Patents

Method and Unit for Forming an Absorbent Article:

U.S. Patent No. 11,376,165

Matteo Piantoni, Albino, Italy; Marco Rosani, Vailarate, Italy; Federico Toscani, Castelleone, Italy; Andrea Duchini, Castelleone, Italy; Mauro Pietralunga, Crema, Italy; and Aldo Fusarpoli, Offanengo, Italy.
Assigned to GDM S.p.A., Bologna, Italy.

Filed: 9/6/19
Issued: 7/5/22

A method for forming an absorbent article comprising a first absorbent core and a second absorbent core which are superposed on each other, the forming method comprising: a step of feeding a first supporting web along a first feed path in a first feed direction; a step of placing a succession of first absorbent cores on the first supporting web at a preset spacing; a step of feeding a second supporting web along a second feed path in a second feed direction; a step of placing a succession of second absorbent cores on the second supporting web at the preset spacing; a step of coupling the second supporting web to the first supporting web in such a way that each first absorbent core is coupled to a corresponding second absorbent core in a composite web comprising the succession of first absorbent cores and the succession of the second absorbent cores interposed between the first supporting web and the second supporting web; compressing the first absorbent cores before the step of placing the succession of first absorbent cores on the first supporting web.

A method for forming an absorbent article comprising a first absorbent core and a second absorbent core which are superposed on each other, the forming method comprising: a step of feeding a first supporting web along a first feed path in a first feed direction; a step of placing a succession of first absorbent cores on the first supporting web at a preset spacing; a step of feeding a second supporting web along a second feed path in a second feed direction; a step of placing a succession of second absorbent cores on the second supporting web at the preset spacing; a step of coupling the second supporting web to the first supporting web in such a way that each first absorbent core is coupled to a corresponding second absorbent core in a composite web comprising the succession of first absorbent cores and the succession of the second absorbent cores interposed between the first supporting web and the second supporting web; compressing the second absorbent cores before the step of placing the succession of second absorbent cores on the second supporting web.

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