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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Sep. 22, 2026
Filed:
Sep. 10, 2024
Kimberly-clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Michael B. Venturino, Appleton, WI (US);
Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc., Neenah, WI (US);
Abstract
Pulpless absorbent cores and methods of manufacture are disclosed. A method of forming an absorbent core comprises moving a forming surface in a machine direction, creating a pressure differential across the forming surface, advancing a base carrier sheet on the forming surface in the machine direction, depositing a matrix of a first adhesive and a first quantity of superabsorbent material onto the base carrier sheet wherein the first adhesive and the first quantity of superabsorbent material mix prior to deposition onto the base carrier sheet, and applying a first quantity of cellulose fibers onto the deposited matrix of the first adhesive and the first quantity of superabsorbent material.