JP6084329B2 - Method for producing elastic structure of absorbent article, method for producing pants-type disposable diaper - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a stretchable structure of an absorbent article and a method for manufacturing a pants-type disposable diaper.

  The pants-type disposable diaper includes an outer body that constitutes a front body and a rear body, and an inner body that includes an absorbent body that is fixed to the inner surface of the outer body. A waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed by joining both sides of the exterior body.

  In a pants-type disposable diaper, in order to improve the fit to the body, elongated elastic elastic members such as rubber thread are fixed in an extended state along the circumferential direction at various locations on the outer body, and the elastic in the waist direction Forming a structure, among them, a waist edge elastic elastic member along the width direction at the edge of the waist opening, and a waist lower elasticity along the width direction on the leg side than the waist edge elastic elastic member The thing provided with the expansion-contraction member has comparatively high fit with respect to a body, and is used widely.

  As shown in FIG. 22, as an improvement in the expansion and contraction structure of the trunk part of the pants-type disposable diaper, the two sheet materials 12H and 12S are intermittently joined in the width direction and the vertical direction perpendicular thereto. A large number of sheet joining portions 70 are formed, and a large number of elongated elastic stretch members 19 are arranged between the sheet materials 12H and 12S so as not to pass through the sheet joining portions 70 (so as to pass through non-joining portions). An expansion / contraction structure (see Patent Documents 1 to 3; hereinafter also referred to as a longitudinal intermittent joining mode) in which only both end portions of the expansion / contraction member 19 are fixed to both sheet materials 12H and 12S has been proposed. According to this prior art, the portion where the sheet joint portion 70 is aligned in the vertical direction becomes a groove that is continuous in the vertical direction, and the portion between the grooves becomes a large ridge 80 that bulges on both sides of the front and back sides. In addition to improving the properties, the heel 80 is excellent in a feeling of warmth. Although the code | symbol 75 in FIG. 22 has shown the welding part of the sheet | seat materials 12H and 12S, even if it forms the sheet | seat junction part 70 using an adhesive agent, the shape of the collar 80 will become the same.

  However, this prior art has a problem in that the shape of the ridge is a cloud shape or a wave shape, which looks ugly and looks and is inferior in air permeability.

  In order to solve this problem, when providing an elastic stretchable member along the width direction at the waist portion of the exterior body, it is applied to either the inner layer facing the inner side of the elastic stretchable member or the outer layer facing the outer side. With the adhesive that is continuous in the longitudinal direction, the inner layer and the outer layer are intermittently adhered in the width direction to form a longitudinally striped sheet joint, and the elastic stretch member is attached to the inner layer and the outer side by the adhesive. I thought about bonding. In this embodiment, since the sheet joining portion is continuous in the longitudinal direction and the elastic elastic member is fixed only to the sheet joining portion, the portions located between the sheet joining portions swell in opposite directions to form ridges, respectively. The ridges extend straight in the vertical direction, look good, and have excellent breathability.

  However, in the pants-type disposable diaper manufactured by this manufacturing method, the adhesive is discontinuous in the direction intersecting the width direction on the inside or outside of the elastic elastic member, so that it becomes flexible, but the elastic elastic member is not fixed. There is a problem that the end of the elastic elastic member is easily pulled in to the opposite side (hereinafter also simply referred to as pulling). In order to solve such problems, it has been considered to widen the adhesive application width in the region including the end of the elastic elastic member or to narrow the adhesive application interval. It was inevitable to change the appearance such as the drop and the shape of the ridge partially changing.

JP 2008-295930 A JP 2009-297096 A JP 2009-148447 A

  Therefore, the main problem of the present invention is that the pants type disposable diaper is excellent in the pull-in preventing property of the elastic elastic member while the heel formed in the exterior body extends straight in the vertical direction, looks good and has excellent breathability. It is providing the manufacturing method of the elastic structure of the absorbent article suitable for manufacture, and the manufacturing method of a pants type disposable diaper.

  The present invention that has solved the above problems is as follows.

<Invention of Claim 1 >
A plurality of elongate elastic elastic members provided along the elastic direction and spaced from each other, and a first layer and a second layer respectively facing one side and the other side of the elastic elastic member And
The first layer and the second layer are bonded by an adhesive applied in a striped pattern that is intermittent in the expansion and contraction direction, and a sheet bonding portion is formed,
The elastic elastic member is fixed to the first layer and the second layer by the adhesive at a position intersecting the sheet joint portion;
As the first elastic layer and the second layer contract as the elastic elastic member contracts, the portions located between the sheet joints in the first layer and the second layer swell in opposite directions to form wrinkles. Being
In a method for producing an elastic structure of an absorbent article,
While transferring the first layer and the second layer in the MD direction, an adhesive is applied to both the outer surface of the first layer and the inner surface of the second layer in the same striped pattern that is intermittent in the MD direction. After each application
A double-sided coating region in which the MD direction position of the adhesive of the first layer and the MD direction position of the adhesive of the second layer are aligned, and the adhesive of the first layer and the adhesive of the second layer overlap; and The first layer and the second layer are bonded so that either one of the first layer adhesive and the second layer adhesive extends to one side of the other CD direction. While sandwiching the elastic elastic member continuously along the MD direction between the first layer and the second layer, the elastic elastic member is fixed to the first layer and the second layer by the adhesive,
The manufacturing method of the expansion-contraction structure of the absorbent article characterized by the above-mentioned.

<Invention of Claim 2 >
An exterior body constituting the front body and the back body, and an interior body including an absorbent body fixed to the inner surface of the exterior body,
By forming both side portions of the outer body of the front body and both sides of the outer body of the rear body to form a side seal portion, a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed,
The exterior body in at least one of the front and rear bodies includes an elongated elastic elastic member along the width direction, an inner layer and an outer layer facing the inner side and the outer side of the elastic elastic member, and the inner layer and the outer layer, respectively. And a sheet joining portion joined by an adhesive applied in a vertical stripe pattern that is intermittent in the width direction, and intersects the sheet joining portion in a state where the elastic elastic member is stretched in the width direction. A stretch region fixed between the inner layer and the outer layer by the adhesive at a portion;
In the expansion / contraction region, the inner layer and the outer layer contract as the elastic expansion / contraction member contracts, so that the portions located between the sheet joint portions in the inner layer and the outer layer swell in opposite directions, respectively. Is formed,
In a method of manufacturing a pants-type disposable diaper,
In the pants-type disposable diaper, a non-stretchable region is formed in a fixed region of the interior body in the exterior body, and the stretchable region is provided between the non-stretchable region and the side seal portions on both sides in the width direction. Provided, and the inner layer and the outer layer are continuous from the stretchable region on one side in the width direction to the stretchable region on the other side through the non-stretchable region,
In forming the stretchable region and the non-stretchable region, while transporting the inner layer and the outer layer in the MD direction, in the portion that becomes the stretchable region, both the outer surface of the inner layer and the inner surface of the outer layer, While applying the adhesive in the same vertically striped pattern that is intermittent in the MD direction, respectively, on the part that becomes the non-stretchable region, either the outer surface of the inner layer and the inner surface of the outer layer, Apply the adhesive in the vertical stripe pattern continuously from the stretch region, and do not apply the adhesive to the other,
Thereafter, the inner layer and the outer layer are bonded together so that the MD direction position of the adhesive of the inner layer and the MD direction position of the adhesive of the outer layer in the region that becomes the stretchable region are matched. Sandwiching the elastic elastic member continuously along the MD direction between the outer layers, fixing the elastic elastic member to the inner layer and the outer layer with the adhesive,
Thereafter, the elastic elastic member is cut finely in the MD direction only at the portion that becomes the non-elastic region.
A method for producing a pants-type disposable diaper characterized by the above.

(Function and effect)
In the stretchable region, an adhesive is applied to both surfaces of the inner layer and the outer layer in the same vertical stripe pattern (hereinafter also referred to as double-sided coating), and the inner layer and the outer layer are bonded so that the positions of both adhesives are aligned. The sheet joint portions are formed in vertical stripes, and the portions located between the vertical stripe sheet joint portions swell in opposite directions to form wrinkles. Therefore, the wrinkles formed in the stretchable region extend straight in the vertical direction, look good, and have excellent air permeability. Moreover, since the elastic elastic member in the elastic region is firmly adhered to both the inner layer and the outer layer at the portion intersecting with the adhesive of the sheet joining portion, the elastic elastic member is excellent in the pull-in preventing property.
In a pants-type disposable diaper having an elastic elastic member in the exterior body, if the elastic elastic member is provided in the fixed region of the interior body, the internal body shrinks and deforms in the width direction due to the contraction force of the elastic elastic member, and the appearance etc. Although the elastic elastic member is continuously attached in the MD direction at the time of manufacture, the elastic elastic member is finely cut in the MD direction in almost the entire fixing region after the attachment, and the contraction force does not act. In general, the expansion and contraction region is used. In this non-stretchable region, it is preferable that the strips of the elastic stretchable member after cutting are contracted without the inner layer and the outer layer, and hence the adhesive force of the elastic stretchable member may be weak. Without applying the adhesive, apply the adhesive in the vertical stripe pattern continuously from the stretchable area to only one of the outer surface of the inner layer and the inner surface of the outer layer, and do not apply the adhesive in the vertical stripe pattern to the other. (Hereinafter also referred to as single-side coating) is also preferable. Thereby, reduction of the adhesive usage-amount and the improvement of the softness | flexibility of the non-stretchable area | region of an exterior body can also be aimed at.

<Invention of Claim 3 >
Prior to sandwiching the elastic stretchable member continuously along the MD direction between the inner layer and the outer layer, the elastic stretchable member is in the MD direction range that is both ends in the width direction of the stretchable region of the elastic stretchable member. The manufacturing method of the underpants type disposable diaper of Claim 2 which apply | coats an adhesive agent to the outer peripheral surface of this.

(Function and effect)
In order to make the pull-in preventing property even more excellent, it is also preferable to apply an adhesive to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic stretchable member in the MD direction range that becomes both ends in the widthwise direction of the stretchable region as described above. is there.

  As described above, according to the present invention, there are advantages such as that the heel extends straight, looks good, and has excellent breathability, but also has excellent pull-in prevention properties of the elastic elastic member.

