EP0000593A1 - Low-density disposable absorbent bandage - Google Patents

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EP0000593A1
EP0000593A1 EP78200044A EP78200044A EP0000593A1 EP 0000593 A1 EP0000593 A1 EP 0000593A1 EP 78200044 A EP78200044 A EP 78200044A EP 78200044 A EP78200044 A EP 78200044A EP 0000593 A1 EP0000593 A1 EP 0000593A1
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  • the present invention relates generally to disposable absorbent bandages, particularly to disposable diapers, and, more particularly, to a new and improved disposable absorbent diaper pad construction exhibiting low wet density and improved pad integrity in use.
  • Disposable diapers In recent years, improvements in disposable diapers have revolutionized the diapering of infants. As the term “disposable” implies, these diapers are designed to be discarded after single use. Disposable diapers generally consist of an absorbent pad, a pad-covering topsheet which contacts the infant, and a liquid-impervious backsheet for containing liquid wastes within the absorbent pad.
  • U.S. Patent Re. 26,151 which issued to Duncan et al. on January 31,1967 and which is hereby incorporated herein by reference is representative of such prior art disposable diaper structures.
  • high yield fibers provide an airfelt pad which exhibits a lower wet density in use than a pad formed from conventional chemically processed wood pulp fibers. Consequently, for comparable quantities of fibers, high yield wood pulp fiber pads exhibit greater void volume in use, and consequently greater absorptive capacity.
  • a low-density disposable absorbent bandage comprised primarily of relatively stiff high yield fibers having little cohesive strength in airlaid form, said bandage exhibiting an absorptive capacity comparable to that of prior art structures of greater basis weight due to its lower wet density in use, yet having sufficient in use pad integrity to permit effective utilizatior of the greater void volume inherent in such a structure.
  • a further object of the present invention is to provide a practical, low-density disposable absorbent bandage exhibiting an absorptive capacity substantially equivalent to that of prior art structures of higher basis weight and greater wet density in use, thereby reducing the total quantity of fibers required to manufacture such structures without any sacrifice in their absorptive capacity.
  • Still another object of the present invention is the provision of a strong, low-density disposable absorbent bandage employing primarily high yield fibers as the absorben media to permit more effective utilization of natural resourc
  • a low-density disposable absorbent bandage having a moisture-pervious topsheet for contacting the wearer's body, a moistu absorbent pad for absorbing and retaining body exudates and - a moisture-impervious backsheet opposite the wearer contacti surface secured in superposed relation to one another.
  • the moisture-absorbent pad which has a maximum wet density of about 0.10 grams per cubic centimeter, as measured under an applied load of 80 grams per square inch, is preferably comprised primarily of relatively stiff, high yield wood pulp fibers constrained within an evelope of wet strength tissue paper.
  • At least one ply of wet strength tissue paper having a maximum dry stretch characteristic of about 30 pcrcent, as measured at the point of rupture, is provided in a plane approximothly midway between the outermost surfaces of said wet strength tissue envelope and surrounded on both sides by said high yield wood pulp fibers to impart improved in use integrity to said absorbent pad.
  • the resulting disposable absorbent structure exhibits an in use pad integrity and an absorptive capacity comparable to those of more dense prior art structures employing the more expensive conventional chemically processed wood pulp fibers without the use of a limited stretch wet strength tissue ply intermediate the envelope tissue plies, yet utilizes a lesser quantity of fibers.
  • FIG 1 is illustrative of a preferred embodiment of a disposable diaper of the present invention.
  • a disposable diaper 1 of the present invention comprises a liquid-impervious backsheet 6, a liquid absorbent pad 21, and a moisture-pervious body contacting topsheet 5.
  • the backsheet 6 may be of plastic, treated paper, or the like and will typically wrap over the absorbent pad 21 and topsheet 5 at the edges to provide side flaps 19 and 20 which serve to improve the containment characteristics of the diaper, as taught by U.S. Patent Re. 26,151 which issued to Duncan et al. on January 31, 1967, said patent being incorporated herein by reference.
