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Method of manufacturing a body adhering absorbent article orientated in the machine direction with reduced curl

A body-adhesive, machine-oriented technology used in chemical instruments and methods, absorbent pads, adhesives, etc., to address issues such as increased defect levels, machine downtime, difficult switching, folding, and packaging

Active Publication Date: 2013-10-09
KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC
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Curled articles can also be more difficult to convert, fold and package, increasing defect levels and machine downtime

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[0026] It should be noted that, as used herein, the terms "comprises", "comprising", and other derivatives of the root word "comprise" are intended to be open-ended terms that mean Any stated presence of a feature, element, integer, step, or component is stated and is not intended to exclude the presence or addition of one or more other features, elements, integers, steps, components, or combinations thereof.

[0027] "Absorptive structure" refers to the central fluid management portion of an absorbent article and may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following components: cellulose fluff, superabsorbent material, coform, sponge absorbent material, Surge material, or wicking material but excluding topsheet or backsheet.

[0028] An "absorbent component" may include, but is not limited to, one or more of the following components: an absorbent structure as defined above, a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, or an ad...

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The present disclosure provides methods of manufacturing a body adhering absorbent article oriented in the machine direction wherein the body adhering absorbent articles have reduced or eliminated curl. The articles are manufactured with reduced curl by selectively reducing or eliminating the shell elastic tension in regions where components of the body adhering absorbent article are to be attached to form the composite absorbent article web. In certain aspects the body adhering absorbent articles are manufactured by supplying an elastic web of shell material having a longitudinal and transverse direction, stretching the web of shell material in the longitudinal direction, deadening at least one region of the stretched web of shell material, attaching at least one absorbent article component to at least a portion of the longitudinal deadened zone to form a composite web material, and cutting the composite web material to form a body adhering absorbent article.

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technical field [0001] The present invention relates to a method of making a body-adhering absorbent article in the machine direction having little or no curl. Various methods of constructing individual body-adhering absorbent articles are described that reduce or eliminate the amount of residual stretch that exists in the shell to which the components are attached. Background technique [0002] Various methods have been proposed for making body-adhering absorbent articles. Body-adherent absorbent articles typically consist of multiple components that are laminated to an elastic shell to form a composite web of the individual absorbent article, the elastic shell typically being under tension during assembly . When discrete body-adhering absorbent articles are die-cut from the composite web, the individual articles curl toward the elastic shell material in the region where they are attached to the individual components due to residual stretch that exists in the shell materi...

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Patent Type & Authority Applications(China)
IPC IPC(8): A61F13/15A61F13/511A61F13/476
CPCA61F13/15723A61F13/15739A61F13/15764A61F13/15804A61F13/82B32B37/12B32B37/144B32B38/0004B32B38/0008B32B38/06B32B38/1858B32B2309/02B32B2309/04B32B2310/028B32B2555/02Y10T156/1052Y10T156/108Y10T156/1084A61F13/15577A61F13/15707A61F13/15A61F13/476A61F13/511
Inventor R·L·波普J·D·戈特利布J·D·科宁G·A·攻灿
Owner KIMBERLY-CLARK WORLDWIDE INC