JP2008155602A - Manufacturing process of composite sheet - Google Patents

Abstract

<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide a manufacturing process of a composite sheet giving, in addition to a high liquid permeability, a pleasant touch. <P>SOLUTION: Provided is a manufacturing process of the composite sheet 1 in which the sheets 2 and 3 are partially jointed to form many joints 4 and, for the sheet 2, the projections 5 are formed in the part other than the joints 4. In forming the composite by using a bulk-restorable sheet that restores the bulk by heat treatment for at least either of the sheets 2, 3, by supplying the sheet 2, while rotating the rolls 11, 12 keeping the peripheral surfaces engraved with the tooth spaces that are engaged with each other, to the engaging part of them, by making the sheet 2 go along the peripheral surface of the roll 11, holding it as it is and moving from the engaging part and then by supplying the sheet 3 so that it may be placed on the sheet 2 and jointing both the sheets partially, the reverse side of the net surface formed at the time when the bulk-restorable sheet is manufactured is made to be the facing surface with the sheet to be piled, and before or after the jointing of both sheets the bulk-restorable sheet is subjected to heat treatment. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2008,JPO&INPIT

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for producing a composite sheet, and more particularly to a method for producing a composite sheet suitable for use as a constituent member of absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins and disposable diapers.

  As a composite sheet that can be used as a top sheet of an absorbent article, the applicant has proposed a composite sheet described in Patent Document 1 below. In this composite sheet, a double-layer sheet that does not substantially expand and contract is partially joined to form a large number of joints, and a convex part having a hollow inside is formed in a part other than the joint of one sheet. It is formed with good reproducibility without breakage or damage, and is particularly excellent in that a highly viscous liquid is transferred to the absorber without leakage.

  By the way, in recent absorptive articles, improvement in liquid permeability has been further demanded, and in the absorptive articles using the composite sheet as described above, improvement in liquid permeability is similarly desired.

JP 2004-174234 A

  An object of this invention is to provide the manufacturing method of the composite sheet which is excellent in liquid permeability.

  The present invention provides a composite sheet in which a first sheet and a second sheet are partially bonded to form a large number of bonded portions, and the first sheet has convex portions other than the bonded portions. Using a bulk-recoverable sheet whose bulk is recovered by heat treatment for at least one of the two sheets, and rotating the first and second rolls having tooth grooves engaged with each other on the peripheral surface portion. The first sheet is supplied to the meshing portion, the first sheet is held as it is along the peripheral surface portion of the first roll, moved from the meshing portion, and then the second sheet is superposed on the first sheet. When the two sheets are supplied and partially joined to form a composite, the anti-net surface at the time of production of the bulk recoverable sheet is set as a surface facing the overlapping sheet, and before or after joining the two sheets By providing a method of manufacturing a composite sheet is subjected to a heat treatment recovery sheet is obtained by achieving the above object.

  According to the present invention, a composite sheet excellent in liquid permeability can be suitably produced. In addition, it is possible to produce a composite sheet in which the convex portion is not easily crushed and the cushioning property is good.

  Hereinafter, the present invention will be described on the basis of an embodiment applied to the manufacture of a composite sheet for a face sheet that becomes a skin contact surface of an absorbent article such as a sanitary napkin or a disposable diaper.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the composite sheet 1 manufactured by the manufacturing method of the present embodiment includes a first sheet 2 and a second sheet 3 that are partially bonded to form a large number of bonding portions 4. The first sheet 2 has a convex portion 5 at a portion other than the joint portion 4. In the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of the present embodiment, a bulk-recoverable sheet whose bulk is recovered by heat treatment to be described later is used for the first sheet 2. The constituent fibers of the recovered first sheet 2 increase.

  In the present embodiment, the convex portion 5 has a rectangular bottom surface (non-joined portion between sheets). Further, the convex portion 5 is a flat rectangular parallelepiped or truncated quadrangular pyramid having rounded ridge lines as a whole. On the other hand, the joint 4 is also rectangular.

