TAMPON PRESS AND SHAPED TAMPON

A press for shaping an absorbent tampon blank into a shaped tampon pledget includes a central cavity arranged and configured to accommodate an absorbent tampon blank having a front portion and a back portion. The main longitudinal axis of the press passes in the middle of the central cavity and a pl...

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Hauptverfasser: MORGAN, Peter, STEMBRIDGE, James, BROOKS, Nick, KIMBALL, David L, BUSCHHAUS, Mirko, ROBBE, Lionel
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Sprache:eng ; fre ; ger
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Zusammenfassung:A press for shaping an absorbent tampon blank into a shaped tampon pledget includes a central cavity arranged and configured to accommodate an absorbent tampon blank having a front portion and a back portion. The main longitudinal axis of the press passes in the middle of the central cavity and a plurality of penetrating dies are arranged radially around the said main longitudinal axis. Each penetrating die has a pressing face on at least a fragment of its side facing the central cavity. The press comprises at least one cam to actuate the plurality of penetrating dies. Furthermore, the plurality of penetrating dies comprises at least one penetrating die having a pressing face with a first shaped longitudinal profile and least one penetrating die having a pressing face with a second shaped longitudinal profile. A shaped tampon and a use of such a shaped tampon is also disclosed.