| UNICHARM CORPORATION Patent applications |
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| 20130137328 | METHOD OF EASY PRODUCTION OF NONWOVEN FABRIC HAVING AT LEAST ONE PROJECTION AND AT LEAST ONE RECESS, AND METHOD OF EASY PROCESSING OF NONWOVEN FABRIC - It is an object of the invention to provide a method of easy production of a nonwoven fabric having at least one projection and at least one recess and to a method of easy processing of a nonwoven fabric. | 05-30-2013 |
| 20130131623 | INCONTINENCE LINER - An incontinence liner is provided with a liquid permeable skin contact side sheet, a liquid impermeable non-skin contact side sheet, and an absorptive body arranged between the skin contact side sheet and non-skin contact side sheet and including an absorptive material. The absorptive material includes 30 to 70 mass % of a high absorption polymer. The absorptive body includes an absorbing part positioned at a urinating position of a wearer when worn, a diffusing part extending around the absorbing part up to a peripheral edge of the absorptive body, and diffusion-suppressing parts scattered inside the diffusing part. An average absorptive material density of the diffusing part is higher than the absorbing part and the diffusion-suppressing parts. The absorbing part projects toward the skin contact side sheet more than the other parts of the absorptive body, while the diffusion-suppressing parts project toward the skin contact side sheet more than the diffusing part. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130131620 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - To demonstrate an effect of whitening easily-darkening wearer's groin portion, etc. An absorbent article according to the present invention comprises: a liquid permeable top sheet; a liquid impermeable back sheet; and an absorber disposed between the top sheet and the back sheet, wherein in both-side edges on a skin contacting surface side of the top sheet and along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article, application regions to which a phosphoric ester type vitamin is applied are arranged intermittently. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130131619 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article adapted to prevent indicators from being transferred to a liquid-absorbent structure and to make the indicators develop the color reaction quickly in response to a discharge of body exudates. A disposable diaper has a topsheet, a backsheet and a liquid-absorbent structure interposed between these top- and backsheets. A surface of a first backsheet facing the liquid-absorbent structure is formed with indicators. The indicators contain a hot-melt polymer, an indicator agent adapted to develop a color reaction and a plasticizing oil. The liquid-absorbent structure has a liquid-absorbent core, a liquid-diffusive wrapping sheet adapted to wrap the core. A hydrophilic bottom sheet is interposed between a bottom surface of the core and a bottom surface region of the wrapping sheet. A dimension in the transverse direction of the bottom sheet is larger than a dimension of a region in which the indicators are formed and smaller than a dimension in the transverse direction of the core. | 05-23-2013 |
| 20130123736 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a crotch member. The front and rear waist members are respectively formed with first narrowly-spaced elastic zones, widely-spaced elastic zones and second narrowly-spaced elastic zones adjacent one to another. Front and rear ends of the crotch member are bonded to respective sides of the front and rear waist members so that the crotch member's front and rear ends may positionally correspond to the second narrowly-spaced elastic zones. Cover sheets are attached to the side of the crotch member to cover the crotch member's front and rear ends respectively. A length dimension of the cover sheet in the longitudinal direction is set to be smaller than those of the front and rear waist members and a length dimension of the cover sheet in the transverse direction is substantially equal to those of the front and rear waist members. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130123735 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a crotch member. The front and rear waist members are respectively formed with first narrowly-spaced elastic zones, widely-spaced elastic zones and second narrowly-spaced elastic zones adjacent one to another. Front and rear ends of the crotch member are bonded to respective sides of the front and rear waist members so that the crotch member's front and rear ends may positionally correspond to the second narrowly-spaced elastic zones. Cover sheets are attached to the side of the crotch member to cover the crotch member's front and rear ends respectively. A length dimension of the cover sheet in the longitudinal direction is set to be smaller than those of the front and rear waist members and a length dimension of the cover sheet in the transverse direction is substantially equal to those of the front and rear waist members. | 05-16-2013 |
| 20130102987 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In the disclosed absorbent article, in a first region, a first elastic member extends linearly in the widthwise direction, in a second region, a second elastic member extends linearly in the widthwise direction, the elongational stress of the first elastic member is greater than the elongational stress of the second elastic member, and the length in the widthwise direction of the joining region that is of both the main body of an absorbent body and a chassis in the first region is configured in a manner so as to be shorter than the length in the widthwise direction of the joining region that is of both the main body of the absorbent body and the chassis in the second region. | 04-25-2013 |
| 20130096528 | PANTS-TYPE ABSORBENT WEARING ARTICLE - A pants-type wearing article adapted to inhibit a decrease in the effective area of the buttocks covering portion to cover the wearer's buttocks. A pants-type diaper having a longitudinal direction, a transverse direction and a front-back direction, and including a front panel adapted to cover a front waist region of the wearer, a rear panel adapted to cover a rear waist region of the article wearer and a crotch panel connected to the front panel and the rear panel so as to cover a crotch region of the article wearer. The rear panel is formed with a rear waist covering portion having a dimension in the longitudinal direction substantially the same as a dimension of the front panel and a buttocks covering portion contiguously extending downward from the rear waist covering portion and adapted to cover at least partially the wearer's buttocks. The crotch panel includes an absorbent core and gasket cuffs extending in the front-back direction along lateral portions of the absorbent core and having gasket elastics adapted to be elastically contractible. The buttocks covering portion has buttock elastics extending in the transverse direction. The buttocks covering portion and the crotch panel are joined to each other in a zone defined between the gasket cuffs opposite to each other in the transverse direction and not joined to each other at portions in which the gasket cuffs are disposed. | 04-18-2013 |
| 20130090623 | DISPOSABLE DIAPERS - A disposable wearing article improved so that a front waist region of a chassis can be reliably folded outwardly by relatively simple handling and, in such state, the article can be reliably fitted to the wearer's body. An article chassis is provided with an absorbent core extending across a crotch region into front and rear waist regions and the absorbent core is formed with a fold guiding zone extending across the front waist region in a direction of a transverse axis. A fastening system includes a first fastening system composed of first fastening elements provided on respective skin-contactable surfaces of a pair of fastening members extending outward in the direction of the transverse axis from lateral edges of the rear waist region and a second fastening system composed of the first fastening elements and a third fastening element formed on the skin-contactable surface of the front waist region. | 04-11-2013 |
| 20130079743 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In the disclosed absorbent article ( | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130079742 | WEARING ARTICLE - A wearing article having a waist-opening that can be easily folded back along a fold line extending in a transverse direction without increasing the stiffness in the vicinity of the waist-opening. A diaper includes front and rear waist members and a crotch member. A liquid-absorbent structure of the crotch member is formed outboard of in a longitudinal direction of a core with front and rear flaps exclusively composed of an absorption surface wrapping sheet, a leakage-barrier sheet and a bottom surface wrapping sheet. The front and rear waist members include first regions overlapping the front and rear flaps, respectively, second regions lying adjacent to the associated first regions and third regions lying adjacent to the associated second regions. The front and rear waist members are provided with the first, second and third waist elastics attached between respective inner and outer sheets in the first, second and third regions, respectively. A tensile stress of the first regions and the third regions is adjusted to be lower than that of the second regions. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130079741 | THIN ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Disclosed is an absorbent article containing an absorbent body which is thin before absorption, and even after absorption does not inhibit super absorbent polymer (SAP) swelling and wherein deformation such as twisting is unlikely to occur. The disclosed absorbent article comprises a liquid-permeable front surface sheet, a liquid impermeable rear surface sheet, and an absorbent body which is located between the two sheets. The absorbent body is formed from a super absorbent polymer containing layer and a non-woven fabric layer, with the non-woven fabric layer having regions wherein the between-fibre void ratio is relatively large and regions wherein the between-fibre void ratio is relatively small. The tip sections of the fibres forming the non-woven fabric layer are greater in number in the regions wherein the between-fibre void ratio is relatively large than the regions wherein the between-fibre void ratio is relatively small, and the non-woven fabric layer has expansibility. | 03-28-2013 |
| 20130066290 | BODILY FLUID ABSORBENT STRUCTURE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THE SAME - A bodily fluid absorbent structure adapted to be stably secured in a state in which a liquid-absorbent core is wrapped with a core wrapping sheet and ensuring a high workability for a process of manufacturing the bodily fluid absorbent structure. A bodily fluid absorbent structure has a first surface and a second surface wherein, on the side of the first surface, a core wrapping sheet and a liquid-absorbent core are bonded to each other by the intermediary of a bond region defined by hot melt adhesive intermittently applied to substantially entire opposite surfaces of the core wrapping sheet and the liquid-absorbent core. On the side of the second surface, lateral portions of the core wrapping sheet are overlapped each other, and the core wrapping sheet and the liquid-absorbent core are secured to each other in compressed end portions formed in the first and second end regions and a compressed middle portions formed in lateral portions of a middle region except a central zone as viewed in a direction of a transverse axis. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130061410 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING WET WIPES, MANUFACTURING APPARATUS, AND WET WIPES - A method of manufacturing wet wipes includes a step of continuously conveying a plurality of sheets by a conveyor, a step of folding each of the sheets toward a conveyor non-contact surface side of the sheets, a step of impregnating each of the folded sheets with the predetermined chemical solution, from a conveyor contact surface side of the sheets a step of laminating each of the sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical solution, and a step of cutting the laminated sheets. | 03-14-2013 |