  The convex portions 5 and the joint portions 4 are arranged alternately and in a row in one direction. In the present embodiment, as shown in FIG. 1, the convex portions 5 and the joint portions 4 are alternately arranged along the X direction in the figure to form a row. This direction coincides with the flow direction in the production process of the composite sheet 1, and coincides with the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article when the composite sheet 1 is incorporated into the absorbent article or a direction perpendicular thereto. The row | line | column which consists of the convex part 5 and the junction part 4 is arrange | positioned at multiple rows over the Y direction in Fig.1 (a).

  In the composite sheet 1, when paying attention to any one convex portion in one row, in the left and right rows adjacent to the row, no convex portion is located at a position adjacent to the one convex portion. . “No convex part is located adjacent to one convex part” means that when one convex part is focused, the convex part is not located at the same position in the adjacent row. I mean. That is, in the Y direction in FIG. 1A, it means that the convex portions 5 are not arranged so that the convex portions 5 between adjacent columns are completely connected. Therefore, at a position adjacent to one convex portion 5, both a part of the convex portion 5 and a part of the joint portion 4 may exist, or only the joint portion 4 may exist. . If the protrusions 5 are arranged so as to be completely continuous with respect to the Y direction, the protrusions 5 that apparently extend in the Y direction are formed, and in this case, the protrusions 5 in which the liquid extends for a long time are formed. It becomes easy to flow out along, causing a liquid leak.

  In the composite sheet 1, the joint portions 4 are arranged so as to be shifted by a half pitch in two adjacent rows. Therefore, when attention is paid to any one joint 4 in one row, one joint 4 is surrounded by the convex part 5 in the front and rear and the left and right. That is, the joint portions 4 are arranged in a staggered arrangement. Accordingly, the convex portions 5 are similarly arranged in a staggered arrangement.

By arranging the convex part 5 and the joint part 4 in this way, in the absorbent article including the composite sheet 1 as a surface sheet, liquid leakage is extremely effectively prevented. From the viewpoint of making this effect even more remarkable, it is preferable that the height H (see FIG. 1A) of the convex portion 5 is 1 to 10 mm, particularly 3 to 6 mm. Moreover, it is preferable that the bottom part dimension A of the convex part 5 along a X direction (column direction) is 2-30 mm, especially 2-5 mm, and the bottom part dimension B along a Y direction (direction orthogonal to a column direction) is 2-2. It is preferably 30 mm, particularly 2 to 5 mm. Moreover, it is preferable that the bottom area of the convex part 5 is 4-900 mm < ² >, especially 4-25 mm < ² >.

The joint length C (see FIG. 1 (a)) of the joint part 4 in the X direction (row direction) is 0.1 to 20 mm, particularly 0.5 to 5 mm. It is preferable from the point that it is difficult to occur, and because the touch is good and the cushion feeling is high. Moreover, it is preferable that the area of the junction part 4 is 0.2-600 mm < ² >, especially 1-25 mm < ² >.

  Hereinafter, 1st Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of this invention is described based on the manufacturing method of the composite sheet 1 of the said structure. First, an apparatus used for manufacturing the composite sheet 1 will be described with reference to FIGS.

  As shown in FIG. 2, the apparatus 10 includes a first roll 11 and a second roll 12 having tooth grooves engaged with each other, and a heat roll that sandwiches and joins the first and second sheets together with the first roll 11. 13 and heat treatment means 14 for recovering the bulk of the first sheet supplied to the first roll 11.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the first roll 11 is a combination of a plurality of first gears 11 c and second gears 11 d made of spur gears of the same module, and these gears are concentrically with the rotary shaft 15. It is attached to and formed into a roll shape. Each gear 11c, 11d has the same tooth width. Each gear 11c, 11d has an opening at its center, and the rotation shaft 15 is inserted into the opening. Each gear 11c, 11d and the rotating shaft 15 are each formed with a notch (not shown), and a key (not shown) is inserted into the notch. This prevents idle rotation of the gears 11c and 11d.

