SUPERABSORBENT AND NONWOVEN COMPOSITES FOR PERSONAL CARE PRODUCTS

• Main Author: MARMON, SAMUEL, EDWARD
• Format: Patent
• Language: English; Spanish
• Published: 05.12.2002
• Edition: A
• Subjects: BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; BRAIDING; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, ORSURGICAL ARTICLES; COTTON-WOOL; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF,TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, E.G. STENTS; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION, OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; FABRICS MADE BY SUCH PROCESSES OR APPARATUS, e.g. FELTS,NON-WOVEN FABRICS; FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; FIRST-AID KITS; FOMENTATION; HUMAN NECESSITIES; HYGIENE; KNITTING; LACE-MAKING; MAKING TEXTILE FABRICS, e.g. FROM FIBRES OR FILAMENTARYMATERIAL; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS, OR SURGICALARTICLES; MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS INGENERAL; NON-WOVEN FABRICS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; PROSTHESES; TEXTILES; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; TRIMMINGS; WADDING

There is provided an expandable absorbent material having superabsorbent in an amount from about 1 to about 75 weight percent and crimped thermoplastic fibers in an amount from about 25 to about 99 weight percent, where said material has a density of from about 0.02 gcc to about 0.25 gcc. The superabsorbent may be in the form of particulate, fiber and foam. Such a composite may be used in personal care products like diapers, training pants, absorbent underpants, adult incontinence products, and the like. Se proporciona un material absorbente expandible que tiene superabsorbente en una cantidad de desde alrededor de 1 a alrededor de 75 por ciento por peso y fibras termoplasticas rizadas en una cantidad de desde alrededor de 25 a alrededor de 99 por ciento por peso en donde dicho material tiene una densidad de desde alrededor de 0.02 gramos por centimetro cubico a alrededor de 0.25 gramos por centimetro cubico. El superabsorbente puede estar en la forma de particulas, fibras y espuma. Tal compuesto puede ser usado en productos para el cuidado personal como los panales, los calzoncillos de aprendizaje, las prendas interiores absorbentes, los productos para la incontinencia del adulto y similares.