It is a top view in the state where the diaper was developed showing the inside of a pants type disposable diaper. It is a top view in the state where the diaper was developed showing the outer surface of a pants type disposable diaper. FIG. 3 is a 3-3 cross-sectional view of FIG. 1. FIG. 4 is a sectional view taken along the line 4-4 in FIG. 1. FIG. 5 is a sectional view taken along line 5-5 in FIG. 1. It is sectional drawing which shows only the principal part of a pants type disposable diaper. (A) a plan view in an unfolded state, and (b) a 6-6 cross-sectional view in a natural length state, (c) a 6-6 cross-sectional view in an extended state, and (d) a 7-7 cross-sectional view showing a stretchable structure. It is. It is sectional drawing which shows the principal part of a pants type disposable diaper. It is a top view in the state where the diaper was developed showing the inside of a pants type disposable diaper. It is 5-5 sectional drawing of FIG. It is a perspective view of a pants type disposable diaper. It is a longitudinal cross-sectional view of a pants type disposable diaper. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a schematic diagram of adhesion equipment. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a micrograph. (A) a plan view in an unfolded state, (b) an 8-8 cross-sectional view in a natural length state, (c) a 6-6 cross-sectional view in a natural length state, and (d) a 7-7 cross section, showing a conventional telescopic structure FIG. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically. It is a top view which shows a manufacturing flow schematically.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the accompanying drawings.
<Pants-type disposable diapers>
1-7 has shown an example of the underpants type disposable diaper. In this pants-type disposable diaper, both sides in the width direction of the abdominal exterior body 12F and both sides in the width direction of the back side exterior body 12B are joined by heat sealing, ultrasonic welding or the like over the entire vertical direction. The body 12F, 12B is formed, and the front end portion of the interior body 200 is connected to the inner surface of the center portion in the width direction of the abdominal exterior body 12F in the exterior body 12F, 12B by a hot melt adhesive or the like. The rear end portion of the interior body 200 is connected to the inner surface of the central portion in the width direction by a hot melt adhesive or the like. Reference numeral 12A denotes a joint portion (side seal portion) between the ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B. Moreover, the code | symbol Y has shown the full length (vertical direction length from the edge of the waist opening part of the front body F to the edge of the waist opening part of the back body B) in the expansion | deployment state, and the code | symbol X is a diaper in the expansion | deployment state. The full width of is shown.

  The interior body 200 is a portion that absorbs and holds excrement such as urine, and the exterior bodies 12F and 12B are portions that support the interior body 200 with respect to the wearer's body. In addition, although the dot pattern part in a figure has shown the hot-melt-adhesive agent which joins each structural member, the welding means which joins by welding of a target member can also be used. Hot melt adhesive is applied in a pattern such as solid, bead, curtain, summit or spiral, and the fixed part of the elastic elastic member is used instead of or together with the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member such as comb gun or sure wrap application. Application to can also be employed.

  The upper openings of the exterior bodies 12F and 12B serve as waist openings through which the wearer's torso passes, and the portions surrounded by the lower edges of the exterior bodies 12F and 12B and the side edges of the interior body 200 on both sides in the width direction of the interior body 200, respectively. It becomes a leg opening through which the leg passes. In a state where the welded portions 12A of the exterior bodies 12F and 12B are peeled off and developed, the intermediate portions in the front-rear direction are constricted as shown in FIGS. The interior body 200 extends from the back side through the crotch to cover the abdominal side, and is a part that receives the excrement and absorbs and holds the liquid, and the exterior bodies 12F and 12B are interior bodies. It is a part which supports 200 with respect to a wearer.

(Interior body)
The interior body 200 can take any shape, but is rectangular in the illustrated form. As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the interior body 200 includes a top sheet 30 on the body side, a liquid-impermeable sheet 11, and an absorbent element 50 interposed therebetween. It is the main body that takes up the absorption function. Reference numeral 40 denotes an intermediate sheet (second sheet) provided between the top sheet 30 and the absorbent element 50 in order to quickly transfer the liquid that has passed through the top sheet 30 to the absorbent element 50 and to prevent reversal. Reference numeral 60 denotes a three-dimensional gather 60 that is provided on both sides of the interior body 200 and stands on the body side in order to prevent excrement from leaking on both sides of the interior body 200.

(Top sheet)
The top sheet 30 has a property of allowing liquid to pass through, and examples thereof include a porous or non-porous nonwoven fabric, a porous plastic sheet, and the like. Of these, the nonwoven fabric is not particularly limited as to what the raw fiber is. For example, synthetic fibers such as olefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyesters and polyamides, recycled fibers such as rayon and cupra, natural fibers such as cotton, and mixed fibers and composite fibers using two or more of them. Etc. can be illustrated. Furthermore, the nonwoven fabric may be manufactured by any processing. Examples of the processing method include known methods such as a spunlace method, a spunbond method, a thermal bond method, a melt blown method, a needle punch method, an air through method, and a point bond method. For example, if flexibility and drapeability are required, the spunbond method and spunlace method are preferable. If bulkiness and softness are required, the air-through method, point bond method, and thermal bond method are preferable processing methods. .

  The top sheet 30 may be composed of a single sheet or a laminated sheet obtained by bonding two or more sheets. Similarly, the top sheet 30 may be composed of one sheet or two or more sheets in the planar direction.

  When the three-dimensional gather 60 is provided, both sides of the top sheet 30 pass between the liquid impermeable sheet 11 and the three-dimensional gather 60 to the back side of the absorbent element 50 to prevent liquid penetration. It is preferable to adhere to the impermeable sheet 11 and the three-dimensional gather 60 with a hot melt adhesive or the like.

(Intermediate sheet)
An intermediate sheet (also referred to as “second sheet”) 40 having a higher liquid permeation rate than the top sheet 30 can be provided in order to quickly transfer the liquid that has permeated through the top sheet 30 to the absorber. This intermediate sheet 40 not only improves the absorption performance by the absorbent by quickly transferring the liquid to the absorbent body, but also prevents the “reversed” phenomenon of the absorbed liquid from the absorbent body, so that the top sheet 30 is always dried. It can be made into the state which carried out. The intermediate sheet 40 can be omitted.

Examples of the intermediate sheet 40 include the same materials as the top sheet 30, spunlace, spunbond, SMS, pulp nonwoven fabric, mixed sheet of pulp and rayon, point bond, or crepe paper. In particular, an air-through nonwoven fabric is preferable because it is bulky. It is preferable to use a core-sheath composite fiber for the air-through nonwoven fabric. In this case, the resin used for the core may be polypropylene (PP), but polyester (PET) having high rigidity is preferable. Basis weight is preferably ^{20~80g / m 2, 25~60g / m} 2 is more preferable. The thickness of the raw fiber of the nonwoven fabric is preferably 2.2 to 10 dtex. In order to make the nonwoven fabric bulky, it is also preferable to use an eccentric fiber, a hollow fiber, or an eccentric and hollow fiber that does not have a core at the center as the mixed fiber of all or part of the raw fiber.

  The intermediate sheet 40 in the illustrated form is disposed in the center shorter than the width of the absorber 56, but may be provided over the entire width. The length of the intermediate sheet 40 in the longitudinal direction may be the same as the length of the absorbent body 56 or may be within a short length range centered on the region that receives the liquid.

(Liquid impervious sheet)
The material of the liquid-impermeable sheet 11 is not particularly limited. For example, a plastic film made of an olefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, a laminated nonwoven fabric provided with a plastic film on the surface of the nonwoven fabric, or a plastic film For example, a laminated sheet in which a nonwoven fabric or the like is laminated and bonded to each other can be exemplified. For the liquid-impermeable sheet 11, it is preferable to use a liquid-impervious and moisture-permeable material that has been preferred in recent years from the viewpoint of preventing stuffiness. As a plastic film having moisture permeability, a microporous plastic film obtained by kneading an inorganic filler in an olefin resin such as polyethylene or polypropylene, forming a sheet, and then stretching in a uniaxial or biaxial direction. Is widely used. In addition, non-woven fabric using micro-denier fibers, leakproof reinforcement by reducing the voids of the fibers by applying heat or pressure, and methods such as applying a superabsorbent resin or hydrophobic resin or water repellent Thus, a sheet that is liquid-impermeable without using a plastic film can also be used as the liquid-impermeable sheet 11.

  The liquid-impermeable sheet 11 is preferably extended to both sides of the side surface of the top sheet 30 of the absorbent element 50 so as to improve leakage resistance. The width of this extended portion is suitably about 5 to 20 mm on each of the left and right sides.

  Moreover, the excretion indicator from which a color changes by absorption of a liquid part can be provided in the inner side of the liquid-impermeable sheet 11, especially the absorber 56 side surface.

(Three-dimensional gather)
The three-dimensional gather 60 is a belt-like member that extends over the entire front-rear direction along both side portions of the interior body 200, blocks urine and soft stool that move in the lateral direction along the top sheet 30, and prevents side leakage. It is provided for this purpose. The three-dimensional gather 60 of the present embodiment is provided so as to stand up from the side portion of the interior body 200, the base side portion rises obliquely toward the center in the width direction, and the tip side portion from the intermediate portion has a width. It stands up diagonally outward in the direction.

  More specifically, the three-dimensional gather 60 folds the belt-shaped gather sheet 62 having a length equal to the length in the front-rear direction of the interior body 200 in the width direction and folds it into two. In addition, a plurality of elongated elastic elastic members 63 are fixed along the longitudinal direction at intervals in the width direction. A base end portion (an end portion on the side opposite to the sheet folding portion in the width direction) located on the opposite side to the front end portion of the three-dimensional gather 60 is an attachment portion 65 fixed to the back surface of the side edge portion of the interior body 200. A portion other than the attachment portion 65 is a protruding portion 66 (a portion on the folded portion side) protruding from the attachment portion 65. The projecting portion 66 includes a base side portion that extends toward the center in the width direction, and a tip side portion that is folded back outward in the width direction from the tip of the base side portion. This form is a surface contact type three-dimensional gather, but a line contact type three-dimensional gather (not shown) that is not folded outward in the width direction can also be employed. And while it is set as the front-and-rear fixing | fixed part 67 fixed by the hot-melt-adhesive agent or the heat seal with respect to the side part surface of the top sheet 30 in the lying state in the front-back direction among protrusion parts 66, between these, The intermediate portion in the front-rear direction is a non-fixed free part, and an elongated elastic member 63 along the front-rear direction is fixed to the free part in an extended state.

