METHOD FOR PRODUCING DIAPER PANTS OF THE DISPOSABLE TYPE

• Main Authors: HERMANSSON, KENT, SANDIN, CECILE, STRANNEMALM, KENNETH, EEN, HANS
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; French; German
• Published: 11.04.2012
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS

The present invention relates to a method using a blank for an absorbent article in the form of diaper pants in order to produce such an article. According to the invention, the method comprises the following steps: the side-edge portions of the side parts of either the rear portion (5) or front portion (4) are folded in towards the inner cover sheet (2) over supports (15; 17) which have been placed on the side parts of this portion and which extend along the full length of this portion, after which the blank is folded about a transverse line (A-A) in the crotch portion (6) so that the end edges of the front portion (4) and rear portion (5) come to lie edge-to-edge and so that the side-edge portions of the folded-in portion (4) overlap the folded-in side-edge portions of the second portion (5), and thereafterthe overlapping side-edge portions of the side parts are welded together within the area of the supports (15; 17) by means of ultrasonic or thermal welding. The invention also relates to an absorbent article produced by means of this method.