  The first gear 11c and the second gear 11d have the same tip diameter. The number of teeth of the first gear 11c is an integral multiple of the number of teeth of the second gear 11d. Specifically, the number of teeth of the second gear 11d used in the present embodiment is 7, whereas the number of teeth of the first gear 11c is 21 which is an integer multiple thereof.

  In the first roll 11, one first gear 11 c is arranged on each side of one second gear 11 d, and a gear group including these three gears as a set. A plurality of 16 are arranged. In each gear group 16, the first gear 11c and the second gear 11d are arranged so that the teeth of the gears 11c and 11d are arranged in parallel in the rotation axis direction of the roll. As a result, in each gear group 16, convex portions 17 and concave portions 18 are alternately formed along the rotation direction of the first roll 11. The convex portion 17 is formed by teeth of three gears (that is, two first gears 11c and one second gear 11d) arranged in parallel in the rotation axis direction of the first roll 11. (Indicated by reference numeral 17a in FIG. 3), or the teeth of the two first gears 11c are formed in parallel with the rotation axis direction of the roll (indicated by reference numeral 17b in FIG. 3). ). On the other hand, the recess 18 is formed between the teeth of the two first gears 11c. The width of the convex portion 17 determines the dimension in the Y direction of the convex portion 5 of the composite sheet 1.

  Two or more gear groups 16 are used according to the width of the composite sheet. Each gear group 16 is arranged so that the pitches of the concave and convex portions in the adjacent gear groups 16 and 16 are different from each other. In the present embodiment, the adjacent gear groups 16 and 16 have uneven portions shifted by a half pitch.

  In each gear group 16, a plurality of gap portions 19 are formed between the two first gears 11 c along the rotational direction of the first roll 11 at a constant interval. Each gap 19 is formed by two first gears 11c and a second gear 11d located between them. More specifically, each gap portion 19 is defined by opposing side surfaces of the two first gears 11c and two adjacent teeth on the second gear 11d. Therefore, the same number of gaps 19 as the teeth of the second gear 11d are formed. The gap portion 19 opens toward the outside in the recess 18 described above.

  A plurality of openings 20 are formed in the first gear 11c so as to surround a central opening into which the rotating shaft 15 is inserted. Each opening 20 has the same diameter, and is formed at a position equidistant from the center of the gear. The angles formed by the adjacent openings 20 and 20 and the center of the gear are all equal. The number of openings 20 in each gear 11c is the same as the number of teeth of the second gear 11d. And when each gear group 16 is assembled | attached, the 1st and 2nd gearwheels 11c and 11d are arrange | positioned so that each opening part 20 may each be located between the adjacent teeth in the 2nd gearwheel 11d. Thus, in the state which assembled | attached each gear group 16 and also arrange | positioned each gear group 16 so that the pitch of an uneven | corrugated | grooved part may mutually differ, the opening 20 of each 1st gearwheel 11c is the 1st roll 11's. A plurality of suction paths 21 extending in the direction of the rotation axis and extending in the direction of the rotation axis are formed inside the first roll 11. Each suction path 21 communicates with the gap 19 described above.

  At least one end of the suction path 21 communicates with a suction source (not shown) such as a blower or a vacuum pump. Therefore, when a suction operation is performed by operating the suction source, air is sucked from the gap portion 19 through the suction path 21.

  The 2nd roll 12 is not provided with the above-mentioned suction path 21, and is constituted like the 1st roll 11 except being constituted for the 1st roll 11 and a tooth gap engaging.

  The heat roll 13 includes a heater (not shown). When the sheets 2 and 3 are sandwiched between the heat roll 13 heated by the heater and the first roll 11, the sheets 2 and 3 are bonded together by heat fusion. Part 4 is formed.

  The heat treatment means 14 includes a conveyor 142 that includes a suction box 141 that sucks the first sheet 12, and a blower 143 that blows hot air onto the first sheet 2 being conveyed by the conveyor 142.