  • the airlaid fibrous absorbent media 3 contained in the liquid absorbent pad 21 is comprised primarily of relatively stiff, high yield wood pulp fibers, such as thermomechanical pulp fibers, which have relatively little cohesive strength in airlaid form. This is believed to be due primarily to the stiffness and lack of interentanglement of such fibers when formed into an airlaid web. If desired, a small portion of conventional chemically processed wood pulp fibers may be blended in to enhance the cohesiveness of an airlaid web utilized in the practice of the present invention.
  • Absorbent pads employing airlaid fibrous webs to which the practice of the present invention has particular utility generally exhibit a maximum wet density of less thar about 0.10 grams per cubic centimeter, as measured under a load of 80 grams per square inch.
  • absorbent pad structures utilizing primarily conventional chemically processed wood pulp fibers typically exhibit wet densities on the order of about 0.12 grams per cubic centimeter or greater when measured under similar conditions.
  • absorbent structures exhibiting low wet densitites are generally desirable since they exhibit greater void volumes in use, and consequently greater absorption and retention capacity for a given weight of fibers.
  • topsheet.5 is folded about the absorbent pad 21 at the ends or waistband portions of the diaper.
  • the overlapping portions of the topsheet 5 are secured directly to the backshect 6 by means of beads of adhesive 15 and 16 extending essentially across the entire width of the absorbent pad 21.
  • the absorbent media 3 and a limited stretch, wet strength tissue ply 30 are contained between layers of wet strength tissue paper 2 and 4.
  • the end portions of the uppermost layer of wet strength tissue paper 4 are folded back upon themselves, while the end portions of the lowermost layer of wet strength tissue paper 2 are folded back over the end portions of the uppermost layer of wet strength tissue paper to form an envelope about the absorbent media 3 and tissue ply 30.
  • the absorbent pad 21 is thus constrained within an outer envelope formed by the topsheet 3 and the moisture-impervious backshect 6.
  • the abosrbent pad 21 is ppreferably secured to the everlapping portions of the ropsheet 5 by means of beads of achetive 17 and 18 which extend essentially across the entire wich of the absorbent p.ud. Beads of adhesive 11 and 12 which aiss extend essentially across the entire width of the absorbent pad are preferably atilized to secure the lowermost layer of wet strength tissue paper 2 directly to the innermost surface of the moisture-impervious backsheet 6.
  • the liquid absorbent pad 21 is constrained along the edge portions of the diaper within the envelope formed by the liquid-pervious topsheet 5 and the overlapping edge portions of the moisture-impervious backsheet 6 which are joined together along the edge portions of the diaper by means of beads of adhesive 7 and 8 which preferably extend the entire length of the backshest.
  • the inner overlapping edge portions 19 and 20 of the moisture-impervious backsheet 6 are not secured directly to the topsheet in order to provide a gasketing action and hence better containment of exuded body fluids in accordance with the teachings of the aforementioned patent to Duncan et al.
  • the uppermost surface of wet strength tissue layer 4 is preferably secured to the lowermost surface of the liquid-pervious topshcet 5 by means of beads of adhesive 9 and 10 which extend the entire length of the absorbent pad 21. Due to the liquid-pervious nature of the topsheet 5 utilized in one preferred embodiment of the present invention, beads of adhcsive 9 and 10 are normally provided simply by migration of a portion of the adhesive utilized to form beads 7 and 8 directly through the liquid-pervious topsheet while the adhesive is in a liquid state.
  • a liquid-pervious top sheet 5 comprised of liquid-impervious material provided with tapered capillaries of critical diameters and tapers, each capillary having a base in the plane of the topsheet and an apex'remote from the plane of the topsheet and in intimate contact with the absorbent pad 21, may be employed, U.S. Patent 3,929,135 issued to Thompson on December 30, 1975 and incorporated herein by reference is representative of such a topsheet. In the latter embodiment, beads of adhesive 9 and 10 are preferably applied directly.
  • a disposable diaper of the present invention is preferably secured in place about the waist of the wearer by means of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape fasteners 13 and 14 which are well known in the disposable diapers art.
  • the low strength absorbent media of high yield wood pulp fibers 3 is preferably enveloped between a pair of tissue sheets 2, 4 having at least moderate wet strength.
  • the wet strength tissue sheets 2,4 are utilized to maximize in use pad integrity and to prevent dusting or linting of the absorbent fibers 3 in the pad through the body contacting topsheet 5.
