METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MAKING STRETCHABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES

A METHOD AND APPARATUS (300) FOR MAKING STRETCHABLE ABSORBENT DIAPER ARTICLES. AN ABSORBENT MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AND ENTANGLED WITH A STRETCHABLE MATERIAL TO FORM A STRETCHABLE NETWORK INCORPORATING THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL. IN ONE EMBODIMENT A PLURALITY OF FOAM ABSORBENT MATERIAL PARTICULATES (20,120...

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Hauptverfasser: ZORB, JAMES EDWARD, NEASE, MICHAEL GARY, DRAGOO, JERRY LAYNE
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Zusammenfassung:A METHOD AND APPARATUS (300) FOR MAKING STRETCHABLE ABSORBENT DIAPER ARTICLES. AN ABSORBENT MATERIAL IS PROVIDED AND ENTANGLED WITH A STRETCHABLE MATERIAL TO FORM A STRETCHABLE NETWORK INCORPORATING THE ABSORBENT MATERIAL. IN ONE EMBODIMENT A PLURALITY OF FOAM ABSORBENT MATERIAL PARTICULATES (20,120) ARE DRAWN OR ACCELERATED BY GRAVITY, VACUUM OR FORCED AIR THROUGH A STREAM OF A MELTBLOWN ADHESIVE THAT CONTACTS ANDENTANGLES THE PARTICULATES AND FORMS A STRETCHABLE NETWORK INCORPORATING THE PARTICULATES (120). (FIGURE 4)