Patent ID: 8468662

Claim:
Press ( 1 ) for producing a tampon ( 8 ) by radially pressing an absorbent material by means of compression jaws ( 2 , 2 ′, 3 ) which have respective penetrating segments ( 4 , 5 ) for embossing grooves ( 9 , 10 ) into the absorbent material, wherein one compression jaw ( 3 ) the penetrating segment ( 5 ) of which is designed as a strip having flat lateral faces projecting into the compression space and one compression jaw ( 2 , 2 ′) the penetrating segment ( 4 , 4 ′) of which is designed as a rib having undulated lateral faces projecting into the compression space being alternately arranged and a projection of the strip onto a peripheral surface of the tampon ( 8 ) present in the compression space represents a straight line and a projection of the undulated rib onto the peripheral surface represents an undulated line.