  Next, the manufacturing method of the composite sheet 1 using the said apparatus 10 is demonstrated. As shown in FIG. 2, the manufacturing method of the composite sheet 1 of this embodiment supplies the 1st sheet 2 to those meshing parts, rotating the 1st roll 11 and the 2nd roll 12, and the 1st sheet 2 is held as it is along the peripheral surface portion of the first roll 11 and moved from the meshing portion, and then the second sheet 3 is supplied so as to overlap the first sheet 2, The two sheets are partially joined by heat fusion between the first roll 11 and the heat roll 13 to be combined.

  For the first sheet 2, a heat roll nonwoven fabric, a resin bond nonwoven fabric, an airlaid nonwoven fabric, a needle punched nonwoven fabric, a spunlace nonwoven fabric and the like can be used in addition to the above-described nonwoven fabric by the air-through method.

  It is preferable that the fibers constituting the first sheet 2 include heat-bonding fibers in that the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3 are bonded by heat-bonding. From the viewpoint of bulkiness, it is preferable to use a polyester fiber or a polyolefin fiber as the heat-bonding fiber, and preferably a composite fiber. Preferable combinations include those having a core / sheath structure such as polyester (PET) / polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) / polyethylene (PE). The nonwoven fabric is preferably subjected to a hydrophilic treatment using a surfactant or the like. Among the types of constituent fibers of the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3, a preferable combination is a combination of PET / PE fibers. The fibers constituting the first sheet 2 preferably have a fineness of 1 to 20 dtex, particularly 1 to 5 dtex, from the viewpoint of ensuring the strength of the composite sheet and improving the touch.

  As the second sheet 3, a sheet having bulk recoverability can be used, or a sheet not having bulk recoverability can be used, but the obtained sheet has a high cushioning property. It is preferable to use a bulk recoverable sheet. In addition, in FIG. 2, although the process of a bulk recovery process is not shown for the 2nd sheet | seat 3, what performed the bulk recovery process using the sheet | seat which has a bulk recovery property as the 2nd sheet | seat 3 is used. In this case, the same processing steps as those of the first sheet bulk recovery process described later are performed. As the second sheet 3, it is also possible to use a sheet that has been subjected to a treatment that makes it difficult to recover the bulk of the sheet having bulk recoverability. Examples of the treatment include a method of applying a large number of embosses to a bulk recoverable sheet.

  When the second sheet 3 is made of a bulk-recoverable sheet that has been subjected to a bulk recovery process, the first sheet and the second sheet may be made of the same material or different materials. It may be manufactured, or may be manufactured by a different manufacturing method.

  When using a sheet that does not have bulk recoverability as the second sheet 3, there is no change in thickness and there is no change in liquid absorbency or liquid transferability to the lower layer such as an absorber. It is preferable because the design of performance is easy. When a sheet that does not have bulk recoverability is used as the second sheet, a sheet such as a film that can be permeated by the opening means can be used.

  In the manufacturing method of the composite sheet 1 according to the present embodiment, the bulk-recoverable sheet is formed before the two sheets are joined and combined, in particular, before the three-dimensional shape is formed on the first roll 11 on the first sheet 2. The first sheet 2 is heat treated to restore the bulk. And after making the anti-net surface 2A at the time of manufacture of the 1st sheet | seat 2 the opposing surface with the 2nd sheet | seat 3 to superimpose and shaping a solid shape along the surrounding surface of the 1st roll 11, it is the 2nd sheet | seat. 3 is joined. In this way, by recovering the bulk and then shaping the three-dimensional shape, the space in the convex portion is reduced, and the concave-convex surface material having high liquid permeability is obtained. Here, the anti-net surface refers to the surface opposite to the surface in contact with the net at the time of manufacturing the first sheet 2 that is a bulk recoverable sheet.