The gather sheet 62 is made of a spunbonded nonwoven fabric (SS, SSS, etc.), an SMS nonwoven fabric (SMS, SSMMS, etc.), a melt-blown nonwoven fabric with excellent uniformity and concealment, and water repellent with silicon as necessary. A treated product can be suitably used, and the fiber basis weight is preferably about 10 to 30 g / m ² . As the elongated elastic elastic member 63, rubber thread or the like can be used. When spandex thread rubber is used, the thickness is preferably 470 to 1240 dtex, more preferably 620 to 940 dtex. The elongation rate at the time of fixation is preferably 150 to 350%, more preferably 200 to 300%. Further, as shown in the figure, a waterproof film 64 can be interposed between the gather sheets 62 folded in two.

  2-6 are preferable and, as for the number of the elongate elastic expansion-contraction members 63 provided in the free part of the three-dimensional gather 60, 3-5 are more preferable. The arrangement interval 60d is suitably 3 to 10 mm. If comprised in this way, in the range which has arrange | positioned the elongate elastic expansion-contraction member 63, it will become easy to contact | abut with respect to skin. The elongated elastic elastic member 63 may be disposed not only at the distal end side but also at the base side.

  The fixing target of the attachment portion 65 of the three-dimensional gather 60 can be an appropriate member such as the top sheet 30, the liquid-impermeable sheet 11, the absorbent element 50 in the interior body 200.

  In the three-dimensional gather 60 thus configured, the contraction force of the elongated elastic elastic member 63 acts so that both ends in the front-rear direction are brought close to each other, but the both ends in the front-rear direction of the protruding portion 66 are fixed so as not to stand up. On the other hand, since they are non-fixed free parts, only the free parts stand on the body side as shown in FIG. In particular, when the attachment portion 65 is positioned on the back surface side of the interior body 200, the three-dimensional gather 60 stands up so as to open outward in the width direction at the crotch portion and in the vicinity thereof. It comes in contact, and the fit is improved.

  The dimensions of the three-dimensional gather 60 can be determined as appropriate. In the case of an infant paper diaper, for example, as shown in FIG. 6, the standing height of the three-dimensional gather 60 (the length in the width direction of the protruding portion 66 in the unfolded state) W6 is It is preferably 15 to 60 mm, particularly 20 to 40 mm. In addition, the distance W3 between the folds located on the innermost side in a state where the three-dimensional gather 60 is folded flat so as to be parallel to the surface of the top sheet 30 is preferably 60 to 190 mm, particularly preferably 70 to 140 mm.

  Note that, unlike the illustrated embodiment, the three-dimensional gathers 60 can be provided in double (two rows) on the left and right sides of the interior body 200.

(Absorption element)
The absorbent element 50 includes an absorbent body 56 and a packaging sheet 58 that wraps the entire absorbent body 56. The packaging sheet 58 can be omitted.

(Absorber)
The absorber 56 can be formed of an aggregate of fibers. As this fiber assembly, a filament assembly obtained by opening, as necessary, synthetic fiber tows (fiber bundles) such as cellulose acetate as well as short fibers such as cotton-like pulp and synthetic fibers Can also be used. The fiber basis weight can be set to, for example, about 100 to 300 g / m ² when cotton-like pulp or short fibers are stacked, and in the case of a filament aggregate, for example, about 30 to 120 g / m ^2. Can do. The fineness in the case of a synthetic fiber is 1-16 dtex, for example, Preferably it is 1-10 dtex, More preferably, it is 1-5 dtex. In the case of a filament aggregate, the filament may be a non-crimped fiber, but is preferably a crimped fiber. The crimped degree of the crimped fiber can be, for example, 5 to 75, preferably 10 to 50, and more preferably about 15 to 50 per inch. Further, a crimped fiber that is uniformly crimped is often used. It is preferable to disperse and hold superabsorbent polymer particles in the absorber 56.

  The absorber 56 may have a rectangular shape, but as shown in FIG. 1, it has a shape having a front end portion, a rear end portion, and a constricted portion having a narrower width than the front end portion and the rear end portion. This is preferable because the fit of the absorber 56 itself and the three-dimensional gather 60 around the legs is improved.

  Moreover, although the dimension of the absorber 56 can be determined suitably, it is preferable to extend to the peripheral part of the interior body or its vicinity in the front-back direction and the width direction. Reference numeral 56X indicates the width of the absorber 56.

(Superabsorbent polymer particles)
The absorber 56 can contain superabsorbent polymer particles in a part or all thereof. Superabsorbent polymer particles include “powder” in addition to “particles”. As the superabsorbent polymer particles 54, those used for this type of absorbent article can be used as they are, for example, by sieving (shaking for 5 minutes) using a 500 μm standard sieve (JIS Z8801-1: 2006). The ratio of particles remaining on the sieve is preferably 30% by weight or less, and the ratio of particles remaining on the sieve by sieving (shaking for 5 minutes) using a 180 μm standard sieve (JIS Z8801-1: 2006). Is preferably 60% by weight or more.

  The material of the superabsorbent polymer particles can be used without any particular limitation, but those having a water absorption (JIS K7223-1996 “Test method for water absorption of superabsorbent resin”) of 40 g / g or more are preferable. High-absorbent polymer particles include starch-based, cellulose-based, and synthetic polymer-based starch-acrylic acid (salt) graft copolymers, saponified starch-acrylonitrile copolymers, and sodium carboxymethylcellulose crosslinks. Or an acrylic acid (salt) polymer can be used. As the shape of the superabsorbent polymer particles, a commonly used granular material is suitable, but other shapes can also be used.

  As the superabsorbent polymer particles, those having a water absorption rate (JIS K7224-1996 water absorption rate test method for superabsorbent resin) of 40 seconds or less are preferably used. When the water absorption speed exceeds 40 seconds, so-called reversion in which the liquid supplied into the absorber 56 returns to the outside of the absorber 56 is likely to occur.

The basis weight of the superabsorbent polymer particles can be appropriately determined according to the amount of absorption required for the use of the absorber 56. Therefore, although it cannot be said unconditionally, it can be set to 50 to 350 g / m ² . If the amount of polymer is less than 50 g / m ^2, it is difficult to secure the absorption amount. When it exceeds 350 g / m ² , the effect is saturated.

  If necessary, the superabsorbent polymer particles can adjust the spraying density or spraying amount in the plane direction of the absorber 56. For example, it is possible to increase the application amount of the liquid excretion site as compared to other sites. When gender differences are taken into account, men can increase the front spray density (amount), while women can increase the center spray density (amount). In addition, a portion where no polymer exists locally (for example, in a spot shape) in the planar direction of the absorber 56 can also be provided.

(Packaging sheet)
When the packaging sheet 58 is used, as the material, tissue paper, particularly crepe paper, non-woven fabric, polylaminated non-woven fabric, a sheet with small holes, or the like can be used. However, it is desirable that the superabsorbent polymer particles be a sheet that does not escape. When a nonwoven fabric is used in place of the crepe paper, a hydrophilic SMS nonwoven fabric (SMS, SSMMS, etc.) is particularly suitable, and the material can be polypropylene, polyethylene / polypropylene composite material, or the like. The basis weight is preferably 5 to 40 g / m ² , particularly 10 to 30 g / m ² .

  The packaging form of the packaging sheet 58 can be determined as appropriate, but from the viewpoint of ease of manufacture and prevention of leakage of the superabsorbent polymer particles from the front and rear end edges, the cylinder is formed so as to surround the front and back surfaces and both side surfaces of the absorbent body 56. It is preferable that the front and rear edges of the absorbent body 56 are protruded from the front and back of the absorbent body 56, and the protruding portions are crushed in the front and back directions and joined by a joining means such as a hot melt adhesive.

(Crotch cover sheet)
The back side of the liquid-impermeable sheet in the interior body is a part of the exposed portion of the interior body (for example, the entire front-rear direction of the portion exposed between the ventral-side exterior body and the back-side exterior body, but before and after the interior body The crotch portion cover sheet may be attached so as not to extend to the end and to cover the entire side of the interior body). As the crotch portion cover sheet, the same material as that used for an exterior body described later can be used.

(Exterior body)
The exterior bodies 12F and 12B are a portion that forms the waist portion T defined as a longitudinal range (a longitudinal range extending from the waist opening WO to the upper end of the leg opening LO) having the side seal portion 12A and the leg opening LO. And an intermediate portion L defined as a longitudinal range (between the longitudinal region having the side seal portion 12A of the ventral exterior body 12F and the longitudinal region having the side seal portion 12A of the back exterior body 12B). The waistline T can be divided into a “waist edge” W that conceptually forms the edge of the waist opening, and a “waist lower part” U that is a lower part than this. Usually, when the waist circumference portion T has a boundary where the stretching stress in the width direction changes (for example, the thickness or elongation rate of the elastic stretch member changes), the waist opening WO side is closer to the waist opening WO side boundary. When it becomes the waist edge W and there is no such boundary, the waist opening WO side becomes the waist edge W from the absorbent body 56 or the interior body 200. These lengths in the vertical direction vary depending on the size of the product and can be determined as appropriate. For example, the waist edge W may be 15 to 40 mm, and the waist lower portion U may be 65 to 120 mm. On the other hand, the intermediate portion L can be omitted, and can be provided on both the abdominal exterior body and the back exterior body. However, in the illustrated embodiment, the intermediate portion L is provided only on the back exterior body 12B, and the buttocks are covered. The form to do is adopted. It is preferable to form the leg side edge of the intermediate portion L in a curved shape so as to follow the leg circumference, since the fit to the leg circumference becomes good.

  The exterior bodies 12F and 12B are composed of an abdominal exterior body 12F and a back exterior body 12B, and the abdominal exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B are not continuous on the leg side and are separated from each other. The separation distance L8 can be about 150 to 250 mm. A part or all of the region exposed between the ventral-side exterior body 12F and the back-side exterior body 12B in the interior body 200 can be covered with a cover sheet (not shown). The material of the cover sheet in this case can be the same as the material constituting the exterior bodies 12F and 12B. On the other hand, as shown in the examples shown in FIGS. 9 to 12, the front body F to the back body B can be continuously covered with the integrated exterior body 12.

  As shown in FIGS. 5 and 7, the ventral exterior body 12 </ b> F and the back exterior body 12 </ b> B are formed by joining two sheet materials 12 </ b> S and 12 </ b> H, and the first sheet material 12 </ b> S located outside. Is folded inward at the edge of the waist opening WO of the second sheet material 12H, and the folded portion 12r extends so as to cover the end of the interior body 200 on the waist side.