| 20130060220 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a disposable wearing article adapted to inhibit sweating and an uncomfortable stuffiness. Front and rear waist regions of a disposable wearing article have inner surfaces thereof at least partially formed of elastic sheets. The elastic sheets are made of a mixture of elastic fibers and inelastic fibers and formed with ridges and grooves. The elastic sheets have a thickness in the ridges repetitively reduced and restored as the elastic sheets repeat elastic stretch and contraction in the waist circumferential direction. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130060219 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - In a crotch region in the disclosed absorbent article, a waist elastic member provided in a front waist region, and waist elastic members provided in a rear waist region are arranged so as to not come into contact with each other, and a linear identification part is provided in either the front waist region or the rear waist region, in a manner such that in a first region wherein an absorbent main body is provided the identification part is only visible from the side of the absorbent article which is not in contact with the skin, and in a second region wherein the absorbent main body is not provided the identification part is visible from both the side of the absorbent article which is in contact with the skin and that which is not. | 03-07-2013 |
| 20130046266 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article includes front and rear outer sheets, an inner sheet, and front and rear waist-opening sheets. Each of first sheet segments of the waist-opening sheets is longer than the corresponding second sheet segments. End portions are bonded to outer surfaces of the outer sheets. In areas where the end portions are spaced apart from the front and rear outer sheets, the first sheet segments and the inner sheet are overlapped to form low stiffness sub-regions. In respective sides inboard of the low stiffness sub-regions, the inner sheet, the front and rear outer sheets and the first sheet segments are respectively overlapped to form inner high stiffness sub-regions, and in respective sides outboard of the low stiffness sub-regions, the inner sheet, the second sheet segments and the first sheet segments are overlapped to form outer high stiffness sub-regions. | 02-21-2013 |
| 20130041340 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - In a disposable wearing article, front and rear waist elastics are attached between respective outer and inner sheets. An absorbent structure and leg-cuffs are attached to an inner side of the inner sheet. Lateral proximal portions of the respective leg cuffs are bonded between the absorbent structure and the inner sheet and lateral distal portions of the respective leg cuffs extend outwardly in a transverse direction beyond the absorbent structure and are not bonded to the inner sheet. These lateral distal portions are provided with a plurality of cuff elastics. Front and rear waist regions respectively include first through third sub-regions which are adjacent one to another in this order and the respective sub-regions are provided with first through third waist elastics. A tensile stress in the first and third sub-regions is higher than that in the second sub-region and the cuff elastics extend to at least the second sub-region. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130041336 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable diaper has a central elastic member formed along the lengthwise direction L so that the absorber can be curved to be convex in the inward direction, and a pair of side slits formed along the lengthwise direction L so that the absorber can be curved to be convex in the outward direction. A thickness of the absorber at the central portion and at the side edge portions are smaller than a thickness of the absorber at the middle portions. | 02-14-2013 |
| 20130034686 | NONWOVEN FABRIC HAVING PROJECTIONS AND RECESSES, COMPRISING EXTENSIBLE FIBER AND ELASTIC FIBER, AND METHOD OF PRODUCING NONWOVEN FABRIC - It is an object of the invention to provide a nonwoven fabric having projections and recesses, comprising extensible fiber and elastic fiber, which has excellent feel on the skin and elasticity, and excellent air permeability in the planar directions and the thickness direction, as well as a method of producing the nonwoven fabric. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130032656 | ELASTIC THREAD SUPPLY DEVICE - An elastic thread supply device including a tension controller configured to control the stress acting upon an elastic thread drawn from an elastic thread package, and a drive roll configured to supply the elastic thread dispensed from the tension controller to a processing line. The drive roll operates at a supply velocity slower than a conveyance velocity of a web, and increases or decreases the supply velocity depending on the fluctuation in the conveyance velocity. | 02-07-2013 |
| 20130030402 | DISPOSABLE WORN ARTICLE - A disposable worn article diaper includes: a central slit formed in an absorber such that the absorber is curved to be convex toward an inward direction toward a wearer in a crotch region; side curved portions formed in the absorber along the lengthwise direction such that the absorber is curved to be convex toward the outward direction. The disposable worn article diaper includes a crossing elastic member crossing the absorber in middle crotch regions and fixed to the absorber. The absorber is contracted by the crossing elastic member toward a center of the absorber in the widthwise direction. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130030398 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable diaper has a central slit formed along the lengthwise direction L so that the absorber can be curved to be convex in the inward direction, and a pair of side slits formed along the lengthwise direction L so that the absorber can be curved to be convex in the outward direction. An average total weight of a water absorbent polymer at the central portion CT and the side edge portion S | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130025795 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING BODILY EXUDATES ABSORBENT STRUCTURES - An apparatus for manufacturing bodily exudates absorbent structures has a rotating drum to convey a first continuous sheet, a feeding mechanism, a second conveying mechanism to convey a second continuous sheet and a sealing mechanism to join the first and second continuous sheets. The rotating drum is formed on its peripheral surface with depressions, leaving a non-depressed peripheral surface segment. Each of the depressions is formed in a central region with a central through-hole extending through each depression from an outer surface to an inner surface of the rotating drum. Within the rotating drum, a suction mechanism is installed to provide a suction effect directed from the outer surface toward the inner surface of the rotating drum so that the first continuous sheet is formed with a first concave region having been deformed along each depression and a second concave region having been deformed toward the central through-hole. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130025792 | ABSORBENT STRUCTURE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - An absorbent structure manufacturing apparatus has a feeder that includes a measuring roller provided with a filling region to be filled with absorbent discrete material, a material feeding space to reserve and feed the absorbent material to the filling region, a scraper located downstream of the material feeding space to scrape surplus amount of the absorbent material fed to the filling region, a feed chute to receive and retain temporarily the absorbent material from the filling region, and an open-close movable shutter on a peripheral wall of the feed chute. The measuring roller is rotary driven by a rotary drive and the shutter is opened-closed by an actuator. The rotary drive is rotated at a velocity corresponding to a conveyance velocity of a continuous sheet and the actuator controls the shutter in timing corresponding to the conveyance velocity. The absorbent material is fed onto the continuous sheet. | 01-31-2013 |
| 20130023845 | BODILY FLUID-ABSORBENT STRUCTURE - The present invention provides a bodily fluid-absorbent structure improved so as to facilitate bodily fluids to disperse in a thickness direction of the structure. Core material of a bodily fluid-absorbent structure is formed of an aggregation of fluff wood pulp fibers. The aggregation has a basis mass in a range of 150 to 500 g/m | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130022784 | SHEET OF NON-WOVEN FABRIC AND PRODUCTION PROCESS OF SAME - A sheet of nonwoven fabric which has surface irregularities, the shape of the surface irregularities being less apt to be changed by external pressure, etc. The sheet has a machine, cross and thickness which are perpendicular to one another. The upper surface has a plurality of protrusions continuously extending, in parallel, in the cross direction and further has a plurality of recesses ( | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130020736 | STRETCHING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A manufacturing method for an absorptive article includes a sheet-stretching step of performing a stretching process to stretch a continuous body of the exterior sheet in a widthwise direction while conveying a continuous body. In the step of performing the stretching process, the continuous body is stretched by a stretching apparatus including a first roll and a second roll. An axial core of the first roll and an axial core of the second roll are correspond to the widthwise direction of the continuous body. The first roll and the second roll have surfaces each provided with columns of tooth units and untoothed units. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130020017 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING DISPOSABLE DIAPER - In a step of performing a stretching process performed by using an embossing roll mechanism, a continuous body of an exterior sheet is conveyed in a state in which strand-shaped members are joined with each of an end region and an end region of the continuous body of the exterior sheet, along a conveyance direction of the continuous body of the exterior sheet; and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by tooth units of a first embossing roll and interdental units of a second embossing roll corresponding to the end region side, and the strand-shaped members joined with the end region are sandwiched by the tooth units of the first embossing roll and the interdental units of the second embossing roll positioned at the end region side. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130019733 | CUTTING APPARATUS - A cutting apparatus includes a holding conveying mechanism configured to convey a web using a holding surface, and a cutting mechanism configured to perform first cutting to cut the web conveyed while being held by the holding conveying mechanism along a crossing direction crossing a conveyance direction of the web and performing second cutting to cut the web along the crossing direction with a predetermined distance from the first cutting. The holding surface includes a main holding area configured to hold the web along the crossing direction between the first cutting and the second cutting, and an auxiliary holding area configured to hold the web by a holding power weaker than the holding power in the main holding area, at least in either upstream or downstream of the conveyance direction of the main holding area. | 01-24-2013 |
| 20130017370 | NON-WOVEN FABRIC SHEETAANM Yamaguchi; MasashiAACI KagawaAACO JPAAGP Yamaguchi; Masashi Kagawa JPAANM Oba; ToruAACI KagawaAACO JPAAGP Oba; Toru Kagawa JP - A sheet of nonwoven fabric for use in absorbent articles such as disposal diapers, sanitary napkins, wipes, etc., the sheet of nonwoven fabric being suitable for holding high-viscosity excreta such as soft feces. The sheet of nonwoven fabric has, formed in a first surface thereof, a plurality of ridges and grooves which extend in the machine direction. The sheet comprises a first fibrous layer and a second fibrous layer, the first fibrous layer being located on the first-surface side and the second fibrous layer being located on the second-surface side, which is on the reverse side from the first surface. The second fibrous layer comprises fibers having the ability to be crimped, and the first fibrous layer comprises heat-fusible fibers which are not crimped at the crimping initiation temperature of the fibers having the ability to be crimped. In a plan view from the first-surface side, the peripheries of the ridges have a shape which is composed of repeated meanders. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130014902 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE MANUFACTURING DEVICEAANM Oba; KenjiAACI KagawaAACO JPAAGP Oba; Kenji Kagawa JP - An absorbent article manufacturing device is formed by mutually combining a plurality of processing units. Spacers are provided on the bottom of the processing units to form a lower space between an installation plane where the processing units are installed and the processing units. Product-related articles such as materials are moved within the lower space. Alternatively, manufacturing-related articles such as electrical wiring are arranged within the lower space. | 01-17-2013 |
