SCA HYGIENE PRODUCTS AB Patent applications |
Patent application number | Title | Published |
20160120377 | STACK OF WEB MATERIAL FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS - A of web material for hygiene products includes at least one folded continuous web material, and a first connector and a second connector, adapted for interconnection of the first end surface of the stack to a second end surface of another, similar stack. The first connector includes a first connection surface consisting of a first material, and the second connector includes a second connection surface consisting of a second material; said first and second materials having properties that, upon bringing said first and second surfaces into contact with each other, the surfaces attach to each other by surface adhesion so that the surfaces are repeatedly removable from and reattachable to each other while leaving the surfaces substantially unaltered, whereby a connection between a first/second connector of the stack and a second/first connector of a similar stack is accomplished. | 05-05-2016 |
20160113822 | CONNECTOR RECEPTACLE WITH CONTACT SUPPORTS FOR MOISTURE SENSOR - A receptacle is provided for connecting an electronics enclosure to an absorbent article having at least one sensor element. The receptacle includes: a base frame having a base surface; an enclosure retainer for retaining the enclosure relative to the base surface at an engagement position; and at least one contact support surface, oriented toward the engagement position, arranged to be displaceable away from the engagement position relative to the base surface and biased to protrude from the base surface toward the engagement position. An absorbent article and method of manufacture thereof and an absorbent article management system using the receptacle are also provided. | 04-28-2016 |
20160100719 | USE OF A TACKY MAT FOR SECURING A PORTABLE ROLL DISPENSER TO A HORIZONTAL SURFACE AND PORTABLE ROLL DISPENSER - A method of releasably securing a portable roll dispenser to a surface includes providing a tacky mat made from a tacky elastomeric polymer composition, wherein the mat has a first side and an opposite second side, and wherein the first side of the mat is smooth and at least a part of the second side is provided with a surface structure; and arranging the first side of the mat on the dispenser; wherein the surface structure includes at least one of at least one projection, a surface texture, and at least one recess. | 04-14-2016 |
20160082563 | BLADE HONING APPARATUS AND CUTTING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A honing apparatus includes a sharpening stone that has a sharpening surface configured to sharpen the edge of the blade upon engaging contact with the edge of the blade. A frame is operatively coupled to the sharpening stone, and a weight element is supported by the frame and positioned so as to urge the sharpening stone toward the edge of the blade. The frame may be pivotally coupled to a fixed element at a pivoting location, and the weight element may be positioned so as to create a moment about the pivoting location, with the moment urging the sharpening stone toward the edge of the blade. | 03-24-2016 |
20160051416 | METHOD OF SECURING CONDUCTIVE THREAD IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method of securing a conductive thread in an absorbent article is disclosed. The method includes: passing a thread through a first surface of the absorbent article; and anchoring a first length of the thread on the first surface by applying adhesive at a position on the first length of the thread between a point at which the thread passes through the surface and a first end of the thread to cover at least a portion of the thread and a portion of the surface. | 02-25-2016 |
20160029857 | SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispenser is disclosed that includes a housing defining an interior volume for receiving a stack of sheet products, an actuator, a dispensing member, a roller, and a support structure for engaging a front face of the stack including opposed shelves for supporting opposed sides of the front face. The actuator is operable by a user to activate a dispensing member to dispense a desired number of sheet products. The actuator includes two or more user interfaces that a user can actuate to transmit to the dispensing member an amount of movement corresponding to different numbers of sheet products being dispensed depending upon which of the user interfaces is actuated. The roller is located between the opposed shelves and engages and grips on the front face of the stack. The actuator imparts a predetermined amount of rotation to the roller depending upon which of the user interface ledges is actuated, which causes the roller to separate one or more sheet products at the front face of the stack in a one-at-a-time fashion. | 02-04-2016 |
20160022097 | PACKAGE COMPRISING A STACK OF Z-FOLDED WEB MATERIAL - A package of web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, including: a stack including web material being folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along said folding lines, and a width perpendicular to said folding lines, said panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of said stack, such that said stack outlines a rectangular parallelepiped, and forming six outer surfaces, including the folded edges of the web material, and a wrapper extending at least over said height direction, so as to maintain the integrity of the stack during transport and storage thereof. The wrapper includes an opening feature for predetermined opening of the package, and said package is configured to be openable such that the wrapper is removable from the integrity of the stack while the stack is resting on an outer surface thereof. | 01-28-2016 |
20160015577 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCTS IN A STACKED ARRANGEMENT - Disposable absorbent products are stacked along a stacking axis. Each of a first plurality of folded disposable absorbent products is folded into at least two panels so as to define first and second ends and front and back oppositely-facing exterior faces of each of the first plurality of folded products, with the respective front faces of the first plurality of folded products facing a common, first direction. At least one folded disposable absorbent product is folded substantially in the same manner as the first plurality of folded products to thereby define first and second ends and front and back oppositely-facing exterior faces of that at least one folded product, with the front face of that at least one folded product facing a second direction opposite from the first direction. | 01-21-2016 |
20160000277 | PACKAGE COMPRISING STACK OF Z-FOLDED WEB MATERIAL - A package for web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, including: a stack of web material for hygiene products, including web material being folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along said folding lines, and a width perpendicular to said folding lines, said panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of said stack, and a wrapper including a wraparound strip encircling said stack and extending over said height of the stack, so as to maintain the integrity of the stack during transport and storage thereof, the wraparound strip forming a joint region, where a first end of the wraparound strip is adhered to a second end of the wraparound strip using a closure, and a gripper, being arranged adjacent said first end of the wraparound strip, enabling gripping of said wrapper for removal thereof from the stack. | 01-07-2016 |
20150359689 | BODY FLUID TEST ARRANGEMENT FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A body fluid test arrangement for an absorbent article includes a body fluid test device for receiving and examining voided body fluid. The body fluid test arrangement is configured to attach to a topsheet of the absorbent article. The body fluid test arrangement includes a fastening means for attachment to the topsheet of the absorbent article by a peelable connection between the body fluid test arrangement and the topsheet. The fastening means provides an attachment of the body fluid test arrangement having a peel strength from 0.05 to 1.65 (N×cm)/cm | 12-17-2015 |
20150342423 | DISPENSER - Dispenser suitable for dispensing absorbent sheet material from a roll disposable within said dispenser. The dispenser including: a dispenser body; a rotational shaft suitable for penetration of said roll; a drive unit; and an energy storage system for storing energy. The drive unit is rotationally coupled to said rotational shaft, which includes engagement means suitable for rotationally locking said rotational shaft with said roll. Externally caused rotation of said rotational shaft drives said drive unit, thereby enabling accumulation of energy in said energy storage system, and said drive unit is configured to be powered by energy from said energy storage system for temporarily rotating said rotational shaft. The engagement means includes at least one projection and/or at least one recess arranged on a circumferential outer surface of said rotational shaft for radial engagement with said roll. | 12-03-2015 |
20150335211 | DISPENSING UNIT AND DISPENSER - A dispensing unit and a dispenser are provided. The dispenser is adapted for the use with continuous web material. The dispensing unit includes a first roller arranged to rotate about a first axis and a second roller arranged to rotate about a second axis. A web path is provided through the dispensing unit and a portion of the web path consists of a web passage defined between the first roller and the second roller. A drive mechanism engages with at least one of the first roller and the second roller for feeding web material through the web passage. The drive mechanism comprises a feeding ring rotatably suspended in the dispensing unit. The feeding ring extends around the web path. | 11-26-2015 |
20150332368 | SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN LOCATING AND CHOOSING A DESIRED ITEM IN A STORAGE LOCATION - A computer-based system and a method for providing product-related information to a user regarding at least one desired item are described. The item is a hygiene article. The computer based system includes a first computer server being connectable to at least one social network for providing social networking information, in the form of feedback and opinions related to the item, from members of the social network, a second computer server being connectable to at least one mobile device arranged for entering information identifying the desired item and arranged for presenting the product-related information to the user; and a memory unit arranged for storing the social networking information and arranged to be accessed by the first server and the second server. The second server includes a filtering unit arranged for filtering data retrieved by the first server in order to supply the product-related information to the mobile device. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330958 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETECTING URINE AND/OR FECES - A method of detecting urine and/or feces is disclosed, which includes detecting the concentration of at least one gas component indicative of urine and the concentration of at least one gas component indicative of feces. The method also includes registering, for each gas component, a characteristic corresponding to the variation over time of the concentration of each gas component; comparing the registered characteristic with a predetermined characteristic for the corresponding gas component; indicating a presence of urine if the registered characteristic of at least one gas component indicative of urine generally conforms with the predetermined characteristic of the same gas component; and indicating a presence of feces if the registered characteristic of at least one gas component indicative of feces generally conforms to the predetermined characteristic of the same gas component. A system for detecting urine and/or feces is also disclosed. | 11-19-2015 |
20150330004 | AN EMBOSSED COMPOSITE NONWOVEN WEB MATERIAL - An embossed composite nonwoven web material includes a mixture of thermally unbonded continuous spunlaid filaments and short fibers including natural and/or synthetic fibers or staple fibers. The continuous filaments and short fibers being substantially mechanically bonded to each other by hydroentangling and the composite nonwoven web material being embossed without thermobonds to have a strength index equal to or more than 1 time the strength index of the unembossed composite nonwoven web material. | 11-19-2015 |
20150329257 | PACKAGE OF A STACK OF FLEXIBLE ARTICLES - A package with a stack of flexible articles includes a stack of flexible articles, a flexible outer cover, having a first end side panel and a second end side panel opposing the first end side panel. The package further includes two and preferably only two stiffening elements that are stiffer than the flexible outer cover and the flexible articles, whereby one of the stiffening elements is positioned against the interior surface of the end side panels of the outer cover and the other stiffening element is positioned against the opposing end side panel of the outer cover. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328063 | ABSORBENT CORE EXHIBITING CONTROLLED DEFORMATION IN USE AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING SAID CORE - An absorption body intended to form part of an absorbent disposable article includes a first absorption layer intended to face towards the user upon use and a second absorption layer intended to face away from the user upon use. The first absorption layer has a longitudinal opening in the crotch area and the second absorption layer has a longitudinal compression arranged in the crotch area. | 11-19-2015 |
20150328061 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH INCREASED COMFORTABILITY - An absorbent product with a plane extension having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction, includes an absorption body. The absorption body includes, in its thickness direction, a liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer and a liquid-absorbent fibrous layer. The liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has a total surface in the plane extension of the product that covers the entire surface of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer in the plane extension; each of the longitudinally extending side edges of the liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer extends at least along a part of its length outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer; and has an opacity greater than 35% and an absorption capacity lower than 0.15 of a gram of liquid/cm | 11-19-2015 |
20150328060 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH INCREASED COMFORTABILITY - An absorbent product with a plane extension a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a thickness direction is described. The product includes an absorption body, which includes, in its thickness direction, a liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer and a liquid-absorbent fibrous layer. The liquid-receiving, open-cell foam layer has a total surface that covers the entire surface of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer in the plane extension; each of the longitudinally extending side edges extends at least along a part of its length outside of each of the longitudinally running side edges of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer; and has an air permeability that is greater than 200 m | 11-19-2015 |
20150328056 | ELASTIC LAMINATE AND PROCESS FOR THE MANUFACTURE OF ELASTIC LAMINATE - An elastic laminate including a first nonwoven layer, a second nonwoven layer, and a plurality of elastic strands arranged in parallel with one another between said first and second nonwoven layers is disclosed, as well as a process for the production of the laminate. The elastic laminate includes elastic strands that are stretched and individually coated with an adhesive. The first and second nonwoven layers are attached to the stretched elastic strands to provide a corrugated elastic laminate when the elastic strands are relaxed. At least one of the nonwoven layers is attached to the strands at distinct adhesive bonding points in a repeating predetermined pattern in a lengthwise direction along the strands to form a predetermined corrugation pattern, and the nonwoven layers are substantially free of adhesive, except in the adhesive bonding points where the layers are attached to the elastic strands. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327735 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for tissue paper comprising a housing is provided. The housing includes a first seat for a first roll or a first stack of tissue paper and a second seat for a second roll or a second stack of tissue paper. The housing is provided with a first dispensing position and a second dispensing position, from which tissue paper is graspable for dispensing thereof. The dispenser includes a blocking arrangement for selectively blocking either the first dispensing position or the second dispensing position. The dispenser includes a sensor device arranged to sense at least one position of the blocking arrangement, wherein the sensor device is connected to a control unit arranged to indicate a tissue paper filling state of the dispenser based on the sensed at least one position of the blocking arrangement. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327733 | STACK OF FOLDED WEB MATERIAL FOR HYGIENE PRODUCTS - A stack of folded web material for hygiene products, such as paper or nonwoven products, said stack including: at least two webs, the webs including: a first web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; and a second web divided into individual sheets by means of lines of weakness; said first and second webs being interfolded with one another so as to form said stack; and wherein the first web and the second web are arranged in said stack such that the lines of weakness of the first web and the lines of weakness of the second web are offset with respect to one another along the webs; each line of weakness having a separation strength, being the force required to separate an individual sheet from the web along said line of weakness. | 11-19-2015 |