The sheet materials 12S and 12H can be used without particular limitation as long as they are in sheet form, but are preferably non-woven fabrics. The nonwoven fabric is not particularly limited as to what the raw fiber is. For example, synthetic fibers such as olefins such as polyethylene and polypropylene, polyesters and polyamides, recycled fibers such as rayon and cupra, natural fibers such as cotton, and mixed fibers and composite fibers using two or more of them. Etc. can be illustrated. Furthermore, the nonwoven fabric may be manufactured by any processing. When importance is attached to flexibility, a nonwoven fabric of polypropylene (PP) or a copolymer thereof (for example, polyethylene or a copolymer containing ethylene as a copolymerization component) is used as at least one of the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H. Hereinafter, it is preferable to use a nonwoven fabric of core-sheath fiber (PE / PP) having polyethylene (PE) as a sheath and polypropylene (PP) as a core component. Examples of the processing method include known methods such as a spunlace method, a spunbond method, a thermal bond method, a melt blown method, a needle punch method, an air through method, and a point bond method. In particular, a spunbonded nonwoven fabric is preferred from the viewpoint of strength and flexibility, and a spunbonded nonwoven fabric obtained by laminating a plurality of spunbond layers, for example, a SS nonwoven fabric (two layers) and a SSS nonwoven fabric (three layers) are suitable. It can be used, and four or more layers can also be used. Moreover, although the thickness and fabric weight of a nonwoven fabric are not specifically limited, It is desirable that thickness is 0.1-1 mm and a fabric weight is about 10-20 g / m < ² >. In addition, each sheet material 12S and 12H is comprised from the nonwoven fabric of 1 sheet, and any one or both may be a laminated body of the nonwoven fabric of several sheets.

  The ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B have an inner layer 21 and an outer layer 22 formed of at least one of the two sheet materials 12S and 12H in order to improve fit to the wearer's torso and the like. A slender elastic elastic member 19 (a waist edge elastic elastic member 17, a waist lower elastic elastic member 15, and an intermediate elastic elastic member 16 described later) is provided at a predetermined elongation rate. As the elongated elastic elastic member 19, synthetic rubber or natural rubber may be used.

  In the form shown in FIG. 5, the outer layer 22 facing the outer side of the elastic elastic member 19 is formed by the first sheet material 12S, and the inner layer 21 facing the inner side of the elastic elastic member 19 is formed by the second sheet material 12H. However, the structures of the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 may be any known one without particular limitation. For example, as shown in FIG. 10, at the waist edge W, the inner layer 21 is formed by the folded portion 12r of the first sheet material 12S, and the outer layer 22 is formed by the outer portion of the first sheet material 12S. In the intermediate portion L, the inner layer 21 can be formed by the second sheet material 12H, and the outer layer 22 can be formed by the outer portion of the first sheet material 12S. As shown in FIG. 12, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 can also be configured by folding the first sheet material 12 </ b> S inwardly (which can be the outer side) at the edge of the waist opening. The example shown in FIG. 12 employs a form in which the front body F to the back body B are continuously covered by the integrated exterior body 12, but is divided into an abdominal exterior body 12F and a back exterior body 12B. Also in the form, as shown in FIG. 8, all the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are formed by folding one sheet material in at least one of the abdominal exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B. Alternatively, a part of the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are formed by folding one sheet material, and the other part of the inner layer 21 or the outer layer 22 is formed by bonding two sheet materials. Can do. Note that reference numeral 12d indicates a separated portion of the sheet material adjacent in the vertical direction, and reference numeral 12w indicates an overlapping portion of the sheet material. Further, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, in the ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B (which may be either one), all of the sheet material is folded back on the crotch side and the waist side. The inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 can also be formed.

  Further, in the form shown in FIG. 5 and the like, a folded portion 12r inward from the inner layer 21 is formed. However, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 8, the folded portion 12r inward from the inner layer 21 is formed. Can be omitted.

As the elastic elastic member 19, synthetic rubber or natural rubber may be used. The elastic elastic member 19 can be provided uniformly over the entire exterior body, but it is preferable to vary the thickness, interval, etc. according to the positions of the exterior bodies 12F and 12B. For this reason, in the illustrated embodiment, the waist edge portion W has a plurality of waist edge elastic elastic members 17 vertically spaced so that an elastic region is formed over the entire width direction between the side seal portions, and It is fixed in a state of being stretched along the width direction at a predetermined stretch rate. One or more of the waist edge elastic elastic members 17 disposed in the region adjacent to the waist lower portion U may overlap with the interior body 200, or may be overlapped with the interior body 200 in the width direction central portion. May be provided on both sides in the width direction except for. The waist edge elastic elastic member 17 has a thickness of 155 to 1880 dtex, particularly about 470 to 1240 dtex (in the case of synthetic rubber. In the case of natural rubber, the cross-sectional area is 0.05 to 1.5 mm ² , particularly 0.1 to the rubber thread of 1.0mm about ^2), 3 to 22 present approximately at intervals of 4 to 12 mm, respectively elongation from 150% to 400%, preferably fixed in particular about 220-320%. Further, the waist edge elastic elastic members 17 need not all have the same thickness and elongation rate. For example, the elastic elastic members may have different thicknesses and elongation rates at the upper and lower portions of the waist edge W. .

  Further, in the waist lower portion U, the central portion or all of the width direction in the fixed region of the interior body 200 is a non-stretchable region NA, and the stretchable region extends over the entire width direction between the non-stretchable region NA and the side seal portion 12A. As shown, a plurality of waist lower elastic elastic members 15 and 18 made of an elongated elastic elastic member are fixed in a state where they are extended along the width direction at a predetermined extension rate with a space in the vertical direction. Has been.

The waist lower elastic elastic members 15 and 18 have a thickness of 155 to 1880 dtex, particularly about 470 to 1240 dtex (in the case of synthetic rubber. In the case of natural rubber, the cross-sectional area is 0.05 to 1.5 mm ² , particularly 0.1 to It is preferable to fix the thread rubber of about 1.0 mm ² ) at an interval of 1 to 15 mm, particularly 3 to 8 mm, and about 5 to 30 at an elongation of 200 to 350%, particularly about 240 to 300%.

  Further, in the intermediate portion L, the central portion or all of the width direction in the fixed region of the interior body 200 is a non-stretchable region NA, and the stretchable region extends over the entire width direction between the non-stretchable region NA and the side seal portion 12A. As shown, a plurality of intermediate elastic elastic members 16 made of an elongated elastic elastic member are fixed in a state where they are extended along the width direction at a predetermined extension rate with a space in the vertical direction. Yes. In the form shown in FIG. 2 and the like, the intermediate portion L is provided only on the back side, but it can also be provided on the abdomen side as shown in FIG.

The intermediate elastic elastic member 16 has a thickness of 155 to 1880 dtex, particularly about 470 to 1240 dtex (in the case of synthetic rubber. In the case of natural rubber, the cross-sectional area is 0.05 to 1.5 mm ² , particularly 0.1 to 1. It is preferable to fix the thread rubber of about 0 mm ² ) at intervals of 5 to 40 mm, particularly 5 to 20 mm, and stretch ratios of 150 to 300%, particularly 180 to 260%, respectively.

  As shown in the figure, the central portion or all of the width direction in the fixed region of the interior body 200 is a non-stretchable region NA, and a stretchable region is formed over the entire width direction between the non-stretchable region NA and the side seal portion 12A. If it is made, the interior body 200 does not shrink and deform in the width direction due to the contraction force of the elastic elastic member 19, and it is possible to prevent deterioration of absorbability and appearance. In this form, in addition to the form in which the elastic stretchable member 19 does not exist in the non-stretchable area NA, the elastic stretchable member 19 also exists in the non-stretchable area NA. A form that is finely cut in the direction and does not receive contraction force (substantially equivalent to not providing the elastic elastic member 19) is also included. Of course, the arrangement of the waist lower elastic members 15, 18 and the intermediate elastic members 16 is not limited to the above example, and some or all of the waist lower elastic members 15, 18 and the intermediate elastic members 16 may be used. Further, the inner body 200 can be provided across both side seal portions 12A, and an expansion / contraction region can be provided over the entire width direction.

  And characteristically, as shown in FIG. 7, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 have a width in the entire stretchable region (or a part thereof) formed in the ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B. The sheet joining portion 70 is joined by an adhesive 71 applied in a vertical stripe pattern that is intermittent in the direction, and the portion where the sheet joining portion 70 and the elastic stretchable member 19 cross each other. The elastic elastic member 19 is fixed to the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 by an adhesive 71 that is continuous in the longitudinal direction on both sides. In such a stretchable region, the sheet joining portion 70 is formed in a vertical stripe shape by the adhesive 71 continuous in the longitudinal direction on both the inside and outside of the elastic stretchable member 19, and as the elastic stretchable member 19 contracts, FIG. As shown, the portions of the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H located between the sheet joining portions 70 contract, and swell in opposite directions to form a ridge 80. FIG. 7 (b) shows a natural length state, but when mounted, the elastic elastic members 1915, 16 are extended to a certain extent from this state, and as shown in FIG. The height 80h of the ridge 80 is lowered. Since this stretchable structure is in the form of continuous joining in the longitudinal direction, the ridge 80 formed in the stretchable region extends straight along the sheet joining portion 70 in the longitudinal direction, looks good, and has excellent air permeability. Moreover, the elastic stretchable member 19 in the stretchable region has both the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 by the adhesive 71 that is continuous in the vertical direction on both the inner and outer sides of the elastic stretchable member 19 at the portion intersecting the adhesive 71 of the sheet joining portion 70. Therefore, the elastic stretchable member 19 is excellent in the pull-in preventing property.

  Although not shown, in order to further improve the pull-in preventing property, the width direction both ends of the stretchable region of the elastic stretchable member 19 do not intersect with the sheet joint portion 70 by the adhesive 71 applied in a vertical stripe pattern. Also in the portion, it is also preferable that the portion is fixed to the inner layer 21 and the outer side by an adhesive 71 applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member 19. Note that the adhesive 71 can be applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic stretchable member 19 as necessary, for example, in the non-stretchable region NA as well as at both ends of the stretchable region. Then, the adhesive 71 is not applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member 19.

