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US 5,366,450 AGranted
An enveloped coiled tampon
AssigneeSanPoint AB
InventorHans F. DeGroot
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Abstract
The invention relates to a tampon for female hygiene having a wound nonwoven fabric core and an envelope with thermoplastic fibers which externally encloses the core, the envelope consisting of a nonwoven fabric which has hydrophilic fibers in addition to the thermoplastic fibers.
Claims8
A female hygiene tampon having an absorptive body consisting of:
- a core of a coiled nonwoven fabric strip;
- a water-permeable envelope formed from a nonwoven band consisting of 10 to 80% hydrophilic fibers and the balance thermoplastic fibers wound around said core, said envelope closely fitting around said core upon wetting of the envelope;
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- a single weld line securing said envelope to said core at one end of said band, said band overlapping a turn of the envelope at a free end of the band opposite said one end of said band.
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