The Procter Gamble Company

Claude Paul Mancel

John David Roberts

Barry Stoddart

Andrew Russell Graydon

David Coates

David McCrory Jamieson

Ian Bottomley

A self-propelled robot is disclosed for movement over a surface to be treated. The robot has a power supply and a pair of wheels driven by motors for moving the robot over the surface. A mechanism is provided for controllably depositing a fluent material on to the surface. Navigation sensors provide signals for enabling the robot to navigate over the surface and one or more detectors detect the presence of the material on the surface and provide signals indicative of its presence. A control system receives the signals from the sensors and detectors and controls the motors and the depositing mechanism in dependence upon the signals received from the sensors and detectors.

Robotic system

A sanitary napkin is provided with a barrier means to provide a barrier against lateral migration of body fluids. The barrier means can be provided on a sanitary napkin which has no wings and comprises in this core a distal edge which is located within the perimeter of the absorbent core during use of the sanitary napkin. The barrier means can also be provided on a sanitary napkin having wings and can be formed of a unitary part of the napkin's topsheet or can be formed by a separate strip of material.

Winged sanitary napkin having barrier means

Sanitary napkin having barrier means

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Waterloo, Belgium

Claude Paul Mancel