  As shown in the figure, the central portion or all of the width direction in the fixed region of the interior body 200 is made into a non-stretchable region NA by cutting the elastic stretchable member 19, and the width direction between the non-stretchable region NA and the side seal portion 12A. In the case where the stretchable region is formed over the entire area, it is preferable that the strip of the elastic stretchable member 19 after cutting is shrunk without the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 in the non-stretchable region NA. The adhesive force of the member 19 may be weak. Therefore, in the non-stretchable region NA, as shown in an enlarged view in FIG. 5, the adhesive 71 extends vertically on either the inside or outside of the elastic stretchable member 19 at the portion where the sheet joining portion 70 and the elastic stretchable member 19 intersect. It is also preferable that the direction is discontinuous. Thereby, the reduction of the usage-amount of the adhesive agent 71 and the improvement of the softness | flexibility of the non-stretchable area | region NA of the exterior body 12 can also be aimed at.

  The width 70w of each sheet joint 70 and the interval 70d (see FIG. 7) between adjacent sheet joints 70 can be determined as appropriate, but the dimension 70w in the width direction of each sheet joint 70 is 0.5 to 4 mm. It is preferable that the interval 70d between adjacent sheet joining portions 70 is 4 to 8 mm (preferably 5 to 7 mm). The lower limit of the dimension 70w in the width direction of the sheet joining portion 70 is preferably 1 mm from the viewpoint of manufacturability, but is preferably 0.5 mm from the viewpoint of flexibility. On the other hand, the upper limit of the dimension 70w in the width direction of the sheet joining portion 70 is preferably 2 mm, and more preferably 1.5 mm.

  The width 70w of each sheet joining portion 70 affects the interval between the adjacent ridges 80. When the ridge 80 is thin and the width exceeds 4 mm as in the case of the longitudinal continuous joining form, Not only does the space between the matching ridges 80 become too wide, and the individual ridges 80 not only look independent, but also when the ridges 80 are crushed by the compressive force in the thickness direction and deformed such as falling down, the adjacent ridges 80 are supported. As a result of the weakening of the matching action, the resistance to deformation or the restoration after the change is also weakened, and as a result, the sense of fun is insufficient.

  In addition, when the width 70w of the sheet joining portion 70 is simply set to 0.5 to 4 mm, and the interval 70d between the adjacent sheet joining portions 70 is less than 4 mm or more than 8 mm, the following occurs. That is, the interval 70d between the adjacent sheet bonding portions 70 affects the height 80h and the width of the flange 80. If the interval between adjacent sheet bonding portions is about 2 mm, it is the same as the case where continuous fixing in the width direction is performed. The ridge 80 is poor in continuity in the vertical direction (there is no need to intermittently provide the sheet joint portion 70 in the width direction). At 3 mm, the ridge 80 extends straight in the vertical direction, but the adjacent ridge 80 is supported. A matching effect cannot be expected, and the sense of fun is insufficient. Moreover, if the space | interval 70d of the sheet | seat junction part 70 exceeds 8 mm, the collar 80 will be crushed irregularly by compression at the time of packaging, and the appearance of a product will worsen. On the other hand, when the width 70w of the sheet joining portion 70 is set to 0.5 to 4 mm and the interval 70d of the sheet joining portion 70 is set to 4 to 8 mm, a sufficient feeling of warmth is obtained. The compression of the ridge 80 makes it difficult for the ridge 80 to collapse irregularly (in other words, it is possible to achieve both a sufficient height and a difficulty in falling down while being a ridge that extends straight). Moreover, if the sheet joining portion 70 is formed by welding in the longitudinal continuous joining form, a hard streak is formed and a decrease in flexibility is inevitable. However, if the sheet joining portion 70 is formed by the adhesive 71, the material joining is caused. The flexibility is not lowered, and the flexibility is further improved.

  In addition, since the sheet | seat junction part 70 becomes intermittent in the width direction in the said expansion-contraction area | region, the fall of the fixing force of the elastic expansion-contraction member 19 cannot be avoided, and there exists a possibility that the elastic expansion-contraction member 19 may fall out. In particular, it is desirable that the width 70w of each sheet joint portion 70 is narrow. In that case, the position where the elastic stretchable member 19 and the sheet joint portion 70 intersect becomes small, and the elastic stretchable member 19 is fixed at this small position. Is required, and securing the fixing force of the elastic elastic member 19 is important. Therefore, the above-described double-sided coating is suitable when providing a narrow sheet joint as described above.

  Nonwoven fabric is suitable as the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H. However, if the bending resistance in the width direction is low in that case, the ridge 80 becomes thin and sharp and easily collapses. The compressibility of the direction is poor. In order to improve this, it is conceivable to increase the basis weight of the non-woven fabric, but there is a possibility that the softness when touched may be poor even if the appearance is stiff (because the rigidity is improved too much). Therefore, it is preferable to use a non-woven fabric as the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H, and the bending resistance in the width direction is higher than the bending resistance in the vertical direction. As a result, the heel 80 becomes round and easy to bulge, and the compression recovery property in the thickness direction is enhanced, and the heel 80 is less likely to fall down and soft when touched. The first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H each have a width direction bending resistance of preferably 30 to 75 mm, more preferably 40 to 55 mm, and the longitudinal direction bending resistance is less than the width direction bending resistance. In the range, it is preferably 20 to 50 mm, more preferably 25 to 35 mm.

  Here, the bending resistance of the nonwoven fabric means a value measured according to the bending resistance A method (45-degree cantilever method) of JIS L1096: 2010 “Testing method for fabrics and knitted fabrics”.

  In order to make the longitudinal bending resistance of the nonwoven fabric less than the bending stiffness in the width direction, the nonwoven fabric may be configured such that the fiber orientation is along the width direction. Here, the fiber orientation is the direction along which the fibers of the nonwoven fabric are along, and “the fiber orientation is along the width direction” means that 100% of the total fiber weight constituting the nonwoven fabric is fiber-oriented in the width direction. The thing from what is made to have a fiber orientation in the range of -45 degrees-+45 degrees with respect to the width direction from 50% or more. The measurement method generally used can be used for the measuring method of the fiber orientation of a nonwoven fabric. Examples of measurement methods include a measurement method according to the TAPPI standard method T481 fiber orientation test method using zero-range tensile strength, and a simple measurement that determines the fiber orientation direction from the tensile strength ratio in the width direction and its orthogonal direction. A method can be mentioned. In the latter simple measuring method, a test piece having a length of 200 mm and a width of 50 mm is subjected to a tensile test using a tensile tester under the conditions of a crosshead speed of 500 mm / min and a distance between chucks of 150 mm. If the tensile strength is obtained from the maximum load and the ratio of tensile strength (width direction / longitudinal direction) is greater than 1, the fiber orientation is assumed to be along the width direction.

  The interval 19d (see FIG. 7) between the adjacent elastic elastic members 19 can be determined as appropriate, but if it exceeds 10 mm, the thickness of the flange 80 changes in the vertical direction, although not as much as the longitudinal intermittent joining form. Therefore, the interval 19d between the elastic elastic members 19 adjacent to each other is preferably 10 mm or less, particularly 3 to 7 mm.

  The thickness and elongation rate of the elastic elastic member 19 (elongation rate when the elastic structure is fully deployed) may be appropriately selected according to the mounting position of the elastic elastic member 19, and the preferred range is as described above. is there. In general, it is desirable that the elastic elastic member 19 has a thickness of about 300 to 1,000 dtex and an elongation rate of about 200 to 350%.

(Other)
In the above example, not only the waist edge W of the pants-type disposable diaper, but also a similar stretchable region is formed up to the waist lower part U and the middle part L, but the waist edge part W, the waist lower part U, and the middle part L Another known elastic structure may be applied to a part, and the elastic elastic member 16 in the intermediate portion L may be omitted. Further, in the illustrated example, the sheet joining portion 70 in each body including the waist edge W is continued in the vertical direction, but the sheet joining portion 70 of the waist edge W and the sheet joining portion 70 of the lower waist U are individually and It can also be formed with a space between each other.

<Examples of manufacturing methods for pants-type disposable diapers>
(First form)
FIGS. 13-15 has shown an example of the manufacturing method of a pants type disposable diaper. This production line has a transverse flow configuration in which the diaper width direction is the MD direction (machine direction, line flow direction), and here, the abdominal stretchable band 12f and the dorsal exterior body 12B become the abdominal exterior body 12F. The back side elastic band 12b is formed, and the interior body 200 manufactured by another line is attached to the abdominal side elastic band 12f and the back side elastic band 12b. In addition, in order to make an explanation easy to understand, members that are continuous in the manufacturing process are also denoted by the same reference numerals as those after manufacture.

  More specifically, this production line includes an adhesive application process 300, an elastic member attaching process 301, an elastic member cutting process 302, an interior body attaching process 305, a folding process 306, a side joining process 307, and a separating process 308. Among these, the part mainly from the adhesive application process 300 to the elastic member attaching process 301 is a characteristic process as compared with the prior art.

  That is, in the adhesive application process 300, the first sheet material 12S (including the outer layer 22) and the second sheet material 12H that are continuous in a band shape with a predetermined width for the ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B, respectively. (Inner layer 21) is supplied, and the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H are transferred along the continuous direction, while the inner surface (upper surface in the drawing) of the outer layer 22 and the outer surface (in the drawing). Adhesives 71 are respectively applied to both the lower surface) in the same vertical stripe pattern that is intermittent in the MD direction.

  In the subsequent elastic member attaching step 301, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are bonded together so that the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the inner layer 21 and the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the outer layer 22 are matched. A number of elongated elastic elastic members 19 are continuously sandwiched between the layer 21 and the outer layer 22 with a space in the CD direction and extended in the MD direction, and the elastic elastic member 19 is bonded to the inner layer 21 by an adhesive 71. And by fixing to the outer side layer 22, the abdominal side elastic band 12f and the back side elastic band 12b which continue in a strip shape are formed. In this way, when the adhesive 71 is applied in the same vertical stripe pattern on both opposing surfaces of the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are bonded so that the positions of both the adhesives 71 are aligned. The elastic elastic member 19 is firmly bonded to both the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 at a portion intersecting the adhesive 71.

