Method and apparatus for producing multi-layer hygiene products

US6390167B1 · kind B1 · utility

Assignee

• Winkler + Duennebier GmbH · DE

Inventors

• Armin Geissen · Melsbach, DE
• Albert Becker · Straßenhaus, DE
• Hans Peter Buentgen · Andernach, DE
• Anja Wilms · Melsbach, DE
• Konrad Zilles · Andernach, DE
• Hans Werner Soehn · Ochtendung, DE

Key dates

• Filing date: Aug 25, 1999
• Grant date: May 21, 2002
• Expiry date: Aug 25, 2019

Classification

• Technology area (CPC Y): Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
• CPC primary: Y10T156/1798
• WIPO field: Medical technology
• WIPO sector: Instruments

Abstract

In a method and an apparatus for manufacturing multi-layered hygiene products, a starting material web (2) is transported from one or more supply stations (4) to one or more processing stations (3) in which the starting material is cut, shaped, laminated, folded, etc. so as to form the finished hygiene products. The processing stations (3) are arranged on a processing plane (12), while the supply stations (4) are arranged on a supply plane (13), wherein these two planes are respective parallel vertical planes that are horizontally spaced apart from each other. The physical separation of the supply stations from the processing stations allows an effective noise shielding of the processing stations and the use of larger supply rolls in the supply stations, as well as improved accessibility of the equipment.