  In the present embodiment, as described below, the first sheet 2 is heat treated to recover the bulk. That is, as shown in FIG. 2, the original sheet of the first sheet 2 is arranged at a position upstream of the heat treatment means 14 in the apparatus 10 and the first sheet 2 is fed out from the original sheet. The bulk of the first sheet 2 in a state of being wound in a roll shape in the original fabric is reduced by the winding pressure.

  The first sheet 2 fed out from the original fabric is conveyed to a heating zone by the blower 143 by the conveyor 142. In the heating zone, hot air heated to a predetermined temperature is blown out from the blower 141 toward the conveyor belt 144 made of a wire mesh. In this heating zone, hot air is blown onto the first sheet 2 by an air-through method. That is, hot air is blown to the first sheet 2, and the blown hot air penetrates the first sheet 2.

  The temperature of the hot air blown to the first sheet 2 is preferably not lower than the melting point of the constituent fibers of the nonwoven fabric 10 minus (minus) 50 ° C. in terms of bulk recovery and texture. When the nonwoven fabric 10 is composed of a composite fiber (for example, a core-sheath type or a side-by-side type composite fiber), the melting point of the lowest melting point resin constituting the composite fiber is adopted as the melting point of the constituent fiber. .

  The hot air blowing time is preferably 0.05 to 3 seconds, more preferably 0.05 to 1 second. The bulk of the first sheet 2 is recovered by spraying hot air for an extremely short time of 0.05 to 0.3 seconds. This greatly contributes to improvement in production efficiency and downsizing of the apparatus 10. The reason why the spraying time is short is considered to be largely due to the air-through method.

  As described above, in order to further ensure the bulk recovery of the first sheet 2 by the operation of blowing hot air, hot air is blown from the side of the first sheet 2 that is not in contact with the conveyor belt 143 (anti-net surface side). Spray. Such an operation of blowing hot air can prevent the bulk from being restricted by the net surface that hinders the recovery, so that the bulk is easily recovered.

  The air velocity of the hot air by the blower 141 depends on the temperature, the basis weight of the first sheet 2 and the conveying speed, but it is 0.5 to 10 m / second, particularly 1 to 5 m / second. From the viewpoint of cost and downsizing of the apparatus.

  By the above operation, the bulk of the first sheet 2 is recovered to about 3 to 10 times the bulk before the hot air is blown. Moreover, the thickness of the 1st sheet | seat 2 is recovered to about 50-100% of the thickness before winding in roll shape.

  Next, while rotating the first rolls 11 and 12, the first sheet 2 is supplied to the meshing portions thereof, and the first sheet 2 is moved along the tooth grooves on the peripheral surface portions of the first roll 11 and the second 12. Then, the first sheet 2 is formed with an uneven shape corresponding to the tooth gap.

  And the 1st sheet | seat 2 in which the uneven | corrugated shape was shaped is attracted | sucked with the 1st roll 11, is kept as it is along the surrounding surface part of the 1st roll 11, and is moved from the said meshing part. And the 2nd sheet | seat 3 is supplied so that it may overlap with the 1st sheet | seat 2 between the 1st roll 11 and the anvil roll 13 heated to predetermined temperature, and it is located in the front-end | tip of the gearwheel of the 1st roll 11. The 2nd sheet | seat 3 arrange | positioned between the 1st sheet | seat 2 and the anvil roll 13 is joined by heat sealing | fusion. Instead of joining the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3 by thermal fusion, these sheets may be joined by adhesive bonding or ultrasonic bonding.

  As mentioned above, when using the sheet | seat which gave the bulk recovery process to the 2nd sheet | seat 3, it is preferable to join the anti-net surfaces of each sheet | seat as opposing surfaces. When the anti-net surfaces are joined as opposed surfaces in this way, the surface of the resulting composite sheet 1 can be made less fuzzy, bulky and have a good touch, and liquid penetration The property can be further improved.

  The composite sheet 1 in which both sheets are partially bonded is held and moved further along the peripheral surface portion of the first roll 11, and after the suction force from the first roll 11 is released, Is separated from the roll 11.