  As the adhesive 71 in the adhesion process 300, a hot melt adhesive 71 is preferably used. Examples of the hot melt adhesive 71 include EVA, adhesive rubber (elastomer), olefin, polyester / polyamide, and the like. It is desirable to use In order to easily adjust the position at the time of bonding the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22, or to inspect misalignment, a colored (excluding transparent and white) adhesive is used, or Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2003-145028. It is also a preferable form to use an adhesive containing a fluorescent component, as shown in the publication.

  Although the application method of the hot melt adhesive 71 is not particularly limited, as described above, when the width 70w of the sheet bonding portion 70 is narrow, for example, 1 mm or less, the application width 71w of the hot melt adhesive is narrowed. Since it is difficult to apply by intermittent application by an application method such as a curtain or a solid sprayed from a nozzle, a pattern coat suitable for narrow width application (transfer of hot melt adhesive 71 by a relief printing method) may be employed. desirable. FIG. 16 shows an example of pattern coating equipment for hot melt adhesive. That is, in this pattern coat type equipment, the target sheet material 120 (the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H in the first embodiment) is intermittently guided in the circumferential direction in the process of being guided along the roll 101. In contact with the plate roll 102 having a typical convex pattern, intermittently in the transport direction (MD direction, which is the width direction), and continuously in the direction crossing the transport direction (CD direction). A melt adhesive 71 is transferred and applied. Reference numeral 103 denotes a hot melt adhesive supply roll (anilox roll in letterpress printing) for transferring and applying the hot melt adhesive 71 to the convex pattern of the plate roll 102 at a predetermined thickness, and reference numeral 104 denotes hot melt adhesion. The supply nozzle which supplies the hot-melt-adhesive 71 to the agent supply roll 103 is shown.

  However, even when such a coating method using a pattern coat is adopted, depending on the type of the hot melt adhesive 71, the hot melt adhesive 71 may be stringed, and the application width (that is, the width of the sheet bonding portion 70). ) May decrease in accuracy and operational stability. Therefore, it is desirable to use a hot melt adhesive 71 having a melt viscosity at a temperature of 140 ° C. of 10,000 mpa or less, a melt viscosity at a temperature of 160 ° C. of 5000 mpas or less, and a loop tack adhesive strength of 2000 g / 25 mm or more. Thereby, the possibility of stringing is reduced, and the application width accuracy and operational stability can be improved.

The loop tack adhesive strength of the hot melt adhesive 71 means a value measured as follows. That is, the hot melt adhesive is applied to a thickness of 50 μm on a PET plate having a thickness of 50 μm. This is cut into a size of 25 mm in width and 125 mm in length to form a tape, and then the two ends of the tape are overlapped to form a loop. This loop is fixed to an LT-100 type loop tack tester (manufactured by Chem Instrument Co., Ltd.), and then bonded to a PE (polyethylene) plate with a bonding area of 25 mm × 25 mm and a bonding time of 2 seconds. Next, the loop-shaped tape is peeled off at 20 ° C. at a peeling speed of 300 mm / min, and the maximum force is measured to obtain the loop tack adhesive force.
The melt viscosity of the hot melt adhesive 71 is measured at a specified temperature using a Brookfield B-type viscometer (spindle No. 027) in accordance with JIS Z 8803.

  The elastic bands 12f and 12b formed through the elastic member attaching step 301 are subjected to an elastic member cutting step 302 as necessary prior to an interior body attaching step 305 described later, with a predetermined interval in the MD direction, Each part of elastic elastic member 19 of back side elastic band 12b and elastic elastic member 19 of abdominal side elastic band 12f (part which becomes non-elastic region NA) is divided thinly in the width direction by a method such as cutting or heat embossing. The region is a non-stretchable region NA where the contraction force of the elastic stretchable member 19 does not act. This elastic member cutting step 302 can be omitted.

  Thereafter, in the interior body attaching step 305, the interior body 200 manufactured in advance in a separate line is supplied with a predetermined interval in the MD direction, and the front side portion of the interior body 200 is supplied to the abdominal stretchable band 12f. And the rear part of the interior body 200 is joined to the back-side stretchable band 12b, whereby an interior assembly is formed. These joinings can be performed by appropriate means such as hot melt adhesive or heat sealing. Moreover, the interior body 200 may supply what was formed in the complete body by another line, or separately supply what was formed as several parts by another line, and assemble | assemble on the expansion-contraction bodies 12f and 12b. You may do it.

  In the interior body attaching step 305, after the interior body 200 is joined to the inner surface of the stretchable band, the end of the first sheet material 12S on the outer side in the CD direction is folded back toward the center in the CD direction as necessary. The region up to both ends in the CD direction of 200 is covered with the folded portion 12r of the first sheet material 12S. The folded portion 12r is fixed to the inner surface of the second sheet material 12H and the inner surfaces of both ends in the CD direction of the interior body 200 by appropriate means such as hot melt adhesive 71 or heat sealing.

  Then, in the folding step 306, the interior assembly is folded at the center in the CD direction so that the attachment surface of the interior body 200 in the abdominal stretch band 12f and the attachment surface of the interior body 200 in the back stretch band 12b overlap. Thereafter, in the side joining step 307, the abdominal elastic band 12f and the back elastic band 12b are joined to form both side portions of the diaper to form the side seal portion 12A. The band 12f and the back elastic band 12b are cut at the boundaries of the individual diapers to obtain individual diapers DP. The side bonding step 307 and the separation step 308 can be performed simultaneously. In addition, when the width | variety of the abdominal side elastic band 12f and the back side elastic band 12b does not correspond, 12 A of side seal parts may be formed only in the part with which both the elastic bands 12f and 12b have overlapped, whichever is wider You may form over the whole including the excessive part formed.

  A pants-type disposable diaper similar to the embodiment shown in FIGS. 1 to 7 can be manufactured by the above manufacturing method. In the above example, the sheet material for the ventral side and the sheet material for the back side are separately supplied or formed, and the adhesive application step 300 and the elastic member attaching step 301 are performed separately, respectively, Although the ventral elastic band 12f is formed independently, as shown in FIG. 17A, the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H having a width corresponding to both the ventral side and the back side are supplied. It is also possible to adopt a method of forming the abdominal stretchable band 12f and the dorsal stretchable band 12b by forming a single stretchable band and then dividing it at the CD direction intermediate position SL by a slitter in the center slit step 303. In addition, as shown in FIG. 17B, the first sheet material 12S and the second sheet material 12H are formed by cutting a single sheet material 12Q in-line with a slitter at the CD-direction intermediate position SL. It is also possible to supply to the adhesive application process 300.

(Second form)
When the separate first sheet material 12S and second sheet material 12H are transferred and bonded as the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 as in the first embodiment, the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the first sheet material 12S And the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the second sheet material 12H is likely to shift, and the position adjustment for aligning this is complicated. Therefore, the second embodiment shown in FIGS. 18 and 19 is also proposed. That is, in the second embodiment, the adhesive coating process 300 and the elastic member attaching process 301 are changed, and the center slit process 303 is further added between the elastic member cutting process 302 and the interior body attaching process 305. It is different from the form.

  More specifically, the adhesive application process 300 includes the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 of the ventral exterior body 12F from the one side in the CD direction, and the outer layer 22 and the inner layer 21 of the back exterior body 12B in this order. While supplying one sheet material 12Q continuous in a strip shape and transporting the sheet material 12Q along the continuous direction, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 of the ventral exterior body 12F on the inner surface (upper surface in the figure). The adhesive 71 is respectively applied in a vertical stripe pattern extending over both of the above and a vertical stripe pattern extending over both the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 of the backside exterior body 12B. The pattern of the inner layer 21 and the pattern of the outer layer 22 may be separated as long as the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 have the same vertical stripe pattern in the MD direction position. Further, in accordance with the position of the inner layer 21 after the subsequent elastic member attaching step 301, as shown in FIGS. 18 and 19, the vertical stripe pattern of the abdomen side adhesive 71 and the vertical stripe shape of the back side adhesive 71 are shown. In addition to separating the pattern, although not shown, the vertical stripe pattern of the abdomen side adhesive 71 and the vertical stripe pattern of the back side adhesive 71 can be made continuous.

  In the subsequent elastic member attaching step 301, a large number of elastic elastic members 19 are extended in the MD direction at intervals in the CD direction on the portion of the outer layer 22 located in the middle of the CD direction of the sheet material 12Q. The portion of the inner layer 21 of the ventral side exterior body 12F located on the one side in the CD direction with respect to the portion of the outer layer 22 in the CD direction in the sheet material 12Q and the inner layer of the back side exterior body 12B located on the other side The elastic elastic member 19 is sandwiched between the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 while the portion 21 is folded and bonded to the side having the elastic elastic member 19 in the outer layer 22 portion in the middle of the CD direction. The elastic elastic member 19 is fixed to the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 by the agent 71, whereby an elastic band continuous in a band shape is formed. As described above, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are folded in the CD direction after application of the adhesive 71 as a portion on one side and a portion on the other side from the CD-direction intermediate position in one continuous belt-like sheet material, and the inner layer 21 is folded. When the outer layer 22 and the outer layer 22 are bonded together, the position of the adhesive 71 in the inner layer 21 and the position in the MD direction of the adhesive 71 in the outer layer 22 may be shifted without adjusting the position. (There is no positional deviation at least on the crease side).

  In addition, the sheet material 12S is folded in the elastic member attaching step 301 in such a manner that the portion of the inner layer 21 on the one side and the other side in the CD direction is intermediate in the CD direction with respect to the portion of the intermediate outer layer 22 in the CD direction. The outer layer 22 is folded back to the side having the elastic elastic member 19 (so-called C-folding). Therefore, since the folding width of the sheet material 12S can be remarkably narrow, the folding equipment (sailor) is compact, and it is easy to fold it neatly without wrinkles. In the product state, as shown in FIGS. 8B to 8F, the edges of the waists of both the abdominal exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B become folds of the sheet material 12S. It will be excellent in the feel and appearance of the waist edge. 8B and 8C, the spacing portion 12d shown in FIGS. 8B and 8C is a portion of the inner layer 21 on one side and the other side in the CD direction in the elastic member attaching step, as shown in FIGS. It can be manufactured by separating them. 8 (d) to 8 (f), the overlapping portion 12w is not shown, but partially overlaps the end portions of the inner layer 21 on one side and the other side in the CD direction in the elastic member attaching step. Can be manufactured.