20150327732 | STACK OF Z-FOLDED WEB MATERIAL - A stack of web material for hygiene products, for use in a dispenser, including at least one continuous web material being Z-folded about transverse folding lines, thereby providing panels having a length along the folding lines, and a width perpendicular to the folding lines, the panels being piled on top of each other to form a height of the stack, such that the stack outlines a rectangular parallelepiped having the length, width and height, and forming six outer surfaces, namely a top and a bottom surface, being parallel to the panels of the stack, two side surfaces, including the longitudinal edges of the web material, and a front and a back surface, including the folded edges of the web material. The height of the stack is greater than 17 cm. | 11-19-2015 |
20150320615 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEMBER - An absorbent article, the absorbent article being a personal hygiene article, includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, an absorbent core enclosed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a fluid flow control member arranged between the top sheet and the backsheet. The fluid flow control member is a spacer fabric including a top layer, a bottom layer and an interconnecting layer of pile filaments between the top layer and the bottom layer. The spacer fabric has a ratio of thickness to basis weight at 15 kPa of at least 1.5·10 | 11-12-2015 |
20150314945 | DISPENSER AND METHOD OF DISPENSING - A dispenser for on-demand dispensing of a length of belt material and a first hook material patch is provided. The dispenser includes a first holder for a roll or a stack of continuous belt material, a dispensing outlet for the belt material, a separating element for separating the length of belt material from the roll or the stack of continuous belt material, a second holder for at least the first hook material patch, and a hook material patch providing device. The hook material patch providing device is arranged to cooperate with the second holder to dispense the first hook material patch. There is further provided a method of on-demand dispensing a belt. | 11-05-2015 |
20150313771 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEMBER - An absorbent article, the absorbent article being a personal hygiene article, includes a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, an absorbent core enclosed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a fluid flow control member arranged between the top sheet and the backsheet. The fluid flow control member is a spacer fabric having a basis weight of 150-300 gsm and including a top layer, a bottom layer and an interconnecting layer of pile filaments between the top layer and the bottom layer. The pile filaments have a fineness of 80-130 dtex and the density of pile filament connections is 50-150/cm | 11-05-2015 |
20150313769 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING AT LEAST TWO STACKED INDIVIDUAL ABSORBENT PADS - An absorbent article includes at least two stacked individual absorbent pads. A first of said absorbent pads is configured for being releasably attached to an underwear of a user, and a bottom surface of a second of said absorbent pads is configured for being releasably attached to a top surface of said first absorbent pad. The second absorbent pad includes at least one side portion which has been folded upwardly and inwardly along a substantially longitudinal fold line, such as to form an easily graspable gripping flap for simplifying manual handling of the second absorbent pad during removal thereof from the first absorbent pad. A method for manufacturing such an absorbent article also is disclosed. | 11-05-2015 |
20150313765 | METHOD FOR PRODUCTION OF DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A method for production of disposable pant diapers, the method including providing a length of a substantially homogeneous elastic laminate web having a maximum elastic extensibility in a first direction of at least 40% under a peak load F | 11-05-2015 |
20150313763 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A folded absorbent product includes at least one fold in the transverse direction of the product and an absorption body. The absorption body includes, in its thickness direction, a liquid-receiving, flexible foam layer and a liquid-absorbent fibrous layer. The liquid-receiving flexible foam layer has a total surface in the plane extension of the product that at least covers the entire surface of the liquid-absorbent, fibrous layer in the plane extension; and has a bending stiffness that is lower than 0.30 newtons measured according to the modified Circular Bend Procedure method and the liquid-absorbent. The fibrous layer has a bending stiffness that is greater than 2.0 newtons measured according to the modified Circular Bend Procedure method. | 11-05-2015 |
20150313425 | DISPENSER AND METHOD OF REPLENISHING A DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing a sheet of web material from a stack of folded web material comprises: a housing arranged to be positioned along a vertical direction, a dispensing arrangement including a dispensing opening for the web material in the housing, and a web material storage section inside the housing arranged to hold and support the stack of folded web material. The web material storage section comprises, seen along the vertical direction, an upper end portion and opposite thereto a lower end portion. The web material storage section comprises a displaceable portion. The displaceable portion comprises the lower end portion. The lower end portion, seen along the vertical direction, is arranged substantially underneath the upper end portion when the displaceable portion is arranged in a dispensing position. In a tilted loading position the lower end portion is positioned beside and below the upper end portion, seen along the vertical direction. | 11-05-2015 |
20150305949 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH COATED ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product includes a topsheet defining an interior face of the disposable absorbent product configured to face a wearer thereof during use. A backsheet overlays the topsheet, with the backsheet defining an exterior face of the disposable absorbent product configured to face away from the wearer during use. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the disposable absorbent product. The absorbent core includes at least one absorbent structure and a wrapping element that envelops the at least one absorbent structure. The wrapping element has a main substrate layer and an adhesive coating layer thereon that is substantially adhered to the substrate layer and which defines an impermeable film layer on the substrate. | 10-29-2015 |
20150301004 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR DETERMINING THE LOCATION OF A FECAL INSULT - A method for determining the location of a fecal insult, includes: detecting the concentration of at least one gas indicative of feces at a plurality of locations in a defined space; and determining whether said concentration of said gas exceeds a predetermined first threshold value. The method includes: detecting the concentration of hydrogen gas at each of said locations; detecting the concentration of at least one further gas component being indicative of feces in said space; and determining that a fecal insult has occurred in a location where said detected concentration of hydrogen gas exceeds said first threshold value, provided that the detected concentration of said further gas component also exceeds a predetermined second threshold value in said location. | 10-22-2015 |
20150298420 | METHOD FOR EMBOSSING A MULTI-PLY PAPER PRODUCT AND AN EMBOSSED MULTI-PLY PAPER PRODUCT - A method for embossing and laminating a multi-ply tissue paper product, wherein first and second webs each including at least one ply of tissue paper are separately embossed with a background embossing pattern by first and second embossing rolls in a first embossing station and the first and second webs are subsequently laminated in a tip-to-tip relationship to form a laminated multi-ply web. The laminated first and second webs are then embossed with a decorative embossing pattern by a third embossing roll in a second embossing station from only one side of the laminated web against a smooth backing roll. A multi-ply tissue product produced by the method and wherein the thickness of the multi-ply web will be substantially the same in areas that are embossed with the decorative embossing pattern as in areas that are embossed only with the background embossing pattern. | 10-22-2015 |
20150297425 | DISPOSABLE BELT HAVING DETACHABLE HOOK AND LOOP FASTENER - A disposable belt for use with an absorbent product and a belt system is provided. The disposable belt includes a length of belt material and a hook material patch connected to a first surface portion. The length of belt material has a first major surface and an opposite second major surface, and includes a loop surface structure. The hook material patch is flat and has a first side facing away from the first surface portion, and a second side abutting against the first surface portion. The first side is provided with a first hook surface structure. The second side of the hook material patch is provided with a second hook surface structure, and the second hook surface structure engages with the loop surface structure. The belt system includes the disposable belt and a second length of belt material. | 10-22-2015 |
20150297042 | SEPARATION UNIT AND A DISPENSER COMPRISING A SEPARATION UNIT - A separation unit for separating a web material along preformed lines of weakness is provided. The separation unit includes at least a first roller, and at least a second roller having a rotational axis extending parallel with said rotational axis of said first roller. The rotational axis of the second roller is positioned at a distance from the rotational axis of said first roller. Each of the first and said second rollers is provided with at least one protrusion element. Outer portions of the protrusion elements on the first roller are partially overlapping with outer portions of the protrusion elements on the second roller with a radial overlap length, thus forming an undulating passage for a web material between the rollers. The distance between the rotational axes of the first and the second rollers is adjustable, enabling the radial overlap length in the undulating passage to be variable. | 10-22-2015 |
20150290052 | ODOUR CONTROL MATERIAL, METHOD FOR PREPARATION OF AN ODOUR CONTROL MATERIAL AND AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT COMPRISING THE ODOUR CONTROL MATERIAL - The present invention relates to an odour control material consisting of a water-insoluble particulate odour control agent and a thermoplastic water-soluble carrier matrix encapsulating the odour control agent. The carrier matrix dissolves when in contact with an aqueous solution, such as urine and the odour control material is obtained by means of thermoforming. The invention relates also to a method for the preparation of the odour control material and the use of the odour control material in absorbent products. The present odour control material minimizes dusting problems caused by particulate odour control agents in production processes. | 10-15-2015 |
20150282680 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing at least one webfrom a stack of web material is disclosed. The dispenser includes a housing arranged to hold a stack of web material. A web path extends in an interior of the housing in a first direction in a first portion of the housing and in a second direction in a second portion of the housing. The housing includes an access opening providing access to the interior of the housing. The web path is accessible along a third direction, in both the first and second portions of the housing, via the access opening. | 10-08-2015 |
20150282679 | SEPARATION UNIT AND A DISPENSER COMPRISING A SEPARATION UNIT - A separation unit for separating a web material along preformed lines of weakness. The separation unit has a width direction and includes a first roller having a rotational axis extending in the width direction and a web width extending in the width direction, and a second roller having a rotational axis extending parallel with the rotational axis of the first roller and a web width extending in the width direction. The second roller is positioned at a distance from the first roller. Each of the first and the second rollers is provided with a plurality of protrusion elements being spaced along the rotational axes and protruding perpendicular from the axes. Each of the protrusion elements has a maximum width in the width direction, a maximum radial extension from the rotational axes, an inner portion adjacent to the rotational axes, and an outer portion remote from the rotational axes. | 10-08-2015 |
20150282678 | SEPARATION UNIT AND A DISPENSER COMPRISING A SEPARATION UNIT - A separation unit for separating a web material along preformed lines of weakness. The separation unit has a width direction and includes at least a first roller having a rotational axis extending in the width direction and a web width extending in the width direction, and at least a second roller having a rotational axis extending parallel with the rotational axis of the first roller and a web width extending in the width direction. The second roller is positioned at a distance from the first roller. Each of the first and the second rollers is provided with at least one protrusion element extending perpendicularly from the axes. Each of the protrusion elements has a maximum width in the width direction, a maximum radial extension from the rotational axes, an inner portion adjacent to the rotational axes, and an outer portion remote from the rotational axes. | 10-08-2015 |
20150274375 | DISPENSING SYSTEM WITH THE MEANS FOR DETECTING LIQUID LEVEL AND A COLLAPSIBLE CONTAINER FOR SUCH A SYSTEM - A dispensing system includes a collapsible container for liquid material, such as soap, with an outlet for withdrawal of liquid material during collapse thereof. The dispensing system includes a support structure configured for wall attachment of the dispensing system. The support structure further includes at least one movable follower biased towards a collapsing part of the collapsible container, and a detector for reading the position of the movable follower. Detectable substance can be added to the movable follower or the collapsible container. The detector can actuate an alert indicator for indicating a low level of liquid in the collapsible container. Also a collapsible container with detectable substance is disclosed for use in such a system. | 10-01-2015 |
20150265108 | DISPENSER FOR SHEET PRODUCTS - An in-counter or in-wall dispenser including a product housing and a cover is disclosed. The cover is pivotally mounted so as to pivot between an open position providing access to the interior volume defined by the product housing for loading a new stack of sheet products and a closed position so that the sheet products are only accessible through a dispensing opening in the cover for one at a time dispensing of sheet products from the product housing. First and second tab-like members project from an interior surface of the product housing into the interior volume. With the cover open, the first and second tab-like members engage in a margin or border area of a front face of the sheet products positioned closest to the dispensing opening to hold at least the engaged part of the sheet products spaced from an interior surface of the anterior cover. | 09-24-2015 |
20150253173 | FILL LEVEL MONITORING SYSTEM - A fill level monitoring system includes a dispenser ( | 09-10-2015 |
20150250373 | NONWOVEN MATERIAL AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING NONWOVEN MATERIAL - The present invention relates to a nonwoven material for use as an absorbent wiping material produced by hydroentangling of a substrate web comprising at least one layer of fibres selected from amongst synthetic fibres, regenerated fibres and natural fibres, wherein the nonwoven material ( | 09-10-2015 |
20150245960 | DISPOSABLE ARTICLE COMPRISING NON HOOK COMPATIBLE AREAS - The invention relates to a disposable article having a longitudinal direction, a longitudinal centre line and a transverse direction, wherein the article has a first and a second longitudinal edge, a first and a second transverse edge, wherein the article comprises a first covering layer comprising a first surface intended to face towards the user and a second surface intended to face away from the user in use, wherein at least a first and a second fixing member comprising hook elements are arranged on the first surface close to the first transverse edge, wherein the first fixing member is arranged close to the first longitudinal edge and the second fixing member is arranged close to the second longitudinal edge, wherein substantial parts of the first surface are compatible with the hook elements. | 09-03-2015 |
20150238057 | WIPE DISPENSER AID - A roll of centrally fed wipes includes a reinforced portion for facilitating threading of a dispensing opening in a dispenser. The reinforced portion includes a branched tag including at least two legs and a connecting end where the legs are connected and which connecting end is arranged to be the leading portion of the reinforced portion. A point of each leg includes resilient fastening means arranged to fold at least partly when the point is pushed through the fabric of the wipes and arranged to return at least partly to its original state in order to hinder a return of the fastening means through the fabric for load bearing purposes. | 08-27-2015 |
20150228181 | DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING SYSTEM AND METHOD - A data collection and monitoring system for at least one defined space within a public or commercial facility includes: a plurality of sensors each monitoring a predetermined parameter; and a data collecting unit arranged for communicating with said sensors within a range of communication which corresponds to the extent of said defined space, with at least one mobile device for a user and with a central server which is associated with a storage medium. The storage medium is adapted for storing and monitoring data related to said sensors. Said data collecting unit is arranged for forwarding data relating to the sensors to the mobile device when the mobile device enters said space. | 08-13-2015 |