| 20130012907 | DISPOSABLE PANTS-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable pants-type wearing article adapted to prevent body waste from leaking out beyond the peripheries of the leg-openings when disposing of the used article. A disposable pants-type wearing article includes a front panel, a rear panel and a central panel. When the front panel and the rear panel are respectively folded with respective inner surfaces lying inside, opposite side edges of the central panel get close to each other in a midsection of a crotch region to a distance in a range of 0 to 50 mm. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130012905 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article improved so that the crotch panel may be stably fastened to the outer surface of the waist panel and a relatively large amount of body waste may be absorbed and retained without deteriorating the absorption performance of the liquid-absorbent structure in the crotch panel. One of front and rear end portions of a crotch panel is attached to respective non-skin-facing sides of elasticized waist panels by the intermediary of bond-regions respectively including non-bond regions in midsections thereof. The waist region to which the one end portion is attached is formed at the midsection thereof with a separable portion extending in a longitudinal direction when a wearing article is put on the wearer's body. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130012904 | INDIVIDUALLY WRAPPED ABSORBENT PRODUCT - A sanitary napkin provided with an absorbent body which includes a liquid permeable skin contact side sheet, a liquid impermeable non-skin contact side sheet, and an absorbent core which is arranged between these skin contact side sheet and non-skin contact side sheet and with a cover sheet which covers the surface of the skin contact side sheet. An individually wrapped product is formed by wrapping the napkin in the ready-to-wrap state by the wrapping material. The wrapping material includes a belt-shaped material which surrounds the ready-to-wrap napkin across the entire circumference of the ready-to-wrap napkin. A width of the belt-shaped material is shorter than a length of the ready-to-wrap napkin in the width direction of the belt-shaped material. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130012900 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article that includes an absorber capable of absorbing a body fluid of a user, a liquid-permeable sheet covering one surface of the absorber and allowing a body fluid of the user to pass through, and a liquid-impermeable sheet covering another surface of the absorber and disallowing a body fluid of the user to pass through, wherein the color of the liquid-permeable sheet has an L* value of 88 or more, an a* value of 0 to 0.3 and a b* value of −8 to 0 in the L*a*b* color system, and the color of the absorber has a b* value of 1 to 5 and an L* value of 93 or more in the L*a*b* color system. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20130008534 | STEAM INJECTION MECHANISM, PRODUCT PROCESSING APPARATUS HAVING THE STEAM INJECTION MECHANISM, AND METHOD OF MAKING THE STEAM INJECTION MECHANISM - The present invention provides a steam injection mechanism improved so that water accumulation on an object to be processed can be reliably restricted. A steam injection mechanism comprises a common channel through which steam supplied from a steam supply source flows and distribution channels branched from the common channel to distribute the steam from the common channel wherein the steam is injected from steam injection orifices formed in distal ends of the distribution channels to an object (a fibrous nonwoven fabric) to be processed. When the steam injection mechanism is located above the fibrous nonwoven fabric, the lowermost region of the common channel functions as a condensed water collecting region and, when the steam injection mechanism is located under the fibrous nonwoven fabric, the uppermost region of the common channel functions as the condensed water collecting region. | 01-10-2013 |
| 20120329352 | METHOD FOR PRODUCING POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED AIR-THROUGH NONWOVEN FABRIC, AND POLYLACTIC ACID-BASED AIR-THROUGH NONWOVEN FA - The invention provides a method of producing an air-through nonwoven fabric comprising the steps of: forming a web comprising composite fibers comprising a first polylactic acid and a second polylactic acid having a lower melting point than the melting point of the first polylactic acid; a step of exposing the web to a first air-through treatment in the temperature range of the following temperature T | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120328838 | MOISTURE-PERMEABLE AND WATERPROOF FILM, AND METHOD FOR PRODUCING IT - It is an object of the invention to provide a moisture-permeable and waterproof film that is biodegradable, has high biomass and exhibits high flexibility. The moisture-permeable and waterproof film comprises polylactic acid and an inorganic filler, wherein the film has high-stretch regions (H | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120325620 | LAMINATED PRODUCT TREATING APPARATUS - Laminated product treating apparatus improved to prevent falling off core material from the laminated product in the course of treating the laminated product containing the core material with steam. First and second mesh belts respectively have a plurality of first and second openings and first and second closed regions each defined between each pair of the adjacent openings. In the course of being fed and transported, the first mesh belt and the second mesh belt are relatively positioned so that the first openings are more or less out of alignment with the second openings, i.e., the second closed region overlap the first openings and thereby the second closed region partially closes the first openings. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120325619 | WORK TREATING APPARATUS - A work treating apparatus includes an injection unit for injecting pressurized steam jets evenly to a work without dropping a temperature of pressurized steam jets. The apparatus includes a conveyor for conveying the work in a machine direction and an injection unit for injecting superheated and pressurized steam jets to the work. The injection unit has a lower surface including a plurality of injection orifices in a cross direction. The conveyor is flexible and includes a first mesh belt facing to an upper surface side of the work and a second mesh belt facing to a lower surface side of the work. The first and second mesh belts sandwich the work therebetweeen to convey the work in the machine direction. The lower surface comes in slidable contact with the first mesh belt to curve at least the first mesh belt of the first and second mesh belts downward. | 12-27-2012 |
| 20120321839 | NONWOVEN-FABRIC SHEET AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING SAME - A nonwoven-fabric sheet having a high liquid permeation rate and a process for producing the sheet. The nonwoven-fabric sheet comprises two layers, a first layer and a second layer, and is characterized in that the first layer has a plurality of ridges and grooves which extend in parallel in the lengthwise direction, that the first layer comprises heat-fusible fibers and the second layer comprises crimped fibers, and that the sheet has an average fiber angle of 70 or less in a cross-section parallel to the lengthwise direction. The nonwoven-fabric sheet can be produced by stacking a web comprising fibers having latent crimping properties and a web comprising heat-fusible fibers, ejecting a fluid from a plurality of nozzles arranged in the width direction, while conveying the stack, to form ridges and grooves, heating the stack using a means that reduces resistance against the crimping properties of the fibers having latent crimping properties, thereby crimping the fibers having latent crimping properties, and then fusion-bonding the heat-fusible fibers. | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120318111 | INTERMITTENT CUTTING TRANSFERRING DEVICE - In the cutting transferring device according to the present invention, the cut film sheet is configured to be sucked onto the outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll at a position where both side edge regions of the cut film sheet and a front end region thereof in a proceeding direction face an edge area | 12-20-2012 |
| 20120312713 | WET TISSUE PACKAGE AND PRODUCTION METHOD FOR SAME - A wet tissue package that is easily to manufacture with a used wet tissue storage receptacle disposed on a package body. Configured is a wet tissue package equipped with a package body and a used wet tissue storage receptacle, wherein the package body is equipped with a first seal portion formed by joining a pair of first side edges of a sheet member, and a pair of second seal portions formed by joining a pair of second side edges, and a wet tissue housing. The used wet tissue storage receptacle is composed of a first seal extension portion formed by extending in a direction that intersects a direction that the first side edges extend from the first seal, and a sheet member that composes the package body. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120311771 | PANT-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE - A pant-type wearing article comprises a front panel, a rear panel and a central panel. The front panel cooperates with the rear panel to form a waist region. The central panel includes a front end portion separably joined to the outer side of the waist region and a rear end portion separably joined to the outer side of the waist region. Side edges of the front end portion opposed to each other in the transverse direction are formed with front side corner regions and side edges of the rear end portion opposed to each other in the transverse direction are formed with rear side corner regions. At least one of the paired front side corner regions and the paired rear side corner regions is not joined to the outer surface of the waist region to form a gripper region. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120311770 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article has a skin-contactable sheet moveable relative to a chassis. The chassis includes an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a liquid-absorbent panel interposed between these inner and outer sheets. The absorbent panel lies at least in the crotch region and extends into the front and rear waist regions in the longitudinal direction. In the rear waist region, a skin-contactable sheet adapted to come in contact with the wearer's skin is attached to the inner surface of the inner sheet. The skin-contactable sheet has front and rear ends extending in the transverse direction and lateral portions extending in the longitudinal direction and only the lateral portions are bonded to the inner sheet. | 12-13-2012 |
| 20120310195 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article improved so that a pressure put on the wearer's body may be partially alleviated. A disposable urine absorbent pad as one example of the disposable wearing articles has an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a liquid-absorbent structure interposed between these sheets. The liquid-absorbent structure is formed on an absorbent surface thereof with a pair of first raised portions protruding to the side of the inner sheet. The first raised portions lie in the rear waist region and extend in a longitudinal direction along lateral edges of the liquid-absorbent structure. The first raised portions may be formed of the same material as a core of the liquid-absorbent structure, specifically, of a mixture of fluff pulp and superabsorbent polymer particles. | 12-06-2012 |
| 20120297946 | INTERMITTENT CUTTING TRANSFERRING DEVICE - An intermittent cutting transferring device configured to cut a first web into individual sheets and to intermittently transfer the individual sheets onto a second web being continuously fed includes an upper blade roll with a blade and a lower blade roll with an anvil element. Each of the individual sheets cut from the first web is arranged to be guided and transferred onto the second web while the first web is being sucked onto an outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll by the suction through suction holes formed in a first region on an outer peripheral surface of the lower blade roll. The first region defined as a suction region includes a plurality of the suction holes and a non-suction region does not include the suction holes. The suction region and the non-suction region are provided alternately in a roll rotating direction. | 11-29-2012 |