  Subsequently, after performing the elastic member cutting step 302 as necessary, in the center slit step 303, the stretchable band is cut at a predetermined portion SL in the middle of the CD direction by a slitter, so that the back side stretchable band 12b and It is divided into the ventral side elastic band 12f, and the CD direction interval between the back side elastic band 12b and the ventral side elastic band 12f is expanded to a predetermined distance. The slit position SL may be centered in the CD direction of the stretch band, or may be a position biased to the ventral side or the back side. In order to make 12b vertically long, it is preferable to bias the slit position SL to the ventral side. When the slit position SL is positioned at the separation portion 12d as shown in FIG. 18, the configuration shown in FIG. 8B can be manufactured, and as shown in FIG. 19, the slit position SL is located behind the separation portion 12d. If shifted, the form shown in FIG. 8C can be manufactured. Although not shown in the drawings, in the elastic member attaching step 301, the end portions of the inner layer 21 on one side and the other side in the CD direction are partially overlapped to form an overlapping portion, and the slit position SL is appropriately changed. The forms shown in FIGS. 8D to 8F can be manufactured. If necessary, a punching step 304 for cutting the leg-side edge of the backside exterior body 12B in a curved shape along the periphery of the leg may be added after the center slit step 303 as shown in the figure. The punching step 304 is possible if it is after the elastic member attaching step 301 and before the separating step 308, but preferably before the folding step 306 and before the interior body attaching step 305. Is more preferable.

  In the illustrated example, a method is adopted in which a single elastic band is assembled from a single sheet material 12Q and then divided to form the abdominal elastic band 12f and the dorsal elastic band 12b. The material and the sheet material for the back side are separately supplied or formed, and the adhesive application step 300 and the elastic member attaching step 301 for forming the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 by folding are separately performed, and the back side stretchable band 12b In addition, the ventral elastic band 12f can be assembled independently. Since others are the same as that of the 1st form including subsequent processes, description is abbreviate | omitted.

(Third form)
In general, in a production line in which a continuous belt-like sheet such as a nonwoven fabric is transferred and assembled, if the width of the sheet (length in the CD direction) is wide, it is difficult to accurately adjust the MD direction position over the entire CD direction. It becomes. Therefore, when the width (length in the CD direction) of the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 to be transferred is wide, the position in the MD direction of the adhesive 71 of the inner layer 21 and the adhesive of the outer layer 22 over the entire CD direction. It is difficult to align the positions of 71 in the MD direction. Therefore, as shown in FIG. 20, before the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are bonded, the inner layer 21 (may be the outer layer 22) is divided into a plurality of portions at a position in the middle of the CD direction by a slitter. The dividing step 310 is performed, and the MD direction positions of the divided portions are individually adjusted, so that the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the inner layer 21 and the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the outer layer 22 are matched to each other. It is also a preferable form to bond the layer 21 and the outer layer 22 together. As described above, before the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are bonded together, either one of the layers is divided to reduce the width, thereby the position of the inner layer 21 in the MD direction of the adhesive 71 and the outer layer 22 adhesive. The position adjustment for aligning the MD direction position of 71 can be easily performed, and it is difficult for the position shift to occur. In the illustrated example, this position adjustment method is applied to the formation of the dorsal elastic band 12b having a wider width in the CD direction, but may be applied to the formation of the ventral elastic band 12f instead of or together with this. it can. This position adjustment method can also be applied to the second embodiment described above.

(4th form)
When forming the stretchable region by the elastic member cutting step 302, in order to manufacture a pants-type disposable diaper with a reduced amount of the adhesive 71 in the non-stretchable region NA described above, as shown in FIG. While the inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 are transported in the MD direction, intermittently in the MD direction on both the outer surface of the inner layer 21 and the inner surface of the outer layer 22 in the region that becomes the stretchable region, as in the first embodiment. While the adhesives 71 are respectively applied in the same vertical stripe pattern as the target, in the region that becomes the non-stretchable region NA, either the outer surface of the inner layer 21 or the inner surface of the outer layer 22 (in the illustrated embodiment, the outer layer 21). ), The adhesive 71 is applied in a vertically striped pattern continuously from the stretchable region, but the adhesive 71 is not applied to the other (in the illustrated embodiment, the inner layer 22) (in other words, the inner layer). One of 1 and outer adhesive 71 of vertical stripe patterns intermittently (not applied in the non-stretchable region NA) in the MD direction) of also a preferred form. Thus, by using only one surface for the non-stretchable area NA, the amount of the adhesive 71 used can be reduced and the flexibility of the non-stretchable area NA of the exterior body 12 can be improved.

  Thereafter, similarly to the first embodiment, the elastic member attaching step 301, the elastic member cutting step 302, the interior body attaching step 305, the folding step 306, the side joining step 307, and the separating step 308 may be performed. FIG. 24 shows an interior body attaching step 305 following the elastic member cutting step 302 shown in FIG.

(5th form)
When the elastic region is formed by the elastic member cutting step 302, in order to produce the above-described pants-type disposable diaper having excellent pull-in prevention properties, although not shown, the elastic expansion and contraction in the elastic elastic member 19 is performed prior to the elastic member attachment step 301. It is also a preferable form that the adhesive 71 is applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member 19 in the MD direction range that is both ends in the width direction of the region. In addition, the adhesive 71 can be applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member 19 as necessary, for example, in the MD direction range that becomes the non-elastic region NA, other than both ends of the elastic region. However, the adhesive 71 is not applied to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic elastic member 19 in the MD direction range between both ends of the elastic region. As a method for applying the adhesive 71 to the outer peripheral surface of the elastic expansion / contraction member 19, a method using a sure wrap nozzle, a method using a comb gun, or the like can be used.

(Sixth form)
In the case of manufacturing a pants-type disposable diaper having an exterior body 12 continuous from the abdominal side to the back side through the crotch as shown in FIG. 9, in the above-described manufacturing method, one sheet in the CD direction width corresponding to the total length of the diaper It is only necessary to add the punching process for forming the elastic band and the leg opening, and to carry out the interior body attaching process 305 without dividing in the middle of the CD direction. The punching step is possible if it is after the elastic member attaching step 301 and before the separating step 308, but preferably before the folding step 306, and before the interior body attaching step 305. Is more preferable.

(7th form)
In the form divided into the ventral exterior body 12F and the back exterior body 12B, the inner layer 21 and the outer layer of the ventral exterior body 12F in the adhesive application process 300 as in the forms shown in FIGS. A sheet material 12Q continuous in a belt shape including a portion to be 22 and a sheet material 12Q continuous in a belt shape including portions to be the outer layer 22 and the inner layer 21 of the backside exterior body 12B; In the elastic member attaching step 301, the sheet material 12Q is folded on both sides in the CD direction (the crotch side and the waist side), so that the abdominal side elastic band 12f that becomes the abdominal side outer body 12F and the back side elastic band that becomes the back side outer body 12B. 12b can also be formed.

(8th form)
In the elastic member attaching step 301 in each of the above embodiments, as long as the double-sided application region is formed, the position of the adhesive 71 of the inner layer 21 and the position of the adhesive 71 of the outer layer 22 are shifted in the CD direction, Forming a single-sided coating region on one side in the CD direction is also included in the present invention. In particular, as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24, the CD-direction range corresponding to the portion to be the non-stretchable area NA is a non-stretchable area NA while being a double-sided application area because there is a risk of pulling in the elastic stretchable member. The CD direction range that does not correspond to the part is one part of the single-sided application region because there is no possibility of pulling in even if the elastic stretchable member is disposed. In the illustrated form, the part where the waist edge elastic elastic member 17 is partly disposed is a single-sided application area, but the part where the entire waist edge elastic elastic member 17 is arranged is also used as the single-sided application area. Alternatively, a portion where the elastic elastic member 19 is not disposed may be a single-sided application region. In any case, if only the CD direction range corresponding to the part to be the non-stretchable area NA is the double-sided application area, the double-sided application area can be narrowed in the CD direction, and the position of the adhesive 71 in the inner layer 21 in the MD direction and the outside Position adjustment for aligning the MD direction position of the adhesive 71 of the layer 22 can be easily performed, and misalignment hardly occurs. Such an effect of preventing misalignment is achieved by separating the abdominal stretchable band 12f serving as the abdominal exterior body 12F and the dorsal stretchable band 12b serving as the back exterior body 12B as shown in FIGS. 23 and 24. In the case of forming with a sheet material, it becomes a further one.

<Experiment 1>
Fineness 1.6 denier, basis weight 17 g / m ² , thickness 0.2 mm (initial thickness T0: thickness under pressure of 0.5 g / cm ² ), MD softness (direction of nonwoven fabric production line) 55 mm, A polypropylene fiber SSS nonwoven fabric having a bending resistance of 28 mm in the CD direction (direction perpendicular to the MD direction) is cut to prepare a first sheet material and a second sheet material having a length of 180 mm in the MD direction and a length of 40 mm in the CD direction. did. Moreover, a 470 dtex rubber thread was prepared as an elastic elastic member.
Then, a hot melt adhesive having a width of 1 mm and continuous in the CD direction is applied to the surface of the first sheet material on the second sheet material side with an interval of 7 mm in the MD direction, and further, continuous in the MD direction. 7 pieces of rubber thread are arranged in the CD direction at intervals of 5 mm, 270% of each stretched state, and the second sheet material is placed over the first sheet material so that the MD direction and the CD direction match the first sheet material. The material, the elastic elastic member and the second sheet material are pressure-bonded, and the elastic sheet sample No. 1 was produced. In addition, this sample No. The natural length of 1 in the MD direction was 67 mm. Further, the application width of the hot melt adhesive was appropriately changed to 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, and 10 mm, and the application interval of the hot melt adhesive was appropriately changed to 2 mm, 4 mm, 6 mm, 8 mm, and 10 mm. 2 to 13 were also produced.
Observe the formation of wrinkles in these samples. ◎: Wrinkles are very beautifully formed
○: Evaluation was made in four stages: 襞 was formed beautifully, △: 襞 was formed but not beautiful, ×: 襞 was insufficiently formed. The evaluation results are as shown in Table 1. In addition, although the wrinkle was formed when the application | coating space | interval of a hot-melt-adhesive was 10 mm, it was too large and it was crushed at the time of compression, and the wrinkle was not formed in 2 mm. Further, when the application width of the hot melt adhesive was 6 mm and 10 mm, the sheet joint portion was also contracted to form wrinkles.