20150216377 | DISPENSER FOR A CENTER FEED ROLL - A dispenser for a roll of web material, such as a center feed roll includes: a body having a first end wall provided with a dispensing opening for dispensing a leading end of the web material at the center of the roll, a second end wall opposite to the first end wall, and a sidewall connecting to the first and second end wall. The dispenser also includes a stabilizing device that is insertable into the roll to prevent the roll from collapsing towards its center. The stabilizing device includes a plurality of protrusions protruding from at least one of the first or second end wall towards the other of the first or second end wall, and the protrusions are disposed closer to the sidewall than to a center axis of the body. | 08-06-2015 |
20150208880 | WIPE DISPENSER - Disclosed is a wipe dispenser for dispensing a continuous roll of centrally fed wipes. The dispenser includes a storage compartment for storing the roll of wipes. The storage compartment is made from a bottom wall, at least one side wall and a top wall including a dispensing opening. The dispenser includes a lid hingeably attached to the storage compartment. The lid includes a first inner cavity defined by a first inner surface. A maximum distance from the dispensing opening to the first inner surface is within a range that allows for an easy to grab portion of the wipe to stand essentially erect from the dispensing opening inside the lid when the lid is closed. | 07-30-2015 |
20150206151 | METHOD AND MOBILE APPLICATIONS USING CROSS-SHARING DATABASE FOR MONITORING USE OF HYGIENE PRODUCTS - A method is performed in a mobile device through execution of a first mobile application for monitoring use of a hygiene product worn by a wearer. The method includes providing information related to the hygiene product based on the voiding behaviour of the product-wearer. Furthermore, the method includes retrieving, from a database shared by a plurality of different mobile applications, information that is relevant to the voiding behaviour of the wearer, obtained by at least a second mobile application that is different than the first mobile application, and providing the product-related information based on the retrieved information. The access to voiding relevant information obtained by other mobile applications allows the first mobile application to provide well-founded recommendations to the product-wearer as to the use of the hygiene product. | 07-23-2015 |
20150206077 | A SYSTEM AND A METHOD FOR DATA COLLECTION AND MONITORING OF A DEFINED SPACE - A data collection and monitoring system for a defined space within a public or commercial facility, comprising: a plurality of sensors of which at least one sensor is arranged for monitoring the level of a consumable in connection with said space; and a data collecting unit arranged for wirelessly communicating with said sensors and furthermore arranged for communicating with a central server associated with a storage medium. The storage medium is adapted for storing and monitoring data related to said space. The system is arranged so that said data collecting unit is arranged for minimizing the amount of data transmitted, by transferring data from said sensors to said central server upon a status change of at least one of said sensors. | 07-23-2015 |
20150181947 | PANT - A pant-includes front part, a back part and a crotch part, a waist portion and a pair of leg openings. The pant further includes a suspending member formed of elastic material and comprising zones of different elasticity. A first elastic zone having a relatively higher elongation is provided in a longitudinally extending central region of the crotch part, and a pair of second elastic zones having a relatively lower elongation extend along both sides of the first elastic zone at or close to the leg openings in the crotch part. The first and second elastic zones extend to the front part with the second elastic zones extending along both sides of the first zone. | 07-02-2015 |
20150173971 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin or incontinence pad has longitudinal side edges, transversal end edges, a fluid permeable topsheet, a fluid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core located between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first absorbent layer having an opening extending therethrough and a fluid flow control structure located between said first absorbent layer and said backsheet. The first absorbent layer has a longitudinal front portion and a longitudinal back portion and a narrow transversal transition located between said front portion and said back portion. The width of the narrow transversal transition is 50-75% of the widest transversal width of the front portion of the first absorbent layer and 20-50% of the longitudinal length of the opening is located in the front portion of the first absorbent layer. | 06-25-2015 |
20150150423 | DISPENSING UNIT AND DISPENSER - A dispensing unit and a dispenser are provided. The dispensing unit is adapted for use with continuous web material. The dispensing unit comprises a first roller arranged to rotate about a first axis and a second roller arranged to rotate about a second axis. A web path is provided through the dispensing unit and a portion of the web path includes a web passage defined between the first roller and the second roller. The first roller is displaceable between at least a first position and a second position, wherein a first distance is defined between the first roller and the second roller when the first roller is arranged in the first position, and a second distance is defined between the first roller and the second roller when the first roller is arranged in the second position. | 06-04-2015 |
20150136894 | CORE MEMBER FOR AN ABSORBENT SHEET ROLL - A hollow cylindrical core member ( | 05-21-2015 |
20150134497 | METHOD FOR ASSISTING IN LOCATING AN ITEM IN A STORAGE LOCATION - A method for assisting in locating the occurrence of at least one item in a storage location, comprising at least the following steps, performed by a mobile device includes an image capturing device: capturing at least one image or video sequence or live video feed representing the storage location by means of the image capturing device; recognizing any occurrence of the item within the field of view of the image capturing device; and presenting information related to the location of the item. | 05-14-2015 |
20150112294 | PACKAGING UNIT HAVING IMPROVED SEALING PROPERTIES - A packaging unit formed from a sheet of material having an inner surface, an outer surface and one folding axis dividing the sheet into a first region and a second region. The inner surface includes an inner edge portion and an outer edge portion, wherein one of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the first region is provided with adhesive, and the other of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the first region is adhesive-free. One of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the second region is provided with adhesive, and the other of the inner edge portion and the outer edge portion of the edge zone of the second region is adhesive-free in a complementary manner to the edge zone of the first region. | 04-23-2015 |
20150097068 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ABSORBENT SHEET MATERIAL FROM A ROLL - An object of the present disclosure is to provide an apparatus for dispensing absorbent sheet material from a roll. The apparatus includes a roll holder for rotatably supporting said roll, and a roll fill level indicator arrangement. The roll fill level indicator arrangement includes a pivoting arm and a moveable first indicator device. The pivoting arm includes roll engagement device for engagement with an outer peripheral surface of said roll. A position of said first indicator device is continuously responsive to an angular position of said pivoting arm, such that said roll fill level indicator arrangement is able to provide a gradual roll fill level indication. | 04-09-2015 |
20150083354 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A HYDROENTANGLED NONWOVEN MATERIAL - A method of producing a nonwoven material by hydroentangling a fiber mixture containing spunlaid filaments, natural fibers and synthetic staple fibers, wherein a fibrous web of natural fibers and at least 10% by fiber weight of manmade staple fibers is wetlaid by means of an inclined wire formation, the wetlaid fibrous web is hydroentangled in a first hydroentangling station and spunlaid filaments are laid on top of said hydroentangled wetlaid fibrous web to form a combined web. The combined web is hydroentangled in a second hydroentangling station. | 03-26-2015 |
20150080820 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A MULTI LAYERED SIDE SEAM, AND CORRESPONDING MANUFACTURING METHOD - An absorbent article, such as a pant diaper, a sanitary pant or an incontinence pant, includes a front part, a back part, and a crotch part. Lateral side portions of the front part and the back part are superposed, so that their inner surfaces face each other, and are joined to each other along side seams extending in a longitudinal direction of the article. The lateral side portions of the front part and/or the back part include at least one layer of nonwoven material which is reinforced in the area of at least one of the side seams. | 03-19-2015 |
20150051510 | FLUID SAMPLING DEVICE AND METHOD FOR SAMPLING - A urine sampling device including: a transparent sheet including two layers, namely, a urine sampling layer and a support layer, wherein the urine sampling layer has liquid receiving and retaining properties by means of capillary forces and/or diffusion, and the device is arranged such that it can be positioned on the body side of an hygiene absorbent product. Also, a urine sampling arrangement and a urine sampling system, including the device. And, a hygiene absorbent product including the device, and a method for using the device. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048135 | CENTRE-FED ROLL DISPENSER - A dispenser includes a cylindrical housing defining an interior volume containing a roll of centre-fed web material. The dispenser also includes a dome part attached to a top of the housing. The dome part includes a dispenser opening through which the web material is fed and a handle opening for receipt of a user's finger for carrying the dispenser. The dispenser has a position in which a base of the dispenser is releasably secured to a horizontal surface so that a central longitudinal axis of the cylindrical volume defined by the dispenser housing extends normally to the table surface. A sticky pad for releasably securing the base of the dispenser to the table surface is provided. The dispensing opening is offset from the central longitudinal axis. An arrangement of restriction and guide blades is provided that interfere with the sheet material as it is being dispensed. | 02-19-2015 |
20150048104 | TABLETOP NAPKIN DISPENSER - A napkin assembly including an open ended chute for storing a stack of napkins therein and an openable and closeable front member relative to the open end of the chute is disclosed. The chute is made of first to fourth sidewall members and a rear member that are separately injection molded pieces that include a clip structure to allow the pieces to be clipped together to form the chute. Opposed ones of the sidewall members are identical pieces allowing them to be interchanged with one another during manufacture while still allowing the sidewall members to clip together to form the chute. The front member includes a transparent window to allow a depth of the stack to be viewed from the outside to check a product low condition. The front member includes locking tabs to lock it in a closed position relative to the chute. The tabs may be flexed through openings in the chute from the outside into a lock release position. The chute includes blocking members to prevent over inward deflection of the locking tabs. | 02-19-2015 |
20150014348 | SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispenser having a base extension manoeuvrable between a retracted position and an extended position is provided. In the retracted position, the base extension is contained within a foot print of the dispenser when the dispenser is viewed from above. In the extended position, the base extension projects from the footprint formed by the rest of the dispenser when the dispenser is viewed in plan. The base extension is manoeuvrable into the extended position in a sliding motion akin to opening a drawer. The dispenser includes a removable face piece that has a bulging top portion, a recessed medial portion and a toe portion projecting as compared to the recessed portion. Between the bulging top portion and the projecting toe portion, the recess provides a finger receiving space for grasping a tissue in a dispensing opening and dispensing it from the dispenser. | 01-15-2015 |
20150014344 | SHEET PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing a stack of napkins is of a gravity feed kind and includes a base upon which the dispenser is to stand and a dispensing opening at a bottom of a stack housing portion of the dispenser so that the napkins are fed to the dispensing opening along a slide member. The slide member defines a steep, planar upper surface for guiding the stack of napkins, and a less steep, curved lower sliding surface forming a turn in the slide toward the dispensing opening. The lower sliding surface is formed by a plurality of spaced runners separated by recesses. The stack is held by first and second compression members against a bottom part of the steep portion of the sliding surface to take the weight of the upper part of the stack from the part of the stack sliding on the lower curved surface. | 01-15-2015 |
20140374433 | DISPENSER FOR SHEET PRODUCTS - A dispenser including a rear housing member and a front housing member that are connected by way of a first hinge so that the front housing member is openable relative to the rear housing member in order to fill a space defined by the front housing member and the rear housing member with at least one stack of sheet products. The front housing member and the rear housing member also include components for forming a second hinge. The first hinge allows the front housing member to open from a first side of the rear housing member in a first rotational direction, and the second hinge, when formed, allows the front housing member to rotate in an opposite direction from an opposite side of the rear housing member. | 12-25-2014 |
20140371702 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A WETNESS DETECTOR - An absorbent article has a back sheet with an absorbent core disposed on a body side of the back sheet. On a back side of the back sheet, there is provided a substrate carrying a conductive pattern as a liquid discharge detection circuit that is able to be connected to an electric potential generator for performing liquid discharge detection. At least one or a plurality of holes is formed through the back sheet to communicate portions of the conductive pattern with the absorbent core. Longitudinally adjacent pairs of the revealed portions of the conductive pattern form liquid discharge detection zones for detecting liquid discharge in the absorbent core. The detection zones are longitudinally distributed with respect to the absorbent core. | 12-18-2014 |
20140367401 | Product Level Sensor for a Product Dispenser - A dispenser for dispensing paper or non-woven sheet product for wiping, wherein the level of sheet product contained in the dispenser decreases as the sheet product is dispensed, the dispenser comprising an ultrasonic level sensor for determining the level of the sheet product contained in the dispenser, wherein the ultrasonic sensor is arranged to direct the ultrasonic beam toward a surface associated with the sheet product, wherein a distance that the beam travels to the surface changes progressively as the level of the sheet product in the dispenser changes from a full condition to an empty condition. | 12-18-2014 |
20140361033 | STACK OF A WEB MATERIAL AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A stack of a web material, such as a tissue web material, said stack having fold lines (fn) extending laterally across the web, the distance between two consecutive fold lines being equal to the stack width (sw), and perforation lines (pn) extending laterally across the web, to form sheets of web material having a length corresponding to the distance between consecutive perforation lines (pn), the majority of said sheets having sheet lengths being greater than the stack width (sw) and other than evenly divisible with the stack width (sw), wherein the perforation lines (pn) are positioned along the web material such that all perforation lines are located at least a distance M from any fold lines in the stack, such that all perforation lines are separate from any fold lines in the stack. Also, a method for producing said stack. | 12-11-2014 |
20140350503 | METHOD FOR DETECTING A LIQUID DISCHARGE TO AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method for detecting a liquid discharge event in an absorbent article including a sensor adapted to generate an electrical output signal representative of a degree of wetness of the absorbent article, wherein the electrical output signal is received by a processing unit. The method including the steps of providing reference data over time representative of a liquid discharge; acquiring liquid discharge data over time in form of the electrical output signal; analysing the liquid discharge data over time in relation to the reference data over time by the processing unit; and detecting a liquid discharge event based on the analysis. Also disclosed is a system for detecting liquid discharge event in an absorbent article including an absorbent article including a sensor being arranged to generate an output signal representative of an electrical property, and a processing unit adapted to process the output signal generated by the sensor of the absorbent article. | 11-27-2014 |
