JP6099030B2 - Absorbent articles - Google Patents

Description

  The present invention relates to absorbent articles such as sanitary napkins, incontinence pads, and disposable diapers.

  Conventionally, absorbent articles such as disposable diapers have been widely used for spunbond nonwoven fabrics and low-weight nonwoven fabrics (air-through nonwoven fabrics and heat roll nonwoven fabrics) because they have high breaking strength, excellent processing suitability, and are economical. Has been. However, the spunbonded nonwoven fabric has a lack of plumpness and the like due to its production method, and the nonwoven fabric with low basis weight has a lack of plumpness, making it difficult to improve the cushioning properties of the absorbent article.

  For example, in Patent Document 1, fluffs that are peeled off and thinned so as to draw the sheath component of the composite long fiber by hot embossing crimping treatment are formed, and hot embossing crimping parts having the fluffs are dispersedly arranged. Absorbent articles using non-woven fabrics are described. Further, for example, Patent Document 2 describes a non-woven fabric having a raised surface obtained by raising the constituent fibers.

JP 2000-355866 A JP-A 63-126957

However, even if the nonwoven fabric described in Patent Document 1 is used for, for example, a surface sheet of an absorbent article, the fluff that is formed into the nonwoven fabric and thinned by stringing is too thin, and the cushioning property of the absorbent article is improved. It is difficult to improve the touch. Patent Document 2 does not describe any use of a nell-like nonwoven fabric having a raised surface as a constituent material of an absorbent article.
Moreover, although the nonwoven fabric by flocking is known, since the fiber was fixed to the base substrate with the adhesive, there were problems such as stickiness due to the adhesive and skin trouble when touching the skin.

  Therefore, the subject of this invention is providing the absorbent article which the cushioning property of the absorbent article improved and the touch improved.

  The present invention is an absorbent article comprising a top sheet disposed on the skin facing surface side, a back sheet disposed on the non-skin facing surface side, and an absorbent disposed between these sheets, For the topsheet and / or the liquid-permeable sheet disposed between the topsheet and the absorber, a non-woven fabric provided with raised fibers in which some of the constituent fibers have free ends is used. The raised fibers provide an absorbent article in which the number of the raised fibers is 8 / cm or more and the raised height is 0.2 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

  According to the absorbent article of the present invention, the cushioning property is improved and the touch is improved.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing a state in which the sanitary napkin according to the first embodiment of the present invention is expanded. 2 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X1-X1 of FIG. FIG. 3 is a perspective view in which a part of the surface sheet provided in the sanitary napkin shown in FIG. 1 is cut. 4 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X2-X2 of FIG. FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing a fiber sheet constituting a surface sheet provided in the sanitary napkin shown in FIG. 1. FIG. 6 is a perspective view showing fibers in which the free end portion of the fiber sheet shown in FIG. 5 is thick. FIG. 7 is a schematic view showing a preferred apparatus for producing the fiber sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 8 is a schematic view showing a preferred apparatus for producing the fiber sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 9 is a schematic view showing a method of measuring the tip fiber diameter of the fiber sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 10 is a schematic view showing a method for measuring the number of fibers raised in the fiber sheet shown in FIG. FIG. 11 is a schematic view showing a suitable device for producing the topsheet provided in the sanitary napkin shown in FIG. FIG. 12 is a plan view showing a state in which the sanitary napkin according to the second embodiment of the present invention is expanded (corresponding to FIG. 1). 13 is a cross-sectional view taken along line X3-X3 of FIG. 12 (corresponding to FIG. 2). FIG. 14 is a partial cross-sectional view of the topsheet provided in the sanitary napkin shown in FIG. 12 (corresponding to FIG. 4). FIG. 15: is a top view which shows the state which expanded the disposable diaper which is other embodiment of this invention.

  Hereinafter, the absorbent article of this invention is first demonstrated based on the preferable 1st Embodiment, referring FIGS. 1-11.

  The absorbent article of the first embodiment is a sanitary napkin, and the sanitary napkin 1A (hereinafter also referred to as “napkin 1A”) of the first embodiment faces the skin as shown in FIGS. The liquid-permeable surface sheet 2 disposed on the surface (surface directed toward the wearer's skin) side and the non-skin facing surface (surface directed toward the opposite side of the wearer's skin) side It is a substantially vertically long sheet including a hardly liquid-permeable back sheet 3 and a vertically long absorbent body 4 disposed between the sheets 2 and 3. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the napkin 1A is provided with a pair of side sheets 5 and 5 on both side portions 1s and 1s along the longitudinal direction (Y direction), and the width direction (X direction). ) A pair of wing portions 6 and 6 extending outward are provided. As shown in FIG. 1, the napkin 1A is formed symmetrically with respect to a center line CL extending in the longitudinal direction of the napkin 1A. The “Y direction” shown in each figure is a direction parallel to the center line CL, and is also the same direction as the longitudinal direction of the napkin. The “X direction” shown in each figure is a direction orthogonal to the center line CL, and is also the same direction as the width direction of the napkin.

  The napkin 1A will be described in detail. As shown in FIG. 1, the napkin 1A has an absorbent main body 10 including a top sheet 2, a back sheet 3, and an absorbent body 4 disposed between the sheets 2 and 3. ing. As shown in FIG. 1, the absorbent main body 10 of the napkin 1 </ b> A is disposed on the stomach side of the wearer from the center A when the napkin 1 </ b> A is worn, the center A where the wings 6 and 6 are located. When wearing the part B and the napkin 1A, it is divided into a rear part C arranged on the back side of the wearer rather than the central part A. When the napkin 1A is worn, the central portion A of the absorbent main body 10 is usually disposed so as to face the excretion portion (such as the vaginal opening) of the wearer. In other words, the wing part 6 is formed in the excretion facing area (area facing the excretion part of the wearer) of the absorbent main body 10.

  As shown in FIG. 1, each of the top sheet 2 and the back sheet 3 that form the absorbent main body 10 covers the entire surface of the absorbent body 4 on the skin facing surface side and the entire surface of the non-skin facing surface side. It has the extension part extended from the periphery. As shown in FIG. 2, the length of the top sheet 2 in the X direction is shorter than the length of the back sheet 3 in the X direction. As shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, each of the pair of side sheets 5 and 5 is on the skin facing surface side of the top sheet 2 and covers the entire side portion along the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the top sheet 2. It is disposed and fixed, and has an extending portion that extends outward in the X direction from the side portion along the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the topsheet 2. In the napkin 1A, as shown in FIGS. 1 and 2, the X-direction outward extension of the back sheet 3 and the X-direction extension of the side sheet 5 are fixed by adhesion, fusion, or the like. The wing portion 6 is formed to extend outward in the width direction (X direction) in the central portion A more than the front portion B and the rear portion C. Adhesives are respectively applied to the width direction (X direction) center part of the back sheet 3 of the napkin 1A and the non-skin facing surface of the extending part of the back sheet 3 of the wing part 6, so that the napkin 1A is made of shorts or the like. A fixing portion (not shown) for fixing to the undergarment is formed. In addition, each side seat | sheet 5 arrange | positions and fixes the elastic member extended in a longitudinal direction (Y direction) near the edge part of the width direction (X direction) inner side (centerline CL side), and wears it. Sometimes, a three-dimensional gather in which a portion having a predetermined width from the end portion is separated from the topsheet 2 by the contraction force of the elastic member may be formed.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, a non-woven fabric provided with raised fibers 70 in which some of the constituent fibers have free end portions 70 b is used for the topsheet 2 provided in the absorbent article of the present invention. The non-woven fabric consists of raised fibers 70 and non-raised fibers. In the present invention, the raised fibers 70 have a number of raised fibers of 8 / cm or more and a raised height of 0.2 mm to 5 mm. When the number of raised fibers is 8 / cm or more and the raised height is 0.2 mm or more and 5 mm or less, for example, an air-through nonwoven fabric or a heat roll nonwoven fabric having a low weight, it is soft and cushioning when touched. It is because it is preferable at the point from which a good thing is obtained. Moreover, it is because it is preferable to use the raised parts at the same time because the liquid absorption speed is increased and a liquid remaining amount and a low wetback amount are obtained. The measuring method of “number of raised fibers” and “raised height” will be described in detail later.

  As the nonwoven fabric used for the surface sheet 2, one fiber sheet or one formed from a plurality of fiber sheets is used, and in particular, when it is formed from a plurality of fiber sheets, A joined body formed by joining a plurality of fiber sheets at a number of inter-sheet joining portions is used, and the napkin 1A is composed of two fiber sheets 21 and 22, as shown in FIGS. A joined body formed by joining two fiber sheets 21 and 22 at a large number of inter-sheet joining portions 23 is used. 3 and 4, the fiber sheet 21 in the napkin 1 </ b> A is a sheet directed toward the wearer's skin when worn, and faces the skin facing surface 21 d and the non-skin facing surface (facing the fiber sheet 22. The fiber sheet 22 in the napkin 1A is a sheet directed to the side opposite to the wearer's skin when worn, and the skin facing surface (opposing surface facing the fiber sheet 21) 22d. And a non-skin facing surface 22e.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the surface sheet 2 of the napkin 1 </ b> A is formed by bonding the fiber sheet 21 and the fiber sheet 22 at the inter-sheet bonding portion 23. Concave and convex portions are formed. Specifically, as shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the fiber sheet 22 disposed on one non-skin facing surface side of the two fiber sheets 21 and 22 is flat, and the other skin facing surface side. The fiber sheet 21 disposed on the surface regularly includes a large number of concave portions 24 including a large number of inter-sheet bonding portions 23 and a large number of convex portions 25 that are surrounded by the large number of concave portions 24 and protrude toward the skin facing surface side. The uneven shape is made. More specifically, in the napkin 1A, as shown in FIG. 3, the surface sheet 2 has a large number of inter-sheet joint portions 23 regularly arranged in a staggered pattern in plan view. A large number of concave portions 24 each including the inter-sheet joint portions 23 are formed, and a large number of convex portions surrounded by the four concave portions 24 including the non-continuous four inter-sheet joint portions 23 and projecting toward the skin facing surface side. The portions 25 are formed, and the concave portions 24 and the convex portions 25 are alternately arranged along the Y direction and the X direction, respectively. As shown in FIG. 3 and FIG. 4, the inside of each convex portion 25 of the surface sheet 2 is the skin facing surface of the non-skin facing surface 21 e of the fiber sheet 21 on the skin facing surface side and the fiber sheet 22 on the non-skin facing surface side. It is a hollow structure surrounded by 21d.