| 20120296294 | ABSORBENT STRUCTURE FOR BODILY FLUID-ABSORBENT WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention to provide an absorbent structure adapted to prevent the liquid-absorbent materials from falling off the wrapping sheets. An aggregate of liquid-absorbent materials in an absorbent structure has an inner surface covered with a first wrapping sheet and an outer surface and lateral surfaces covered with a second wrapping sheet. The first wrapping sheet and the second wrapping sheet respectively have first extended portions lying outboard of the lateral surfaces and second extended portions wherein the first extended portions and the second extended portions are put flat and bonded together to form laminated regions. The laminated regions cover the lateral surfaces of the aggregate and part of the outer surface which, in turn, covers these lateral surfaces and the outer surface. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120292224 | PACKAGE OF ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A package includes a packaging bag unit configured to package an absorbent article and a skirt unit provided on a surface of the packaging bag unit. The skirt unit extends along a side surface and encloses a bottom surface. The packaging bag unit packages the absorbent article such that an absorbing surface of the absorbent article is upright with respect to the bottom surface. Thus, the absorbing surface of the absorbent article is not in contact with the bottom surface, and therefore, it is possible to prevent the absorbing surface of the absorbent article from absorbing water even when the water is generated as a result of condensation inside the bottom surface of the packaging bag unit. | 11-22-2012 |
| 20120289923 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article according to the present invention includes a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorber. The absorber has a body unit having a foreside constricted portion and a backside constricted portion, and a pair of extension units extending outside in the widthwise direction of the absorber from the body unit. An outer region is folded toward an inner region at the side of the topsheet, and the maximum length of the inner region along the longitudinal direction of the absorber is shorter than the maximum length of the outer region. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120289922 | DISPOSABLE PANTS-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a disposable pants-type wearing article free from possibility that upper regions of the leg-openings' peripheral edges might be formed with frills even when the belt-like leg elastic members contract along the peripheral edges of the respective leg-openings. Belt-like leg elastic members in a disposable pants-type diaper each has inner and outer surfaces at least one of which is bonded to sheet-like members included in put flat and joined together regions and a crotch region of the diaper. The belt-like leg elastic members extend from the respective put flat and joined regions along leg-openings' peripheral edges. Over ranges in which the belt-like leg elastic members extend along the respective peripheral edges the sheet-like members also extend along the peripheral edges. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120289920 | DISPOSABLE PANTS-TYPE WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a disposable pants-type wearing article using belt-like leg elastic member. Respective opposite side edges of front and rear waist regions of a disposable pants-type wearing article are fusion-bonded together to define put flat and joined together regions. Belt-like leg elastic members respectively have front side upper ends lying in the front waist region and included by the put flat and joined together regions and rear side upper ends lying in the rear waist region and included by the put flat and joined together regions. In the put flat and joined together regions, lower edges of the upper ends and lower edges of the rear side upper ends are displaced one from another in such a manner that the one pair of the lower edges lie below the other pair of the lower edges. The one pair of the lower edges are fusion-bonded to at least one of a sheet-like member and a sheet-like member covering the other pair of the lower edges at a level lower than the other pair of the lower edges. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120284904 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLES AND A SEAM WELDER USED TO FORM THE SAME - A wearing article includes front and rear side edges respectively joined by seam arrays extending in a longitudinal direction Y, a waist-opening, and a pair of leg-openings. The wearing article further includes an inner sheet, an outer sheet and a liquid-absorbent core sandwiched between these inner and outer sheets. The inner and outer sheets are formed of heat-sealable fibrous nonwoven fabrics containing thermoplastic synthetic resins. Each of the seam arrays of the diaper includes a plurality of seam-welded regions and a seam-nonwelded region left behind in the seam array. In the seam array, the seam-welded regions arranged so as to be aligned in longitudinal and transverse directions, each substantially shaped in a square, partially lack at a position differentiated for every one of specified patterns. | 11-15-2012 |
| 20120283682 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention provides a disposable wearing article having a position indicator mark formed on a crotch member and overlapped by front and rear waist members. Front and rear waist members overlap front and rear ends, respectively, of a crotch member and are bonded thereto to define first and second overlapping regions and an intermediate region extending between these first and second overlapping regions. A position indicator mark is formed in the first overlapping region, a graphic of fish is portrayed as a crotch graphic element in the second overlapping region and graphics of fish are portrayed in the intermediate region as crotch graphic elements. In the first overlapping region, a front waist sheet of the front waist member overlaps a front graphic film on which a graphic of penguin is portrayed as a front graphic element which, in turn, overlaps the position indicator mark. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120278975 | PANTS-TYPE DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A pants-type disposable wearing article wherein each of the side seams has a desired joint strength and the joint should not unintentionally be released particularly in the bottom segment during use of the wearing article. Respective side seams are formed of a plurality of sealing spots arranged in a direction along a longitudinal axis. Each of the seam arrays includes a top segment lying in the vicinity of a peripheral edge of each waist-opening and a bottom segment lying in the vicinity of a crotch region wherein each of the sealing spots has a substantially uniform area and a dimension of the bottom segment in a direction along a transverse axis is larger than a dimension of the top segment in the direction along the transverse axis. | 11-08-2012 |
| 20120272804 | CUTTING APPARATUS FOR STRIP-LIKE BODY OF ABSORBENT ARTICLES - A cutting apparatus includes a cutter roll and an anvil roll. The cutter roll has circumferential ports formed in the circumferential surface thereof and a side port formed in one side surface thereof. A positive/negative pressure manifold has a positive pressure port and a negative pressure port formed in its side surface that faces the one side surface of the cutter roll. When the side port is communicated with the negative pressure port, a negative pressure is applied into the circumferential ports causing a cut portion to be held by the cutter roll, and when the side port is communicated with the positive pressure port, a positive pressure is applied into the circumferential ports causing the cut portion being held to separate from the cutter roll. A slight gap is formed between the facing side surfaces of the cutter roll and the positive/negative pressure manifold. | 11-01-2012 |
| 20120271268 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND MANUFACTURING APPARATUS FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A compressed portion is formed in the absorbent article by compressing the absorber through a compression process. The compressed portion has a top-surface groove formed on the skin-contact-surface side, and a back-surface groove formed on the clothing-contact-surface side. A bottom portion of the top-surface groove is flat. Since the recessed portions are formed in the bottom portion of the back-surface groove through the compression process, a compression part where the density of the absorber is increased more than in an uncompressed portion and high compression parts where the density of the absorber is increased more than in the compression part are formed in the bottom portion. Thus, the absorbent article can be permeate into by a thick liquid, and is more likely to absorb liquid. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120271266 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - Provided is a disposable wearing article improved so that the tensile stress in the middle of the crotch region as well as in the vicinity thereof can be set to be higher than in the other regions without adjusting the number and thickness of the leg elastic elements and a relatively large body waist retaining space can be formed to protect the wearer's skin from being soiled with body waste. A crotch region is provided in both lateral portions thereof with a plurality of leg elastic elements extending in a longitudinal direction Y wherein the respective outermost elastic elements are laid so as to define concave curves in a middle zone of the crotch region and in the vicinity thereof. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120267467 | BELT-LIKE MATERIAL-FEEDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A belt-like material-feeding apparatus for continuously feeding a belt-like material to a treating unit, comprises a splicing unit which splices a second belt-like material to a first belt-like material being fed to the treating unit to thereby switch the belt-like material being fed to the treating unit from the first belt-like material into the second belt-like material, an accumulating unit which is arranged between the splicing unit and the treating unit and is capable of temporarily accumulating the belt-like material, and a control unit which, prior to the splicing operation of the splicing unit, increases the amount of accumulation of the belt-like material to be larger than the amount of accumulation of the belt-like material during the steady operation and, during the splicing operation, releases the belt-like material from the accumulating unit to decrease the amount of accumulation of the belt-like material. | 10-25-2012 |