  From this result, the application width of the hot melt adhesive (that is, the width of the sheet bonding portion) is 0.5 to 4 mm, and the application interval of the hot melt adhesive (that is, the interval between adjacent sheet bonding portions) is 4 to 4 mm. It turns out that a desirable result is obtained as it is 8 mm.

<Experiment 2>
In the same manner as in Experiment 1 (however, the application width of the hot melt adhesive was 2 mm and the application interval was 6 mm), the sample No. 14 was produced.
Sample No. 1 except that the continuous direction of the hot melt adhesive was the MD direction of the first sheet material and the second sheet material, and the direction of the thread rubber was the CD direction of the first sheet material and the second sheet material. In the same manner as in sample No. 14, sample no. 15 was created.
These sample Nos. 14 and no. 15 is a natural length, and the center of the pressure plate described later is aligned with the top position of the heel for five ridges, and compression characteristics (compression rigidity LC, compression energy WC, compression resilience RC, initial thickness T0, maximum load Thickness TM) was measured and the average value was calculated. The compression stiffness LC is closer to 1, meaning that the compression stiffness is greater. The larger the compression energy WC is, the easier the compression is. The compression resilience RC is closer to 100, and the compression recovery is better. Means. The initial thickness T0, compression stiffness LC, compression energy WC, and compression resilience RC are measured using a KES-FB3-AUTO-A automated compression tester based on KES (Kawabata's Evaluation System for Fabrics). Measurements between steel pressure plate with a circular plane of compression area 2 cm ^2, the sample was compressed from 0 gf / cm ² to a maximum compressive load 50 gf / cm ^2, carried out between undo. The initial thickness T0 is the thickness of the sample at a pressure of 0.5 gf / cm ² . The compression stiffness LC represents the linearity of the compression displacement, and the value increases as the load and the displacement (thickness reduction due to compression) are proportional. The compression energy WC represents the work of compression, and the larger the value, the better the feeling of swelling and the feeling of lower back. The compression resilience RC represents compression recovery, and the larger the numerical value, the smaller the hysteresis.

  In addition, these sample Nos. 14 and no. 15 is stretched about 1.65 times in the MD direction (assuming a diaper wearing state), and a microscopic image is taken from the side (magnification 30 times). The width 80X was measured for each ridge 80, and the average value was calculated. The photograph taken is shown in FIG. 21 and the height and width of the ridge are shown in Table 3. A KEYENCE digital microscope VHX-1000 was used for microscopic photography.

  From these results, when the stiffness in the width direction of the nonwoven fabric is made higher than the stiffness in the longitudinal direction, the wrinkles become round and easy to swell, become more compressible in the thickness direction, and more difficult to collapse, and It turns out that it becomes rich when touched.

<Experiment 3>
Prepare the same first sheet material, elastic elastic member and second sheet material as in Experiment 1, and various hot melt adhesives with different melt viscosities and loop tack adhesive forces, and use the same equipment as shown in FIG. Adhesion test is performed at a speed of 187 m / min, and operational stability such as stringing of hot melt adhesive is achieved.
○: There was no stringing and stable adhesion was possible.
×: There is stringing, the accuracy of the coating width is low, and there is a problem in terms of operational stability.
It was evaluated in two stages.

  From this result, when a hot melt adhesive having a melt viscosity at a temperature of 140 ° C. of 10,000 mpas or less, a melt viscosity at a temperature of 160 ° C. of 5000 mpas or less, and a loop tack adhesive strength of 2000 g / 25 mm or more is used, a desirable result is obtained. You can see that

<Explanation of terms in the specification>
The following terms in the specification have the following meanings unless otherwise specified in the specification.
(Elongation)
The elongation rate means a value when the natural length is 100%.

(Weight)
The basis weight is measured as follows. After the sample or test piece has been pre-dried, it is left in a test room or apparatus in a standard state (test location is temperature 20 ± 5 ° C., relative humidity 65% or less) to obtain a constant weight. Pre-drying refers to making a sample or test piece constant in an environment where the relative humidity is 10 to 25% and the temperature does not exceed 50 ° C. In addition, it is not necessary to perform preliminary drying about the fiber whose official moisture content is 0.0%. A sample with a size of 200 mm × 250 mm (± 2 mm) is cut out from the test piece in a constant weight using a rice-basis plate (200 mm × 250 mm, ± 2 mm). Measure the weight of the sample, multiply it by 20, calculate the weight per square meter, and use it as the basis weight.

(Thickness)
The thickness is automatically measured using an automatic thickness meter (KES-G5 handy compression measurement program) under the conditions of load: 10 gf / cm ² and pressure area: 2 cm ² .

(Measurement condition)
When there is no description about the environmental conditions in the test and measurement, the test and measurement shall be performed in a test room or apparatus in a standard state (test location is temperature 20 ± 5 ° C. and relative humidity 65% or less).

  The above example is an application example to a pants-type disposable diaper, but the method for producing the stretchable structure in the stretchable region described above is a stretchable portion of another absorbent article such as a waist portion of a tape-type disposable diaper or a three-dimensional gather. (The inner layer 21 and the outer layer 22 described above correspond to the first layer and the second layer in the method for manufacturing the stretchable structure of the absorbent article of the present invention).

  NA ... Non-stretchable region, 11 ... Liquid-impermeable sheet, 12 ... Exterior body, 12A ... Side seal part, 12B ... Back side exterior body, 12F ... Ventral side exterior body, 12H ... Second sheet material, 12S ... First Sheet material, 12b ... back side elastic band, 12f ... ventral side elastic band, 12r ... folded portion, 15, 18 ... waist lower elastic elastic member, 16 ... middle elastic elastic member, 17 ... waist edge elastic elastic member, 19 DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS ... Elastic elastic member, 21 ... Inner layer, 22 ... Outer layer, 30 ... Surface sheet, 40 ... Intermediate sheet, 50 ... Absorbing element, 56 ... Absorber, 58 ... Packaging sheet, 60 ... Three-dimensional gather, 62 ... Gather sheet, DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 70 ... Sheet | seat junction part, 71 ... Adhesive, 80 ... 襞, 200 ... Interior body, 300 ... Adhesive application process, 301 ... Elastic member attachment process, 302 ... Elastic member cutting process, 305 ... Interior body attachment process, 306 ... Occasionally Folding step, 307 ... side joining step, 308 ... disconnect process.

Claims (3)

A plurality of elongate elastic elastic members provided along the elastic direction and spaced from each other, and a first layer and a second layer respectively facing one side and the other side of the elastic elastic member And
The first layer and the second layer are bonded by an adhesive applied in a striped pattern that is intermittent in the expansion and contraction direction, and a sheet bonding portion is formed,
The elastic elastic member is fixed to the first layer and the second layer by the adhesive at a position intersecting the sheet joint portion;
As the first elastic layer and the second layer contract as the elastic elastic member contracts, the portions located between the sheet joints in the first layer and the second layer swell in opposite directions to form wrinkles. Being
In a method for producing an elastic structure of an absorbent article,
While transferring the first layer and the second layer in the MD direction, an adhesive is applied to both the outer surface of the first layer and the inner surface of the second layer in the same striped pattern that is intermittent in the MD direction. After each application
A double-sided coating region in which the MD direction position of the adhesive of the first layer and the MD direction position of the adhesive of the second layer are aligned, and the adhesive of the first layer and the adhesive of the second layer overlap; and The first layer and the second layer are bonded so that either one of the first layer adhesive and the second layer adhesive extends to one side of the other CD direction. While sandwiching the elastic elastic member continuously along the MD direction between the first layer and the second layer, the elastic elastic member is fixed to the first layer and the second layer by the adhesive,
The manufacturing method of the expansion-contraction structure of the absorbent article characterized by the above-mentioned. An exterior body constituting the front body and the back body, and an interior body including an absorbent body fixed to the inner surface of the exterior body,
By forming both side portions of the outer body of the front body and both sides of the outer body of the rear body to form a side seal portion, a waist opening and a pair of left and right leg openings are formed,
The exterior body in at least one of the front and rear bodies includes an elongated elastic elastic member along the width direction, an inner layer and an outer layer facing the inner side and the outer side of the elastic elastic member, and the inner layer and the outer layer, respectively. And a sheet joining portion joined by an adhesive applied in a vertical stripe pattern that is intermittent in the width direction, and intersects the sheet joining portion in a state where the elastic elastic member is stretched in the width direction. A stretch region fixed between the inner layer and the outer layer by the adhesive at a portion;
In the expansion / contraction region, the inner layer and the outer layer contract as the elastic expansion / contraction member contracts, so that the portions located between the sheet joint portions in the inner layer and the outer layer swell in opposite directions, respectively. Is formed,
In a method of manufacturing a pants-type disposable diaper,
In the pants-type disposable diaper, a non-stretchable region is formed in a fixed region of the interior body in the exterior body, and the stretchable region is provided between the non-stretchable region and the side seal portions on both sides in the width direction. Provided, and the inner layer and the outer layer are continuous from the stretchable region on one side in the width direction to the stretchable region on the other side through the non-stretchable region,
In forming the stretchable region and the non-stretchable region, while transporting the inner layer and the outer layer in the MD direction, in the portion that becomes the stretchable region, both the outer surface of the inner layer and the inner surface of the outer layer, While applying the adhesive in the same vertically striped pattern that is intermittent in the MD direction, respectively, on the part that becomes the non-stretchable region, either the outer surface of the inner layer and the inner surface of the outer layer, Apply the adhesive in the vertical stripe pattern continuously from the stretch region, and do not apply the adhesive to the other,
Thereafter, the inner layer and the outer layer are bonded together so that the MD direction position of the adhesive of the inner layer and the MD direction position of the adhesive of the outer layer in the region that becomes the stretchable region are matched. Sandwiching the elastic elastic member continuously along the MD direction between the outer layers, fixing the elastic elastic member to the inner layer and the outer layer with the adhesive,
Thereafter, the elastic elastic member is cut finely in the MD direction only at the portion that becomes the non-elastic region.
A method for producing a pants-type disposable diaper characterized by the above. Prior to sandwiching the elastic stretchable member continuously along the MD direction between the inner layer and the outer layer, the elastic stretchable member is in the MD direction range that is both ends in the width direction of the stretchable region of the elastic stretchable member. The manufacturing method of the underpants type disposable diaper of Claim 2 which apply | coats an adhesive agent to the outer peripheral surface of this.

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