  • a wet strength tissue ply 30 having a maximum dry stretch characteristic of approximately 30 percent, as measured at the point of ply rupture is provided within the wet strength tissue envelope, preferably in a plane about midway between the wet strength tissue plies 2, 4 and surrounded on both sides by absorbent airlaid high yield wood pulp fibers 3. While it is not essential to the practice of the present invention that the tissue ply 30 divide the total thickness of airfelt contained within the envelope tissues 2, 4 in a 50:50 ratio, applicant has learned that benefits provided by the present invention are.greatest when the ratio of the thickness of one layer of airfelt relative to the other does not exceed approximately 70:30-.
  • tissue layers at various locations within an absorbent airfelt medium are known to be old in the art, applicant has discovered that provision of a wet strength tissue layer having a maximum dry stretch characteristic of approximately 30 percent produces an unexpected increase in the amount of stretch an absorbent pad 21 comprised primarily of airlaid wood-pulp fibers can undergo before the fibrous media begins to crack or separate when the absorbent pad structure 21 is subjected to tensile loading.
  • tissue ply 30 may, if desired, be secured to either of the outermost plies 2, 4 or both, applicant has found it advantageous for the tissue ply 30 to remain unsecured to either the absorbent fibrous media 3 on either side thereof or the outermost tissue plies 2, 4.
  • This approach has proven beneficial in two regards. First, this minimizes the material cost of the additional tissue ply 30 since it may be smaller than either of the outermost tissue plies 2, 4. Secondly, leaving the intermediate tissue ply 30 unsecured in the manner illustrated .in Figures 1 to 3 minimizes any adverse effect on flushability of the absorbent fibrous media 3 upon disposal in a water closet. To wit, the present invention may readily be practice in a disposable absorbent diaper structure such as that disclosed in U.S.
  • Patent 3,952,745 issued to Duncan on April 27, 1976.
  • the moisture-impervious backsheet 6 may be stripped from the remainder of the diaper to permit disposal of the soiled portion of the diaper in a conventiona toilet. This is preferably accomplished by severing beads of adhesive 15 and 16 between the backsheet and topsheet along the end portions of the diaper.
  • Beads of adhesive 11 and 12 which secure the lowermost layer of wet strength tissue 2 directly to the moisture-impervious backsheet 6 are not severed, however, by the aforementioned stripping action Beads of adhesive 11 and 12 are preferably sufficiently strong to securely bond the wet strength tissue layer 2 to the backsheet so that the stripping action applied to the backsheet will cause the lowermost panel of wet strength tissue to rupture outside the beads of adhesive and thereby cause that portion of the lowermost layer of wet strength tissue paper located intermediate the adhesive glue beads 1 and 12 to remain in adherent contact with the moisture-impervious backsheet 6 when the backsheet is removed from the remainder of the structure.
  • tissue ply 30 is unsecured to either tissue ply 2 or 4 in a preferred embodiment of the present invention, it may be readily removed either manually or by the action of the flushing toilet, thereby exposing that portion of the fibrous absorbent media 3 adjacent the uppermost surface of the tissue ply 30 to hydraulic erosion.
  • a number of sample diaper pads were prepared generally in accordance with the teachings of U.S. Patent 3,952,745 employing a wet strength tissue envelope, i.e. plies 2, 4 comprised of tissue paper having a basis weight of about 12 pounds per 3,000 square feet, a dry MD stretch characteristic of about 16 percent, as measured at the point of rupture, a dry CD stretch characteristic of about 4 percent, a dry M tensile strength of approximately 680 grams per inch, a dry CD tensile strength of approximately 430 grams per inch, a wet MD tensile strength of approximately 155 grams per inch, and a wet CD tensile strength of approximately 100 grams per inch.
  • a wet strength tissue envelope i.e. plies 2, 4 comprised of tissue paper having a basis weight of about 12 pounds per 3,000 square feet, a dry MD stretch characteristic of about 16 percent, as measured at the point of rupture, a dry CD stretch characteristic of about 4 percent, a dry M tensile strength of approximately 680 grams per inch, a
  • the diaper pad samples were prepared so that the machine direction of the tissue plies 2, 4 was aligned parallel to the waistband portions of the diapcr, i.e., parallel to the adhesive beads 11 and 15 illustrated in Figures 1 and 2. This is generally done to align the direction of greatest strength of the tissue plies 2, 4 with the direction of greatest tensile loading in use.