| 20120259307 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article includes a front side edges lying in a front waist region, rear side edges lying in a rear waist region and crotch side edges lying in a crotch region. A chassis of the diaper includes a first backsheet forming the front waist region and a part of the crotch region and a second backsheet forming the rear waist region and a part of the crotch region. The front and rear waist regions are provided with first front and rear waist elastic yarns or threads and front and rear region elastic sheets, and the crotch region is provided along the crotch side edges with front and rear leg elastic elements. Ends of front leg elastic elements on one side overlap the front side edges. Ends of the rear leg elastic elements on one side overlap the rear side edges. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120259304 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A disposable wearing article includes a liquid-absorbent structure that is adapted to be spaced from the wearer's skin to protect the wearer's skin from being soiled with body waste. A crotch member defining parts of front and rear waist regions and a crotch region has a front end lying in the front waist region and a rear end lying in the rear waist region wherein at least one of the front and rear ends defines non-bonded regions in an intermediate zone as viewed in the transverse direction X of the crotch member and is attached to the outer surface of an elastic waist panel by the intermediary of square U-shaped bonded regions opening toward the crotch region. In areas defining the non-bonded regions, body waste retaining space(s) are formed between the elastic waist panel and the crotch member. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120258277 | NOZZLE ASSEMBLY AND COMPOSITE STRETCH MATERIAL PRODUCED BY USING THE SAME - A nozzle assembly includes an upstream block, an upstream shim, an intermediate shim, a downstream shim and a downstream block arranged in this order in a machine direction MD from the upstream side to the downstream side. A lower end of the nozzle is formed with grooves as guide grooves to support elastics. A first pipe, a dispersion slit for a web and convergence slits for a web define first flow channels wherein the slits are respectively formed with outlets for a web. A second pipe, a dispersion slit for elastics and convergence slits for elastics define a second flow channels wherein the slits are respectively formed with outlets for elastics. The outlets for elastics are formed in the respective guide grooves and each of the outlets for a web lies between each pair of the adjacent outlets for elastics as viewed in the cross direction CD. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120255881 | INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED PRODUCT COMPRISING FIRST INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE, SECOND INDIVIDUAL PACKAGE AND ATTACHED PART - An individually packaged product is provided with a first individual package, a second individual package and an attaching part. The first individual package includes an absorbent article and a packaging sheet that packages the absorbent article. The second individual package includes a wipe and a packaging that protects the wipe. The attaching part attaches the second individual package to the first individual package such that the attaching strength of the attaching part for the second individual package is greater than the attaching strength of the attaching part for the first individual package, and at least a portion of the attaching part remains on the second individual package side after the second individual package has been removed from the first individual package. At least a portion of the attaching part has adhesiveness after the second individual package has been removed from the first individual package. | 10-11-2012 |
| 20120253307 | PANT-TYPE DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A pant-type disposable wearing article includes at least one waist region of front and rear waist regions, which includes an inner sheet lying on the skin-facing side and an outer sheet lying on the non-skin-facing side. The inner sheet has a contractile force higher than that of the outer sheet at least in the transverse direction X. Opposite lateral sections of the inner sheet and opposite lateral sections of the outer sheet are permanently bonded together and extend outward in the transverse direction X from arrays of side seam spots to form front flaps and rear flaps defining protruding rims. The front flaps and the rear flaps are curled inwardly. This article is improved so that opposite side edges do not irritate a wearer's skin even if the wearer's skin comes in contact with these side edges and, in addition, good appearance from a lateral view is assured. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120253306 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - The present invention aims to provide a disposable wearing article improved so that front and rear waist regions may assure desired fitness without adversely affecting an absorption capacity of a bodily fluid-absorbent core assembly. At least one of front and rear waist regions includes an inner sheet lying on a skin-facing side and having stretch properties and an outer sheet lying on a non-skin-facing side and having a low elastic contractile force. In a section of this one waist region occupied by a liquid-absorbent core assembly including a bodily fluid-absorbent core, the inner sheet is partially cut to define a perforated region. Adhesive used to bond the liquid-absorbent core assembly to the inner sheet and adhesive used to bond the inner sheet to the outer sheet are put in contact with and joined to each other through openings developed by partially cutting the inner sheet. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120247681 | APPARATUS FOR MANUFACTURING A DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A diaper manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention includes: an oscillating mechanism disposed on a top-sheet continuous body while oscillating leg gathers; an outer holding mechanism holding the leg gathers disposed in a predetermined waveform by the oscillating mechanism; and a cutting mechanism having a blade section cutting the leg gathers held by the outer holding mechanism. The outer holding mechanism holds, out of a region formed in a predetermined waveform, an outer end region OT which includes an outer end of the leg gathers and on which an adhesive is not applied. The blade section is disposed inside, relative to a crossing direction, the outer end region OT held by the outer holding mechanism. | 10-04-2012 |
| 20120245550 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE USING HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER - In a hook-and-loop fastener, the female member includes a plurality of lines of fiber dense portions in which the fibrous material has a high basis weight, a plurality of lines of fiber sparse portions provided between the plurality of lines of fiber dense portions, the fibrous material in the fiber sparse portions having a basis weight lower than that in the fiber dense portions, and pressed portions intersecting the plurality of lines of fiber dense portions and the plurality of lines of fiber sparse portions. Further, since the rib portions are pressed by the pressed portions obtained by the embossing process, the rib portions change shape from lines where the rib portions intersect the pressed portions, and curve toward the peeling direction shown by arrow a to be a convex shape. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245549 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper includes: a main body having a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable outer sheet an absorber provided between the topsheet and the outer sheet, and a gather. The gather includes a plurality of elastic members arranged in a width direction outboard of the absorber. The elastic members are fixed to the gather in a state where the elastic members are stretched in a longitudinal direction. A side flap is located in one of end portions of the main body in the longitudinal direction and projects outwardly beyond at least one of end portions of the main body in the width direction. A joint portion joins the side flap and the main body. In a spread-out state of the disposable diaper, an outermost elastic member among the elastic members is arranged outboard of the joint portion in the width direction. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120245548 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper includes a side flap and a tape fastener. The tape fastener includes a tape attaching part attached to the side flap and exposed at an outer side face of the side flap. The side flap includes a leg periphery side region positioned closer to a leg of a wearer than the tape attaching part. The leg periphery side region is foldable upwardly to cover at least partially an end portion of the tape attaching part adjacent the leg of the wearer in response to a stress generated when the tape fastener is engaged, while being pulled, with the other end portion of the inner part in the longitudinal direction. | 09-27-2012 |
| 20120238989 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper includes: a main body, a side flap, and a pair of fastening tapes. The main body includes a liquid permeable topsheet, a liquid impermeable outer sheet, and an absorber between the topsheet and the outer sheet. The side flap covers one of edge portions of the main body in a longitudinal direction and has a greater dimension in a width direction than the main body. The fastening tapes are attached to respective edge portions, in the width direction, of the side flap and configured to be fastened onto a fastening portion on an opposite one of the edge portions of the main body. One of edge portions of the absorber in the longitudinal direction is located inboard of an outer imaginary line connecting outermost points of the fastening tapes in the longitudinal direction. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120238977 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - On the back sheet side, back-side recessed portions recessed toward the top sheet are provided in a surface of the absorber of the disposable diaper. The back-side recessed portions include multiple grooves, which are continuous in the longitudinal direction L of the absorber. The back-side recessed portions is visible from an outside of the back sheet in a state before the disposable diaper is used, and when the absorber absorbs liquid, the depth D of the back-side recessed portions is made smaller than that before the absorber absorbs liquid. When the hydrophilic fiber and the particulate SAP swells, and thereby the absorber expands in at least the thickness direction thereof, the back-side recessed portions seems to disappear from the outside. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120234469 | BELT-LIKE MATERIAL-FEEDING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF OPERATING THE SAME - A belt-like material-feeding apparatus for continuously feeding a belt-like material to an intermittently-treating unit comprises a splicing unit which splices a second belt-like material to a first belt-like material being fed to the intermittently-treating unit to thereby switch the belt-like material being fed to the intermittently-treating unit from the first belt-like material into the second belt-like material, and a control unit for controlling the splicing timing of the splicing unit based upon the treating timing of the intermittently-treating unit. When it is judged that a splicing region formed between the first belt-like material and the second belt-like material by the splicing operation of the splicing unit, is going to be treated by the intermittently-treating unit, the control unit controls the splicing unit so as to retard the splicing operation. | 09-20-2012 |
| 20120226255 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - A chassis of a diaper includes a first outer sheet defining a front waist region and a part of a crotch region, a second outer sheet defining a rear waist region and a part of the crotch region and a middle sheet connecting these sheets and defining a part of the crotch region. To the skin-facing side of the chassis, a liquid-absorbent structure is attached. The liquid-absorbent structure is provided with first and second elastic sheets overlapping front and rear ends of the liquid-absorbent structure, respectively. The first elastic sheet is attached under tension in a transverse direction and in contractible manner between a bottom surface of the liquid-absorbent structure and the first outer sheet and the second elastic sheet is located on a skin-facing surface of the liquid-absorbent structure and attached thereto under tension in the transverse direction and in contractible manner. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120226252 | DISPOSABLE BODILY FLUID ABSORBENT WEARING ARTICLE - Provided is a disposable bodily fluid absorbent wearing article including a liquid-pervious topsheet formed with ridges and troughs extending in parallel to each other, improved to attach a leakage-barrier thereto. A bodily fluid absorbent core material assembly is interposed between a liquid-pervious topsheet and a liquid-impervious backsheet. The topsheet is formed on its outer surface with ridges and troughs extending in parallel to each other in a front-back direction. Opposite outer edges in a width direction of the core material assembly are formed with leakage-barriers, respectively. Opposite lateral regions of the topsheet extending outward at least partially beyond opposite side edges of the core material assembly are compressed so as to lower a height of the ridges. | 09-06-2012 |
| 20120220971 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A compression region | 08-30-2012 |
| 20120211538 | WEB CONVEYOR - In a web conveyor, a boundary between a belt conveyer and a belt conveyer provided between an end portion in upstream and an end portion in downstream of a holding conveyer. In other words, the holding conveyor that presses on the top surface of the web is disposed at the boundary between the belt conveyor and the belt conveyor. | 08-23-2012 |
