Patent ID: 7244387
Filing Date: 2007-07-17
Classification: A61F,D04H

Abstract:
1. An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent product containing a first material and a second material dispersed throughout at least a portion of said first material, the apparatus comprising: a rotating forming wheel provided with an air pervious means along its circumferential surface, a passage for directing at least a mixture of fibers of said first material and particles of said second material towards the surface of said forming wheel for depositing at least a layer of a mixture of said fibers and said particles along a first arc of the surface of said forming wheel, and an air pervious belt is provided along a second arc of the circumferential surface of the forming wheel, wherein said belt bears on the formed at least one layer of said first and second materials and runs at substantially the same speed as the surface of the forming wheel for keeping the fibers and particles of said formed layer or layers in place on the forming wheel.