US 8,398,915 B2 · Method for making a fibrous article

Method for making a fibrous article

AssigneeJohnson & Johnson do Brasil Industria e Comercio Produtos Paral Saude Ltda. Rodovia

InventorsMarco Antonio Alkmin, Livea Fujita Barbosa, José Francisco Cau, Jose Manoel Soares Coutinho, Ivair Luiz Duarte, Reinaldo Lourenço Faria, Francisco J. V. Hernandez, Manuela Leonel Martines, Francisco Antonio Rimoli, Francisco Savastano Neto, Alexandre Teixeira Yamashita

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Abstract

The present invention generally relates to a method and apparatus for a making a formed fibrous article and more specifically to method and apparatus for making a formed fibrous article useful as an absorbent core structure in a disposable sanitary article such as a sanitary napkin, panty liner, diaper or the like. The present invention also relates to a disposable sanitary article including a formed fibrous article according to the present invention as a core structure thereof.

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Dependent claims

A method of making a formed fibrous article comprising the steps of:

forming a formed fibrous article having a three dimensional profile;
pin-calendering the fibrous article in a pin calendering station between a first roll and a second roll, wherein the fibrous article is conveyed through a nip defined between the first roll and the second roll without the use of a carrier layer.

Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.