  As described above, according to the method for manufacturing the composite sheet 1 of the present embodiment, the first sheet 11 is recovered after the heat treatment is performed on the first sheet 2 by the air-through method using the heat treatment means 14 to restore the bulk. And after supplying to the meshing part of the 2nd roll 12 and shaping uneven | corrugated shape, since it joins with the 2nd sheet | seat 3, the composite sheet with the following effects can be manufactured suitably.

  In the composite sheet 1 obtained by the manufacturing method of the present embodiment, the interior of the convex portion 5 is occupied by fibers that are fluffy as the bulk of the first sheet 2 is restored, the liquid permeability is high, the flexibility and the ventilation Also excellent in properties. Further, since the anti-net surface 2A in the first sheet 2 is joined as the surface facing the second sheet 3, the surface of the first sheet 2 in the resulting composite sheet 1 can be a surface with less fiber fluff, It can be made to feel good.

  Therefore, when the obtained composite sheet 1 is used for a surface sheet of an absorbent article such as a disposable diaper, a sanitary napkin, or an incontinence pad, even if it is a highly viscous liquid, it penetrates into the cavity inside the convex portion 5. In addition to allowing the liquid to penetrate into the interior without delay, it feels good and prevents stuffiness.

  Next, 2nd Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of this invention is described. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a manufacturing process in the method for manufacturing a composite sheet of the present embodiment. In FIG. 5, the same reference numerals are given to the portions common to FIG. 2. Therefore, the description in the first embodiment is appropriately applied to a portion that is not particularly described.

  As shown in FIG. 5, the feature of this embodiment is that after the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3 are joined, heat treatment is performed by the heat treatment means 14 ′ to perform bulk recovery. That is, in the manufacturing method according to the present embodiment, the first sheet 11 is supplied to the meshing portion of the first roll 11 and the second roll 12 while rotating the first roll 11 and the second roll 12. After being held along the surface portion and moved from the meshing portion, the second sheet 3 is supplied so as to be superposed on the first sheet 1, and both the superposed sheets are fed to the first roll 11 and the heat roll 13. The two sheets are partially joined by heat-sealing to form a composite. At this time, the anti-net surface 2A at the time of manufacture of the first sheet 2 that is the bulk-recoverable sheet is used as a surface facing the second sheet 3 to be superposed, and the first sheet 2 that is the bulk-recoverable sheet is heat-treated after joining. Apply.

  In order to go through the steps as described above, in this embodiment, the heat treatment means 14 ′ is wound around the roll 144 around which the joined first sheet 2 and second sheet 3 are wound, and the peripheral surface of the roll 144. And a blower 145 for blowing hot air from the surface side of the first sheet 2 being conveyed. The roll 144 is provided with suction means (not shown) for attracting the sheet to the peripheral surface of the roll 144.

  As the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3 used in the present embodiment, the same sheet as in the first embodiment can be used, but the second sheet is preferably a bulk-recoverable sheet. The anti-net surface 2A at the time of manufacture is more preferably a surface facing the first sheet 2 to be superposed from the viewpoint of liquid permeability and cushioning properties. Moreover, the method similar to that in the first embodiment can be used as the bulk recovery processing method.

  According to the manufacturing method of the present embodiment, a composite sheet that exhibits the above effects can be suitably manufactured as in the above embodiment, but in this embodiment, the hot air blowing direction and the first sheet 2 Since the bulk recovery direction is the same, it is possible to manufacture a composite sheet having higher bulk recovery compared to the manufacturing method of the embodiment. In addition, since the transfer path in the compounding process can be shortened, the manufacturing apparatus can be reduced in size.

The present invention is not limited to the embodiment.
In the present invention, at least one of the first sheet and the second sheet may be a bulk-recoverable sheet whose bulk is recovered by heat treatment. In each of the embodiments, the bulk-recoverable sheet is used only for the second sheet 3. In addition, the anti-net surface at the time of manufacture can be a surface facing the first sheet 2 to be overlapped, and in the composite sheet manufacturing method of the first embodiment, both the first and second sheets are bulk recoverable. Sheets can also be used.

