Method for continuously producing sanitary articles and sanitary article produced
US6069294A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 11, 1994 |
| Grant date | May 30, 2000 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 11, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC A)Human Necessities
- CPC primaryA61F13/15674
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A process for the continuous manufacture of articles of hygiene such as nappy-pants, of the type comprising an absorbent pad arranged between a liquid-impervious outer sheet and a liquid-permeable inner sheet, characterised in that absorbent pads are deposited at intervals onto a liquid-permeable continuous strip unwound from a reel in that a film of plastic material is extruded and deposited in the state where it has not yet solidified onto the strip and onto the pads, by applying the film against the strip and against the pads to make it adhere thereto and in that, after solidification of the film, a composite strip is cut transversely in the region situated between the absorbent pads, into individual articles.
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