| 20120207871 | FOLDING APPARATUS - A sailor roll includes pressing rolls and a center roll provided between the pressing rolls the center roll configured to press a central region of a web. The portions of the web pressed down by the pressing rolls serve as a fold origin from which the web is folded. Each of the pressing rolls has a tapered shape in which the diameter becomes smaller toward the outer side in the cross direction CD. In other word, the pressing rolls respectively have tapered surfaces tapered toward a side region of the web. | 08-16-2012 |
| 20120196091 | NONWOVEN FABRIC - Short fibers of thermoplastic synthetic resin are fusion bonded to one another to form a nonwoven fabric. The nonwoven fabric is formed on its upper surface with crests and troughs extending in parallel to one another. The crests include first crests having a uniform height dimension from a lower surface of the nonwoven fabric and second crests having a uniform height dimension from a lower surface of the nonwoven fabric which is smaller than the height dimension of the first crests. Density of the nonwoven fabric gradually increases in the order of the first crests, the second crests and the troughs. The first crests are formed so that the density of the first crests remains lower than the density of the second crests even when the first crests are compressed toward the lower surface until the first crests becomes flush with the level of the second crests. | 08-02-2012 |
| 20120191056 | LAYERED ABSORBENT SHEET - It is an object of the invention to provide a layered absorbent sheet with excellent absorption properties including fluid retention, fluid diffusibility and absorbed fluid retention volume, and with particularly excellent deformation resistance against deformation by twisting and wrinkles. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120191055 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - It is an object of the invention to provide an absorbent article that is resistant to twisting and flattening, and that is superior in terms of fluid absorption rate, fluid diffusibility, absorbed fluid retention volume and fluid retention. The absorbent article comprises a top sheet on the skin contact side, a back sheet on the non-skin contact side, and an absorbent body situated between the two sheets, wherein the absorbent body comprises a bulky absorbent sheet, and the bulky absorbent sheet comprises heat-expanding particles that are dispersed in the bulky absorbent sheet and have been expanded by heat. | 07-26-2012 |
| 20120184424 | WEB JOINT APPARATUS AND WEB JOINT METHOD - A web joint apparatus is configured to join a pair of webs for absorbent article folded in the cross direction CD with reference to a folding line. The web joint apparatus includes: an ultrasonic horn configured to join the paired waistline portions; an anvil facing the ultrasonic horn and configured to pinch the intermediate web between the anvil and the ultrasonic horn; and a crotch hold bar configured to hold the intermediate web while stretching the intermediate web in a direction in which the crotch portions get away from the waistline portions, when the intermediate web are joined by the ultrasonic horn and the anvil. | 07-19-2012 |
| 20120178609 | WEB CONVEYING APPARATUS AND WEB CONVEYING METHOD - A web conveying apparatus configured to convey a pair of webs folded in the cross direction CD with reference to a folding line. The web conveying apparatus includes a crotch hold bar configured to hold an intermediate web in a conveyable manner with the folded intermediate web stretched in a direction in which the crotch portions get away from the waistline portions; and a conveying mechanism configured to convey the intermediate web and hands over the intermediate web to a joint apparatus and a cutting apparatus, while the crotch portions are being held by the crotch hold bar. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120178608 | FOLDING MACHINE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A folding machine includes a conveyance roll configured to come into contact with both a first region and the second region being flush with each other; a web guide mechanism configured to cause the first region and the second region to face each other with reference to the folding line so that an angle between the first region and the second region becomes smaller toward downstream; a press mechanism configured to press at least any one of the first region and the second region. The press mechanism changes a pressing strength on the web to change at least either a track length (first track length) in which one side edge provided on a downstream of a conveyance roll is conveyed or a track length (second track length) in which other side edge is conveyed. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120177889 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - Provided is a liquid-permeable nonwoven fabric having improved in air permeability in the thickness direction thereof, formed on its surface with ridges and troughs extending in parallel to each other in one direction. A nonwoven fabric formed of thermoplastic synthetic short fibers fused together is formed on its upper surface with ridges and troughs extending in parallel to each other in a longitudinal direction. In a cross section of each ridge taken in the transverse direction, the ridge includes opposite lateral regions in which the short fibers are densely distributed and a central region defined between the opposite lateral regions and in which the short fibers are sparsely distributed. The short fibers in the central region include short fibers in a crest of the ridge adapted to connect the opposite lateral regions to each other. This invention also discloses a method for manufacturing of the nonwoven fabric. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120175064 | ULTRASONIC JOINING APPARATUS AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - An anvil includes a base and projections and. The base is installed at an attachment position on an outer peripheral surface of a rotating drum. The projection protrudes from a front surface of the base in a normal direction H of the rotating drum and is formed in a line shape extending in the cross direction CD along the front surface of the base. On the front surface of the base, one end in the cross direction CD of the projection is provided forward of the other end in a rotation direction R. In the projection, a cut portion is formed to extend in a direction opposite to the protrusion direction of each protrusion. The cut portion extends from the front surface of the projection, protruding from the front surface of the base, to the vicinity of the middle of the projection. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120174721 | CUTTING AND TRANSFERRING APPARATUS AND CUTTING AND TRANSFERRING METHOD - A cutting and transferring apparatus configured to from a second sheet by cutting a continuous body of second sheets and to transfer the second sheet onto a continuous body of topsheet. The cutting and transferring apparatus includes a blade roll having a blade; a bed knife; and a transfer roll configured to transfer the second sheet onto the continuous body of topsheet. The transfer roll receives an edge portion of the continuous body before cutting. The blade and the bed knife cut the continuous body of the second sheets, in a state where the machine direction MD and a vertical direction coincide with each other. | 07-12-2012 |
| 20120168084 | ULTRASONIC JOINING APPARATUS AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE MANUFACTURING APPARATUS - An anvil has a temperature adjustment mechanism including a heater. The anvil has a heat transmitter transmitting heat generated by the temperature adjustment mechanism. The anvil has a temperature sensor detecting a temperature of an anvil attachment portion in which the anvil of rotating drum installed. The ultrasonic joining apparatus includes a controller configured to control a temperature to which the rotating drum should be heated by the temperature adjustment mechanism. The controller controls a heat generation amount of the temperature adjustment mechanism on the basis of a detection result by the temperature sensor. The temperature adjustment mechanism and the heat transmitter are installed in each of the multiple anvils. | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120167736 | CUTTING SYSTEM - A cutting system ( | 07-05-2012 |
| 20120165774 | DISPOSABLE WEARING ARTICLE - In a disposable wearing article, a first waist region is elasticized and formed of an inner sheet and an outer sheet. The non-skin-facing side of the outer sheet is formed substantially over its entire area with a plurality of thermocompression-bonded spots regularly and intermittently arranged at predetermined intervals. The outer sheet has non-thermocompressed regions surrounded by a plurality of thermocompression-bonded spots. A fibrous layer lying at least on the outer surface of said outer sheet is formed of thermal adhesive crimped fibers which are bonded together by thermocompression-bonding treatment in the thermocompression-bonded spots. The outer sheet and the inner sheet are bonded to each other by adhesive applied on at least one of respective opposite surfaces thereof so that the crimped fibers in the non-thermocompressed regions may protrude outward in a thickness direction of the outer sheet as the inner sheet contracts in the direction of the transverse axis Q. | 06-28-2012 |
| 20120143162 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article according to the present invention includes leg elastic bodies and a central elastic body. An absorber has a bent part formed along a longitudinal direction. The leg elastic bodies continuously extend from one rear waistline edge to the other rear waistline edge in a state of being stretched in a width direction in a rear waistline region. The central elastic body is provided in a central portion in the width direction in a state of being stretched along the longitudinal direction, while overlapping with any one of a front waistline region and the rear waistline region in a thickness direction. At least a part of the central elastic body intersects with the leg elastic bodies while overlapping with the bent part in the thickness direction. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120141742 | NONWOVEN FABRIC AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING SAME - A nonwoven fabric facilitating permeation of loose passage. A nonwoven fabric is formed of short fibers of thermoplastic synthetic resin fused together. The nonwoven fabric is formed on a top side thereof with ridges and troughs undulating in a width direction and extending in parallel to one another in a length direction. When the nonwoven fabric is placed on a horizontal plane with the back side put in contact with the horizontal plate, highly void regions are formed between the back side and the horizontal plane. In the vicinity of apices of the respective ridges, the short fibers slope down so as to extend in a thickness direction of the nonwoven fabric. | 06-07-2012 |
| 20120132551 | INDIVIDUALLY PACKAGED PRODUCT | 05-31-2012 |
| 20120130333 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In a method of manufacturing an absorbent article, an absorbent article | 05-24-2012 |
| 20120116344 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A leakage-preventing unit | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120116343 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A disposable diaper is provided with an outer body including a belly side portion and a back side portion, and an inner body. The belly side portion and back side portion of the outer body each has a plurality of waist elastic members extending in parallel to each other in the transverse direction. The outer body has an annular waist gather region, a belly side pressing region, a back side pressing region, and an annular tightening region. The area of the back side pressing region is smaller than the area of the belly side pressing region, and the contractile force of the back side pressing region is smaller than the contractile force of the belly side pressing region, and is no greater than 0.35N, and the contractile force per unit width of the tightening region is no less than 0.45N/25 mm. | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120111975 | NOZZLE FOR ADHESIVE COATER - The present invention provides a nozzle assembly adapted to apply adhesives uniformly when forming one or more adhesive lines on upper surface of a fibrous web continuously running. A nozzle assembly | 05-10-2012 |
