Method for cutting and sealing an absorbent member
AssigneeThe Procter & Gamble Company
InventorsJohn Christian Schmitt, Torsten Lindner, Italo Corzani, Carlisle Mitchell Herron
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Abstract
A web including a fibrous material and superabsorbent material is fed to a station. The web has a first surface, a second surface, a first side edge and a second side edge. At the station, the operation of applying a superabsorbent material movement obstruction agent and cutting the web into individual absorbent members having a pair of opposing cut ends are carried out simultaneously.
Claims9
A method for cutting and sealing an absorbent member (26), said method comprising the steps of:
- a) feeding a web (110) comprising a fibrous material and a superabsorbent material, said web having a first side edge (140) and a second side edge (142);
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- b) using a mechanical knife to simultaneously apply a superabsorbent material movement obstruction agent (122) to said web and cut said web into individual absorbent members (26) having a pair of opposing cut ends.
The method of claim 7 wherein said polymeric solutions or polymeric emulsions are either natural or synthetic.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.