Patent ID: 6273165
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A production line for manufacturing absorbent disposable articles, wherein the production line includes a conveyor path (3, 14, 15) which moves a web of material through the production line, and a row of devices (1, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 11, 12, 13) which receive operating energy from a flowing media and which are arranged sequentially in the movement direction of the conveyor path and which perform different working operations in the manufacture of the absorbent article, wherein said devices are carried by rectangular carrier plates (29, 34, 35, 39, 47) which are attached to vertical posts (17) which are placed in a frame-work (16) on the same side of the conveyor path and sequentially in a direction parallel with the movement direction of the conveyor path;a plurality of connectors (27, 28) which connect to lines for the delivery of the flowing media, one of said connectors being provided for each pair of said vertical posts carrying at least one of said carrier plates;in that each of said carrier plates (29, 34, 35, 39, 47) carries associated operating means (31, 40, 48-52) for operating one or more of the devices carried by the respective one of said carrier plates and connector elements (41, 44, 45, 56, 57, 58) for connecting the operating means to a corresponding one of said connectors (27, 28) on the framework, wherein said connector elements carried by the respective said carrier plate are connected to said connectors in the one of said pair of vertical posts carrying the respective said carrier plate; andin that said connectors and said connector elements are so arranged that each said connector element can be connected to one of said connectors on the framework irrespective of the position in which the carrier plate is placed on the framework.