Patent ID: 8640756
Filing Date: 2014-02-04
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A machine for manufacturing personal sanitary items, comprising: a first feed mechanism by which a first continuous web of material is directed along a predetermined feed path; a pad-making device for preparing a succession of pads for personal sanitary items and applying the single pads to the first web of material; a second feed mechanism supplying a second continuous web of material such that the second web can be paired with the first web to produce a succession of sanitary items; an accessory mechanism for preparing and applying discrete accessory elements to the personal sanitary items; the pad-making device comprising at least one cutter mechanism by which a continuous band of absorbent material is divided up to produce the succession of pads; the feed path including a portion describing a trajectory substantially of “S” configuration wherein the first web is directed around a first arc of a first roller, and then around a second arc of a second roller paired with the first roller; the second web being directed around a third arc of the second roller and then the second arc of the second roller, the first roller and the second roller being positioned adiacent to one another to combine the first web and the second web together at a position of tangency between the first roller and the second roller; the accessory mechanism positioned at at least one chosen from adjacent to the first roller along the first arc to supply accessory elements to the first web along the first arc and adjacent to the second roller along the third arc to supply accessory elements to the second web along the third.