Patent ID: 8057620

Claim:
A unit for forming multilayer absorbent pads utilized in diapers, comprising: a first drum and a second drum by which a respective first layer and second layer of absorbent material are taken up from respective infeed stations, shaped, and transferred to release stations, the first drum and second drum being positioned one alongside the other, contrarotating about two parallel axes and peripherally tangential one to another at a transfer station, the absorbent material being taken up, shaped and transferred by the first and second drums associated and operating in conjunction one with another so as to transfer the first layer directly onto the second layer in a predetermined position coinciding with the transfer station; a compressing station positioned downstream of the second drum, the compressing station comprising a transport roller contrarotating tangentially to the second drum, and at least one compression element positioned along a peripheral portion of the transport roller and operating in conjunction with the transport roller to therebetween simultaneously compact the first layer and the second layer of absorbent material together to form a one-piece core.