20140350502 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A TEMPERATURE SENSOR - An absorbent article including a temperature sensor, and at least one temperature change material arranged such that it is capable of affecting a temperature change due to a supply of excrement, and such that said temperature sensor is capable of being responsive to said affected temperature change. Also disclosed is a system for detecting a supply of excrement into an absorbent article, the system including an absorbent article being arranged to generate an output signal representative of the temperature, and a processing unit adapted to process an output signal generated by the temperature sensor. The processing unit is adapted to determine a change of temperature, wherein said change of temperature is affected by the temperature change material, and to detect a supply of excrement into the absorbent article based on the change of temperature. | 11-27-2014 |
20140345034 | GARMENT COMPRISING CHASSIS AND BELT - An article includes a chassis and a belt to be placed around the waist of a wearer and separable from the chassis. A front and/or rear portion of the chassis includes a pair of first fasteners detachably attachable to the outer surface of the belt and separated by a first distance. The chassis includes a pair of first stretch markings related to the first distance. The belt includes a pair of second stretch markings marking a second distance when in a relaxed state and a predetermined third distance when in a stretched state. In a relaxed state, the first stretch markings are positioned in conjunction with or within the second stretch markings allowing the chassis to be attached to the belt in the relaxed state via the first fasteners and allowing the belt to be stretched into the third distance without jeopardizing the fastening of the first fasteners. | 11-27-2014 |
20140333442 | METHOD, MONITORING SYSTEM AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING USE OF AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A method for monitoring use of an absorbent product, such as an incontinence pad or a diaper, worn by a user. The method includes the step of detecting, by means of an odour sensor device capable of being carried by the user and configured to communicate with a mobile device of the user, at least one chemical indicative of a presence of urine and/or feces in the product. It further includes the steps of transmitting a signal indicative of said detection from the odour sensor device to the mobile device, receiving the signal in the mobile device, and providing, by means of the mobile device, product-related information to the user based on the signal. In this way, the user can be provided with valuable information related to the use of the product, for example recommendations on when to change the product, displayed on the mobile device. | 11-13-2014 |
20140327546 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING USE OF AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A method for monitoring use of an absorbent product, such as an incontinence pad or a diaper, worn by a wearer, includes registering a movement of the wearer by way of a mobile device having a movement sensing device, evaluating whether the registered movement is indicative of urinary and/or faecal voiding by the wearer, and providing product-related information to the wearer or a caregiver of the wearer based on said evaluation. In this way, the product-wearer or the caregiver can be provided with valuable information related to the use of the product, such as recommendations on when to change the product, displayed on the mobile device or a mobile device of the caregiver. | 11-06-2014 |
20140319164 | TABLETOP NAPKIN DISPENSER - A napkin assembly including an open ended chute for storing a stack of napkins therein and an openable and closeable front member relative to the open end of the chute is disclosed. The chute is made of first to fourth sidewall members and a rear member that are separately injection molded pieces that include a clip structure to allow the pieces to be clipped together to form the chute. Opposed ones of the sidewall members are identical pieces allowing them to be interchanged with one another during manufacture while still allowing the sidewall members to clip together to form the chute. The front member includes a transparent window to allow a depth of the stack to be viewed from the outside to check a product low condition. The front member includes locking tabs to lock it in a closed position relative to the chute. The tabs may be flexed through openings in the chute from the outside into a lock release position. The chute includes blocking members to prevent over inward deflection of the locking tabs. | 10-30-2014 |
20140303587 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLES, APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLES AND DISPOSABLE PANT - A method of manufacturing absorbent articles includes feeding a longitudinal web of web material having openings such that spaced apart, opposing margins of web material are formed between the respective opening and opposing longitudinal edges of the web material; carrying out a folding action of folding the web about itself along its longitudinal direction; carrying out a second folding action of folding at least a portion of the web along its longitudinal direction; after the second folding action, forming a joint in the web, the joint being formed at least in a part of the region in which the opposing margins have been brought together by the second folding action; finally separating the web through the joint to separate an individual absorbent article from the end of the web. | 10-09-2014 |
20140303581 | SIGNAL LAYER FOR AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A signal layer for an absorbent article provided to absorb menstrual fluid includes a pattern of capillary channels allowing capillary action such that discharged menstrual fluid that comes across one of the openings in the capillary channels enters into the capillary channels and is retained therein due to the capillary force. The color of the retained menstrual discharge dyes or colors the pattern for signaling purpose, and the pattern is directly or indirectly visible to an observer. | 10-09-2014 |
20140301628 | METHOD FOR MEASURING THE ABSORPTION OF FLUID IN AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A method for measuring the absorption of fluid in an absorbent product includes at least the following steps performed by a mobile device having an image capturing device: capturing at least one image of a used absorbent product; determining a measure of absorption of fluid by the product based on image information in the captured image; and displaying information relating to the use of the absorbent product based the measure of absorption of fluid on the mobile device. The method can aid a user of absorbent product to choose the right type of product for the user's individual needs. | 10-09-2014 |
20140292520 | METHOD AND COMPUTER PROGRAM FOR MONITORING USE OF AN ABORBENT PRODUCT - A method for monitoring use of an absorbent product, such as an incontinence pad or a diaper, worn by a wearer is provided. The method includes obtaining, by way of a mobile device, intake information indicative of intake of fluid and/or solid material by the wearer, obtaining, by way of the mobile device, voiding information indicative of urinary and/or faecal voiding by the wearer, predicting, based on the intake and voiding information, future voiding by the wearer, and providing, by way of the mobile device, product-related information based on the prediction. In this way, the product-wearer or his caregiver can be provided with valuable information related to the use of the product, for example recommendations on when to change the product. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291342 | SUPPLY PACKAGE HAVING SUPPORT ELEMENT WITH RFID - An apparatus for dispensing sheet material pertains to a housing arranged for receiving a supply of sheet material, a feed mechanism for advancing said sheet material through a discharge opening of said housing, a motor for driving said feed mechanism and a controller for powering the motor to drive the feed mechanism. | 10-02-2014 |
20140291186 | STACK OF INTERFOLDED FIRST AND SECOND SHEETS - A stack of hygiene sheet products including first and second webs that are interfolded with each other. The stack includes a top panel of the first web and a top panel of the second web, wherein the top panel of the first web overlays the top panel of the second web but has been cut away so that the top panel of the second web is revealed by the top panel of the first web. An adherence layer is placed on the top panel of the first web and the top panel of the second web and is exposed at the top of the stack so that it can adhere to an adjacent stack so that when the last sheets of the adjacent stack are pulled through a dispenser opening of a dispenser, the first and second sheets are pulled securely through with it as a result of the direct adherence. | 10-02-2014 |
20140273761 | BLADE HONING APPARATUS AND CUTTING APPARATUS INCORPORATING SAME - A honing apparatus includes a sharpening stone that has a sharpening surface configured to sharpen the edge of the blade upon engaging contact with the edge of the blade. A frame is operatively coupled to the sharpening stone, and a weight element is supported by the frame and positioned so as to urge the sharpening stone toward the edge of the blade. The frame may be pivotally coupled to a fixed element at a pivoting location, and the weight element may be positioned so as to create a moment about the pivoting location, with the moment urging the sharpening stone toward the edge of the blade. | 09-18-2014 |
20140248474 | METHOD FOR APPLYING A SUPERABSORBENT POLYMER ONTO A FIBROUS SHEET MATERIAL AND A DOUBLE-OR MULTIPLY FIBROUS MATERIAL CONTAINING SUPERABSORBENT MATERIAL - A method is provided for applying a superabsorbent polymer to a fibrous sheet material. The fibrous sheet material may be a nonwoven material or a tissue paper. The method includes applying a crosslinkable polymeric dispersion or solution onto the fibrous sheet material by printing technique and in a separate step applying a crosslinking agent onto the fibrous sheet material by printing technique, wherein said crosslinking agent accomplishes crosslinking of the crosslinkable polymer to form a superabsorbent material. A tissue or nonwoven product-includes at least two plies that are bonded together, wherein a crosslinked superabsorbent material is applied in a printed pattern between the plies, said tissue or nonwoven product having a DIN54540 Water Absorption between 15 and 100 g/g. | 09-04-2014 |
20140246535 | END PLUG FOR A PAPER ROLL - An end plug to be inserted axially into the centre of an end of a roll of paper, includes a holding element adapted to hold and/or guide the end of the roll of paper in correct position in a dispenser. The end plug includes an outer sleeve having an outer end and an inner end and the holding element is connected to the sleeve by elements allowing the holding element to be axially moved from a first position to a second position, in which the holding element protrude outwardly from the outer end of the sleeve, the holding element being releasably held in the first position when moved thereto. A roll of tissue paper including such an end plug and a dispenser provided with such a roll are also disclosed. | 09-04-2014 |
20140246469 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for a continuous web of tissue includes an outer casing that is detachably or hingeably attached to a back portion. The dispenser includes a compartment between the outer casing and the back portion for housing a first continuous web of tissue and a first opening for the first continuous web of tissue to exit the dispenser. The dispenser includes a tear unit for separating the first continuous web of tissue into pieces upon moving the first continuous web of tissue over the tear unit. The first opening is positioned at a first distance from the tear unit, and the first distance is arranged to fit a predetermined hand for allowing the predetermined hand to grip the first continuous web of tissue positioned partly or completely within the range of the first distance. | 09-04-2014 |
20140211591 | MEANS AND METHOD FOR DETECTING THE PRESENCE OF AT LEAST ONE OBJECT TO BE TIDIED IN A WASHROOM - A method and apparatus for determining presence of an object to be tidied in a washroom. A beam is supplied to a surface of the washroom at a first location. A reflected beam received from the surface of the washroom or received from an object in the path of the beam to the surface is detected. The presence of the object is determined from feedback from the beam based on a comparison of the feedback with a detection result when the beam reflects from the surface at the first location. An object to be tidied output signal is issued indicating that an object to be tidied is present based on the determination on the presence of an object. | 07-31-2014 |
20140209624 | DISPENSER AND STACK OF SHEET PRODUCTS - A dispenser and a stack combination. The stack is a stack of interfolded webs wherein the lines of weakness of one web are offset from the lines of weakness of another web in a longitudinal direction, and the stack including at least two webs, the webs including: a first web ( | 07-31-2014 |
20140205651 | HYGIENE TISSUE - A hygiene tissue includes a composition including one or more lactic acid producing bacterial strains and a lipid phase including at least one lipid, wherein the lipid is selected from the group having olive oil, canola oil, coconut oil, palm kernel oil, peanut oil, soy bean oil, Dimethicone, paraffin oil, and petrolatum; and a matrix impregnated by the composition. | 07-24-2014 |
20140203133 | DISPENSER WITH A LOCK - A dispenser for dispensing a washroom product, the dispenser including an outer casing hingeably or detachably attached to a back portion. The dispenser includes a compartment between the outer casing and the back portion for housing the washroom product to be dispensed. The dispenser further includes a dispensing opening and the dispenser includes inner locking means positioned inside the compartment. | 07-24-2014 |
20140202907 | PACK MODULE COMPRISING ABOSRBENT ARTICLES AND AT LEAST ONE BELT FUNCTIONING AS GRIPPING DEVICE - A pack module includes a number of absorbent articles and at least one belt to which the absorbent articles can be releasably attached. The belt when placed in the pack module constitutes a gripping device which is intended to act on at least one of the articles and, at least partially, remove at least one absorbent article from the pack module when the gripping device is used. Removal of firmly compressed absorbent articles from a pack module without using additional material in the pack module is thus possible. | 07-24-2014 |
20140189970 | FLUSHABLE MOIST WIPE OR HYGIENE TISSUE AND A METHOD FOR MAKING IT - A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue including a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition is provided. The nonwoven material contains at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres and at least 5%, by fibre weight, poly(lactic acid) fibres having a length between 8 and 20 mm and a fineness between 0.5 and 3 dtex. The poly(lactic acid) fibres are non-melted, and the moist wipe or hygiene tissue is free from added binders and wet-strength agents. | 07-10-2014 |
20140183295 | CENTER-FEED ROLL UNIT AND DISPENSER INCORPORATING SUCH CENTER-FEED ROLL UNIT - A center-feed roll unit for dispensing a web, especially a web of paper or nonwoven material, is disclosed. The center-feed roll has an inner center hole and a minimum inner diameter D | 07-03-2014 |
20140155856 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a belt placed around the waist of the wearer and an absorbent pad attached to the belt, wherein the pad includes a chassis having a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent core, wherein the absorbent pad is attached to a surface of the belt attaching arrangements provided on each corner of the front portion and the rear portion of the pad, wherein the waist elastic is provided at the waist portion of at least one of the front and rear portion and is movable between a contracted condition in which the topsheet and/or backsheet exhibit(s) pleats and a fully stretched condition in which the pleats of the topsheet and/or backsheet are fully stretched out, wherein the elastic force from said waist elastic is within the range of from 2 N to 7 N when the elastic is in the fully stretched condition. | 06-05-2014 |
20140142534 | ABSORBENT BELTED-ARTICLE WITH IMPROVED FRICTION BETWEEN THE ABSORBENT PAD AND THE BELT - An absorbent article includes an absorbent pad and a belt to which the pad is detachably attached and which is intended to be attached to a separate belt that is placed around the waist of the wearer to hold the pad when the article is being worn, wherein the absorbent pad exhibits a chassis including a liquid-permeable top sheet and a liquid-impermeable back sheet oriented away from the wearer and an absorbent core between the top sheet and the back sheet. The difference in kinetic coefficients of friction measured with ASTM D 1894-08 standard between the back sheet of the pad and the outwardly oriented surface of the belt is at maximum 0.5. The attachment between the belt and the pad will then not cease due to the movement of the article relative to the surroundings when the belted-article is being used, thereby preventing contamination and leakage caused by detachment. | 05-22-2014 |
20140142528 | ABSORBENT PAD WITH ASYMMETRICAL ABSORPTION CAPACITY AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING THE SAME - An absorbent pad having a chassis including a liquid-permeable topsheet and a liquid-impermeable backsheet, wherein the absorbent pad is geometrically symmetrical along its longitudinal and transversal centre lines. The absorbent pad is provided with attaching arrangements by which the pad can be releasably attached to a separate belt adapted to be placed around the waist of the user. The absorbent pad further includes an absorbent core interposed between the topsheet and backsheet, so that the absorbent core is divided into a first longitudinal half and a second longitudinal half along its longitudinal length. The absorbent core has a thickness which is substantially the same on the same distance from the transversal centre line (measured perpendicular to the transversal centre line) before the core is wetted. The first longitudinal half has a higher absorption capacity than the second longitudinal half. | 05-22-2014 |