  As shown in FIG. 3, the convex portion 25 of the top sheet 2 of the napkin 1 </ b> A has a pair of first wall portions 25 a that are located in parallel to the X direction and face each other. Moreover, the convex part 25 has a pair of 2nd wall part 25b located in parallel with a Y direction, and mutually opposing. Furthermore, the convex part 25 has the top | upper surface part 25c which the upper side of each 1st wall part 25a and the upper side of each 2nd wall part 25b continue. Furthermore, the convex part 25 has the bottom face part 25d which is a surface facing the top | upper surface part 25c, as shown in FIG. 3, FIG. The first wall portion 25 a, the second wall portion 25 b, and the top surface portion 25 c are configured from the fiber sheet 21, and the bottom surface portion 25 d is configured from the fiber sheet 22. As shown in FIG. 3, in the napkin 1A, the shape of the convex portion 25 is designed such that the area of the bottom surface portion 25d is larger than the area of the top surface portion 25c from the viewpoint of fluid permeability. From the viewpoint of improvement, the ridge line is formed in a rounded quadrangular pyramid shape.

The area of the bottom surface portion 25d of the raised portion 25 of the topsheet 2, in the napkin 1A, from the viewpoint of effectively form a convex shape, and a 4 mm ² or more 100 mm ² or less, more preferably, 4 mm ² or more 20 mm ² or less It is. Moreover, in the napkin 1A, the height h of the convex part 25 of the surface sheet 2 is preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and more preferably 1 mm or more and 3 mm or less.

  As is apparent from FIG. 3, the convex portion 25 of the top sheet 2 of the napkin 1 </ b> A is not when each convex portion 25 is present independently, but when attention is paid to any one convex portion 25. Are connected to two convex portions 25 located obliquely forward with respect to the X direction (and Y direction) and two convex portions 25 located obliquely rearward. The height of the connecting portion between the convex portions 25 is lower than the height of the top portion of the convex portion 25.

  Note that, as described above, the inter-sheet bonding portion 23 is regularly arranged in a staggered pattern in the napkin 1A as shown in FIG. 3 (only a pattern that surrounds the convex portion 25 at four points between the inter-sheet bonding portions 23). ), But not necessarily regularly. However, from the viewpoint of appearance and the viewpoint of maintaining the shape of the convex portions 25 to be formed, it is preferable that they are arranged in a regular pattern. Other regular arrangement patterns other than the staggered pattern include a pattern in which the inter-sheet joint portion 23 surrounds the convex portion 25 at four points, and a pattern in which the inter-sheet joint portion 23 surrounds the convex portion 25 at six points. A combination, a combination of a pattern that surrounds the convex portion 25 at five points of the inter-sheet joint portion 23, and a pattern that surrounds the convex portion 25 at six points of the inter-sheet joint portion 23 can be given.

  The inter-sheet bonding portion 23 of the top sheet 2 is formed by fixing between fiber sheets by heat fusion such as an adhesive, heat embossing, ultrasonic embossing, high-frequency embossing, and the like. From the viewpoint of shortening the inter-fiber distance in the vicinity of the inter-sheet joining portion 23, increasing the capillary action, and facilitating absorption of body fluids, it is preferable that the inter-sheet joining portion 23 be formed by heat fusion. As shown in FIG. 3, in the napkin 1A, the inter-sheet joining portion 23 has a rectangular shape in plan view. However, the shape is not particularly limited to the shape. Etc.

  Each of the fiber sheet 21 and the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is formed of a single layer or multiple layers, and in the napkin 1A, both are formed of a single layer as shown in FIG. Further, at least one of the two fiber sheets 21 and 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is provided with the raised fibers 70 on the opposing surfaces facing each other. In the napkin 1A, as a more preferable form, FIG. As shown in FIG. 4, napped fibers 70 are arranged on the facing surface 21e of the fiber sheet 21 and the facing surface 22d of the fiber sheet 22, respectively. In particular, in the surface sheet 2 of the napkin 1A, as shown in FIG. 4, the opposing surface of the fiber sheet 21 in the convex portion 25, that is, the inside of the convex portion 25 of the hollow structure of the surface sheet 2 Raised fibers 70 are arranged on each of the facing surface 22 d of the fiber sheet 22 in the facing surface 21 e and the convex portion 25. As a result, the fiber is filled more inside the hollow structure, and the liquid easily moves from the fiber sheet 21e side to the fiber sheet 22d side, and more easily moves to the absorbent body 4 side. The liquid residue in the top sheet 2 is reduced, and the feeling of wetting on the skin is reduced.

As described above, the nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fibers 70 is used for each of the fiber sheet 21 and the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2. Since the fiber sheet 21 and the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 are the same nonwoven fabric in the napkin 1A, the fiber sheet 22 will be described as an example in the following description.
FIG. 5 is a perspective view showing the fiber sheet 22. Examples of the nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fibers 70 include those obtained by raising the nonwoven fabric based on the nonwoven fabric made of short fibers, and the nonwoven fabric obtained by fixing the web made of the long fibers 7 with the fiber heat fusion part 8. The thing which raised the nonwoven fabric, etc. are mentioned. The “short fiber” referred to herein has a fiber length of less than 60 mm (5 mm or more).
In addition, as a nonwoven fabric which fixed the web which consists of a short fiber by the fiber heat-fusion part, the fiber web was formed by the card | curd method, the air through nonwoven fabric which heat-fused the fibers using hot air, a fiber by heat and pressure The heat roll nonwoven fabric by the emboss joining which heat-sealed was intermittently heat-sealed. In the heat roll nonwoven fabric, the fibers are flattened at the joining point due to heat and pressure at the time of joining. For emboss bonding, various types described later are used.
Furthermore, what carried out the embossing joining to the air through nonwoven fabric, and conversely what carried out the air through process to the heat roll nonwoven fabric are mentioned. In particular, those produced only by the air-through method are preferred because they can be obtained with a good touch and bulkiness and little liquid residue on the surface.
In addition, from the viewpoint of high breaking strength, excellent processing suitability, and economic efficiency, the nonwoven fabric is a nonwoven fabric in which a web made of long fibers 7 is fixed by a fiber heat fusion portion 8, and the long fibers 7 constituting the nonwoven fabric are It is preferably a non-woven fabric provided with a raised fiber 70 having a part broken and only one end portion 70a fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 and having a free end portion 70b. From the viewpoint of improving the cushioning property, the nonwoven fabric is provided with fibers 71 in which only one end portion 70a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 and the free end portion 70b on the other end side is thick. More preferably (see FIG. 6). Here, the “long fibers” have a fiber length of 60 mm or more, and so-called continuous long fibers having a fiber length of 150 mm or more are preferable in that a nonwoven fabric having high breaking strength can be obtained.
In addition, as a nonwoven fabric which fixed the web which consists of the long fiber 7 by the fiber heat-fusion part 8, the laminated nonwoven fabric of the spunbond nonwoven fabric, the layer of a spunbond, and the layer of a melt blown, the heat roll nonwoven fabric by a card method, etc. are mentioned. .

  As shown in FIG. 5, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 provided in the napkin 1A is made of a spunbond nonwoven fabric or a laminated nonwoven fabric based on a spunbond nonwoven fabric or a laminated nonwoven fabric of a spunbond layer and a meltblown layer. A part of the long fibers 7 constituting the cut is broken, and only the one end portion 70a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 of the spunbond nonwoven fabric or laminated nonwoven fabric, and the free end portion 70b on the other end side is thickened. Fiber 71 is provided. For the fiber sheets 21 and 22, as shown in FIG. 5, the direction along the fiber orientation direction is determined as the MD direction and the direction perpendicular to the fiber orientation direction is determined as the CD direction as seen in the orientation direction of the constituent fibers.

The fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is inexpensive and has a good feel when touched to the skin, and has a basis weight of 5 g / m ² or more and 100 g / m from the viewpoint of processing suitability. It is preferably ² or less, and more preferably 5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less.

  The fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 preferably has a breaking strength value of 5 N / 50 mm or more, from 8 N / 50 mm or more and 30 N / 50 mm or less, from the viewpoint of prevention of breakage during use and processing suitability. More preferably. In addition, the value of the breaking strength of the original nonwoven fabric is preferably 7 N / 50 mm or more, and more preferably 10 N / 50 mm or more and 50 N / 50 mm or less from the viewpoint of setting the breaking strength of the top sheet 2 to the above value. . According to the raising method to be described later, compared to other raising methods, the value of the breaking strength of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 to be manufactured is less likely to be lower than the value of the breaking strength of the original nonwoven fabric. It is preferable that the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 and the breaking strength of the original nonwoven fabric satisfy the above range in the CD direction. The ratio of the breaking strength of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 and the original nonwoven fabric (breaking strength of the fiber sheet 22 / breaking strength of the original nonwoven fabric) is preferably 0.5 or more and 1.0 or less. More preferably, it is 0.7 or more and 1.0 or less. The breaking strength is measured by the following method.

[Measurement method of breaking strength]
A rectangular measurement piece having a size of 200 mm in the CD direction and 50 mm in the MD direction from the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 or the original non-woven fabric (for example, spunbond non-woven fabric) in an environment of 22 ° C. and 65% RH. Cut out. The cut out rectangular measurement piece is used as a measurement sample. The measurement sample is attached to a chuck of a tensile tester (for example, Tensilon tensile tester “RTA-100” manufactured by Orientec Co., Ltd.) so that the CD direction is the tensile direction. The distance between chucks is 150 mm. The measurement sample is pulled at 300 mm / min, and the maximum load point until the sample breaks is defined as the breaking strength in the CD direction. Further, a rectangular measurement piece having a size of 200 mm in the MD direction and 50 mm in the CD direction is cut out and used as a measurement sample. The measurement sample is attached to a chuck of a tensile tester so that the MD direction is the tensile direction. The breaking strength in the MD direction is obtained by the same procedure as the method for measuring the breaking strength in the CD direction described above.

The fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 used for the napkin 1A in the present embodiment is touched when the surfaces (opposing surfaces 21e, 22d) having the raised fibers 70 having the free end portions 70b are in contact with the skin ( It is also characterized by a good texture.
Conventionally, many characteristic values representing the touch are known, and in particular, the characteristic values in KES manufactured by Kato Tech Co., Ltd. are generally known (reference: texture evaluation standardization and analysis (second edition), author) Issued by Katsuo Kawabata, July 10, 1980). In particular, LC (linearity of compression load-compression strain curve), WC (compression work), and RC (compression resilience) of three characteristic values called compression characteristics are known to show a feeling of plumpness. These compression characteristics to calculate the characteristic value from the deformation amount when (10 gf / cm ² or less 0.5 gf / cm ² or more for high sensitivity measurement) multiplied by 0.5 gf / cm ² or more 50 gf / cm ² or less load Yes. However, a very thin cloth such as a non-woven fabric having a small basis weight (5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less) did not show a large difference, and the correlation with the touch was not large. Furthermore, the load when a human touches an absorbent article feels a very light load of around 1 g / cm ² , and a characteristic value in a range smaller than the conventional load is useful to express the original touch. As a result, a new characteristic value was found from the load between 0.3 gf / cm ² and 1 gf / cm ² and the amount of deformation at that time. This characteristic value is shown as a numerical value that clearly represents the difference in feel between the spunbond nonwoven fabric and the air-through nonwoven fabric, and the nonwoven fabric can be expressed as a new characteristic value that represents the feel of the spunbond nonwoven fabric.

[Compression characteristic value at minute load]
In the present specification, a compression characteristic value at a minute load is defined as a new characteristic value representing the touch under a 22 ° C. and 65% RH environment. The measurement was performed in an environment of 22 ° C. and 65% RH. KES FB3-AUTO-A (trade name) manufactured by Kato Tech Co., Ltd. was used for measurement of data that is a basis for calculating the compression characteristic value at the time of a minute load. Three fiber sheets 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 are cut into 20 cm × 20 cm to prepare measurement samples. Next, one of the measurement samples is placed on the test stand with the raised surface (the surface provided with the raised fibers 70 (opposing surface 22d)) facing up (if not raised or both surfaces are raised) If so, measure both and use the smaller one). Next, compression is performed between steel plates having a circular plane with an area of 2 cm ² . The compression speed is 20 μm / sec, the maximum compression load is 10 gf / cm ² , and the recovery process is also measured at the same speed. At this time, the displacement amount between the steel plates is set to x (mm), the load is set to y (gf / cm ² ), and the position of the point where the load is detected is set to x = 0 and measured in the compression direction. The value of x increases as it is compressed.

The compression characteristic value at the minute load is calculated by extracting the deformation amount of the thickness at the minute load from the measured data (x, y). Specifically, the first load which is not a recovery process, the load between 0.30 gf / cm ² and 1.00 gf / cm ² and the deformation data at that time are extracted, and the relationship between x and y is approximated A straight line is obtained by the least square method, and the slope at that time is defined as the characteristic value (unit (gf / cm ² ) / mm). Three points are measured with one measurement sample. A total of 9 points of 3 samples are measured. The characteristic values at each of the nine locations are calculated, and the average value is set as the compression characteristic value when the nonwoven fabric is subjected to a minute load.

It was found that the compression characteristic value at the time of a minute load has a correlation with the touch, and in particular, when the original nonwoven fabric is the same, there is a strong correlation. The lower the value of the compression characteristic (at the time of a minute load), the easier it is to be crushed with a smaller load, and the better the feeling of feeling the human touch (particularly plumpness). For example, the compression characteristic value of an original nonwoven fabric (for example, a spunbonded nonwoven fabric) having a normal basis weight of 5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less that is not subjected to the processing described later is 20.0 (gf / cm ² ) / Mm or more and 30.0 (gf / cm ² ) / mm or less, whereas the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 obtained by subjecting the original nonwoven fabric (for example, spunbond nonwoven fabric) to the processing described later is The surface tends to be crushed and becomes 18.0 (gf / cm ² ) / mm or less. That is, from the viewpoint of touch, the compression characteristic value of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 obtained by processing the original nonwoven fabric (for example, spunbonded nonwoven fabric) of 5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less is 18 0.0 (gf / cm ² ) / mm or less, preferably 15.0 (gf / cm ² ) / mm or less, and 10.0 (gf) from the viewpoint of a touch close to an air-through nonwoven fabric with a good touch. / Cm ² ) / mm or less is more preferable. Although the lower limit of the compression characteristic value of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 obtained by processing the original nonwoven fabric (for example, spunbonded nonwoven fabric) having a basis weight of 5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less is not particularly limited. From the viewpoint of production, it is about 1.00 (gf / cm ² ) / mm. In conventional processing methods such as raising method, the original nonwoven fabric (especially spunbonded nonwoven fabric) having a low basis weight of 5 g / m ² or more and 25 g / m ² or less has such characteristics without significantly reducing the breaking strength. It was difficult to perform processing so as to have a value.

  The long fibers 7 constituting the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 (original constituent fibers of the nonwoven fabric) mainly include a thermoplastic resin, and examples of the thermoplastic resin include polyolefin resins, polyester resins, polyamide resins, Examples include acrylonitrile resin, vinyl resin, and vinylidene resin. Examples of the polyolefin resin include polyethylene, polypropylene, and polybuden. Examples of the polyester resin include polyethylene terephthalate and polybutylene terephthalate. Nylon etc. are mentioned as a polyamide-type resin. Examples of the vinyl resin include polyvinyl chloride. Examples of the vinylidene resin include polyvinylidene chloride. One of these various resins can be used alone or in admixture of two or more, and modified products of these various resins can also be used. A composite fiber can also be used as the long fiber constituting the nonwoven fabric 1. Side-by-side fibers, core-sheath fibers, core-sheath fibers having eccentric crimps, split fibers, and the like can be used as the composite fibers. When using a composite fiber, it is preferable to use a core-sheath fiber whose core is made of polypropylene and whose sheath is made of polyethylene in that a soft brushed nonwoven fabric can be obtained. The long fiber 7 may be a fiber provided with a small amount of additives such as a fiber colorant, an antistatic property agent, a lubricant, and a hydrophilic agent. The fiber diameter of the long fibers 7 is preferably 5 μm or more and 30 μm or less, and more preferably 10 μm or more and 20 μm or less before processing described later.

It is preferable that the original nonwoven fabric which forms the fiber sheet 22 which comprises the surface sheet 2 is formed from the polypropylene resin which is polyolefin resin from a spinnable viewpoint. The polypropylene resin is smooth, and from the viewpoint of improving the touch when it comes into contact with the skin, and from the viewpoint of easy breakage, at least 5% by mass of any one of random copolymer, homopolymer and block copolymer is 100 It is preferable that the resin contains not more than 25% by mass, more preferably not less than 25% by mass and not more than 80% by mass. Further, these copolymers and homopolymers may be mixed, or other resins may be mixed. However, it is difficult to break the yarn during molding, and mixing of polypropylene homopolymer and random copolymer is preferable. This reduces the crystallinity of the fiber and softens the raised fiber itself, improving the touch when it comes into contact with the skin and making it compatible with the nonwoven fabric breaking strength, and the raised fiber is cut at a fusion part such as embossed Therefore, peeling at the fiber heat fusion part 8 such as an embossing fusion point is eliminated, the raised fibers are shortened, hairballs are hardly formed, and a good appearance is obtained. In addition, since the melting point distribution is widened, the sealing property is improved.
Further, a copolymer copolymerized with ethylene or α-olefin as a random copolymer based on a propylene component is preferred, and an ethylene-propylene copolymer resin is particularly preferred. From the same viewpoint, the polypropylene resin is preferably a resin containing 5% by mass or more of an ethylene propylene copolymer resin, and more preferably a resin containing 25% by mass or more. The ethylene / propylene copolymer resin preferably contains an ethylene concentration of 1% by mass or more and 20% by mass or less, and particularly has no stickiness, is easy to stretch when stretched, has little fluff loss, and maintains the breaking strength. It is more preferable that the ethylene concentration is 3% or more and 8% or less. Moreover, as a polypropylene resin, it is preferable that it is resin containing 50 mass% or more of recycled polypropylene resins from an environmental viewpoint, and it is still more preferable that it is resin containing 70 mass% or more. The same applies to the case where the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is formed based on a laminated nonwoven fabric of a spunbond layer and a meltblown layer.

The fiber heat-sealed portion 8 by embossing preferably has an area of each fiber heat-fused portion 8 of 0.05 mm ² or more and 10 mm ² or less from the viewpoint of touch and processing suitability, 0.1 mm ² or more and 1 mm. More preferably, it is ² or less. The number of fiber heat-bonded portions 8 is preferably 10 pieces / cm ² or more and 250 pieces / cm ² or less, and more preferably 35 pieces / cm ² or more and 65 pieces / cm ² or less. The distance between the centers of the fiber heat-bonding portions 8 adjacent to each other in the CD direction is preferably 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less, more preferably 1 mm or more and 3 mm or less, and fiber heat fusion adjacent in the MD direction. The distance between the centers of the wearing parts 8 is preferably 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and more preferably 1 mm or more and 3 mm or less.

  The fiber heat-bonding portion 8 is intermittently formed by thermocompression bonding using embossing (such as an embossed convex roll and a flat roll), ultrasonic fusion, or intermittently applying hot air and partially fusing. Etc. Among these, the thermocompression bonding is preferable in that the fiber is easily broken. The shape of the fiber heat fusion part 8 is not particularly limited, and may be any shape such as a circle, a rhombus, and a triangle. The ratio of the total area of the fiber heat-sealed portion 8 occupying the surface area of one surface of the fiber sheets 21 and 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is preferably 5% or more and 30% or less, and is 10% or more and 20% or less. It is more preferable in that it is difficult to produce a pill.

