HYGIENIC TAMPON WITH ENHANCED SLIDING ABILITY OF ITS OUTER SURFACE AND PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION

In order to enable easily inserting of a tampon by means of enhanced sliding ability of its outer surface area and without hindering other properties of such tampon, which is generally equipped with ribs (11", 12", 13", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18") and grooves (11', 12', 13', 14', 15', 16', 17', 18') on its outer surface, the step of smoothing is proposed in accordance with the present invention, where said tampon is equipped with a covering layer (2) containing thermoplastic fibers, and is then heated exclusively in the area of convex outer surfaces (110", 120", 130", 140", 150";160", 170", 180") of said ribs (11", 12", 13", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18") such that said fibers become plasticized, upon which the tampon is smoothed by means of exposing it to slight and uniform compression, which is acting radial inwards with respect to the tampon. Z namenom, da bi lahko znatno izboljšali drsnost reber na z rebri (11", 12", 13", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18") in žlebovi (11', 12', 13', 14', 15', 16', 17', 18') opremljeni zunanji površini ter s tem olajšati vstavljanje tampona, ne da bi bile s tem okrnjene druge lastnosti tampona, se po izumu korak glajenja zunanje površine tampona, namreč glajenja zunanje površine vsaj deloma iz enakomerno po površini razporejenih termoplastičnih vlaken sestoječe ovojnice (2) tampona vrši na tak način, da se termoplastična vlakna izključno v območjih konveksnih zunanjih površin (110", 120", 130", 140", 150", 160", 170", 180") na rebrih (11", 12", 13", 14", 15", 16", 17", 18") segreje na temperaturo plastifikacije omenjenih termoplastičnih vlaken, nakar se tako plastificirana vlakna podvrže blagemu enakomernemu pritisku v smeri radialno navznoter glede na tampon.