20140135192 | STACK OF FOLDED HYGIENE PRODUCTS AND METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A method for producing stacks of individual web sections involves: (a) directing the continuous web to a perforating station; (b) perforating the continuous web at predetermined intervals and forming sheets of web material between consecutive perforation lines extending laterally across the continuous web, the perforating being carried out via at least one perforation element arranged at the circumference of a perforation roller; (c) directing the continuous web to a cutting station; (d) cutting at second predetermined intervals the continuous web into web sections via a cutting element acting against an anvil element, to generate a clear cut or a tab-bond; (e) folding the web sections via a folding roll; and (f) stacking the folded web section to generate a stack of folded sheets. | 05-15-2014 |
20140134376 | STACK OF INTERFOLDED HYGIENE PRODUCTS - A stack of interfolded hygiene products ( | 05-15-2014 |
20140130956 | METHOD OF FORMING AN ELASTIC LAMINATE - A method of forming an elastic laminate including at least one elastic film and least two nonwoven webs laminated to each of the sides of the elastic film. The elastic film is fed in a machine direction towards a bonding station. The elastic film is stretched in the machine direction at a stretch ratio from 1.5 to 8 times of its original length, thereby forming a stretched film and the stretched film and said at least two nonwoven webs are laminated in the bonding station. The elastic film is stretched in at least two stretching steps before laminating it with the at least two nonwoven webs, wherein between 5 and 25% of the total stretching occurs in the last stretching step before lamination in the bonding station. | 05-15-2014 |
20140128828 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING INTAKE STRUCTURE - An absorbent article including a fluid permeable topsheet, a fluid impermeable backsheet and an absorbent core enclosed between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent core includes a first absorbent layer having an opening extending therethrough. A fluid flow control structure is arranged between the first absorbent layer and the backsheet. The fluid flow control structure is a layered structure including a non-perforated fibrous polymeric layer and a first perforated polymeric layer having a basis weight of from 50 g/m | 05-08-2014 |
20140116913 | PACKAGE OF FOLDED SHEET PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR FILLING A DISPENSER - A package of folded sheet products includes a stack of the sheet products, and a package wrapper, which surrounds the stack and holds the stack together. The stack includes a start sheet product at a start end of the stack, and an end sheet product at an opposite end of the stack. The package wrapper ( | 05-01-2014 |
20140110299 | PACKAGE OF SHEET PRODUCTS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THEREOF - A package ( | 04-24-2014 |
20140090217 | METHOD OF PRODUCING A HYDROENTANGLED NONWOVEN MATERIAL - A method of producing a nonwoven material by hydroentangling a fiber mixture containing spunlaid filaments, natural fibers and synthetic staple fibers, wherein a first fibrous web ( | 04-03-2014 |
20140088537 | METHOD OF PRODUCING AN ABSORBENT GARMENT, AND AN ABSORBENT GARMENT PRODUCED ACCORDING TO THE METHOD - An absorbent garment has a chassis structure including a front panel having a front end edge, a back panel having a back end edge, a crotch panel arranged between the front and back panels. Elasticated front and back waist panels are arranged along the front and back end edges, and a core component is integrated with the chassis structure. The chassis structure also has a liquid permeable material having a garment facing side and a user facing side and forming a liquid permeable surface layer in the garment. The liquid permeable material extends continuously between the front end edge and the back end edge, and at least one of the front panel and the back panel includes an elastic web that has been bonded to the liquid permeable material with the elastic web stretched by 35-250% in at least one direction. | 03-27-2014 |
20140079904 | INTERFOLDED NAPKINS AND METHOD FOR INTERFOLDING NAPKINS - A rectangular stack of interfolded rectangular napkins including a plurality of napkins, each napkin in the stack comprising a first fold in a first direction, and a second fold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and bisecting the first fold and the napkin in the second direction, the intersecting first and second folds dividing the napkin into four panels with a pair of adjacent panels located on each side of the second fold, wherein each of the napkins within the stack includes at least one pair of panels arranged in the stack at a level between two pairs of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent napkins within the stack. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076917 | PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSER AND RELATED METHODS - A dispenser of paper products has a plurality of walls defining an interior of the dispenser, with the interior being configured to store the paper products. Two dispensing mouths are located at oppositely disposed ones of the walls, and are configured to provide access to the paper products in the interior. The dispenser also includes a biasing member and a pair of support elements. The support elements are configured to support the products there against, and the biasing member urges each support element toward one of the dispensing mouths. The dispenser has a geometric center defined by the distance between the dispensing mouths, and each support element is configured to move outwardly toward and inwardly away from one of the dispensing mouths. At least one of the support elements is free to travel inwardly to reach at least the geometric center. | 03-20-2014 |
20140076915 | DISPENSER - A dispenser box having a modified rectangular shape with leaf-shaped end walls and partly curved main walls that may form symmetrically or non-symmetrically configured halves of the dispenser box. The first main wall has a substantially flat surface extending from a first side edge of the dispenser box and changing into a curved surface when moving in a direction from the first side edge towards a second side edge of the dispenser box. The second main wall has a corresponding substantially flat surface at the second side edge, which changes into a curved surface when moving in a direction towards the first side edge. | 03-20-2014 |
20140066876 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article package ( | 03-06-2014 |
20140061230 | DISPENSER WITH TABLE CLAMP - A dispenser for disposable hygienic articles such as wipes or towels in stacks or rolls, or soap, includes a clamp suitable for securing the dispenser to a supporting structure such as the edge of a shelf or a table. The clamp includes a stationary clamping part for engaging one side of the supporting structure, a movable clamping part for engaging an opposite side of the supporting structure, and a device for urging the clamping parts towards each other so as to tighten the clamp about the supporting structure. The stationary and the movable clamping part each have a clamping face. Spacing between the clamping faces of the stationary clamping part and the movable clamping part is variable so as to adapt the clamp to supporting structures of different thicknesses. | 03-06-2014 |
20140048973 | METHOD FOR RATIONALISING PRODUCTION OF DISPENSERS - Disclosed is a method for rationalising production of a first series of first identical dispensers and a second series of second identical dispensers. The first identical dispensers are different from the second identical dispensers, except for: each of the first and second identical dispensers is constituted by a housing formed at least by a first and a second distinguishable component which abut each other. The first and second distinguishable components together form a motif-receiving surface which has a first region having a first change-in-depth-per-unit-width ratio of at least 0.25. The method includes injection-moulding the first and second distinguishable components; providing a motif on a transfer medium, and applying the motif to at least the first region of the motif-receiving surface to transfer the motif from the transfer medium to the motif-receiving surface, with the motif occupying a rectangular area of at least 30 cm | 02-20-2014 |
20140046284 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH TEMPORARY ADHESIVE ATTACHMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product extends longitudinally along a longitudinal axis and laterally along a transverse axis, with the transverse axis conceptually dividing the product into first and second hemispheres. The product has a permeable topsheet, an impermeable backsheet overlaying the topsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the disposable absorbent product. Each of a pair of side regions extends laterally outboard of the absorbent core, with each side region having a first face configured to face the wearer during use and a second face opposite the first face. The product also has at least one skin-friendly adhesive element in the first hemisphere in at least one of the side regions for temporarily attaching the disposable absorbent product to the skin of the wearer. | 02-13-2014 |
20140044917 | STACK OF INTERFOLDED ABSORBENT SHEET PRODUCTS - A stack of interfolded absorbent sheet products comprises a plurality of absorbent sheets each of which is itself folded at least twice about axes that are perpendicular to one another. Each sheet comprises a first fold that is offset from a line parallel to the first fold bisecting the sheet, and a second fold approximately bisecting the sheet in a direction perpendicular to the first fold. Each sheet is folded such that offset portions of the sheet are positioned interiorly of the sheet when folded. The absorbent sheets preferably have an embossed surface relief of a predetermined pattern or design. Each of the absorbent sheets within the stack comprises at least one pair of panels sandwiched between a pair of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent sheets in the stack. | 02-13-2014 |
20140031776 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH COATED ELEMENT AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product includes a topsheet defining an interior face of the disposable absorbent product configured to face a wearer thereof during use. A backsheet overlays the topsheet, with the backsheet defining an exterior face of the disposable absorbent product configured to face away from the wearer during use. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the disposable absorbent product. The absorbent core includes at least one absorbent structure and a wrapping element that envelops the at least one absorbent structure. The wrapping element has a main substrate layer and an adhesive coating layer thereon that is substantially adhered to the substrate layer and which defines an impermeable film layer on the substrate. | 01-30-2014 |
20140027473 | DISPENSING MECHANISM AND A DISPENSER - A dispensing mechanism for a liquid container is arranged in liquid communication with an outlet mechanism. The dispensing mechanism is adapted to translate a user force applied to a user operated portion into a transfer force applied from a user lever to an actuation part. A relationship between a first length and a second length forms a lever ratio. The first length extends from a first pivot axis to a user operated portion and the second length extends from the first pivot axis to a point of action of the transfer force on the actuation part. The lever ratio is adapted to increase from a non-actuated position over at least the first 50% of a dispensing stroke of the actuation part such that the transfer force increases over the at least first 50% of the dispensing stroke when a constant force is applied to the user operated portion. | 01-30-2014 |
20140024711 | LOW ALCOHOL ANTIMICROBIAL CLEANSING COMPOSITION - An antimicrobial cleansing composition including (a) 20 to less than 60 wt. % of at least one alcohol selected from ethanol and propanol; (b) 0.5 to 10 wt. % of a surfactant selected from sulfate salt surfactants and amphoteric surfactants. The composition shows effective cleansing and antimicrobial properties. Hence, using this composition, it will no longer be required to provide in hospitals two separate dispensers one for foam soap and one for antimicrobial alcohol-based composition. The antimicrobial cleansing composition can be used for making foam. Also, a dispenser contains the above antimicrobial cleansing composition. | 01-23-2014 |
20140021223 | DISPENSING MECHANISM AND A DISPENSER - A dispensing mechanism for a liquid container includes a hollow flexible dispensing portion and a dispenser. The dispensing mechanism includes a first lever arranged to pivot about a first pivot axis and a second lever arranged to pivot about a second pivot axis and includes a user operated portion. The first lever includes a first sliding surface and the second lever includes a second sliding surface. The first and second sliding surfaces bear in sliding abutment against each other at an abutment point. The first and second pivot axes are substantially parallel to each other, and a first plane extends through the first and second pivot axes. In a non-actuated position of the dispensing mechanism, the user operated portion of the second lever and the abutment point are arranged on a first side of the first plane. The first sliding surface at least at the abutment point, is convex and the abutment point remains on the first side of the first plane over at least a first ⅔ of a dispensing stroke of the first lever. | 01-23-2014 |
20140014675 | HYGIENIC CONTAINER - A hygienic container having a transport configuration and a service configuration. The hygienic container is made up of multiple individual parts ( | 01-16-2014 |
20140001304 | RETENTION MECHANISM IN A DISPENSER FOR RETAINING AN EXCHANGEABLE ROLL OF MATERIAL, RETENTION SYSTEM, DISPENSER, AND METHOD FOR INSERTING A ROLL OF MATERIAL INTO SUCH A RETENTION MECHANISM | 01-02-2014 |
20130344294 | FIBROUS PRODUCT AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A FIBROUS PRODUCT - A fibrous product includes at least one top ply with an embossing pattern forming pillow-like chambers at least partially surrounded by first embossing protuberances; at least one middle ply embossed in register with the at least one top ply so that second embossing protuberances of the at least one middle ply nest into the pillow-like chambers of the at least one top ply; and at least one bottom ply in register with the at least one top ply and the at least one middle ply being bonded to both the at least one top ply and the at least one middle ply at bonding regions. The at least one bottom ply includes non-embossed areas and embossed areas provided with a micro-embossing pattern, whereby the unembossed areas of the bottom ply are in register with the top ply and the middle ply. | 12-26-2013 |
20130341346 | DISPENSER WITH SUCTION CUPS - A dispenser for hygienic articles such as wipes, towels, toilet paper or soap, includes a dispenser housing for containing the articles, and a fastener for fastening the dispenser to a fastening surface. The fastener includes a suction unit disposed on the outside of the dispenser facing the fastening surface. The fastener further comprise operating device by which the suction unit is operable so as to establish or release a sub-atmospheric pressure between the suction unit and the fastening surface. Access to the operating device is provided from inside the dispenser. | 12-26-2013 |
20130331250 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR TRIMMING MATERIAL FROM A WEB - Unattached elastic portions of an elasticised web are grasped and raised above a support surface for feeding the elasticised web. The raised portions are brought into contact with a knife blade that is positioned to protrude through the thickness of the raised elastic layer into free space so as to remain spaced from the support surface that is moving beneath the blade in a direction normal to the support surface. The raised elastic layer is held raised during trimming with the knife blade by an elevation element over which the elastic layer runs. A grasping device holds the unattached portion being cut in a taut state in the cross machine direction. The elastic layer thus spans across the elevation element and the grasping device. The knife blade extends through the thickness of the elastic layer along the spanned part of the elastic layer into free space. | 12-12-2013 |
20130321007 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A LIQUID DISCHARGE DETECTION SENSOR - An absorbent article for absorbing liquid discharge of a wearer when worn in the crotch region includes an absorbent core for doing the absorbing of the liquid discharge. A conductive layer is in electrical contact with the absorbent core. The article includes at least one set of first and second electrical contacts secured in intimate physical and electrical contact with the conductive layer such that when an electric potential is applied between the first and second electrical contacts, an electric current travels between them and through the conductive layer in such a way so as to follow a first relatively high impedance path along the conductive layer when the absorbent core is dry and a relatively low impedance path when the absorbent core is wet. This system allows a system verification check, even in the dry state, and the determination of the extent of the wet portion of the absorbent core. | 12-05-2013 |
20130313279 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A package including a stack of tissue paper sheets, wherein the package includes at least one line of weakness that has an unbroken configuration and a broken configuration and wherein the package is configured to be able to be flexed to pull apart the line of weakness when the line of weakness is in the broken configuration to open the package to allow a tissue paper sheet in the stack to be withdrawn through the open package. | 11-28-2013 |