  The fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 of the napkin 1A is formed based on, for example, a spunbonded nonwoven fabric made of long fibers 7, and a part of the fiber 7 is broken, and only one end portion 70a is fiber heat-melted. A fiber 70 fixed by the landing portion 8 is formed, and the fiber 70 includes a fiber 71 having a thick free end portion 70b (see FIG. 5). It is preferable that the tip is thick, and that the cross section at the tip is flat (ellipse or crushed shape). Thereby, the raised fiber of a soft tip is obtained and the nonwoven fabric with little irritation | stimulation to skin is obtained. As shown in FIG. 5, the fiber 70 in which only one end portion 70a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 has a thick fiber 71 and a free end portion 70b whose free end portion 70b on the other end side is thick. It consists of fibers 72 that are not. Here, the “free end portion” means “the other end portion” of the fiber 70 in which only one end portion 70 a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8, in other words, “the end portion”. . Whether or not the free end portion 70b is thick is determined by measuring the fiber diameter according to the following measurement method and calculating the increasing rate of the tip fiber diameter.

[Measurement method of fiber diameter]
First, under the environment of 22 ° C. and 65% RH, as shown in FIG. 9A, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 to be measured is 2 cm in the CD direction and 2 cm in the MD direction with a sharp razor. A measurement sample obtained by cutting out a measurement piece having a size and folding it at a fold line Z extending in the CD direction passing through the plurality of fiber heat-bonding portions 8 as shown in FIG. As shown in FIG. 3A, the sample is placed on an aluminum sample stage for a scanning electron microscope (SEM) on which a carbon tape is placed and fixed. Next, from the SEM image magnified approximately 750 times, ten fibers 70 having only one end portion 70a fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 are selected at random, and a photograph near the tip of the free end portion of these fibers. Take a picture. From the obtained photograph (see FIG. 6), the fiber diameter of the fiber 70 at a position 120 μm away from the tip of the free end portion 70b (the diameter 71a of the fiber 70 at a portion excluding the free end portion 70b) is measured. The inclination at the time of measurement of the diameter 71a of the fiber 70 in a portion excluding the free end portion 70b is translated as it is to the free end portion 70b side, and is sandwiched between the tip of the free end portion 70b and a position 20 μm away from the tip. The fiber diameter of the fiber 71 (the diameter 71b of the fiber 71 at the free end 70b) at the thickest position in the region is measured. When the tip is flat, the tip may not appear thick depending on the observation angle, but even in that case, the obtained photograph is measured as it is.

The fiber 71 having a thick free end portion 70b means that the fiber 70 at the free end portion 70b measured from each of the ten fibers 70 in the randomly selected ten fibers 70. From the diameter 71b and the diameter 71a of the fiber 70 at a portion excluding the free end portion 70b, the fiber satisfies the requirement that the value of the increase rate of the tip fiber diameter obtained by the following formula (1) is 15% or more. This means that the fiber cutting between the fiber heat-bonding parts 8 (excluding the boundary between the fiber heat-bonding part 8 and the fiber, the fiber form part) is suppressed, and the decrease in breaking strength is suppressed, From the point of obtaining a good touch, it is preferably 20% or more, more preferably 25% or more.
Increase rate of tip fiber diameter (%) = [(21b-21a) ÷ 21a) × 100] (1)

In the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2, only the one end portion 70 a is fixed by the fiber heat-sealing portion 8 from the viewpoint of achieving both the touch when touching the skin and the breaking strength and improving the cushioning property. The ratio of the fibers 71 whose free end portions 70b are thick in the fibers 70 (the fibers 71 whose free end portions 70b are thick and the fibers 72 whose free end portions 70b are not thick) is 20% or more. Is preferable, more preferably 30% or more, and particularly preferably 40% or more. The ratio of the fiber 71 whose free end portion 70b is thick is the ratio of the increase in the tip fiber diameter from the SEM image obtained by enlarging the randomly selected ten fibers 70 by about 750 times in the fiber diameter measurement method described above. Each is calculated, and the ratio of the fibers 71 whose free end portion 70b is thick is calculated.
Further, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 includes fibers cut at the peripheral portion of the fiber heat fusion part 8. Thirty fiber heat fusion portions 8 of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 are randomly selected and observed with an electron microscope, and the peripheral portion of the fiber heat fusion portion 8 (fiber heat fusion portion 8 and fibers) (The range within 100 μm from the boundary to the outside or the inside) of the fibers being cut (the shape in which the fibers in the embossed portion are crushed and the portion of the fiber shape that is not crushed is discontinuous) When the number of (parts) is counted, a nonwoven fabric with high breaking strength is obtained. If there are a large number of traces of this fiber cut, only the surface is raised, and all 30 fiber heat fusion parts It is preferable that it is the nonwoven fabric cut | disconnected by 3 or more places in total, Furthermore, it is preferable that it is the nonwoven fabric cut | disconnected 5 to 15 places or less.

As shown in FIG. 5, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 has loop-shaped fibers 73 that stand in a loop shape between the fiber heat-sealing portions 8 and 8. The standing “loop-like fiber 73” means that when the fiber diameter measurement method described above is observed as shown in FIG. 9C, the other end portion does not have the free end portion 70b and the folded line It means a fiber standing up from Z by 0.5 mm or more. In this specification, the loop-shaped fiber 73 refers to the standing loop-shaped fiber. The fiber constituting the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is composed of the fiber 71 whose free end portion 70b is thick and the fiber 72 whose free end portion 70b is not thick. Only one end portion 70a is fiber heat-sealed. A fiber 70 fixed by the portion 8, and a fiber 70 having a loop-like fiber 73 standing in a loop shape between the fiber heat fusion portions 8 and 8 in addition to the fiber 70, and a fiber that is not raised have. The raised fibers 70 have at least a part of the raised fibers 70 having the same fiber diameter as that of the constituent fibers that are not raised. Here, “at least a part of the raised fibers 70 has the same fiber diameter as the constituent fibers that are not raised” means that the raised fibers are somewhere between the fused portion of the raised fibers and the free end. It means having the same fiber diameter as the constituent fibers that are not.
The same fiber diameter referred to here includes variations in the original fiber diameter, and those having an average fiber diameter of less than ± 15% of the average fiber diameter of the non-raised component fibers are regarded as the same fiber diameter. The average fiber diameter of the constituent fibers is randomly selected from 10 fibers that are not brushed, and measured in the same manner based on the above-mentioned [Fiber Diameter Measurement Method] to obtain an average value.

  The fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 is a fiber that constitutes the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 from the viewpoint of reducing discomfort and improving the touch without being caught on the skin when contacting the skin. Among them, the ratio of the loop-like fibers 73 in the total number of the fibers 70 and the loop-like fibers 73 in which only the one end portion 70a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion part 8 is preferably less than 50%, and 45% More preferably, it is more preferably 40% or less. The ratio of the loop-shaped fibers 73 is determined by selecting 10 fibers randomly from the SEM image enlarged approximately 50 times in the above-described fiber diameter measurement method, and only one end portion 70a from the 10 fibers randomly selected. Are extracted by a fiber 70 (fiber 71 having a thick free end 70b, fiber 72 having a thick free end 70b) and a loop-shaped fiber 73, which are fixed by the fiber heat fusion part 8; The ratio of the fibers 73 (looped fibers) in the total number of the fibers 71, the fibers 72, and the fibers 73 is calculated and obtained. In addition, a measured value calculates | requires a ratio similarly from 9 SEM images of another site | part, and calculates it by those 10-point average. In addition, when one loop-shaped fiber 73 is contained in ten fibers selected at random, the loop-shaped fiber 73 is counted as one.

  In the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2, the gap between the fibers is filled by including the fibers having a relatively high degree of freedom, the surface roughness becomes small and smooth, and the skin is in contact with the skin. From the viewpoint of improving the touch, the fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) is preferably as wide as possible. However, from the viewpoint of the touch, if it is 0.33 or more, a sufficiently satisfactory effect is obtained. If it is 35 or more, a more satisfactory effect can be obtained. The fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) is not particularly limited, but is preferably 100 or less. More preferably, the fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) is preferably 0.35 or more and 0.9 or less. The fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) here means the fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) of all the fibers constituting the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2, and only one end portion 70a is heated by the fiber. The fibers 70 fixed by the attachment portion 8, the loop-like fibers 73, and both ends thereof are fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8, and the fibers that are not raised in the loop shape (the influence of the processing process described later). Not fiber) the overall distribution. The fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) is measured by the following method.

Fiber diameter measurement method [Fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) measurement method]
First, in a 22 ° C. and 65% RH environment, a measurement piece having a size of 2 cm in the CD direction and 2 cm in the MD direction was cut out from the fiber sheet 222 constituting the surface sheet 2 to be measured, and carbon. The sample is placed on an aluminum sample stage for a scanning electron microscope (SEM) on which the tape is placed without being bent and fixed. Next, 10 fibers are randomly extracted from the SEM image magnified approximately 750 times, and each fiber diameter is measured at a portion excluding the free end portion 70b (the fiber sheet constituting the surface sheet 2 to be measured) 22 is formed on the basis of a laminated non-woven fabric of a spunbond layer and a meltblown layer, the meltblown layer fibers are not selected, and only the spunbond layer fibers are selected. Ten fiber diameters are measured on one aluminum sample stage as described above, the average value d _ave is determined from the measured _ten fiber diameters d ₁ to d 10, and the obtained ten fiber diameters are obtained. From the d _{1 to} d ₁₀ and the average value d _ave , the fiber diameter distribution of 10 randomly selected fibers is obtained by the following equation (2). The measurement unit is μm, and measurement is performed with a resolution of 0.1 μm. Distribution of fiber diameters of 10 fibers, fiber sheet 22 constituting one surface sheet 2, the above-mentioned aluminum sample stage was prepared at 6 locations, and the fiber diameter distribution of 10 fibers obtained at each location. (Refer to the following formula (3)) is the fiber diameter distribution in the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2. In addition, the VARPA function in spreadsheet software excel2003 of Microsoft Corporation is used for calculation of the fiber diameter distribution of 10 fibers.
Fiber diameter distribution of 10 fibers = [(d ₁ −d _ave ) ² + (d ₂ −d _ave ) ² +... (D ₁₀ −d _ave ) ² )] / 10 (2)
Fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) in the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 = (sum of fiber diameter distributions of 10 fibers obtained by the above formula (2)) / 6 (3)

  The fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 has eight raised fibers in the present invention, as described above, from the viewpoint of improving cushioning properties and improving the touch when in contact with the skin. / Cm or more, but more preferably 12 / cm or more. Further, from the viewpoint of obtaining sufficient breaking strength, the upper limit is preferably 100 / cm or less, more preferably 40 / cm or less from the viewpoint that the appearance is not fuzzy. The raised fiber is measured by the following measuring method. In the present application, the “nonwoven fabric provided with raised fibers” refers to a nonwoven fabric in which the number of raised fibers is 5 / cm or more in the following measurement method.

