Melis Ozgenc, Aalst-Erembodegem, Belgium; and Danny Matthys, Aalst-Erembodegem, Belgium.
Assigned to Ontex BV, Buggenhout, Belgium.

Filed: 4/27/18
Issued: 2/21/23

A process for making individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles comprising the steps of: (i) providing a single image (1) having a width (W) and a length (L) and comprising a plurality of indicia (2) wherein at least one of the indicia (2) is repeated more than once within said single image (1), wherein the plurality of indicia (2) are skewed along an axis parallel to the width (W), wherein each indicia has a centerline (C) and each said centerline (C) is separated by a distance (d1, d2) along said axis, and wherein the distance (d1, d2) is greater or equal to a second distance separating a cutting and a sealing station and/or wherein the distance (d1, d2) is from 90 mm to 150 mm; (ii) printing said single image, over a continuous film and/or web of material with the length (L) of the image extending along a length of the continuous film and/or web of material and the width (W) of the image corresponding to the width of said continuous film and/or web of material; (iii) cutting the printed film and/or web material along a transverse axis perpendicular to said length (L) such to form a plurality of individual segments of film and/or web material forming individual wrapping sheets (3) comprising a portion of said single image (1) and sized such to each accommodate one of said personal hygiene absorbent articles therein; (iv) wrapping individual personal hygiene absorbent articles each with one of said wrapping sheets (3) such that a printed portion of the wrapping sheet (3) is viewable; (v) stacking a plurality of the individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles into a container (4); wherein said image is free of demarcation lines extending perpendicular to the length (L) and parallel to the width (W) of said image, and wherein said stacked plurality of individually wrapped personal hygiene absorbent articles when unwrapped and/or positioned side by side substantially reconstruct said single image (1), and wherein the cutting step is not registered.