Patent ID: 7767877

Claim:
A liquid-absorbing pillar-shaped core being formed by blending non-heat-fusible hydrophilic fibers and/or water-absorbing fibers with heat-fusible fibers comprised of heat-fusible material in a manner forming a fiber blend in which said hydrophilic fibers and/or said water-absorbing fibers and said heat-fusible fibers are thoroughly mixed with one another, and heat-fusing said fiber blend throughout said pillar-shaped core so as to form said heat fusible fibers into an integrally-fused mass of the heat-fusible material throughout which said hydrophillic fibers and/or said water-absorbing fibers are encapsulated, said pillar-shaped core comprising 95% to 15% of said hydrophilic and/or water absorbing fibers and 5 to 85% of said heat-fusible fibers.