[Method of measuring the number of raised fibers]
FIG. 10 is a schematic diagram showing a method of measuring the number of fibers raised in the fibers constituting the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 in an environment of 22 ° C. and 65% RH. First, a measurement piece of 20 cm × 20 cm is cut out from the nonwoven fabric to be measured with a sharp razor, and as shown in FIG. 10A, the measurement sample 104 is formed by mountain folding on the raised surface of the measurement piece. Next, this measurement sample 104 is placed on an A4 size black mount, and as shown in FIG. 10 (b), an A4 size black mount in which holes 107 of 1 cm in length and 1 cm in width are further formed. Put on. At this time, as shown in FIG. 10B, the fold 105 of the measurement sample 104 is arranged so that it can be seen from the hole 107 of the upper black mount. For both mounts, “Kenran (black) continuous weight 265 g” of Fuji Kyowa Paper Co., Ltd. was used. Thereafter, a weight of 50 g is placed on each side of the upper mount hole 107 at a position spaced 5 cm outward along the fold line 105 so that the measurement sample 104 is completely folded. Next, as shown in FIG. 10C, the inside of the hole 107 of the mount is observed at a magnification of 30 times using a microscope (VHX-900 manufactured by KEYENCE Corporation). Measure the number of fibers per 1 cm above the imaginary line 108 formed at the position translated by 2 mm above. Nine measurements are taken, and the average value (rounded to the second decimal place) is taken as the number of raised fibers.

  Further, when counting the number of raised fibers, for example, there is a fiber that crosses the virtual line 108 that is 0.2 mm above the fold 105 twice, such as a fiber 106a shown in FIG. The fiber counts as two. Specifically, in the example shown in FIG. 10C, there are four fibers that cross the virtual line 108 once and one fiber 106a that crosses the virtual line 108 twice, but there are 2 fibers 106a that cross the virtual line 108 twice. Counted as a book, the number of raised fibers is six.

  The fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 is a part where the average fiber diameter of the raised fibers (fibers crossing the imaginary line 108) is not raised on the same surface from the viewpoint of improving the touch when contacting the skin. It is preferable that it is smaller than the average fiber diameter of the surface fibers (fibers that do not cross the virtual line 108 and do not reach the virtual line 108). The average fiber diameter refers to a fiber diameter obtained by measuring the fiber diameters of 12 raised fibers and 12 non-raised fibers with a microscope (such as an optical microscope or SEM). The fiber diameter of the raised fiber is preferably 97% or less and 40% or more of the non-raised fiber, and more preferably 90% or less and 40% or more, because it is excellent in the touch.

  Further, as described above, the fiber sheets 21 and 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 have the number of raised fibers of 8 / cm or more and the height of the raised fibers is 5 mm or less. Thereby, cushioning property improves and the absorbent article which the touch improved is obtained. From the viewpoint of being less prone to fluffing and difficult to remove, it is more preferable that the height of the raised fiber is 4.0 mm or less. On the other hand, if it is 0.2 mm or more, a good touch can be obtained. Furthermore, the raised height is preferably 0.5 mm or more in that the amount of wetback in the absorption characteristics of body fluid is reduced. When the raised surface is used on the side that comes into contact with the skin, the raised height is preferably 2.0 mm or less in that it is difficult to cling to the skin and the touch is preferable. Moreover, it is good at the point that the thing of the improvement of cushioning property and a quick absorption speed of a bodily fluid is obtained that the fiber which has fluffed is 15 pieces / cm or more. The upper limit of the number of raised fibers is preferably 100 / cm or less, more preferably 80 / cm or less from the viewpoint of obtaining a product having sufficient breaking strength. Here, unlike the fiber length, the fiber height means the fiber height in a natural state without pulling the fiber during measurement. When the value of the length of the raised fiber is large or the rigidity of the fiber is high, the height of the raised fiber tends to increase. The height of the raised fiber is measured by the following measurement method.

[Measurement method of raised fiber height]
The height of the raised fibers is measured simultaneously when the number of raised fibers is measured. Specifically, as shown in FIG. 10 (c), the inside of the mount hole 107 is observed, and a line is drawn in parallel from the crease 105 to the point where the raised fibers do not intersect every 0.05 mm. Next, compared to the number of raised fibers measured as described above (determined from the imaginary line 108 above 0.2 mm), select a parallel line that halves the fibers that intersect the parallel line, and from there The distance to the crease is the raised height. Three sheets are measured for the nonwoven fabric for measuring the above operation, and an average of nine places in three places and three pieces per piece is taken as the height of the raised fiber.

  In addition to the height of the raised fiber and the raised fiber, the bulk softness of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is 8.0 cN or less, which is flexible when contacting the skin. A thing is obtained and it is preferable at the point which is excellent in the touch. Furthermore, it is preferable that it is 0.5 cN or more and 3.0 cN or less from the point which becomes a supple thing like a baby's or infant's vestibule. Bulk softness is measured by the following measurement method.

[Measurement method of bulk softness]
The bulk softness of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 is obtained by cutting the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 150 mm in the MD direction and 30 mm in the CD direction, using a stapler to form a ring shape having a diameter of 45 mm. Stop at the top and bottom. At this time, the stapler core is elongated in the MD direction. Using a tensile tester (for example, Tensilon tensile tester “RTA-100” manufactured by Orientec Co., Ltd.), the ring is placed in a cylindrical shape on the sample stage, and the compression speed is 10 mm on a flat plate substantially parallel to the stage from above. Measure the maximum load when compressing at a speed of / min. Next, a ring is produced by changing the MD direction and the CD direction, and the bulk softness in the MD direction is similarly measured. Two rings each in the MD direction and the CD direction are prepared and measured, and the average value of the CD direction and the MD direction is defined as the bulk degree of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2.

If the softening agent is kneaded or applied to the original nonwoven fabric forming the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2, the effect of improving the touch when touching the skin is more effective. As the softening agent, for example, a wax emulsion, a reactive softening agent, a silicone compound, a surfactant and the like can be used. In particular, amino group-containing silicones, oxyalkylene group-containing silicones, and surfactants are preferably used. As surfactants, carboxylate anionic surfactants, sulfonate anionic surfactants, sulfate ester anionic surfactants, phosphate ester anionic surfactants (especially alkyl phosphates). Acid ester salts) and the like; polyhydric alcohol monofatty acid esters such as sorbitan fatty acid ester, diethylene glycol monostearate, diethylene glycol monooleate, glyceryl monostearate, glyceryl monooleate, propylene glycol monostearate, oleic acid Fatty acid amides such as amide, stearic acid amide, erucic acid amide, N- (3-oleyloxy-2-hydroxypropyl) diethanolamine, polyoxyethylene hydrogenated castor oil, polyoxyethylene sorbit beeswax, polyoxy Tylene sorbitan sesquistearate, polyoxyethylene monooleate, polyoxyethylene sorbitan sesquistearate, polyoxyethylene glyceryl monooleate, polyoxyethylene monostearate, polyoxyethylene monolaurate, polyoxyethylene monooleate, poly Nonionic surfactants such as oxyethylene cetyl ether and polyoxyethylene lauryl ether; cationic surfactants such as quaternary ammonium salts, amine salts or amines; secondary or secondary containing carboxy, sulfonate, sulfate Zwitterionic surfactants, such as aliphatic derivatives of tertiary amines, or aliphatic secondary or tertiary amines can be used. Moreover, a well-known chemical | medical agent can be added to a softening agent as a secondary additive (small component) as needed.
By including the softening agent, the touch is good, the fluff is less, the skin friction on the surface is low, and the breaking strength is high.
The softener is preferably used in combination with the random copolymer described in paragraph [0033] from the viewpoint of further increasing its effect, and the softening agent can reduce the feeling of stickiness due to the random copolymer in the raised fiber. In particular, it is particularly preferable in that a smooth skin can be obtained.

  Further, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is formed based on a laminated nonwoven fabric of a spunbond layer and a meltblown layer described later, and the spunbond layer of the laminated nonwoven fabric is composed of a plurality of layers, for example, When using a spunbond-meltblown-spunbond laminated nonwoven fabric, a spunbond-spunbond-meltblown-spunbond laminated nonwoven fabric, etc., it is preferable to knead the softener only in one spunbond layer. It may be kneaded into a spunbond layer. When a softening agent is kneaded into a single layer of spunbond, the following processing is applied to the layer side to provide fibers with a thick free end, so that the skin feels when touching the skin. It is preferable because it has good breaking strength. As described above, the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2 is formed from a laminated non-woven fabric of a spunbond layer and a meltblown layer in terms of the feel when contacting the skin and the amount of wetback. The spunbond nonwoven fabric is preferably formed on the basis of a simple substance.

Next, the manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 21 and the fiber sheet 22 which comprise the surface sheet 2 used for 1 A of napkins is demonstrated. Since the manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 21 and the manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 22 are the same, the manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 22 will be particularly described as an example.
A suitable method for producing the fiber sheet 22 constituting the top sheet 2 used for the napkin 1A will be described with reference to FIGS. Manufacturing apparatuses that are preferably used in the manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 222 constituting the top sheet 2 are roughly classified into a pre-processing unit 200 and a raised processing unit 300 disposed on the downstream side of the pre-processing unit 200. This pre-processing is also referred to as partial stretching processing.

