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| 20080215025 | Edge Fold Having Substantially Uniform Gathers For Absorbent Article And Method For Making - A method for making an edge fold on an absorbent article having longitudinal edges including the steps of activating a portion of an absorbent article along its longitudinal edges to create substantially uniform gathers, folding a portion of the absorbent article along its longitudinal edges, and bonding a portion of the absorbent article along its longitudinal edges. Said method may include the step of cutting a portion of the absorbent article before the step of folding. Said method may include the step of cutting a portion of the absorbent article after the step of bonding. Said step of activation may include the application of heat to the absorbent article to assist in the activating process, whether before or during activation. Said bonding may be performed by application of adhesive, ultrasonic bonding, compression bonding, thermal bonding, radio frequency bonding, infrared bonding and combinations thereof. Absorbent articles include disposable diapers, sanitary napkins, pantiliners, incontinence briefs, and incontinence undergarments. Said step of folding creates an edge fold that substantially covers a portion of a longitudinal edge between a pair of side panels. | 09-04-2008 |
| 20100094236 | ARTICLE COMPRISING A FLIPPED LEG HOOP AND PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF SUCH - The present invention relates to articles such as pants or pant-like structures, which comprise leg hoops which are folded over along a fold line and which encircle the legs of a wearer during use, and to the manufacturing of such articles. Such manufacturing is particularly suitable for the making of diapers, training pants, adult incontinence articles, or other absorbent articles exhibiting a particular good body-conforming fit. The leg hoops are manufactured by flipping a part of the material, thereby creating the hoop structure as well as a body conforming shape of the article. | 04-15-2010 |
| 20100132872 | Method of Placing A Material Transversely on a Moving Web - Disclosed herein is a method by which a material may be placed onto a moving web in a transverse orientation. At least two assemblies, which carry either a first and a second web or a single web, periodically overlap each other in an alternating fashion such that a material may be placed upon their respective carried webs in a transverse manner. The first and second assemblies translate in a direction of web movement in order to modify the velocity of the web carried upon the assembly. Thus, with the velocities of the assemblies capable of being varied, the material may be placed in a transverse manner upon the moving web along with various other orientations. | 06-03-2010 |
| 20120042493 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR THE MAKING OF ARTICLES OR PRECURSORS COMPRISING HOOPS - The present invention relates to processes for the manufacture of hoops and pre-forms for making articles comprising such hoops such as pants or a pants-like structures, such as baby or incontinence diapers, absorbent pants such as training, feminine hygiene or adult incontinent pants, or garments like underwear, such as reusable or single use pants, exhibiting particularly good body conforming fit. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20140288519 | ON THE FLY SIZE CHANGE APPARATUS AND PROCESS FOR ARTICLES TO BE WORN ON THE LOWER TORSO OF A WEARER AND SUCH ARTICLES - Apparatus and process for the manufacture of articles to be worn on the lower torso of a wearer, such as disposable absorbent article like diapers, training pants, adult incontinence articles, feminine care articles and the like. In particular to such articles and to the equipment and the process for manufacturing such articles, especially when different sizes or types of the article are to be prepared on the same equipment. | 09-25-2014 |
| 20150174857 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR THE MANUFACTURING OF SANDWICH STRUCTURES WITH FREE FLOWING MATERIALS AND SUCH STRUCTURES - The present invention is directed towards free flowing materials ( | 06-25-2015 |
| 20150320616 | ABSORBANT ARTICLE WITH ABSORBANT STRUCTURE WITH CROSS-DIRECTIONALLY ORIENTED PASSAGEWAY - The present invention is an absorbent article comprising at least one predominantly cross-directionally extending discontinuity, such as a slit, by which the absorbent core of the structure is adapted to form a z- and y-directionally opened passageway. | 11-12-2015 |
| 20160068364 | SEPARATING AND FOLDING WEB MATERIALS CROSS-DIRECTIONALLY - The present invention relates to a novel equipment and a manufacturing process for separating a series of web pieces from an essentially continuous web and essentially concurrently forming an overfold along a cross-directionally extending fold line. The separating and overfolding may very advantageously be applied in the manufacturing of articles to be worn on the lower torso of a wearer, such as disposable absorbent articles, or disposable underwear. | 03-10-2016 |