  • the prior art diaper pads 21 of Example 1 were-prepared utilizing conventional airlaid chemically processed wood pulp fibers 3 and exhibited a basis weight of approximately 0.033 grams per square centimeter.
  • the pads i.e., tissue plies 2, 4 and , airfelt 3, were calendered so that the absorbent pad samples exhibited an initial dry density of approximately 0.10 grams per cubic centimeter, as measured under a load of 80 grams per square inch.
  • Pad samples measuring 3 inches in the cross-machine direction of the tissue plies by 6 inches in the machine direction of the tissue plies were cut.
  • the . samples were wetted with a quantity of 1 percent saline simulated ur-ine solution having a surface tension of 45 dynes per centimeter amounting to approximately 3 times the dry weight of the pad sample.
  • Half of the solution was applied to each side of the sample to promote uniform wetting.
  • the pad samples were then subjected to a compressive loading of approximtely 1 pound per square inch for a period of approximately 10 minutes to allow for moisture equilibration.
  • the wetted samples' were thereafter mounted in a Model TM Instron tensile tester, as manufactured by Instron Engineering Corporation of Canton, Massachusetts, such that their 6 inch dimension, i.e., the machine direction of the tissue plies 2, 4 was parallel to the direction of movement of the tensile tester jaws. An initial jaw spacing of 4 inches was employed, and the samples were mounted such that each jaw gripped a 1 inch long segment of the pad.
  • a light source was placed behind the pad sample for visual clarity in observing the behavior of the airfelt during the tensile testing carried out on the Instron.
  • the samples were subjected to tensile loading at a jaw speed of approximately 0.10 inches per minute until visible separation or cracking of the airfelt was observed. The stretch level of the pad sample at the point of airfelt separation or cracking was recorded
  • the diaper pads of Example 2 were constructed in essentially the same manner as the diaper pads of Example 1, with the exception that airlaid thermomechanical wood pulp fibers were substituted for the chemically processed wood pulp fibers of Example 1.
  • the diaper pads 21 of Example 2 exhibited a'basis weight of approximately 0.035 grams per square centimeter.
  • the diaper pads of Example 2 underwent a stretch level of approximately 4.6 percent at the point of airfelt cracking. Experience has shown that diapers exhibiting such a low stretch level at the point of airfelt cracking do not have sufficient in use integrity to facilitate effective use as a disposable diaper.
  • the diaper pads of Example 3 were constructed in basically the same manner as the diapers of Example 2, with the exception that an intermediate tissue ply 30 was provided approximately midway between the two outermost tissue plies 2, 4. The intermediate tissue ply was unsecured to either the absorbent media 3 or the outermost wet strength tissue plies 2, 4.
  • the wet strength tissue ply 30 which was generally similar to the outermost wet strength tissue plies 2, 4 exhibited a basis weight of approximately 12 pounds per 3,000 square feet, as measured in an uncreped condition, and a wet HD tensile strength of at least about 100 grams per inch.
  • the machine direction of the ply 30 was oriented to coincide with the machine direction of the tissues plies 2, 4, i.e., parallel to adhesive beads 11 and 15 illustrated in Figures 1 and 2 and parallel to the direction of jaw movement on the tensile tester.
  • This particular orientation of the tissue ply 30 although not critical to the practice of the present invention, is generally preferred since it aligns the desired dry stretch characteristic and the greatest strength of the ply with the direction of greatest tensile loading in use, thereby.maximizing the improvement in pad integrity provided by the present invention
  • the amount of crepe imparted to the center ply 30 was intentionally varied so that the dry stretch characteristic exhibited by the center ply, as measured at the point of ply rupture, varied between about 16 percent and about 98 percent for the range of sample pads of Example 3 subjected to stretch testing.
  • the basis weight of the diaper pads of Example 3 amounted to at least approximately 0.036 grams per square centimeter.
  • the wet stretch characteristic of the absorbent pad samples of Example 3 employing airlaid thermomechanical pulp fibers approaches that of the prior art chemically processed wood pulp diaper pads of Example 1.