  As shown in FIG. 7, the pre-processing unit 200 includes a steel matching embossing roller 230 including a pair of rolls 210 and 220 each having a convex portion 211 and a concave portion 221 that mesh with each other. As shown in FIG. 7, in the steel matching embossing roller 230, a plurality of convex portions 211 provided on the peripheral surface of the roll 210 and a plurality of concave portions 221 provided on the peripheral surface of the roll 220 are engaged with each other. The plurality of convex portions 211 are uniformly and regularly arranged in the rotation axis direction and the circumferential direction of the roll 210. The pair of rolls 210 and 220 are engaged with each other and rotated when a driving force from a driving means (not shown) is transmitted to one of the rotating shafts. Moreover, the pre-processing part 200 is provided with the conveyance rolls 250 and 260 which convey raw material sheet | seat 22 '' to the upstream and downstream of the steel matching embossing roller 230, for example, as shown in FIG.

Each convex portion 211 of the roll 210 has a height from the peripheral surface of the roll 210 to the apex of the convex portion 211 of preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and more preferably 2 mm or more and 7 mm or less. The distance (pitch) between the convex portions 211 adjacent in the rotation axis direction is preferably 0.01 mm or more and 20 mm or less, more preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and the distance between the convex portions 211 adjacent in the circumferential direction. The distance (pitch) is preferably 0.01 mm or more and 20 mm or less, and more preferably 1 mm or more and 10 mm or less. There is no particular limitation on the shape of the top surface of each convex section 211 of the roll 210, for example, circular, polygonal, elliptical or the like is used, the area of the top surface of each convex section 211, 0.01 mm ² or more 500 mm ² Or less, more preferably 0.1 mm ² or more and 10 mm ² or less. Each concave portion 221 of the roll 220 is disposed at a position corresponding to each convex portion 211 of the roll 210. The depth of engagement between the convex portions 211 of the roll 210 and the concave portions 221 of the roll 220 (the length of the portion where the convex portions 211 and the concave portions 221 overlap) is 0.1 mm or more and 10 mm or less. Is preferably 1 mm or more and 5 mm or less.

  As illustrated in FIG. 8, the raised processing unit 300 includes a convex roll 310 having a convex portion 311 provided on the peripheral surface, and a conveying roll that conveys the raw material sheet 22 ″ to the upstream side and the downstream side of the convex roll 310. 320 and 330 are provided. The convex roll 310 rotates when a driving force from a driving means (not shown) is transmitted to its rotating shaft.

Each convex portion 311 of the convex roll 310 has a height from the peripheral surface of the convex roll 310 to the apex of the convex portion 311 of preferably 0.001 mm or more and 3 mm or less, and 0.001 mm or more and 0.1 mm or less. More preferably. The distance (pitch) between the protrusions 311 adjacent in the rotation axis direction is preferably 0.1 mm or more and 50 mm or less, more preferably 0.1 mm or more and 3 mm or less, and the protrusions 311 adjacent in the circumferential direction. The distance (pitch) between them is preferably from 0.1 mm to 50 mm, and more preferably from 0.1 mm to 3 mm. There is no restriction | limiting in particular in the shape of the top surface of each convex part 311 of the convex roll 310, For example, circular, a polygon, an ellipse etc. are used, The area of the top surface of each convex part 311 is 0.001 mm < ² > or more and 20 mm preferably ² or less, still more preferably 0.01 mm ² or more 1 mm ² or less.

  In the manufacturing apparatus including the pre-processing unit 200 and the raised processing unit 300 having such a configuration, first, for example, a strip-shaped non-woven fabric (raw material sheet 22 ″), which is a raw material of the fiber sheet 22 constituting the surface sheet 2, The material sheet 22 ″ is unwound from a roll (not shown) and conveyed between the pair of rolls 210 and 220 of the steel matching embossing roller 230 by the conveyance rolls 250 and 260. In the pre-processing part 200, as shown in FIG. 7, the raw material sheet 22 '' is pinched between a pair of rolls 210 and 220, and the raw material sheet 22 '' is damaged. The pair of rolls 210 and 220 of the steel matching embossing roller 230 do not actively heat or constitute the raw material sheet 22 ″ from the viewpoint of not causing heat fusion between the constituent fibers of the nonwoven fabric when giving damage. The steel match embossing is preferably performed at a temperature equal to or lower than the melting point of the component having the lowest melting point among the components of the fibers to be processed, particularly at a temperature lower by 70 ° C. or more than the melting point.

  Next, the damaged raw material sheet 22 ′ is conveyed by the conveying rolls 320 and 330 to the convex roll 310 provided with the convex portion 311 on the peripheral surface. In the raised processing part 300, the surface of the damaged raw material sheet 22 ′ is processed by the convex roll 310, and a part of the fibers 7 constituting the spunbond nonwoven fabric is broken, and only one end part 70a is a nonwoven fiber. The fiber sheet 22 which comprises the surface sheet 2 which has the fiber 70 currently fixed by the heat-fusion part 8 is formed (refer FIG. 5). From the viewpoint of breaking a part of the fiber 7 and efficiently forming the fiber 70 shown in FIG. 5, it is preferable to rotate the rotation direction of the convex roll 310 in the direction opposite to the conveying direction of the raw material sheet 22 ′. It is preferable to rotate the convex roll 310 at a speed not less than 0.3 times and not more than 10 times the conveying speed of the raw material sheet 22 ′. Moreover, when rotating in the circumferential direction (forward direction with respect to the conveyance direction), it is preferable to rotate the convex roll 310 at a speed of 1.5 to 20 times. Here, the speed of the convex roll 310 means the peripheral speed on the peripheral surface of the convex roll 310.

  From the viewpoint of breaking a part of the fiber 7 more efficiently and forming the fiber 70 shown in FIG. 5 more efficiently, the position of the transport roll 330 is set higher than the convex roll 310 as shown in FIG. The given raw material sheet 22 ′ is preferably in contact with the contact surface of the convex roll 310 at a holding angle α of 10 ° or more and 180 ° or less, and at a holding angle α of 30 ° or more and 120 ° or less. It is more preferable because the width reduction due to neck-in of the nonwoven fabric is suppressed.

  In addition, when forming the fiber 70 in which only one end portion 70 a is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion 8 on both surfaces of the fiber sheets 21 and 22 constituting the surface sheet 2, a raw material sheet processed by the convex roll 310. A surface (back surface) different from the surface of 22 ′ is obtained by further processing with another convex roll 310.

As a reason why the above-described fiber 70 is formed, the present inventor stretches the nonwoven fabric (raw material sheet 22 ″) by the steel matching embossing roller 230 and forms the fiber heat fusion portion 8 of the nonwoven fabric (raw material sheet 22 ″). A weakening point is formed, and then the short fiber 7 is broken from the weakening point of the very surface of the nonwoven fabric of the fiber heat fusion part 8 by the convex roll 310, and a fiber cut from the fiber heat fusion part 8 is formed. I guess. The inventor presumes that the fiber cut from the fiber heat fusion part 8 is a fiber 71 having a thick free end part 70b. In addition, the inventor uses the convex roll 310 to peel the long fibers 7 from the weakening point of the fiber heat fusion portion 8, and the fibers peeled from the fiber heat fusion portion 8 are separated from the fiber heat fusion portion 8. It is presumed that a loop-like fiber 73 that rises in a loop shape between the eight is formed. Moreover, when this inventor processes the surface with the convex roll 310, the long fiber 7 is fractured | ruptured between fiber heat-bonding parts 8 and 8, and the fiber 72 with which the free end part 70b is not thick is formed. I guess it will be. The nonwoven fabric manufactured by the suitable manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 22 which comprises the surface sheet 2 mentioned above is a ratio of the loop-shaped fiber 73 and the fiber 72 which is not thick compared with the nonwoven fabric manufactured by the conventional raising method. The feature is that there are few. When many non-thick fibers 72 are present as in a nonwoven fabric produced by a conventional raising method, the fibers are broken between the fiber heat fusion portions 8 such as between the embossed portions and the fiber heat fusion. So-called breaks (fissures, holes) are formed between the portions 8. As a result, the base fibers that are not raised can be raised without damaging them, and a high breaking strength can be obtained. On the other hand, if you try to raise the hair without a weakening point, the fiber will not be raised if you do not rub the fiber surface with a stronger force. Therefore, the whole nonwoven fabric is easily broken and the breaking strength is not easily maintained. On the other hand, since the nonwoven fabric manufactured by the suitable manufacturing method of the fiber sheet 22 which comprises the surface sheet 2 mentioned above has few ratios of the fiber 72 which is not thick, it can hold | maintain breaking strength. Moreover, when raising in the state where the weakening point is not formed, fiber peeling from the fiber heat fusion part occurs, and the number of raised fibers tends to decrease and the raising height tends to increase. For this reason, problems such as being prone to fluff tend to occur.

Further, the steel matching embossing roller 230 stretches the fiber between the fiber heat fusion part 8 and the fiber heat fusion part 8 of the nonwoven fabric (raw material sheet 22 ″), and the fiber heat fusion part 8 and the fiber. A weakening point is likely to be formed at the boundary. The weakening point is adjusted by the amount of meshing between the pair of upper and lower rolls 210 and 220 of the steel matching embossing roller 230. The nonwoven fabric is partially stretched by meshing with the uneven pattern structure of the pair of upper and lower rolls. The weakening point is likely to be formed such that the fiber length between the fiber heat fusion part and the fiber heat fusion part is short with respect to the stretching direction. By forming this weakening point, a fragile part is formed, and the fiber is easily cut from the weakening point at the time of raising by the raised portion 300, so that a short raised fiber is obtained, and the touch when touching the skin It is preferable in that a brushed nonwoven fabric is obtained that is excellent in appearance, has no noticeable fluff, is less likely to become pills, and has high breaking strength. At the same time, the fibers are thinned by stretching the fiber between the fiber heat fusion part 8 and the fiber heat fusion part 8, and the fiber heat fusion part 8 is also softened to obtain a non-woven fabric having a good touch. In particular, the steel matching embossing roller 230 causes the fibers to be stretched thinly and elongated, thereby increasing the distance between the fibers and improving the air permeability. In addition to this, since the bulk density of the fibers on the surface raised by performing the raising treatment by the raising processing unit 300 is lowered, the non-woven fabric raised even with the same basis weight improves the air permeability. As described above, by combining fiber drawing and raising treatment, the air permeability is 1.2 times or more and 2.0 times or less, more preferably 1.3 times or more and 1.8 times or less compared to the original nonwoven fabric. To improve. The air permeability is obtained as the reciprocal of the airflow resistance measured by AUTOMATIC AIR-PERMEABILITY TESTER KES-F8-AP1 manufactured by Kato Tech. The air permeability of the obtained nonwoven fabric is preferably 24 m / (kPa · s) or more.
As the spunbond nonwoven fabric of the raw material sheet 22 ″, the nonwoven fabric composed of only the spunbond layer that does not include the meltblown layer (for example, spunbond-spunbond-spunbond) is touch and air permeability. Both are preferable from the viewpoint of obtaining a good nonwoven fabric.