20130307570 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A LIQUID DISCHARGE SENSOR - An absorbent article for absorbing liquid discharge of a wearer includes conductive loops each in an open loop shape having terminal ends for electrically communicating with opposing poles of an electric potential generator such that current flows around the full conductive loop between the terminal ends when a space defined within the open loop shape is dry and such that liquid discharge in the space defined within the open loop shape is able to cause a short circuit in the conductive loop so that the current flows around a reduced impedance path. The impedance change is measureable to determine a location relative to the terminal ends where the liquid discharge has caused the short circuit. The conductive loops are oriented such that the direction in which the current travels up an outward leg of the respective conductive loop is in substantially the opposite direction for a first conductive loop as for a second conductive loop. | 11-21-2013 |
20130303867 | TOOL FOR ANALYSING LIQUID DISCHARGE DATA IN AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE, AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE ADAPTED FOR LIQUID DISCHARGE DATA COLLECTION AND A CONTROL UNIT INTERACTING WITH THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE FOR COLLECTING THE LIQUID DISCHARGE DATA - An absorbent article for absorbing liquid discharge when worn on the crotch region of the body of a user includes a plurality of detection zones for detecting the liquid discharge. Each detection zone is provided by first and second electrically conductive paths that are electrically isolated from one another and arranged so that a liquid discharge between the first and second conductive paths allows electrical current to flow between the first and second conductive paths which is able to be detected to detect the presence of liquid discharge in the respective zone. The plurality of zones are longitudinally distributed with respect to the absorbent article along an absorbent core of the absorbent article, to allow the longitudinal extent of the discharge to be ascertained. The first and second conductive paths are longitudinally spaced from one another. The first and second conductive paths are elongate and are laterally aligned. | 11-14-2013 |
20130292402 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A system including a dry absorbent tissue paper sheet dispenser having a dispensing opening through which dry tissue paper sheets can be withdrawn and a moist sheet dispenser having a dispensing opening through which moist sheets can be withdrawn, wherein one of the dry tissue paper dispenser and the moist sheet dispenser is configured to sit atop the other so that the dispensing openings face in opposing directions in a combined configuration, and wherein the dry and moist sheet dispensers have cooperating interfacing surfaces when they are in the combined configuration that resist movement of the moist sheet dispenser with respect to the dry tissue paper dispenser in a first direction perpendicular to a sheet withdrawal direction of the dry tissue paper dispenser and the moist dispenser. | 11-07-2013 |
20130289765 | PAPER PRODUCT DISPENSING SYSTEM AND RELATED METHODS - A system for dispensing paper product at a food-selling establishment. The system includes a point-of-sale device for entering details of a particular sale transaction, with the point-of-sale device being configured to output a slip containing specific indicia associated with the particular sale transaction. A dispenser of paper product is configured to obtain information from the specific indicia on the slip and to dispense a predetermined quantity of paper product in response to the obtained information. | 10-31-2013 |
20130281958 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE IN THE FORM OF BOXER SHORTS AND METHOD FOR MAKING THEREOF - An absorbent pant article in the form of boxer shorts includes a garment shell including a front body panel, a back body panel and a crotch panel made of elastic web material. The pant also includes an absorbent core, side seams connecting the front body panel to the back body panel, a pair of leg openings and hanging legs. The leg openings are located in the crotch panel and do not extend into the front and back body panels, and side seams extend into the crotch panel. The width of the crotch panel in a relaxed condition of the elastic web material, as measured between the side seams of the article, is at least 7% larger than the width of any of the front and back body panels in a relaxed condition of the respective elastic web material. | 10-24-2013 |
20130277388 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A moist dispenser, the moist sheet dispenser including a receptacle housing for receiving a stack of moist sheets, the receptacle housing including a dispensing opening through which a sheet can be withdrawn from the stack, the dispenser including a lid that has an open position to provide access to the dispensing opening so that a sheet can be withdrawn from the stack through the dispensing opening and a closed position covering the dispensing opening, wherein the lid defines a periphery and the receptacle housing defines a periphery and the peripheries of the lid and the receptacle housing meet when the lid is in the closed position. | 10-24-2013 |
20130270292 | DISPENSING SYSTEM COMPRISING HOLDER AND DISPENSING PACKAGE - A dispensing system includes a holder adapted to hold the package of wipes. The holder has a front portion, a rear portion and side portions connecting the front and rear portions, and the package has a front wall with a dispensing opening, a rear wall opposite the front wall, two opposing side walls and two opposing end walls. The front portion of the holder includes first and second holder parts extending in a length direction of the holder and is spaced apart in a width direction of the holder with a gap between the holder parts. The holder parts are resiliently movable between a holding position and a loading position, and the gap is smaller in the holding position than in the loading position. The rear portion of the holder and the rear wall of the package include mating fasteners for attaching the package to the holder. | 10-17-2013 |
20130270290 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A stack of interfolded tissue paper sheets, wherein the interfolding pattern is such that each sheet is folded at least once to provide leading and trailing panels with respect to a sheet withdrawal direction, to define a stack comprising an overlapping region where adjacent sheets in the stack overlap and non-overlapping regions of the stack on opposed sides of the overlapping region wherein adjacent sheets of the stack do not overlap. | 10-17-2013 |
20130270289 | TISSUE PAPER SYSTEMS - A container for containing a stack of interfolded tissue paper sheets, wherein the container includes a dispensing opening and lips so that a sheet passes through the dispensing opening when being withdrawn from the stack and dispensed from the sheet, wherein the lips are in an overlapping state in a direction of withdrawal of the sheets, wherein the lips are configured to be opened into a less overlapping or non-overlapping state by the sheet as the sheet moves therethrough and are configured to return to the overlapping state after withdrawal of the sheet. | 10-17-2013 |
20130269893 | STACK OF A PLURALITY OF CELLULOSE-CONTAINING ABSORBENT TOWELS AND A PROCESS FOR MANUFACTURING THE STACK - A stack of a plurality of cellulose-containing absorbent towels for a dispenser is provided. The towels are separable upon dispensing. The stack is compressed to a predetermined density dependent on material choice. | 10-17-2013 |
20130264925 | SUPPORT DEVICE - A support device includes a base member having a first side adapted to face a flat surface and a second side opposite to the first side, and a cover member adapted to cover at least partially the base member. The base member is adapted to be attached to the flat surface by a fastening system. The fastening system includes a first surface adapted for the application of a stretch releasable adhesive strip on the first side of the base member. The base member has a through opening extending through the base member from the second side to the first side. The through opening is arranged adjacent to the first surface and is adapted for pulling the stretch releasable adhesive strip at least partially therethrough. The cover member in a first position covers the through opening and in a second position exposes the through opening. | 10-10-2013 |
20130261590 | FASTENING MEANS FOR AN ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A method of applying a fastening means to a backsheet of an absorbent product, said backsheet facing away from the user during use, and being opposite to a body facing side of the absorbent product, which method comprises the steps of applying an adhesive layer on the backsheet of the absorbent product, and applying an expandable ink wherein 5-95% of the backsheet is covered by the expandable ink; and an absorbent product comprising a body facing side, a backsheet facing away from the user during use, and being opposite to the body facing side of the absorbent product, and a fastening means applied on the garment facing side, said fastening means comprising an adhesive layer and an expandable ink. | 10-03-2013 |
20130240554 | LEVEL SENSOR AND DISPENSER - A solution for detecting level of a consumable tissue product ( | 09-19-2013 |
20130240123 | PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND A METHOD FOR PRODUCING PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A method for producing pant-type absorbent articles each article including a chassis structure having at least one elastic panel and an integrated absorbent core component, the method including a continuous pant-forming process including forming the chassis structure and incorporating the absorbent core component into the chassis structure. The at least one elastic panel is formed by a) separately producing a two-layer laminate including a first non-elastic fibrous nonwoven web and an elastic film, b) activating the two-layer laminate by incremental stretching in at least one direction to render the two-layer laminate elastically stretchable, c) stretching the activated two-layer laminate by 35-200% in at least one direction, d) introducing the two-layer laminate in the pant-forming process, and e) laminating the elastic film of the stretched two-layer laminate to an elastic or nonwoven chassis component. Also, an absorbent pant-type article produced in accordance with the method. | 09-19-2013 |
20130228587 | GRAVITY FEED DISPENSER - A gravity feed dispenser including a dispensing opening that exposes part of a front face and part of a bottom face of a stack of interfolded napkins. Interference tabs restrict the dispensing opening at the front face of the stack of napkins. A stack of interfolded napkins is seated on a bottom wall of the dispenser. The bottom wall is set back from a front wall in a front to rear direction to provide a dispensing gap. A leading flap of the stack of napkins hangs through the dispensing gap while a leading fold of the stack of napkins is pressed against a bottom end of the front wall. When the leading flap is pushed back, the leading fold passes beneath a bottom edge of the front wall to be grasped by a user for dispensing napkins at least two at a time. | 09-05-2013 |
20130220864 | CONSUMER PACKAGE - A consumer package for holding stacked articles includes at least one line of weakness arranged to divide the package into first and second package parts such that when the line of weakness is broken, the package is divided into two separate package parts both having an opening at the line of weakness. The first package part includes a first edge region adjacent to the line of weakness, and the second package part includes a second edge region adjacent to the line of weakness. A device for reducing the size of the opening is arranged in the edge region of the first package part so that the first package part can retain the stacked articles when the second package part is removed. A device for reducing the opening is arranged in the edge region of the second package part so that the second package part becomes a bring-along package. | 08-29-2013 |
20130218119 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A SHAPED ELEMENT AND A METHOD OF MAKING SUCH - An absorbent article, which comprises a fastening element for the absorbent article for fastening the absorbent article to underpants or a stiffening element for providing a relatively stiff region of the absorbent article and for defining a collapse prone portion of the absorbent article to shape the absorbent article as desired. The element defines a Y- or X-shape and comprises a first piece of material defining a bend and a second piece of material defining a bend, wherein the first and second pieces of material and their bends together define the Y or X shape of the element. The first and second pieces define a generally V- or U-shape so that each of the first and second pieces has first and second legs extending from a point of the V-shape or a bight of the U-shape, wherein the second legs respectively provide first and second arms of the Y- or X-shape of the element, and wherein the first legs either together provide a third arm of the Y-shape or respectively provide third and fourth arms of the X-shape. | 08-22-2013 |
20130218118 | MALE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A male absorbent article includes a liquid impermeable pouch for housing the male genitals of a user. The pouch includes an opening for inserting the male genitals into the pouch. The absorbent article includes an absorbent body positioned in the absorbent article for fluid communication with the interior space of the pouch. An inner sheet structure comprises the opening for inserting the male genitals into the pouch and is tapered and positioned between and extending from first and second upper ends in a direction towards a lower end. | 08-22-2013 |
20130213992 | DISPENSER FOR PAPER SHEETS - A dispenser for containing and holding a stack of absorbent products includes a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensable and a manually graspable member that is graspable by a user from outside the dispenser and manipulatable to move the stack when the stack is in a depleted state from a retracted position relative to the dispensing opening to a position adjacent to the dispensing opening. The dispenser includes a stack moving member having a first configuration conforming to faces of the dispenser that are transverse to one another and a second configuration forming a ramp between those faces and extending towards the dispensing opening. The stack moving member is reconfigurable from the first configuration to the second configuration to move the stack when the stack is in a depleted state from a retracted position relative to the dispensing opening to a position adjacent to the dispensing opening. | 08-22-2013 |
20130211367 | CONVERTIBLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article having a waistband which is attached to first and second body portions of the article. The first body portion is attached to the waistband by at least a fastening means wherein the article assumes a pant diaper form. The waistband has a reception surface and a perforation. The perforation allows the reception surface to be separated into first and second belt portions. At least a part of the reception surface is located on each belt portion, thereby allowing the article to assume a belt diaper form. The first belt portion comprises at least one fastening means. The second fastening means is arranged so that the absorbent article can be readily converted from a pant diaper form to a belt diaper form. | 08-15-2013 |
20130200201 | DISPENSER FOR ABSORBENT PAPER TISSUE OR NONWOVEN MATERIAL - A portable refillable dispenser for absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material, has a lower housing portion and an upper housing portion. The upper housing portion is connected via a first hinge to the lower housing portion, wherein the upper and lower housing portions, in a closed position, form a compartment for the absorbent tissue or nonwoven material and an inner dispensing opening there between and, in an open position, allow refilling of the dispenser. The dispenser has a lid connected with the upper and lower housing portions for holding the upper and lower housing portions together. The lid at least partially covers the inner dispensing opening from at least one direction. The lid is provided with an outer dispensing opening. The absorbent paper, tissue or nonwoven material is dispensable via the inner and outer dispensing openings. | 08-08-2013 |
20130200093 | HANGING BAG - A packaged product including a substantially enclosed container for a material, said container including a first end, a second end with a width and a length, a sidewall forming an interior surface defining the container, a first opening into the container adapted to dispense the material, a hanging member, and an insert with an insert base portion, two insert side portions and an insert opening along a width of the insert, wherein the insert base portion extends along the width of the second end, the insert side portions extend at least partially up the sidewall, and the insert opening extends along at least substantially the entire width of the second end. A dispensing method including providing a packaged product, opening the packaged product to form a first opening into the container adapted to dispense a material, and dispensing the material from the container. | 08-08-2013 |
20130198984 | FLUSHABLE MOIST WIPE OR HYGIENE TISSUE - A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue includes a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition. The nonwoven material contains at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres and at least 5%, by fibre weight, manmade fibres and/or natural fibres with a length of at least 6 mm. The moist wipe or hygiene tissue includes at least two plies of the hydraulically entangled nonwoven material, each ply having a basis weight between 30 and 50 g/m | 08-08-2013 |
20130192437 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for repeatedly discharging a predetermined length of a continuous web of material, especially paper towels, comprises a feed roller ( | 08-01-2013 |