| 20120109088 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a topsheet having a contact surface that comes into contact with a skin of a wearer; a liquid-impermeable backsheet which does not permeate a liquid; and an absorber that is arranged between the topsheet and the backsheet, wherein a material including a refresher agent is provided between the topsheet and the backsheet, and the material including the refresher agent is arranged at each side in a widthwise direction of the absorber. | 05-03-2012 |
| 20120101466 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes: a belly waistline portion to be fitted to a belly waistline of a wearer; a rear waistline portion to be fitted to a rear waistline of the wearer; a crotch portion to be fitted to a crotch of the wearer; a central portion in a width direction of the absorbent article. The central portion includes an absorber; and a lateral portion located outside the central portion in the width direction of the absorbent article. The backsheet includes a stretched portion stretched by stretch processing in the width direction of the absorbent article perpendicular to a belly-to-rear direction extending from the belly waistline portion to the rear waistline portion, and a unstretched portion not stretched by the stretch processing. The stretched portion includes a central stretched portion located in at least part of the central portion within the crotch portion, and a lateral stretched portion located in at least part of the lateral portion within the crotch portion. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120101424 | TAMPON APPLICATOR - A tampon applicator according to the present invention includes an outer tube and an inner tube. The outer tube includes an outer-tube tip end portion having a locking portion and an outer-tube rear end portion having a protrusion. The protrusion is capable of passing by the locking portion from the outer-tube rear end portion side to the outer-tube tip end portion side. When the protrusion is positioned on the outer-tube tip end portion side of the locking portion, the locking portion locks the protrusion to prevent the inner tube from returning to the outer-tube rear end portion side of the locking portion. | 04-26-2012 |
| 20120095425 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a first curved portion and a second curved portion formed on the surface of a topsheet along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article. The first curved portion is arranged in one pair to be symmetrical to a centerline of the absorbent article in a region in which the contact region is included, the region being an inside region more than each side part in a widthwise direction of the absorbent article, and is formed along a longitudinal direction of the absorbent article. The second curved portion is arranged in one pair in a region in which the contact region is included, the region being an inside region in the widthwise direction of the absorbent article more than the first curved portion, and is formed along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article. The first curved portion and the second curved portion has a convex shape outward in the widthwise direction of the absorbent article, in the region in which the contact region is included. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120095424 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes cooling material including refreshing agent, provided between a topsheet and a backsheet. An amount of the cooling material disposed per unit area is larger in a contact portion where the excretion area of a wearer comes into contact than in a portion outside the contact portion. | 04-19-2012 |
| 20120089106 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a topsheet having a contact surface in contact with the skin of a wearer; a liquid-impermeable backsheet through which a liquid does not pass; and an absorber provided between the topsheet and the backsheet, a cooling sensation material including a refresher agent in the topsheet or between the topsheet and the backsheet. On the outside of the planar direction of the topsheet from the contact region in which an excretion unit of the wearer is in contact in the topsheet, there is a region having a greater amount of the cooling sensation material per unit area than the amount of the cooling sensation material per unit area in the contact region. | 04-12-2012 |
| 20120080155 | WATER DISINTEGRATABLE FIBROUS SHEET - To provide a water disintegratable fibrous sheet with high water disintegratability and wet strength, that can be used as a cleaning sheet. A prescribed water disintegratable fibrous sheet comprising 30-50% by mass of unbeaten pulp (a) with a beating degree of 700 cc or greater; 20-40% by mass of beaten pulp (b) with a beating degree of 400-700 cc; 15-45% by mass of regenerated cellulose (c) with a beating degree of 700 cc or greater; and 2-15% by mass of fibrillated purified cellulose (d) with a beating degree of 0-400 cc. | 04-05-2012 |
| 20120059342 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, and an absorber provided in between the topsheet and the backsheet, such that a joint unit is formed in which at least the topsheet and the absorber are joined. The absorber comprises: a first region having a predetermined weight per unit area of an absorbent material configuring the absorber; and a second region having less weight per unit area of the absorbent material than the first region, the second region extends along the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article and is sandwiched between the first regions in the widthwise direction of the absorbent article, and the joint unit is formed in the second region. | 03-08-2012 |
| 20120045620 | LIQUID-PERVIOUS FIBROUS NON-WOVEN FABRIC - A liquid-pervious fibrous non-woven fabric includes staple fibers made of thermoplastic synthetic resin fused together which is formed on its upper surface with a plurality of ridges, and a plurality of grooves extending in parallel in a longitudinal direction. The ridges and grooves are arranged alternately in a transverse direction. On the upper surface, some of the staple fibers extend across the ridges to the adjacent grooves on each side of the ridges and are, in the respective grooves, fused to the staple fibers of a different type from the former staple fibers. | 02-23-2012 |
| 20120035566 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a pair of grooves in which each of the grooves has a central region in the longitudinal direction has a first section which is formed so as to be curved in a convex manner at an inside of a widthwise direction of the absorption layer; a second section and a third section which is linked with each end of the first section and is formed so as to be curved in a convex manner at an outside of the widthwise direction. A radius of curvature of the first section is smaller than the radius of curvature of either the second section or the third section. | 02-09-2012 |
| 20110319851 | THIN ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - To provide an absorbent article which is a relatively thin absorbent article and which is hardly twisted while fitting to the body and exhibits excellent absorptivity. | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110315075 | APPLICATION APPARATUS AND METHOD | 12-29-2011 |
| 20110313386 | ABSORBER FOR TAMPON - An absorber for a tampon, which is generated by compressing and molding a laminate member | 12-22-2011 |
| 20110303356 | ABSORBER FORMING AND TRANSFERRING MECHANISM AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In the absorber forming and transferring mechanism | 12-15-2011 |
| 20110184363 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING THE ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article according to the present invention includes: a water-decomposable top sheet, a water-decomposable back sheet; and a water-decomposable absorber placed between the top sheet and the back sheet. The back sheet is formed of multiple sheet pieces each being smaller than a main body of the absorbent article, and each sheet piece at least partially overlapping adjacent one or more of the other sheet pieces. In addition, an adhesive is applied to each overlapping region where adjacent two of the sheet pieces overlap each other. | 07-28-2011 |
| 20110173794 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS - Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a process for placing on connected rectangular flaps that are continuously conveyed on a flap line fastening members that are fastenable on both sides to prescribed areas near center line that is parallel to the MD-direction, a process for forming a cutable line along the center line that can divide the connected flaps in two, a process for forming flaps by cutting the connected flaps along the CD-direction on the flap line, and a process for placing the flaps on connected front torso-surrounding member or back torso-surrounding member or on the main body line so that center line is orthogonal to the MD-direction of the main body line. | 07-21-2011 |
| 20110172630 | ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - A sanitary napkin ( | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110167765 | METHOD OF FOLDING ABSORBENT ARTICLE | 07-14-2011 |
| 20110162497 | LEG-SURROUNDING OPENING FORMING APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A leg-surrounding opening forming apparatus ( | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110162188 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS - Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a process for placing on connected flaps on latch members that are fastenable to prescribed areas on both sides of a center line that is parallel to the MD-direction of the flap line, a process for folding over both edges of the flap continuum toward the center line along the MD-direction on the flap line, a process for forming flaps by cutting the flap continuum along the CD-direction on the flap line, and a process for placing the flaps at prescribed intervals on absorbent article continuum on the main body line so that the center line is in the MD-direction. | 07-07-2011 |
| 20110160685 | DISPOSABLE DIAPER - A liquid-permeating sheet ( | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110155304 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS - Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a fastening member placement step wherein latch members, which are fastenable to prescribed areas, are placed on both sides of a center line that is parallel to the conveyance direction of the flap line on a flap continuum that are continuously conveyed on the flap line, a flap formation process wherein flaps are formed by cutting the flap continuum on the flap line in a direction that intersects with the conveyance direction of the flap line, and a flap placement step wherein flaps are placed on front waistline member continuum or the rear waistline member continuum or on the main body line so that the center line is orthogonal to the conveyance direction of the main body line, and both edges of the flap continuum on the flap line are folded over toward the center line. | 06-30-2011 |
| 20110146898 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE AND DEVICE FOR MANUFACTURING ABSORPTIVE ARTICLE - A method of manufacturing an absorptive article has a step of arranging latch members in a region forming each flap of a succession of flaps composing a flap continuum, the latch members being arranged so as to be located on opposite sides of a centerline, which extends in a CD-direction of a flap line, of the region and being engageable with predetermined regions; a step of forming a cut line along the centerline; a step of joining together a rear waistline member continuum composed of a succession of rear waist members and the flap continuum composed of the succession of flaps, the continuum being joined together such that the centerlines are perpendicular to a MD-direction of a body line; and a step of breaking the cut line on the body line. | 06-23-2011 |
