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US 8,616,149 B2Granted
Apparatus for manufacturing a tampon
AssigneeUni-Charm Corporation
InventorsMasashi Hosokawa, Mitsuhiro Wada, Satoshi Nozaki
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Abstract
A manufacturing method for a tampon having an absorbent body that absorbs liquid includes obtaining the absorbent body by compressing and shaping an absorbent-body material, and applying a melted agent to an outer surface of the absorbent body, the outer surface having a temperature lower than or equal to a freezing point of a main ingredient of the agent.
Claims12
A apparatus for manufacturing a tampon having an absorbent body for absorbing liquid, said apparatus comprising:
- a compressing-shaping unit for compressing and shaping an absorbent-body material to obtain the absorbent body;
- a heating unit for heating the absorbent body to fix a shape of the absorbent body;
- a conveyor belt for conveying the absorbent body in a conveying direction and for cooling the absorbent body;
- a transferring belt for transferring and applying a melted agent to an outer surface of the absorbent body while the transferring belt is in contact with the outer surface;
- and
- a supplying unit for supplying the melted agent to the transferring belt;
- wherein
- the transferring belt and the conveyor belt are configured to sandwich the absorbent body while rotating and moving the absorbent body on the conveyor belt in the conveying direction.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.