitan monooleate 1.20 Water 73.80 : Formaldehyde 0.25 .:
BTC 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company ) 0.50 .
F~agrance 0.10 ' 30 Triethanolamine 0.05 Hoechst Wax V 0.10 . :
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EXAMPLE VII
by weight o~ composition ~ Mineral oil (Marcol 70, 64.65 - Exxon Corporation) Dimethyl polysiloxane 5.35 (50 centistokes) ~General Electric SF-96 (50)) Sorbitan Monooleate 1.20 ! Water 27.90 Formaldehyde 0.25 BTC 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.50 ~ragrance 0.10 Triethanolamine 0.05 The above composition is applied by a bath pro- .
cess to a substrate similar to that in Example I, in a weight :
ratio of composition to substrate o~ 2.5 EXAMPLE VIII
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% by ~ight o~ composition Mineral oil (Marcol 70, 4.00 Exxon Corporation) Dimethyl polysiloxane 0.30 . (5,000 centistokes) (General Electric SF-96 (5,000)) Sorbitan monooleate 0.80 Water g4 oo 30 Formaldehyde 0.25 BTC 2125 M (On~x Chemical Company) 0.50 Fragrance . 0.10 . -Triethanolamine o.o5 ; The above composition is impregnated by a bath pro-.~ ~
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EXAMPLE_IX
~ by~ ht of co~lposition Mineral Oil (Marcol 70, 16.00 j Exxon Corporation) : Dimethyl polysiloxane 40.00 (500 centistokes) (General Electric SF-96 (500)) 10 Armeen C (a monoamine ~rom1.00 Armak Company) Polyoxyethylated sorbitan0.20 monooleate (Tween 80, ICI America) Water 41.90 ::
Formaldehyde 0.25 BTC 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.50 Fragrance 0.10 Triethanolamine 0.05 ~ ~
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cess into the substrate o~ Example I in an amount equal to 210% by weight o~ the substrate.
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Mineral oil (Primol 355, 5.00 Exxon Corporation) .`
Dimethyl polysiloxane 5.00 (500 centistokes) Di-coco dimethyl ammonium 0.50 chloride (Arquad 2C-75, Armak Company) Polyoxyethylated sorbitan1.00 monooleate (Tween 80) Water 88.10 F~rmaldehyde 0.25 Fragrance 0.10 Triethanolamine o.o5 - , - . . . ....... , ~ . :
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EXAMPLE XI
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; Mineral oil (Marcol 70, 25.70 ,. Exxon Corporation) , Dimeth~1 polysiloxane 4.30 (500 centistokes) . 10 Morpholine oleate 1.20 Water~ 48.45 Isopara~finic hydrocarbon 20.00 .: (Isopar C, a solvent ~rom Exxon Corporation) s Formaldehyde 0.25 Fragrance 0.10 ..
The above composition is impregnated by a bath pro-~- cess into the same substrate as in Example I, in an amount .
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EXAMPLE XII
% by weight of composition : -- Mineral oil (Marcol ~0, 8.oo Exxon Corporation) Dimethyl polysiloxane 5000 , (500 Centistokes) .. Sorbitan monooleate 1.00 .
~`~ Water 85.10 30 Formaldeh~de 0.25 BTC 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.50 ','! ~ragrance 0.10 :' Triethanolamine 0.05 .,;
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E$AMPLE XIII
;~ % by weight o~ composition ~ Mîneral oil (Marcol 70, 25.70 - Exxon Corporation) lO Dimethyl polysiloxane 4.30 (500 centistokes) ; Sorbitan monooleate 1.20 Water 67.90 Formaldehyde 0.25 BTC 2125M (Onyx Chemical Company) 0.50 Fragrance 0.10 I Triethanolamine o.o5 The above composition is impregnated by a bath'l pro-cess into a substrate similar to the substrate o~ Example I, in a weight ratio to substrate of 1.5:1. This represents approximately 25~ o~ the liquid capacity o~ the substrate.
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Claims (21)

The embodiments of the invention in which an exclusive property or privilege is defined as follows:

1. A disposable wiper comprising: a cellulosic fibrous web substrate having a basis weight of at least about 40 g./m.2, said substrate having a bonding material penetrated into at least one surface thereof in a fine pattern to form bonded web portions of greater strength than adjacent portions not containing said bonding material, said substrate being substantially compressible, said substrate having a liquid capacity of at least about 200% by weight of substrate; and a surface treating composition impregnated in said substrate in a weight ratio range to said substrate of about 1:1 - 3:1, said composition being an oil-in-water emulsion comprising about 4 - 65% by weight of mineral oil, silicone fluid in weight ratio to said mineral oil of about 1:12 - 2.5:1 and hav-ing viscosity of about 50 - 5,000 centistokes, and water, said emulsion having an internal phase of about 4 - 70% by weight of said composition, said substrate being loaded to no more than about 50% of liquid capacity.

2. The wiper of claim 1, wherein said substrate has a basis weight of at least about 80 g./m.2.

3. The wiper of claim 1, wherein said composition has about 8 - 25% mineral oil and said internal phase is about 10 - 30%, by weight of said composition.

4. The wiper of claim 3, wherein said composition has about 15 - 20% mineral oil and said internal phase is about 18 -24% by weight of said composition.

5. The wiper of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of silicone fluid to mineral oil is in the range of about 1:6 - 1:1.

6. The wiper of claim 1, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.5:1 -2.5:1.

7. The wiper of claim 6, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.8:1 -2.3:1.

8. The wiper of claim 1, wherein said substrate is loaded with said composition within the range of about 25 - 40%
of its liquid capacity.

9. The wiper of claim 1, wherein the substrate is creped after said bonding material is applied.

10. The wiper of claim 9, wherein said composition has about 8 - 25% mineral oil and said internal phase is about 10 -30%, by weight of said composition.

11. The wiper of claim 10, wherein the weight ratio of silicone fluid to mineral oil is in the range of about 1:6 - 1:1.

12. The wiper of claim 11, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.5:1 -2.5:1.

13. The wiper of claim 12, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.8:1 -2.3:1.

14. The wiper of claim 13, wherein said substrate is loaded with said composition within the range of about 25 - 40%
of its liquid capacity.

15. The wiper of claim 14 wherein said substrate has a basis weight of at least about 80 g./m.2.

16. The wiper of claim 9, wherein said composition has about 15 - 20% mineral oil and said internal phase is about 18 -24%, by weight of said composition.

17. The wiper of claim 16, wherein the weight ratio of silicone fluid to mineral oil is in the range of about 1:6 - 1:1.

18. The wiper of claim 17, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.5:1 - 2.5:1.

19. The wiper of claim 18, wherein the weight ratio of composition to substrate is within the range of about 1.8:1 - 2.3:1.

20. The wiper of claim 19 wherein said substrate is loaded with said composition within the range of about 25 - 40% of its liquid capacity.

21. The wiper of claim 20 wherein said substrate has a basis weight of at least about 80 g./m.2.