  Further, in each of the above embodiments, the rows of the convex portions 5 and the joint portions 4 in the composite sheet 1 are arranged so as to be shifted by a half pitch from the adjacent rows. However, in the present invention, the rows are formed on the first sheet. The rows of convex portions and joint portions may be arranged at a pitch other than a half pitch or the same pitch (same phase). In the case of the same pitch, it is possible to obtain a composite sheet in which the convex portions are aligned so as to extend along the Y direction.

  In each of the above embodiments, the composite sheet 1 has a two-layer structure of the first sheet 2 and the second sheet 3, but in the present invention, on the lower side of the second sheet or the upper side of the first sheet. One or two or more other sheets that impart a predetermined function to the composite sheet may be further laminated or joined.

  In the first embodiment, the X direction (MD direction) in the drawing may be made to coincide with the longitudinal direction of the absorbent article when the composite sheet 1 is incorporated into the absorbent article or a direction orthogonal thereto. Although preferable, it is not necessary to match.

  In each of the above embodiments, as a method for applying heat to the bulk-recoverable sheet for bulk recovery, a hot air blowing method using an air-through method is employed, but in the present invention, heat is applied to the bulk-recoverable sheet. The application method is not limited to this, and any other method can be adopted as long as it can perform the bulk recovery processing of the bulk recoverable sheet. For example, the application | coating of various uses, such as the method of irradiating a far infrared ray, the method of using a constant temperature dryer, the method of using a dryer, is mentioned.

  The composite sheet of the present invention is a sheet for other constituent members such as an exterior material of an absorbent article, or a disposable wearing article such as a disposable garment, in addition to the surface sheet of the absorbent article as in the above embodiment. It can also be used as a constituting sheet.

It is a schematic diagram which shows one form of the composite sheet manufactured with the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of this invention, (a) is a perspective view, (b) is an expanded sectional view of the principal part. It is a schematic diagram which shows the manufacturing process of the composite sheet shown in FIG. 1 with the manufacturing apparatus by 1st Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of this invention. It is a principal part enlarged view of the 1st roll in FIG. FIG. 3 is an exploded perspective view of a part of the first roll shown in FIG. 2. It is a schematic diagram which shows the process in 2nd Embodiment of the manufacturing method of the composite sheet of this invention with the manufacturing apparatus.

Explanation of symbols

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 Composite sheet 2 1st sheet 3 2nd sheet 4 Joining part 5 Convex part 10 Composite sheet manufacturing apparatus 11 1st roll 110 Suction hole 12 2nd roll 13 Heat roll 14 Heat treatment means 141 Suction box 142 Conveyor 143 Blower 15 Rotating shaft 16 Gear group 17 Convex part 18 Concave part 19 Cavity part 20 Opening part 21 Suction path

Claims (3)

The first sheet and the second sheet are partially joined to form a large number of joints, and the first sheet is a method of manufacturing a composite sheet in which convex portions are formed in parts other than the joints. There,
Using a bulk-recoverable sheet that recovers bulk by heat treatment on at least one of the two sheets,
Supplying the first sheet to the meshing portions while rotating the first and second rolls having tooth grooves meshing with each other on the peripheral surface portion;
After holding the first sheet along the peripheral surface of the first roll and moving it from the meshing portion, the second sheet is fed so as to overlap the first sheet, and the both sheets are partially joined. When compositing,
The opposite surface to the sheet that overlaps the anti-net surface during the production of the bulk recovery sheet,
The manufacturing method of the composite sheet which heat-processes the said bulk recovery sheet | seat before or after joining of the said both sheets.   The method for producing a composite sheet according to claim 1, wherein the heat treatment is performed by blowing hot air on the bulk recoverable sheet.   The method for producing a composite sheet according to claim 1, wherein the first sheet is a bulk recoverable sheet.

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