Patent ID: 6852190
Filing Date: 2005-02-08
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A process for manufacturing of an absorbent article, said process comprising: continuously feeding a first web along a travelling path, said first web having a longitudinal direction coinciding with said travelling path and a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said first web comprising a first strip and a second opposing strip extending in the longitudinal direction and a first panel portion located therebetween, continuously feeding a second web along a travelling path, said second web having a longitudinal direction coinciding with said travelling path and a transverse direction perpendicular to said longitudinal direction, said second web comprising a third strip and a fourth opposing strip and a second panel portion located therebetween, cutting the first panel portion into a number of first panels, which first panels are attached to the first and second strips, cutting the second panel portion into a number of second panels, which second panels are attached to the third and fourth strips, forming a joint web by placing the second web over the first web and attaching the first web to the second web along attachment lines such that the panels and the strips along the attachment lines divide the joint web into a number of absorbent articles, and cutting the joint web along the attachment lines thereby forming the absorbent articles.