System and method for the shaped cutting of sanitary articles, namely of washable absorbent garments
AssigneeFameccanica.Data S.p.A.
InventorSerafino LUPINETTI
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Abstract
A system and method for shaped cutting of washable sanitary absorbent articles having a back layer of washable fabric and the like is provided, wherein the back layer is fed longitudinally along a travel direction to a cutting unit including at least one cutting tool movable transversally to the travel direction so as to cut at least one longitudinal side edge of the back layer, in combination with a longitudinal displacement thereof, along a curved profile.
Claims15
A system for shaped cutting of washable absorbent garments having a back layer of washable fabric, the system comprising:
- a garment feeding arrangement, and
- a cutting unit,
- wherein said back layer is fed longitudinally along a travel direction via the garment feeding arrangement to the cutting unit,
- wherein said cutting unit includes at least one cutting tool movable transversally to said travel direction so as to cut at least one longitudinal side edge of the back layer, in combination with a longitudinal displacement thereof, along a curved profile, and
- wherein said cutting tool is selected from the group consisting of ultrasonic cutters and laser beam cutters.
A method for shaped cutting of washable absorbent garments having a back layer of washable fabric forming a pant structure having rear and front waist sections and a crotch section intermediate between the rear and front waist sections, the method comprising:
- feeding said back layer longitudinally along a travel direction to a cutting unit including cutting tools movable transversally to said travel direction, and
- cutting each longitudinal side edge of back layer, in combination with a longitudinal displacement thereof, along curved profiles defining said crotch sections, using the transversally movable cutting tools,
- wherein said cutting is carried out either by an ultrasonic cutter or by a laser beam cutter operating on a roller or on a flat anvil support.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.