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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 21, 2002
Filed:
Feb. 12, 2001
John Christian Schmitt, Euskirchen-Kirchheim, DE;
Torsten Lindner, Kronberg, DE;
Italo Corzani, Chieti, IT;
The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH (US);
Abstract
A web ( ) including a fibrous material and superabsorbent material is fed to a knife ( ). The web ( ) has a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge and a second side edge. The knife ( ) cuts the web ( ) into individual absorbent members having a pair of opposing cut ends. The individual absorbent members have a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge, a second side edge, a first end edge and a second end edge, with the first and second end edges corresponding to the cut ends. A flowable superabsorbent movement obstruction agent ( ) is applied to the cut ends.