  • the wet stretch characteristic of said diaper pads is approximately double that of the diaper pads of Example 2 which do not incorporate a centrally-located tissue ply 30.
  • the wet stretch characteristic of the pad sample as measured at the point of airfelt cracking approaches parity with the pad samples of Example 2.
  • the wet strength tissue ply 30 exhibit a dry stretch characteristic, as measured at the point of ply rupture, of about 30 percent or less.
  • diaper pads of Example 4 were constructed in essentially the same manner and at substantially the same basis weights as those of Example 3, but the minimum wet MD tensile strength of the tissue ply 30 amounted to only about 25 grams per inch.
  • the amount of crepe imparted to the center ply 30 was varied so that the dry stretch exhibited by the center ply, as measured at the point of ply rupture, varied between about 11 percent and about 93 percent for the range of pad samples of Example 4 subjected to testing.
  • an in use diaper test was devised.
  • the test procedure involved placing disposable diaper samples on active babies ranging in age between about 12 and about 24 months, initially introducing 50 millilitors of 1 percent saline simulated urine solution over a period of 10 seconds by means of a tube designed tc discharge the selution in the area of the diaper wherein urine is normally discharged by the baby.
  • the baby was thereafter allowed to resume its normal activities for a period of about 10 minutes, at which time an additional 50 milliletcrs of simulated urine solution was introduced in the same manner.
  • the baby was then allowed to resume its activities for a period of 20 minutes, at which time the diap was removed and visually inspected for airfelt separation or cracking.
  • the results of the visual examination were broadly grouped into two catagories:
  • the diaper pads 21 of Examples 1 and 2 were of the same construction described earlier herein.
  • the diaper structures in which the pads were incorporated were basically in accordance with the teachings of U.S. Patent 3,952,745, but employing a tapered capillary topsheet of the type generally disclosed in U.S. Patent 3,929,135, said patents being incorporated herein by reference.
  • One set of diaper samples made in accordance with Example 3 employed a central located tissue ply 30 having a maximum dry MD stretch charac istic, as measured at the point of ply rupture, of approximately 16 percent and a wet MD tensile strength of approximately 155 grams per inch.
  • the absorbent pads 21 of this particular set of diapers exhibited a basis weight of approximately 0.036 grams per square centimeter and a wet density of approximately 0.090 grams per cubic centimeter, as measured under a load of 80 grams per square inch.
  • the other set of diaper samples made in accordance with Example 3 employed a centrally-located tissue ply 30 having a maximum dry MD stretch characteristic of approximately 98 percent and a wet MD tensile strength of approximately 110 grams per inch.
  • the absorbent pads 21 of the latter set of diapers exhibited a basis weight of approximately 0.040 grams per square centimeter and a wet density of approximately 0.095 grams per cubic centimeter, as measured under a load of 80 grams per square inch.
  • Example 2 diapers employing thermo- .mechanical wood pulp fibers without any type of reinforcing ply were extremely prone to pad integrity problems at all wearing times.
  • the Example 3 diapers employing a centrally-located tissue ply having a dry MD stretch characteristic of approximately 98 percent exhibited improved integrity over the diapers of Example 2 at wearing times of 30 and 60 minutes, but no difference at 90 minutes.
  • the Example 3 diapers employing a centrally-located tissue ply having a dry MD stretch characteristic of approximately 16 percent and which represent a preferred embodiment of the present invention exhibited no severe pad integrity problems after 30 minutes wearing time, and performance approaching parity with the prior art diapers of Example 1 at wearing times of 60 and 90 minutes.
  • the quantitative data described in connection with Figure 4 correlates well with the aforementioned in use observations.
  • the present invention has been described in particular detail with reference to several preferred disposable diaper embodiments, it is not intended to hereby limit to the particular embodiments shown and described.
  • the present invention may be extended to multiple reinforcing plies, the plies being separated from one another by a layer of airfelt or other low strength absorbent media.
  • the direction of maximum dry stretch of the various plies may be staggered with respect to one another to improve the overall integrity of the structure regardless of the direction in which tensile loading is applied.
  • Many other variations of the present invention will be apparent to those skilled in the art.

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