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Patent No.:

US 11806220 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Nov. 07, 2023

Filed:

Apr. 12, 2022

Apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article with channels

Applicant:

Drylock Technologies NV, Zele, BE;

Inventors:

Werner Van Ingelgem, Zele, BE;

Steven Smet, Zele, BE;

Tom Derycke, Zele, BE;

Dries Verduyn, Zele, BE;

Assignee:

Drylock Technologies NV, Zele, BE;

Attorney:

Schwegman Lundberg & Woessner, P.A.

Primary Examiner:

Barbara J Musser

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/15 (2006.01); A61F 13/475 (2006.01); A61F 13/49 (2006.01); A61F 13/511 (2006.01); A61F 13/533 (2006.01); A61F 13/534 (2006.01); A61F 13/535 (2006.01); A61F 13/538 (2006.01); A61F 13/539 (2006.01); B29C 65/78 (2006.01); B29C 65/00 (2006.01); A61F 13/53 (2006.01); A61F 13/531 (2006.01); B29L 31/48 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
A61F 13/4756 (2013.01); A61F 13/15658 (2013.01); A61F 13/15699 (2013.01); A61F 13/15707 (2013.01); A61F 13/15764 (2013.01); A61F 13/15804 (2013.01); A61F 13/49001 (2013.01); A61F 13/51108 (2013.01); A61F 13/533 (2013.01); A61F 13/535 (2013.01); A61F 13/538 (2013.01); A61F 13/539 (2013.01); A61F 13/53436 (2013.01); B29C 65/7847 (2013.01); B29C 66/45 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530007 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5315 (2013.01); A61F 2013/5349 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530065 (2013.01); A61F 2013/530481 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53908 (2013.01); A61F 2013/53925 (2013.01); B29L 2031/4878 (2013.01);
Abstract

A method for manufacturing an absorbent article, said method comprising guiding a first sheet material along a rotating member, wherein a surface of said rotating member is provided with a pattern with at least one suction zone and at least one non-suction zone; applying an absorbent material on said first sheet material on the rotating member; locally removing the absorbent material applied on at least one attachment portion of the first sheet material located above the at least one non-suction zone, such that at least one remaining portion of the first sheet material located above the at least one suction zone is covered with absorbent material and substantially no absorbent material is present on the at least one attachment portion; applying a second sheet material on top of the absorbent material on the first sheet material.

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