Packaging structure of absorbent article, and method for manufacturing the same

Abstract

A packaging material (10) is provided only on the non-skin side surface of a third portion (32) and a fourth portion (33), and the length of the packaging material (10) in the longitudinal direction of a sanitary napkin (20) is less than the length of the sanitary napkin (20). A second portion (31) has a folding end section (20fe) which appears when a first folding section (44) is folded. The first folding section (44) is provided at a first portion (20a) side, opposes a first folding bent portion (41), of the sanitary napkin (20). The folding end section (20fe) is folded and bent onto the non-skin side surface of the second portion (31).

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a packaging structure of an absorbent article formed by folding an absorbent article and a packaging material multiple times together, and a method for manufacturing the packaging structure. Background technique [0002] Conventionally, in order to ensure hygiene, absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins are usually packaged with individual sheet-like packaging materials. In addition, in order to ensure sufficient absorbency when going to bed or the like, absorbent articles having extended product lengths are also widely used. Absorbent articles whose product length is extended in this way are usually packaged by being folded into four sections instead of being usually folded into three sections (for example, Patent Document 1). [0003] In addition, in the packaging structure of such an absorbent article (hereinafter, it is appropriately abbreviated as a packaging body), a method of saving packaging materials and r...

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[0007] That is, since one end in the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article is not joined to the wrapping material from the side end of the wrapping material, when a conventional folding device using a folding plate such as Seiler (Selra) is intended to When the one end that has already been folded once is further folded, the folded end may open and cannot be folded properly

In addition, even if the length of the packaging material is shorter than the length of the absorbent article, the above-mentioned problem will not occur when the absorbent article is placed on the packaging material in a state in which one end portion in the longitudinal direction is folded in advance, However, when placing (transferring) the absorbent article folded at one end on a packaging material, other problems such as a complicated structure of the manufacturing apparatus are caused.

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