Patent ID: 6093474
Filing Date: 2000-07-25
Classification: A61F,B01J,B32B,Y10T

Abstract:
A process for manufacturing a continuous web-like intermediate absorbent product comprising an absorbent material in powder, granule or fiber form, placed between containing sheets, the process comprising the steps of:a. depositing onto a flat exposed surface of at least one continuous web-like supporting sheet fed from a feeding reel, a layer of absorbent material in accordance with a predetermined pattern;b. bonding, by means of heat, said deposited absorbent material to the web-like supporting sheet;c. depositing longitudinal strips of an adhesive material onto said web-like supporting sheet;d. applying at least a further web-like sheet over the assembly joining said further web-like sheet to said supporting sheet in correspondence with said adhesive strips by compression;e. longitudinally slitting an obtained web-like composite assembly, andf. separately winding into rolls the narrower webs so obtained which comprise adjacent absorbent cores.