Horst Blessing, Cincinnati, OH; Hans Adolf Jackels, Mechernich, Germany; Siegfried Link, Schleiden, Germany; Volker Maier, Cologne, Germany; Thomas Ludwig Woschnik, Euskirchen, Germany; and Martin Geoffrey Scaife, Cologne, Germany.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.

Filed: 9/8/17
Issued: 11/30/21

A method for indirectly applying absorbent gelling material granules onto a carrier layer, said method comprising: providing a fluidized bed comprising said absorbent gelling material granules in a floating state; rotating a print roll having a plurality of recesses through the fluidized bed, such that said absorbent gelling material granules are taken up by the recesses; providing an airborne particle cycling system to transport particles from a region upstream of a meeting position of said print roll and said carrier layer along conducts to a return conduct end facing said fluidized bed; applying a glue onto said carrier layer upstream of said meeting position of said print roll and said carrier layer; and after applying said glue, depositing said absorbent gelling material granules on said carrier layer at said meeting position of said print roll and said carrier layer without contact of said print roll and said carrier layer.