| 20110144612 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - Disclosed is an absorbent product wherein a pair of folded portions that can be folded back is formed on both sides in the width direction of the absorbent product on portions of a flap. On the pair of folded portions, latch members that can fasten to prescribed areas of a front waistline member or a rear waistline member are respectively disposed. The flap is connected to the front waistline member or the rear waistline member at the two ends in the width direction of the absorbent product. Between the two ends and the folded portions, non-connected regions are provided where the flap is not connected to the front waistline member or the rear waistline member. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110144561 | APPLICATOR FOR TAMPON - An applicator for a tampon comprises an outer cylinder ( | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110139385 | BULKY PAPER WITH RUGGED PATTERN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - A process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern includes the steps of producing a wet mixed sheet comprising high-basis-weight regions and low-basis-weight regions from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water, the heat-expanding particles being evenly dispersed in the fiber in the high basis-weight and low basis-weight regions; and then heating the wet mixed sheet to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles and form a concavo-convex pattern. This allows the free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110139336 | MANUFACTURING METHOD FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS AND MANUFACTURING DEVICE FOR ABSORBENT PRODUCTS - Provided is a manufacturing method for absorbent products that has a process for forming a pair of fold-over portions, which can be folded over in the direction of conveyance of a flap line and in the direction opposite said conveyance direction, on portions of regions that constitute a single flap in flap continuum that are continuously conveyed on the flap line, a process wherein fastening members, which are fastenable to prescribed areas, are placed on the pair of fold-over portions, and a process wherein the flap continuum are connected with connected front torso-surrounding members or back torso-surrounding members or so that each region that constitutes a single flap, corresponds to areas, that constitute a single absorbent product in connected front torso-surrounding members or back torso-surrounding members. | 06-16-2011 |
| 20110130737 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes at least a liquid-permeable sheet, a liquid-impermeable sheet, and an absorber sandwiched between the liquid-permeable sheet and the liquid-impermeable sheet. The absorber includes an absorbing layer center part and an absorbing part formed in the periphery of the absorbing layer center part. On the skin-contact surface side of the absorbent article, compressed grooves are at least symmetry with respect to the longitudinal centerline and surround the absorbing layer center part. The compressed grooves have a pair of right and left intermittent portions across the longitudinal centerline. On the skin-non-contact surface side of the absorber, a space part being nearly convex toward the skin-contact surface side and formed between the absorber and the liquid-impermeable sheet, is present in the side part of at least a part of a compressed groove out of the compressed grooves provided along widthwise right and left side edges. | 06-02-2011 |
| 20110125120 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes liquid-permeable top sheet, a liquid-impermeable back sheet, and an absorber sandwiched between the top sheet and back sheet, wherein the top sheet is composed of a nonwoven fabric, and the region of the top sheet that contacts the site of discharge is the low density section of the nonwoven fabric with a lower apparent density than the other regions of the top sheet. The thickness of the low density section of the top sheet is larger than the thickness of the sections other than the low density section of the top sheet, and the basis weight of the low density section of the top sheet is equal to the basis weight of the sections other than the low density section of the top sheet. | 05-26-2011 |
| 20110118692 | FEMALE MEMBER FOR HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER, HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER EMPLOYING THE FEMALE MEMBER, AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE EMPLOYING THE HOOK-AND-LOOP FASTENER - A female member for a hook-and-loop fastener is provided. Even when the hook-and-loop fastener part is deformed or an instantaneous impact peel force is applied to the fastener part, the female member does not peel off the male member. When the male member is peeled from the female member, no fluffing caused by shedding of a fibrous material occurs. The female member for a hook-and-loop fastener is constituted of a fibrous material and can engage with a mating male member. The female member is composed of: dense fiber portions arranged in rows and having a high density of the fibrous material; and sparse fiber portions arranged in rows alternately with these dense fiber portions and having a lower density of the fibrous material than the dense fiber portions. The dense fiber portions deform elastically, and this prevents undesirable peeling and diminishes fluffing. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110118691 | TOP SHEET FOR ABSORBENT ARTICLE, PROCESS FOR ITS PRODUCTION AND ABSORBENT ARTICLE EMPLOYING THE SAME - The top sheet for an absorbent article has a plurality of fused compressed sections, wherein the fused compressed sections are located on the lowermost side in the thickness direction of the top sheet, and the back side of the top sheet has recesses or low density regions having the lowest density within the top sheet, surrounding the fused compressed sections. The top sheet for an absorbent article having a plurality of fused compressed sections can be produced by a process wherein a top sheet is situated between a member with multiple protrusions and a member with multiple recesses that engage with the multiple protrusions, and the protrusions are pressed into the recesses. | 05-19-2011 |
| 20110092944 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article includes a liquid-permeable sheet, a liquid-impermeable sheet, and an absorber sandwiched between the liquid-permeable sheet and the liquid-impermeable sheet. The absorber includes an absorbing layer center part and an absorbing part formed in the periphery of the absorbing layer center part. On the skin-contact surface side of the absorbent article, compressed grooves are provided along at least widthwise right and left side edges to surround the absorbing layer center part, and have an intermittent portion in the vicinity of the longitudinal centerline. On the skin-non-contact surface side of the absorber, a space part being nearly convex toward the skin-contact surface side and formed between the absorber and the liquid-impermeable sheet, is present in the side part of at least a part of compressed groove out of the compressed grooves provided along widthwise right and left side edges. | 04-21-2011 |
| 20110083819 | BULKY PAPER WITH RUGGED PATTERN AND PROCESS FOR PRODUCING THE SAME - The present invention relates to a process for producing a bulky paper with a concavo-convex pattern consisting of low density regions with a high degree of expansion of the heat-expanding particles and high density regions with a low degree of expansion of the heat-expanding particles, comprising: making a wet mixed sheet having heat-expanding particles uniformly dispersed in fibers from a paper-making material prepared by dispersing a fiber starting material and heat-expanding particles in water; then spraying prescribed sections of the wet mixed sheet with moist hot air or water vapor at above the initial expansion temperature of the heat-expanding particles to cause expansion of the heat-expanding particles at those sections; and then drying at a temperature at which the heat-expanding particles do not fully expand. The process allows free designing of concavo-convex sections on bulky papers. | 04-14-2011 |
| 20110060301 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - To apply a colored recess part to an absorbent article such as sanitary napkin without worsening the soft and comfortable touch to skin and allowing the colorant from coming into direct contact with the skin of a wearer. | 03-10-2011 |
| 20110049209 | CONVEYOR APPARATUS AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - In a conveyor apparatus ( | 03-03-2011 |
| 20110046592 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH PATTERN - To apply a clear pattern to an absorbent article such as sanitary napkin without worsening the soft and comfortable touch to skin and allowing the colorant from coming into direct contact with the skin of a wearer. | 02-24-2011 |
| 20100305541 | ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An absorbent article including an absorbent article main body which is extended in a longitude direction and having a front end portion and a rear end portion, and which includes an absorber of liquid-retaining, a topsheet of liquid-permeable covering a surface of the absorber, and a backsheet of liquid-nonpermeable supporting the absorber from a back surface of the absorber, the absorbent article includes: a belt-shaped member extended in the longitude direction of the absorbent article main body, including a base end portion fixed to any one of the absorber and the backsheet and a tip portion not fixed, and being stretchable in the longitude direction; and an attaching sheet provided on a back surface of the belt-shaped member and configured to be attached to clothing, wherein the attaching sheet is extended in a width direction of the belt-shaped member and both end portions of the attaching sheet are fixed to the belt-shaped member. | 12-02-2010 |
| 20100219224 | CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - A conveyor conveys a continuous stretchable web. The conveyor includes a press mechanism configured to press the web in at least a center region C in a cross direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction of the web, or at least side edge regions S located in positions shifted from the center region toward both side edges of the web in the cross direction. The press mechanism is provided in a position shifted from a conveyance plane R of the web when viewed along a surface of the web in the cross direction. | 09-02-2010 |
| 20100213231 | WEB CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The web conveyer for manufacturing an absorber including an absorber core and a covering member covering the absorber core, conveys an absorber web including the absorber core sandwiched by a pair of webs to form the covering member. A thickness of the absorber core is larger than a thickness of the covering member. The web conveyer includes a direction changing mechanism which changes a conveyance direction of the absorber web by 90° or more. A rotation distance of the absorber web, that is, the length of a semi-circumference of the changing roller, is larger than is longer than a length of each of the absorber cores in the conveyance direction MD of the absorber web. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100212814 | ADHESIVE EJECTING APPARATUS - An ejecting mechanism includes a pump, a pump controller unit, a distribution pipe, a restricting unit, and adhesive nozzles. The pump controller unit is configured to control to increase or decrease the amount of adhesive to be taken in by the pump. The distribution unit is configured to send a predetermined amount of adhesive to the adhesive nozzles out of the adhesive supplied by the pump, and to return the rest of adhesive to a discharge pipe out of the supplied adhesive, except for the predetermined amount of adhesive. The restricting unit is configured to disposed between the distribution unit and the discharge pipe and configured to restrict an amount of adhesive to be returned to a pipe. | 08-26-2010 |
| 20100200145 | METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - An adhesive is applied in such a curved trajectory that an angle formed by a tangent line and an axis falls within a range of ±90° in a plan view of a web obtained by the overlapping a first web and a second web. The tangent line is drawn at any point on the trajectory of the adhesive. The axis is orthogonal to a trailing side of a pressing region, in which the web is pressed by an upper roller, in a conveyance direction. | 08-12-2010 |
| 20100181007 | CONVEYOR AND METHOD OF MANUFACTURING ABSORBENT ARTICLE - The web conveyor conveys a continuous web for L size or M size. The conveyor includes a guide mechanism changing a passing position of a side edge portion of the web, a detection mechanism detecting the passing position of the edge portion of the web, and a drive mechanism moving the guide mechanism and the detection mechanism together in the cross direction of the web according to the L size or M size, by being in contact with a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion of the web. The drive mechanism moves the guide mechanism and the detection mechanism by an equal traveling distance in the cross direction of the web. | 07-22-2010 |