20130184670 | METHOD OF SELECTIVELY ELASTICATING A MOVING WEB AND AN ARTICLE COMPRISING THE ELASTICATED WEB - A method for producing an elasticated chassis web for use as a continuous and coherent layer in a disposable garment, including attaching continuous elastic elements ( | 07-18-2013 |
20130171408 | INTERFOLDED NAPKINS AND METHOD FOR INTERFOLDING NAPKINS - A rectangular stack of interfolded rectangular napkins including a plurality of napkins, each napkin in the stack comprising a first fold in a first direction, and a second fold in a second direction perpendicular to the first direction and bisecting the first fold and the napkin in the second direction, the intersecting first and second folds dividing the napkin into four panels with a pair of adjacent panels located on each side of the second fold, wherein each of the napkins within the stack includes at least one pair of panels arranged in the stack at a level between two pairs of adjacent panels of another of the absorbent napkins within the stack. | 07-04-2013 |
20130165897 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH FASTENING COMPONENTS AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal axis between front and back longitudinal ends of the product, and along a transverse axis. The product has a topsheet defining an interior face of the product configured to face a wearer thereof during use, and a backsheet overlaying the topsheet, the backsheet defining an exterior face of the product. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the product. The product also includes a first pair of fastening components, each being formed from a partially cut-out portion of the disposable absorbent product so as to be pivotally coupled to a remainder of the product, such that pivotal movement of the fastening components relative to a remainder of the product defines at least one aperture that extends between the interior and exterior faces of the product. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165896 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH BONDED LATERAL REGIONS AND RELATED METHODS - A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal axis and a transverse axis orthogonal to the longitudinal axis. The product has a topsheet, and a backsheet overlaying the topsheet, with the topsheet and backsheet jointly defining first and second side edges of the product on respective sides of the longitudinal axis. An absorbent core is disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet for storing fluid secreted by the wearer of the product. The absorbent core has first and second lateral edges respectively inboard of the first and second side edges of the product so as to define respective first and second lateral portions of the product that are free of the absorbent core. The product also has a plurality of folds parallel to the transverse axis, and a plurality of bonds in at least one of the first or second lateral portions that secure the plurality of folds in place. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165895 | PANT-TYPE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A pant-type absorbent article having an absorbent assembly having an absorbent core and a chassis, wherein the front and back portions are joined to each other along two opposite longitudinal side edges to define a waist-opening and a pair of leg-openings, at least one of the front and back portions has an elastic web material, a crotch portion located between the front portion and the back portion in the longitudinal direction of the article, the front portion having a length in the longitudinal direction, the back portion having a length in the longitudinal direction, and the crotch portion having a length in the longitudinal direction, the absorbent assembly overlapping a distance with both the front and back portions, the article having a longitudinal and a transverse direction, wherein the absorbent assembly overlaps no more than 20% of the surface area of each of the front and back portions. | 06-27-2013 |
20130165890 | Disposable Absorbent Product with Elastic Leg Opening Regions and Related Methods - A disposable absorbent product extends along a longitudinal dimension and a width dimension. The absorbent product has a backsheet, a topsheet overlaying the backsheet, and an absorbent core that is disposed between the backsheet and the topsheet for absorbing and retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product. The absorbent product also has a first multidirectional stretch material layer, adjacent the backsheet, that defines a first contoured leg opening of the absorbent product adapted to fit around a first leg of the wearer of the absorbent product. | 06-27-2013 |
20130161346 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for perforated web of absorbent paper, tissue, or nonwoven material in the form of a roll or a stack includes a housing forming a compartment, a passage arrangement defining a web passage, and an oblong dispensing opening. Inside the compartment, a web path is defined from a position of the roll or the stack to the oblong dispensing opening including the web passage. An edge portion at each of two lateral short sides of the oblong dispensing opening arranged at a distance from each other narrower than a width of the web separates a sheet from the web along a perforation. The web path changes direction as it passes over a straight edge arranged alongside, and perpendicularly to, the web path. The straight edge, the web passage, and the oblong dispensing opening are arranged directly adjacent to each other in that order seen in a direction of dispensing. | 06-27-2013 |
20130144241 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING FLUID FLOW CONTROL MEMBER - An absorbent article, the absorbent article being a personal hygiene article, comprising a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet, and an absorbent core enclosed between the top sheet and the back sheet, and a fluid flow control member arranged between the top sheet and the backsheet, said fluid flow control member being of a nonwoven material comprising a three dimensional network of fibres, said fibres having a thickness of 200-700 μm, said nonwoven material having a strain of max 50% at 5 kPa. | 06-06-2013 |
20130138070 | MALE INCONTINENCE PROTECTOR - A male incontinence protector includes a longitudinal direction and a transverse direction, a front end portion with a front end edge, and a rear end portion with a rear end edge. The front end portion has greater maximum extension in the transverse direction than the maximum extension of the rear end portion in the transverse direction. The male incontinence protector further includes side edges extending between the front end edge and the rear end edge, a garment-facing surface, and a wearer-facing surface. The incontinence protector has a tendon engagement member arranged in the rear end portion. | 05-30-2013 |
20130130881 | METHOD FOR FOLDING INCONTINENCE PADS - A method including folding incontinence pads which have a substantially rectangular shape, elongate according to a longitudinal axis, and including a central absorbent pad and a perimetric edge. The method includes folding parts of the edge onto a central portion of the absorbent pad, folding a first end portion of the incontinence pad about a first fold line onto the central portion and a subsequent step of folding, about a second fold line a second end portion onto the first portion. The fold lines which are transversal to the longitudinal axis and define the central portion are spaced by a stretch which is greater than or equal to the longitudinal dimension of the first end portion. The folding step is preceded by a step of folding down inwards onto the central portion segments of the edge which lie between the first and second fold lines, and a step of retaining said segments of the edge on the central portion. | 05-23-2013 |
20130112801 | SUPPLY PACKAGE HAVING SUPPORT ELEMENT WITH RFID - An apparatus for dispensing sheet material pertains to a housing ( | 05-09-2013 |
20130105618 | DISPENSER FOR A ROLL OF ABSORBENT PAPER TISSUE OR NONWOVEN MATERIAL | 05-02-2013 |
20130105614 | DISPENSER FOR ROLL OF ABSORBENT PAPER TISSUE OR NONWOVEN MATERIAL | 05-02-2013 |
20130105613 | APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING ABSORBENT SHEET PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR MODIFYING SUCH APPARATUS | 05-02-2013 |
20130100224 | METHOD OF MAKING A PATTERNED LAYER FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A patterned layer is intended to be used in an absorbent article, and has a pattern, for example in the form of a text or an image, which appears clearly legible or interpretable for an observer at a certain distance. The pattern can be formed by a number of dots which, when the layer is in a first state, have a first surface density which forms the legible or interpretable pattern and which, when the layer is in a second and then expanded state, have a second surface density which is lower than the first surface density in the first state, the pattern becoming in the second state essentially illegible or uninterpretable for the observer at the given distance on account of the lower surface density. | 04-25-2013 |
20130099924 | DISPENSER AND ROLL OF FLEXIBLE SHEET MATERIAL - A dispenser for dispensing flexible sheet material includes a roll of material, the roll of material having a core. One end portion of the flexible sheet material is adhered to the core by a pickup glue. The dispenser includes a sensor for sensing the pickup glue of the roll of material and a control unit for triggering at least one action of the dispenser in response to the detection of the pickup glue. | 04-25-2013 |
20130098795 | PACKAGING FOR DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND RELATED METHODS - A package has a stack of disposable absorbent products in an enclosure defined by a flexible polymer material. The enclosure has top and bottom walls, sidewalls extending between the top and bottom walls, and end walls disposed opposite one another. A compressed stack of disposable absorbent products is located in the interior of the enclosure and exerts an expansion force against the end walls from the interior. The compressed stack includes a first disposable absorbent product contacting one of the end walls, which has a portion that is substantially transparent. The first disposable absorbent product includes a graphic display on an outer surface thereof that faces that end wall. No portion of the graphic display is visible through the substantially transparent portion of that end wall. | 04-25-2013 |
20130096525 | MALE INCONTINENCE GUARD COMPRISING AN ABSORBENT BARRIER - A male incontinence guard includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent body between the topsheet and the backsheet. The guard has a transverse direction and a longitudinal direction and is divided by a transverse dividing line into a front region with a front transverse edge and a rear region with a rear transverse edge. The front region has a greater maximum extension in the transverse direction than the maximum extension of the rear region in the transverse direction, and the longitudinal extension of the rear region is 10-60% of the longitudinal extension of the guard. | 04-18-2013 |
20130090620 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT PRODUCT WITH SHAPED FLUID STORAGE STRUCTURES - A disposable absorbent product includes a backsheet, a topsheet overlaying the backsheet, and a core disposed between the backsheet and topsheet for retaining fluid secreted by a wearer of the absorbent product. The core has a length dimension, a width dimension, and a thickness dimension orthogonal to the length and width dimensions. The core includes first and second fluid storage structures, with the first fluid storage structure at least partially surrounding the second fluid storage structure in the thickness dimension. The second fluid storage structure extends along a longitudinal axis and has a head portion, as well as a pair of leg portions, with the leg portions being longitudinally opposed the head portion. Each of the leg portions extends along a minor axis that defines, with the longitudinal axis, an acute included angle. | 04-11-2013 |
20130048667 | PRODUCT DISPENSER AND COVER MEMBER FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSER - A product dispenser including a housing for housing dispensable products in a product reservoir defined by the housing and a cover member defining a dispensing opening through which the products are dispensed. The cover member includes a lid member and a support member and the lid member is openable relative to the support member about a hinge. The cover member is removably mountable to the housing by at least one engagement member of the support member engaging at least one complementary engagement member of the housing. A strength of connection of the hinge to the support member and a strength of connection of at least one engagement member of the support member for removably mounting the support member to the housing is such that when the lid member is opened to a stop position and further opening force is applied to the lid member, at least one engagement member dismounts between the housing and the support member before the force gets so great as to break the hinge. | 02-28-2013 |
20130048666 | PRODUCT DISPENSER AND COVER MEMBER FOR A PRODUCT DISPENSER - A dispensable product system including a product housing for a product dispenser that defines a product reservoir. The product housing being mountable to a counter top or wall member having an opening for receiving the product housing through the wall member and opposed major surfaces that are substantially planar. The system includes an opening through a side wall of the housing and a protrusion member positionable from a non-blocking position to a blocking position in that the protrusion member is positionable through the opening from an inside of the side wall of the product housing to project from an outside of the side wall of the product housing for seating against one of the major surfaces of the counter top or wall member to block movement of the product housing with respect to passing through the opening in the wall member in a first direction. The projection member includes a catch portion engaging with the outside of the side wall to resist movement of the projection member from the blocking position to the non-blocking position. | 02-28-2013 |
20130042771 | APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR TREATING PRODUCTS - An apparatus for treating products continuously fed to the apparatus includes a first roller rotatable around a first rotation axis and a second roller rotatable around a second rotation axis parallel to the first rotation axis. A treatment gap is formed between the first roller and the second roller. The apparatus further includes an adjusting means for in-line adjusting the nominal size of the treatment gap. The adjusting means includes at least one piezoelectric element for shifting the position of the first rotation axis and/or the second rotation axis. | 02-21-2013 |
20130030403 | MALE INCONTINENCE GUARD - A male incontinence guard having a longitudinal extension defined between a first and a second end and a triangular base shape, the male incontinence guard comprising a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable back sheet; an absorbent core, the absorbent core having straight longitudinal side edges; a side barrier at each longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core, each side barrier having an outer edge facing away from the respective longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core and an elastic fixed to at least the back sheet between the longitudinal side edge and the outer edge; wherein a distance between the elastics of the side barriers and the respective longitudinal side edge of the absorbent core in a direction perpendicular to the longitudinal side edge differs along the longitudinal direction. | 01-31-2013 |
20130012898 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A WEB OF A LAMINATE MATERIAL FOR RETAINING FAECES AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method for producing a web of a laminate material for retaining faeces including laminating first and second webs to form an intermediate laminate web, providing transversal slits in the intermediate laminate web and expanding the intermediate laminate web such that the slits are opened to openings. An expanded intermediate laminate web is formed by the expansion. The expanded web is laminated to a third web in order to fix the expanded web in an expanded state, whereby the laminate material web is formed. Also, a method of producing an absorbent article including producing the laminate material web according to the method above. | 01-10-2013 |
20130011512 | EMBOSSING TOOL AND EMBOSSED PRODUCT - An embossing tool includes a rotary embossing roll ( | 01-10-2013 |
20120302440 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A COMPOSITE MATERIAL - An absorbent article including a freeze dried composite material. The freeze dried composite material includes cellulosic pulp (e.g. CTMP) and an absorbent material. The absorbent material includes microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) with a specified content of carboxylate groups. | 11-29-2012 |
20120279984 | DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING PAPER, NONWOVENS AND/OR WIPES - A dispenser for dispensing paper, nonwovens, and/or wipes, the dispenser includes a housing which defines a receiving volume and which has an access opening through which the receiving volume is accessible, an insert which is arranged to be inserted into the receiving volume of the housing through the access opening of the housing, the insert being provided with a receiving portion for receiving the paper, nonwovens, and/or wipes to be dispensed, and the insert being provided with a closing portion which is adapted to close the access opening of the housing when the insert is fully inserted into the housing. A dispensing opening is provided in the closing portion of the insert, wherein a cover is attached to the insert for closing the dispensing opening. | 11-08-2012 |