As described above, the surface sheet 2 included in the napkin 1A is formed from the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 and the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 22 which are manufactured by processing using the apparatus having the pre-processing portion 200 and the raised processing portion 300. A preferred manufacturing method for manufacturing will be described with reference to FIG.
As shown in FIG. 11, first, a belt-like member of the fiber sheet 22 is supplied. The belt-like member of the fiber sheet 22 in this state has not yet been three-dimensionally shaped. Separately from the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 22, the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 is formed so that the surface of the fiber sheet 21 having the raised fibers 70 and the surface of the fiber sheet 22 having the raised fibers 70 face each other. A strip member is supplied. The belt-shaped member of the supplied fiber sheet 21 has a convex shape 411 and a concave portion on the circumferential surface, and has a concave and convex shape with the concave and convex shapes of the first roll 410 and the first roll 410. In addition, the belt-shaped member of the fiber sheet 21 is continuously unevenly shaped by being engaged with a meshing portion with the second roll 420 having a concavo-convex shape including a convex portion 421 and a concave portion on the peripheral surface. As shown in FIG. 11, the first roll 410 rotates in one direction that is the direction of the arrow in the figure. The second roll 420 rotates in the opposite direction to the first roll 410 at substantially the same speed. Details of the rolls 410 and 420 having such a structure are described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2004-174234 and Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open No. 2005-111908 related to the earlier application of the present applicant.

  The arrangement pattern of the convex portions in a state in which the peripheral surface of the first roll 410 is extended to a flat surface matches the arrangement pattern of the inter-sheet bonding portions 23 in the topsheet 2 shown in FIG. In other words, the convex portions 411 of the first roll 410 are arranged so as to correspond to the arrangement pattern of the inter-sheet bonding portion 23.

  The belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 is conveyed in a state where tension is applied in the longitudinal direction, inserted into the meshing portion of the first and second rolls 410 and 420, and pushed between the meshed rolls 410 and 420. It is. In pushing, it is preferable to assist pushing by sucking the first roll 410 from its peripheral surface toward the center. Details of providing such suction means on the first roll 410 are described in Japanese Patent Application Laid-Open Nos. 2004-174234 and 2005-111908 described above. By the pressing, the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 is provided with an uneven shape corresponding to the shape of the first roll 410.

  By the above process, the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 in which the uneven three-dimensional shape is formed is obtained. The band-shaped member of the three-dimensionally shaped fiber sheet 21 is conveyed while being held on the peripheral surface of the first roll 410. By such conveyance, the three-dimensionally shaped state of the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 is successfully maintained. For this purpose, it is advantageous to suck the first roll 410 from its peripheral surface towards the center.

  In a state where the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 21 is kept in close contact with the peripheral surface of the first roll 410, as shown in FIG. 11, the belt-like member of the fiber sheet 22 that has been separately conveyed, as shown in FIG. And then stack. And the thing which laminated | stacked the strip | belt-shaped member of the fiber sheet 21 and the strip | belt-shaped member of the fiber sheet 22 is heat-pressed and joined between the 1st roll 410 and the smooth roll 430 facing this, and it joins between sheets. Part 23 is formed. By forming the inter-sheet bonding portions 23 in this way, a large number of concave portions 24 each including a large number of inter-sheet bonding portions 23, and a large number of convex portions 25 surrounded by the large number of concave portions 24 and projecting to the skin facing surface side, The surface sheet 2 in which the irregular shapes are regularly arranged is continuously manufactured. In each convex part 25 of the surface sheet 2 manufactured in this way, it is raised on the opposing surface of the fiber sheet 21, that is, the opposing surface 21e of the fiber sheet 21 constituting the inside of the convex part 25 of the hollow structure of the surface sheet 2. The fibers 70 are arranged, and the raised fibers 70 are arranged on the facing surface 22d of the fiber sheet 22.

  The napkin 1A is manufactured in the same manner as a conventional so-called longitudinal flow type sanitary napkin by using a continuous body of the unevenly shaped topsheet 2 formed in this way, in a later step. Can do. More specifically, a plurality of absorbent bodies 4, 4... In the conveying direction (Y direction) between the continuum of the irregularly shaped topsheet 2, the continuum of the backsheet 3, and the continuum of both sheets. The continuous body of the side sheet 5 is arranged along the both sides of the conveyance direction (Y direction) of the continuous body of the absorbent main body 10 in the continuous body of the absorbent main body 10 provided with The napkin 1A can be continuously manufactured by processing. Regarding the manufacturing method of the napkin 1A, the points that are not particularly described can be manufactured in the same manner as the conventional manufacturing method of the sanitary napkin of the longitudinal flow method.

A material for forming the napkin 1A of the present embodiment will be described.
As the back surface sheet 3 and the absorbent body 4 constituting the absorbent main body 10, as long as they are usually used for absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, they can be used without particular limitation. For example, a liquid-impermeable or water-repellent resin film or a laminate of a resin film and a non-woven fabric can be used as the back sheet 3, and an aggregate of fibers such as pulp fibers (non-woven fabric) can be used as the absorber 4. Or a core wrap sheet made of water-permeable thin paper or non-woven fabric and the like can be used. The side sheet 5 can be used without particular limitation as long as it is normally used for absorbent articles such as disposable diapers. For example, as the side sheet 5, the same thing as the back sheet 3 can be used.

  For fixing the top sheet 2, the back sheet 3, the absorbent body 4 and the side sheet 5, usually, adhesive means used for absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, fusion means such as heat embossing, ultrasonic embossing, high frequency embossing, etc. Is used.

The effect at the time of using the sanitary napkin 1A of 1st Embodiment of this invention mentioned above is demonstrated.
As shown in FIGS. 3 to 5, the napkin 1 </ b> A includes the raised fibers 70 in which the surface sheet 2 included in the napkin 1 </ b> A has a number of fibers to be raised of 8 / cm or more and a raising height is 5 mm or less. Since it is formed from a non-woven fabric, the cushioning properties are improved and the touch is improved. In the topsheet 2 of the napkin 1A, as shown in FIG. 5, the raised fiber 70 includes the fiber 71 having a thick free end 70b, so that the liquid tip remains flat and the liquid remains at the fiber tip. It is difficult to drain and has excellent liquidity.
Further, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the surface sheet 2 included in the napkin 1 </ b> A is formed by joining two fiber sheets 21 and 22 at a large number of inter-sheet joining portions 23. Since each of the fiber sheets 21 and 22 includes the raised fibers 70 on the opposed surfaces 21e and 22d facing each other, the cushioning property is further improved and the touch is improved.
In particular, as shown in FIGS. 3 to 4, the surface sheet 2 provided in the napkin 1 </ b> A has an irregular shape in which a large number of concave portions 24 and a large number of convex portions 25 are regularly arranged. Since the raised fibers 70 are arranged on the facing surfaces 21e and 22d in the portion 25, each convex portion 25 is not easily crushed, the cushioning property is further improved, and the touch is improved.

  Next, the absorbent article of this invention is demonstrated based on the preferable 2nd Embodiment, referring FIGS. 12-14.

  The absorbent article of the second embodiment is a sanitary napkin, and the sanitary napkin 1B (hereinafter also referred to as “napkin 1B”) of the second embodiment is different from the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment. The point will be described. Points that are not particularly described are the same as those of the napkin 1A, and the description of the napkin 1A is appropriately applied.

As shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the napkin 1 </ b> B is a sanitary napkin having a pair of wing parts 6 and 6, as in the case of the napkin 1 </ b> A. A permeable second sheet 9 is arranged. The second sheet 9 is generally provided in order to improve the liquid permeability from the top sheet 2 to the absorber 4 or to reduce liquid return from the absorber 4 to the top sheet 2. .
As shown in FIG. 12, the second sheet 9 provided in the napkin 1 </ b> A is a rectangular sheet that is long in the Y direction, and is arranged so as to cover the entire skin-facing surface of the absorbent body 4.

As shown in FIG. 14, the nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fiber 70 is used for each of the surface sheet 2 and the second sheet 9 provided in the napkin 1B. Since the top sheet 2 and the second sheet 9 are the same non-woven fabric in the napkin 1B, in the following description, the top sheet 2 will be described as an example.
FIG. 14 is a cross-sectional view showing the top sheet 2, and is a view corresponding to FIG. 4 showing the top sheet 2 provided in the napkin 1A.
The surface sheet 2 provided in the napkin 1B is formed by joining a flat fiber sheet 22 and a fiber sheet 21 regularly formed with irregularities at an inter-sheet joining portion 23. The fiber sheet 21 to be formed is not a single layer but a multilayer. Specifically, the fiber sheet 21 constituting the surface sheet 2 is formed of an upper layer 21U on the skin facing surface side and a lower layer 21D on the non-skin facing surface side, and the non-skin facing surface (fiber sheet 22) of the lower layer 21D. The raised fiber 70 is arranged on the facing surface 21e. Therefore, in each convex part 25 of the surface sheet 2 with which the napkin 1B is provided, the non-skin facing of the lower layer 21D which comprises the opposing surface of the fiber sheet 21, ie, the opposing surface inside the convex part 25 of the hollow structure of the surface sheet 2, is provided. The raised fibers 70 are arranged on the surface 21e, and the raised fibers 70 are arranged on the facing surface 22d of the fiber sheet 22.

  A material for forming the napkin 1B of the second embodiment will be described. The napkin 1B of the second embodiment is the same as the material for forming the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment.

The effect at the time of using the napkin 1B of 2nd Embodiment of this invention mentioned above is demonstrated.
About the effect of the napkin 1B of 2nd Embodiment, a different point from the effect of the sanitary napkin 1A of 1st Embodiment is demonstrated. The points that are not particularly described are the same as the effects of the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment, and the description of the effects of the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment is appropriately applied.

