WO2004110325A1 - Absorbent article which includes superabsorbent material located in discrete pockets and manufacturing process - Google Patents
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- WO2004110325A1 WO2004110325A1 PCT/EP2004/051118 EP2004051118W WO2004110325A1 WO 2004110325 A1 WO2004110325 A1 WO 2004110325A1 EP 2004051118 W EP2004051118 W EP 2004051118W WO 2004110325 A1 WO2004110325 A1 WO 2004110325A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/53—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium
- A61F13/531—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad
- A61F13/532—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad
- A61F13/5323—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the absorbing medium having a homogeneous composition through the thickness of the pad inhomogeneous in the plane of the pad having absorbent material located in discrete regions, e.g. pockets
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/15577—Apparatus or processes for manufacturing
- A61F13/15617—Making absorbent pads from fibres or pulverulent material with or without treatment of the fibres
- A61F13/15642—Making absorbent pads from fibres or pulverulent material with or without treatment of the fibres by depositing continuous layers or pads of fibrous material on single sheets or webs
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- the present invention relates to an absorbent article and relative production method.
- the present invention may be used to particular advantage in the manufacture of a flat absorbent article 15 known commercially as an "underblanket", to which the following description refers purely by way of example.
- a flat absorbent article or underblanket is normally rectangular or square, is relatively large (roughly 20 600x650 mm) , and comprises a layer of absorbent material enclosed in a pocket defined between a sheet of impermeable material and a sheet of porous material glued together.
- the layer of absorbent material is uniform and housed inside a single 25 pocket. This solution, however, has been found to have drawbacks, on account of prolonged handling of the absorbent article resulting in uneven, non-homogeneous distribution of the absorbent material.
- an absorbent article as claimed in Claim 1 and, preferably, in any one of the following Claims depending directly or indirectly on Claim 1.
- a method of producing an absorbent article as claimed in Claim 14 and, preferably in any one of the following Claims depending directly or indirectly on Claim 14.
- Figure 1 shows a schematic plan view of an absorbent article in accordance with the present invention
- Figure 2 shows a larger-scale lateral section of part of the absorbent article in Figure 1;
- Figure 3 shows a schematic side view of part of an automatic machine for producing the absorbent article in Figure 1.
- Number 1 in Figure 1 indicates as a whole a flat absorbent article or underblanket in the form of a 600x650 mm rectangle.
- absorbent article 1 comprises a layer of absorbent material 2 enclosed between a bottom sheet 3 of material impermeable to liquid, in particular plastic material, and a top sheet 4 of porous material permeable to liquid, in particular non-woven fabric.
- the layer of absorbent material 2 comprises filled portions 5, where absorbent material 2 is interposed between sheets 3 and 4; and empty portions 6, where no absorbent material 2 is interposed between sheets 3 and 4, and where sheets 3 and 4 contact each other. More specifically, the respective inner surfaces 7 and 8 of bottom sheet 3 and top sheet 4 are glued, i.e. coated with a layer of glue, so that absorbent material 2 is glued to sheets 3 and 4 at filled portions 5, and sheets 3 and 4 are glued to each other at empty portions 6.
- inside absorbent article 1, sheets 3 and 4 form a number of pockets, each of which contains a respective part of absorbent material 2, defines a respective filled portion 5, and is separated from the ⁇ other pockets by empty portions 6.
- empty portions 6 are aligned in a longitudinal direction 9 and a transverse direction 10 incident with respect to each other, so as to define a number of filled portions 5. More specifically, directions 9 and 10 are perpendicular to each other, so that each filled portion 5 is rectangular. In the Figure 1 embodiment, each filled portion 5 is 75 mm square, and each empty portion 6 is 5 mm wide, so that the filled portions 5 are obviously substantially all the same size. In an alternative embodiment not shown, filled portions 5 differ in size depending on their location within absorbent article 1.
- Absorbent article 1 is in the form of a rectangle bounded by an outer edge 11/ and an annular peripheral filled portion 5a is preferably provided, extends seamlessly along the whole of outer edge 11, and surrounds the other filled portions 5.
- the peripheral filled portion 5a is obviously the same shape as rectangular outer edge 11, and so defines a "frame" surrounding the other filled portions 5.
- absorbent article 1 described above is produced on an automatic machine 12, which forms the layer of absorbent material 2 comprising filled portions 5 and empty portions 6 on the peripheral surface 13 of a suction forming drum 14. More specifically, peripheral surface 13 comprises a number of projections 15 reproducing the arrangement of filled portions 5 and empty portions 6 of the layer of absorbent material 2.
- the layer of absorbent material 2 is fed directly onto inner surface 8 of top sheet 4, which is fed about a feed drum 16 tangent to forming drum 14; and bottom sheet 3 is then superimposed on top sheet 4 so as to sandwich the layer of absorbent material 2 between sheets 3 and 4.
- Two gluing devices 17 and 18 are provided upstream from forming drum 14 to deposit respective layers of glue on inner surface 7 of bottom sheet 3 and inner surface 8 of top sheet 4.
- a pressing device 19 is located downstream from forming drum 14 to press together sheets 3 and 4 enclosing the layer of absorbent material 2, by exerting opposite forces on the outer surfaces 20 and 21 of sheets 3 and 4.
- Pressing device 19 comprises two mutually cooperating rollers 22, between which sheets 3 and 4 enclosing the layer of absorbent material 2 are fed; and rollers 22 comprise respective mutually cooperating projections 23 corresponding with empty portions 6 of absorbent material 2. More specifically, the lateral surface 24 of each roller 2 exerts a relative pressure on filled portions 5, while projections 23 exert a relative pressure on empty portions 6.
- Pressing device 19 provides for exerting a different pressure on filled portions 5 from that exerted on empty portions 6, so as to ensure firm adhesion of sheets 3 and 4 at empty portions 6, while at the same time safeguarding filled portions 5 against damage by severe mechanical stress.
- a known cutting station (not shown) cuts individual absorbent articles 1 off the continuous strip of articles 1 so formed.
- Absorbent article 1 as described above has various advantages over conventional types.
- the amount of absorbent material 2 required is reduced by the presence of empty portions 6.
- absorbent material 2 is divided into a number of clearly defined filled portions 5, and so remains in place even after prolonged handling.
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ITBO20030364 ITBO20030364A1 (en) | 2003-06-16 | 2003-06-16 | ABSORBENT ITEM WITH PADDING PRESENT FULL ZONES |
ITBO2003A000364 | 2003-06-16 |
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WO2004110325A1 true WO2004110325A1 (en) | 2004-12-23 |
WO2004110325A8 WO2004110325A8 (en) | 2005-06-02 |
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EP3338751B1 (en) | 2011-06-10 | 2019-10-23 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Absorbent structure for absorbent articles |
US11135105B2 (en) | 2011-06-10 | 2021-10-05 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Absorbent structure for absorbent articles |
US11602467B2 (en) | 2011-06-10 | 2023-03-14 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Absorbent structure for absorbent articles |
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