20120255671 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING A MULTI-PLY WEB OF FLEXIBLE MATERIAL - A method for producing a multi-ply web including at least three plies of flexible material, such as paper and nonwoven material, by means of gluing the plies. The method includes the steps of embossing first and second webs of flexible material separately between a respective embossing roll and a respective impression roll; applying glue to one side of each of the embossed first and second webs; feeding the first and second webs and a third web separately into a laminating nip. The third web is between the first and second webs, and the glue is applied to sides of the first and second webs facing the third web so that the first, second and third webs are combined in a single step. The laminating nip is formed between the first embossing roll and a laminating roll. | 10-11-2012 |
20120245020 | ABSORBENT ARTICLES AS CARBON SINKS - An absorbent article such as, for example, a diaper, a sanitary napkin, a panty liner or a male or female incontinence article. The article includes inorganic material. The inorganic material includes carbon which is derived from atmospheric carbon dioxide. Methods for making the absorbent articles are also provided. | 09-27-2012 |
20120232507 | BELTED ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A belted absorbent article includes an absorbent structure extending about a first longitudinal axis, the absorbent structure including a topsheet, a backsheet and an absorbent batt disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, the absorbent structure having a transverse axis dividing the absorbent structure into a front panel terminating in a front end region and a rear panel terminating in a rear end region, the absorbent structure being delimited by opposed longitudinal edges and opposed transverse edges, and a pair of opposed belt halves including nonwoven material attached to the absorbent structure at the rear end region of the rear panel, each of the belt halves being attached by a respective joint, each belt half extending about a longitudinal axis of the belt such that each belt half extends outwardly from a respective longitudinal edge of the absorbent structure. | 09-13-2012 |
20120228167 | DISPENSER FOR TWO DIFFERENT TYPES OF PAPER OR NONWOVEN PRODUCTS - A device dispenser for at least two different types of paper or nonwoven products is provided. The dispenser is adapted to be mounted in a holder for a roll of absorbent paper provided with a core, and includes a first compartment adapted to contain a first type of paper or nonwoven product, and a second compartment adapted to contain a second type of paper or nonwoven product. The dispenser has a substantially cylindrical shape and includes a substantially cylindrical outer shell, a first end wall and a second end wall, wherein the outer shell is connected to the first and second end walls. Also an arrangement including such a dispenser and two different paper or nonwoven products in two compartments of the dispenser. | 09-13-2012 |
20120217259 | DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING TISSUE PAPER AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A DISPENSER - A dispenser ( | 08-30-2012 |
20120199301 | FLUSHABLE MOIST WIPE OR HYGIENE TISSUE - A flushable moist wipe or hygiene tissue including a hydraulically entangled nonwoven material impregnated with a wetting composition. The nonwoven material contains at least 70%, by fibre weight, pulp fibres and the rest manmade fibres and/or natural fibres with a length of at least 6 mm. The moist wipe or hygiene tissue has a length in the machine direction which exceeds the width in the cross-machine direction with at least 25%. The moist wipe or hygiene tissue has a wet strength in machine direction which is at least 3 times higher than the wet strength in cross-machine direction, wherein the wet strength in cross-machine direction is between 50 and 200 N/m. | 08-09-2012 |
20120156447 | FIBROUS PRODUCT AND METHOD AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING SUCH A FIBROUS PRODUCT - A fibrous product, especially tissue paper product, non-woven product or a hybrid thereof, includes at least one top ply with either an embossing pattern forming pillow-like chambers at least partially surrounded by first embossing protuberances or with second embossing protuberances; at least one middle ply embossed in register with the at least one top ply so that either second embossing protuberances of the at least one middle ply nest into the pillow-like chambers of the at least one top ply or second embossing protuberances of the at least one top ply nest into the pillow-like chambers at least partially surrounded by first embossing protuberances of the at least one middle ply; and at least one bottom ply not in register with the at least one top ply and being bonded to both the at least one top ply and the at least one middle ply. | 06-21-2012 |
20120148996 | METHOD FOR FACILITATING THE IDENTIFICATION OF SUITABLE OBJECT-WIPING MATERIAL AND DISPENSER THEREFOR - A method for facilitating the identification of suitable object-wiping material and dispenser ( | 06-14-2012 |
20120136329 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH AN ACQUISITION DISTRIBUTION LAYER WITH CHANNELS - An absorbent article, such as a sanitary napkin, includes a top sheet and a back sheet with an absorbent core sandwiched therebetween. To decrease transverse leakage, a channeled acquisition distribution layer is placed between the absorbent core and the top sheet. The acquisition distribution layer has apertures and channels open toward the top sheet extending in the longitudinal or machine direction of the article. The channels have a lower permeability through the layer than the remaining portions of the acquisition distribution layer by containing less apertures or by melting the channels so that material fills in substantially all of the apertures in the channels. In further embodiments, the channels may be impermeable and extend substantially the full length of the acquisition distribution layer. | 05-31-2012 |
20120125795 | DISPENSER - A dispenser including a housing and a door pivotally attached to the housing via a substantially vertically arranged hinge. The housing includes a hinge wall, an upper end wall, a substantially vertical wall and a lower end wall. The walls define an edge delimiting a lateral charge opening. The housing is provided with a dispensing opening at the lower end wall. The door includes an essentially vertical portion, a free end opposite the hinge and a door rim at lest partly adjacent the edge of the housing when the door is in a closed position. The edge of the housing has a free edge portion extending along the upper end wall, the substantially vertical wall and the lower end wall. The free edge portion includes a guiding element for co-operation with a region of the door rim during pivoting of the door towards the closed position and for vertically positioning the free end of the door. | 05-24-2012 |
20120123377 | BOXER SHORTS FORMED BY A METHOD WHICH DOES NOT REQUIRE REMOVAL OF MATERIAL FROM THE MANUFACTURING WEB - A pant-type article having a boxer-short configuration. The article includes first and second panels which are joined via a crotch region joining. Folding and inverting the panels, and sealing along side-seams and inner legs seams provides a boxer-short. Methods for manufacturing the pant-type article are also provided. The pant-type article can be manufactured in a continuous side-by-side fashion. | 05-17-2012 |
20120118905 | DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING TISSUE AND/OR NONWOVEN PRODUCTS AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING TISSUE AND/OR NONWOVEN PRODUCTS - The present disclosure pertains to a dispenser ( | 05-17-2012 |
20120116342 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WTH EMBOSSED ELASTIC SIDE PANELS - An absorbent article including a chassis, a pair of opposed elastic side panels attached to the chassis, and at least one fastening tab adhesively attached to each elastic side panel. The at least one fastening tab has a length in the transverse direction of the article and a width in the longitudinal direction of the article and each elastic side panel is embossed on at least a portion thereof, which is adhesively attached to the respective fastening tab, to form at least one embossed groove extending along at least 30%, preferably at least 40% and more preferably at least 60% of the width of the at least one fastening tab. | 05-10-2012 |
20120109096 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE COMPRISING A STIFFENING ELEMENT AND A DEVICE FOR DISPOSAL - An absorbent article including an absorption member including an absorbent body for absorbing body fluids. The absorption member having an upper side intended to face a wearer during use of the article and a lower side intended to face away from the wearer during use of the article, and a stiffening element that, at least during use of the article, provides the article with a predetermined shape that enhances the fit of the article to the wearer's body. The stiffening element is fastened to the lower side of the absorption member and the stiffening element includes a piece of material formed into a layered structure that significantly contributes to the stiffness of the stiffening element. The layered structure can be extended to a non-layered structure. The piece of material is provided with a first attachment for locking a rolled up or folded used article. | 05-03-2012 |
20120104016 | WIPING MATERIAL SYSTEM AND METHODS - A wiping material system including a plurality of dispensers ( | 05-03-2012 |
20120097789 | SPINDLE AND HOLDER FOR A SPINDLE - A spindle for mounting a roll of wiping material thereon. The spindle has a longitudinal extension and direction and includes a body and at least three elongated spring elements extending along the longitudinal direction. The body has a centre section adapted to hold the roll, and each elongated spring element has a first end and a second end. The spindle is adapted to hold the roll and to be rotated about an essentially horizontal axis. The at least three elongated spring elements are arranged for stabilizing the roll on the centre section. The first end and the second end of each spring element are fixedly attached to the body such that the spring elements are fixedly positioned in the longitudinal direction on the body. A holder for a roll of wiping material comprising such a spindle is also presented. | 04-26-2012 |
20120097701 | DISPENSER ASSEMBLY - A dispenser assembly | 04-26-2012 |
20120089111 | MENSTRUAL TAMPON - The disclosure concerns a compressed menstrual tampon including an elongated generally rod-shaped absorption body having an insertion end and a withdrawal end and having a withdrawal string extending from the withdrawal end. The absorption body has at least one wave-shaped compression line extending continuously from the insertion end to the withdrawal end. | 04-12-2012 |
20120088646 | METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING A PANTS-TYPE DIAPER - A method for facilitating the alignment of first and second side panel portions of a pants-type diaper whilst feeding a pants-type diaper precursor in a machine direction through processing apparatus. The pants-type diaper precursor includes a leading edge region, a trailing edge region and first and second side edge regions, each of the first and second side edge regions having a first side panel portion at the leading edge region and a second side panel portion at the trailing edge region. The method includes applying elastic elements under tension to a flat continuous web having a predetermined width in the cross-machine direction, the web forming either the backsheet or the topsheet of the pants-type diaper. The elastic element in the trailing edge region is adapted to generate a greater gathering force than the elastic element in the leading edge region such that the first and second panels are better aligned when brought into overlapping relationship. | 04-12-2012 |
20120072018 | DISPENSING SYSTEM AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING A PRODUCT - A dispensing system including a dispenser for dispensing a product and a waste receptacle for receiving a used product. A triggering connection is present between the dispenser and the waste receptacle. The triggering connection is suitable to trigger in response to a dispensing action an encouraging action of the waste receptacle to encourage use of the waste receptacle. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071851 | DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE HAVING A BARRIER - A disposable absorbent article having at least one barrier at least one barrier extending along at least a longitudinal side of the crotch portion having a proximal end being connected to the remains of the article and a distal end forming a longitudinally extending free edge. At least one of the front and rear portion have a side portion extending transversely outwardly of the proximal end of the barrier to a side portion end for fastening to the other of the front and rear portion, so as to form a closed position of the article defining a leg opening. A connecting member connects the barrier with the side portion, and extends between a first connection where the connection member is connected to the barrier and a second connection where the connection member is connected to the side portion, such that when the side portion is subject to a traction force, the traction force will be at least partially transferred to the barrier via the connecting member. | 03-22-2012 |
20120071309 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING A TOP SHEET OR BACK SHEET OF A DISPOSABLE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing a top sheet material or back sheet material for use in the manufacture of disposable absorbent articles, including the steps of: a) splitting a continuous first web of sheet material having substantially straight side edges into a second and third continuous web by an alternating concave-convex cutting line cut in a longitudinal direction along the continuous first web, the cutting line being distanced from both side edges of the continuous first web; b) shifting the second continuous web in a lateral direction in relation to the third continuous web so that the substantially straight edges of the second and third continuous webs are parallel to and adjacent to each other and longitudinally shifting the second continuous web so that the series of concave edge portions and the series of convex edge portions of the second and third continuous webs are longitudinally aligned with each other: c) directly or indirectly joining the substantially straight edges of the second and third continuous webs to each other, thereby forming a composite fourth web. The cutting line is made in the first continuous web so that all portions of the cutting line are distanced from a longitudinal centre line of the first continuous web. | 03-22-2012 |
20120067918 | DISPENSER ARRANGEMENT FOR INTERFOLDED NAPKINS - A dispenser arrangement for interfolded napkins, the dispenser including a container having a bottom wall and side walls surrounding the bottom wall and extending from the bottom wall in a direction generally perpendicular thereto and defining a dispensing opening opposite the bottom wall. The bottom wall includes a supporting surface for supporting a rectangular stack of interfolded napkins. At least one weight is placed in the container, the weight having a projected surface on the bottom wall which is less than or equal to one third of the stack supporting surface. | 03-22-2012 |
20120055615 | METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING ELASTICATED WEBS COMPRISING DISCONTINUOUS ELASTIC THREADS - A method for manufacturing elasticated webs including discontinous elastic threads, and methods for manufacturing articles from such elasticated webs. Apparatus for carrying out the methods. Further, elasticated webs and articles which can be manufactured using the methods. | 03-08-2012 |
20120055613 | METHOD FOR PROVIDING AN ELASTICATED WEB - A method for manufacturing elasticated webs including discontinous elastic threads, and methods for manufacturing articles from such elasticated webs. Apparatus for carrying out the methods. Further, elasticated webs and articles which can be manufactured using the methods. | 03-08-2012 |
20120038088 | METHOD AND SYSTEM FOR CREATING AN APERTURED WEB-SHAPED MATERIAL - A method for creating apertures with melted edges in a web shaped material including feeding a web-shaped material through a nip between a rotational ultrasonic horn and a rotational anvil roller, so as to create melted regions in the web-shaped material, while the web is residing on the anvil roller having a rotational speed. The method further includes controlling the rotational speed of the ultrasonic horn to a speed other than that of the anvil roller, such that a speed difference is created between the horn and the anvil roller. The speed difference is selected such that a stress created in the web acts to rupture the centers of the melted regions in the web-shaped material, whereby the apertures with melted edges are created. | 02-16-2012 |
20120036975 | DISPENSER - A dispenser for dispensing wiping material through a dispensing opening, includes an outer, first housing for holding at least one roll containing a continuous web of wiping material. The first housing may further hold an inner, cassette including at least a front wall and two side walls, the cassette at least partially enclosing a feeding unit for controlling the dispensing of the web. The feeding unit includes at least a drive roller, a pressure roller and a cutting device, and the web is arranged to be fed from the roll and into the feeding unit. The cassette includes an at least partially removable hatch, which hatch, when opened, is arranged to provide access to the feeding unit. | 02-16-2012 |
20120032565 | DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING TISSUE PAPER AND METHOD FOR DISPENSING TISSUE PAPER - A dispenser for dispensing tissue paper. The dispenser includes a housing defining a volume for receiving both a center-feed tissue paper roll and a tissue paper stack, a first dispensing opening situated in the housing for dispensing tissue paper from a center-feed tissue paper roll, and a second dispensing opening situated in the housing for dispensing tissue paper sheets from a tissue paper stack. | 02-09-2012 |