As shown in FIG. 14, the napkin 1 </ b> B includes a surface sheet 2 formed by joining a flat fiber sheet 22 and a multilayer fiber sheet 21 regularly formed with irregularities at an inter-sheet joining portion 23. Since it is provided, the cushioning properties are further improved and the touch is improved.
In particular, as shown in FIGS. 12 and 13, the napkin 1 </ b> B is a second formed by joining a flat fiber sheet 22 and a regularly unevenly shaped fiber sheet 21 at an inter-sheet joint 23. Since the sheet 9 is further provided between the top sheet 2 and the absorbent body 4, the cushioning property is particularly improved and the touch is particularly improved.

  The absorbent article of the present invention is not limited to the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of the second embodiment, and can be appropriately changed. Moreover, each component in the sanitary napkin 1A of the above-mentioned 1st Embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of 2nd Embodiment can be implemented suitably combining in the range which does not impair the meaning of this invention.

  For example, the surface sheet 2 included in the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of the second embodiment includes two fibers constituting the surface sheet 2, as shown in FIGS. The raised fibers 70 are disposed on the sheets 21 and 22, respectively, but the raised fibers 70 may be disposed on any one of the fiber sheets. Moreover, the surface sheet 2 included in the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of the second embodiment includes two fibers constituting the surface sheet 2, as shown in FIGS. Although the raised fibers 70 are disposed on the facing surfaces 21e and 22d of the sheets 21 and 22, it is only necessary that the raised fibers 70 are disposed on the facing surfaces of either one of the fiber sheets. It is preferable that the raised fibers 70 are arranged on both opposing surfaces in that the liquid hardly remains on the top sheet when absorbing body fluid. Moreover, the surface sheet 2 included in the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of the second embodiment includes two fibers constituting the surface sheet 2, as shown in FIGS. The raised fibers 70 are disposed only on the facing surfaces 21e and 22d of the sheets 21 and 22, respectively, but the raised fibers 70 may also be disposed on the skin facing surface (non-facing surface) 21d of the fiber sheet 21. Thereby, the touch when contacting with skin improves. More preferably, the raised fiber 70 is arranged on the opposing surface of any one of the opposing surfaces 21e and 22d of the fiber sheets 21 and 22 in that the absorption rate of the body fluid is increased, and the fiber sheet 22 The raised fibers 70 may be disposed on the non-skin facing surface (non-facing surface) 22e.

  Further, the sanitary napkin 1A of the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B of the second embodiment are formed by joining two fiber sheets 21 and 22, as shown in FIGS. The topsheet 2 is shaped into a concavo-convex shape having a large number of concave portions 24 and a large number of convex portions 25, but may not be shaped into a concavo-convex shape. That is, the surface sheet 2 may be formed by joining two fiber sheets 21 and 22 at a large number of inter-sheet joining portions 23. When the raised fibers are arranged on the mutually opposing surfaces of the fiber sheet 21 and / or the other fiber sheet 22, a minute space filled with the raised fibers is formed between the joined portions. Since the distance from the absorbent body to the surface material is increased as compared with those not brushed, it is preferable in that a surface material with a small amount of wetback can be obtained. Furthermore, the raised fibers 70 are preferably disposed also on the non-skin facing surface (non-facing surface) 22e of the fiber sheet 22 in order to accelerate the transfer of body fluid from the surface material to the absorbent body and reduce the wetback amount. .

  The sanitary napkin 1A according to the first embodiment and the sanitary napkin 1B according to the second embodiment include a pair of wing portions 6 and 6, as shown in FIGS. 6, 6 may not be provided. Moreover, when providing a pair of wing parts 6 and 6, you may distribute the raising fiber 70 also on the skin opposing surface of the side sheet 5 which forms the wing part 6. FIG.

  Moreover, as for the sanitary napkin 1B of the above-mentioned 2nd Embodiment, although the nonwoven fabric provided with the raising fiber 70 is used for each of the surface sheet 2 and the second sheet 9, as shown in FIG. The second sheet 9 only needs to be made of a nonwoven fabric provided with raised fibers 70.

Although the sanitary napkin 1A and the sanitary napkin 1B are shown as embodiments, the surface sheet 2 and / or the surface sheet are used as a form of a flat surface sheet that is not a convex structure because the liquid absorption speed is increased. The raised fibers 70 may be disposed on the non-skin facing surface of the liquid-permeable sheet (second sheet 9) disposed between the absorbent body 2 and the absorbent body 4. Further, the liquid-permeable sheet (second sheet 9) disposed between the top sheet 2 and the absorbent body 4 has a concavo-convex structure, and either one or both of the skin facing surface and the non-skin facing surface The raised fiber may be disposed on the surface.
Further, the raised fibers may be present only on the convex portions of the surface sheet, but it is preferable that the raised fibers exist in both the concave portions and the convex portions. In this case, when the surface on which the raised fibers are arranged is the skin-opposing surface, the raised fibers are present on the convex portion viewed from the surface, thereby forming a sparse structure on the surface and reducing the amount of wetback. It is preferable in that the liquid hardly remains in the recess and has excellent water conductivity. Moreover, when the surface where the raising | fluff fiber is arranged is a non-skin opposing surface, it is preferable at the point which a liquid does not remain inside the convex part seen from the surface along the raising | fluff fiber. This surface sheet can be obtained by performing the uneven shape forming after the raising process. Furthermore, it is preferable to perform the pre-processing before the raising process.

  The absorbent article of the present invention may be an unfolded disposable diaper other than a sanitary napkin, a pants-type disposable diaper, a liner, or the like. When the absorbent article of the present invention is a disposable diaper, the disposable diaper may be a disposable diaper for infants or adults. FIG. 15 shows an unfolded disposable diaper 1C (hereinafter also referred to as “diaper 1C”), which is another embodiment of the absorbent article of the present invention. As shown in FIG. 15, the diaper 1 </ b> C includes a liquid permeable top sheet 2 disposed on the skin facing surface side, a liquid poorly permeable back sheet 3 disposed on the non-skin facing surface side, and these sheets 2. , 3 and a vertically long absorbent body 4. In the diaper 1 </ b> C, the left and right side edges of the front part B and the right and left side edges of the rear part C extend outward in the lateral direction (X direction) from the left and right side edges of the center part C. The left and right side edges of the central portion C are curved in an arc shape inward in the lateral direction (X direction), and the central portion in the longitudinal direction (Y direction) is constricted inward as a whole. Yes. The top sheet 2 and the back sheet 3 respectively extend outward from the left and right side edges and the front and rear end edges of the absorber 4. The surface sheet 2 has a lateral dimension (X direction) smaller than the lateral dimension (X direction) of the back sheet 3. Each of the top sheet 2 and the back sheet 3 is joined to each other at an extending portion extending outward from the peripheral edge of the absorber 4, and sandwiches and fixes the absorber 4. The diaper 1 </ b> C is a so-called unfolded diaper, and a pair of fastening tapes 11, 11 are provided on the left and right side edges of the front part B, and the fastening tape 11 is provided on the outer surface (non-skin facing surface) of the rear part C. , 11 is provided with a landing tape 12. As shown in FIG. 15, side sheets 5 each having an elastic member 13 fixed in a stretched state in the Y direction are provided on the side portions of the top sheet 2 on both side portions along the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the diaper 1 </ b> C. It is arranged and fixed, and a pair of solid gathers are formed by this. In addition, as shown in FIG. 15, a plurality of leg elastic members 14 for forming leg gathers are arranged in an extended state in the Y direction on both side portions along the longitudinal direction (Y direction) of the diaper 1 </ b> C. Leg gathers are formed by the contraction of the leg elastic members 14. In such a diaper 1C, even if the nonwoven fabric provided with the raising fiber 70 in which a part of the constituent fiber has the free end part 70b as shown in FIGS. 3-5 is used for the surface sheet 2. FIG. The nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fiber 70 may be used for the liquid-permeable sheet | seat (not shown) distribute | arranged between the surface sheet 2 and the absorber 4. FIG. The following absorbent articles are disclosed regarding the embodiment described above.

<1> An absorbent article comprising a top sheet disposed on the skin facing surface side, a back sheet disposed on the non-skin facing surface side, and an absorbent disposed between these sheets,
For the topsheet and / or the liquid-permeable sheet disposed between the topsheet and the absorber, a non-woven fabric provided with raised fibers in which some of the constituent fibers have free ends is used. And
The raised fiber is an absorbent article in which the number of the raised fibers is 8 / cm or more and the raised height is 0.2 mm or more and 5 mm or less.
<2> The absorptive fiber according to <1>, wherein the number of the raised fibers is 12 / cm to 100 / cm and the raised height is 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm. Goods.
<3> The non-woven fabric is formed of two fiber sheets, and the two fiber sheets are formed by bonding at a large number of inter-sheet bonding portions,
At least one of the two fiber sheets is provided with the raised fibers on opposing surfaces facing each other,
Each of the two fiber sheets is an absorbent article according to the above <1> or <2>, which is formed of a single layer or multiple layers.
<4> One fiber sheet of the two fiber sheets is flat, and the other fiber sheet is surrounded by a large number of concave portions each including a large number of the inter-sheet bonding portions and a large number of the concave portions, and facing the skin. Concave and convex shaping is regularly arranged with a large number of convex parts projecting to the surface side,
The absorbent article according to <3>, wherein the raised fibers are arranged on opposing surfaces of one of the fiber sheets and / or the other fiber sheet of the convex portion.
<5> The absorption according to <4>, wherein the convex portion has a hollow structure surrounded by the non-skin facing surface of the fiber sheet on the skin facing surface side and the skin facing surface of the fiber sheet on the non-skin facing surface side. Sex goods.
<6> The convex portion has a top surface portion where the upper side of each first wall portion and the upper side of each second wall portion are continuous, and a bottom surface portion which is a surface facing the top surface portion. From the area of the top surface The absorbent article according to <4> or <5>, wherein the bottom portion has a larger area, and the ridgeline is rounded.
<7> The absorbent article according to any one of <3> to <6>, wherein the inter-sheet joint is formed by heat sealing.
<8> The non-woven fabric is a non-woven fabric in which a web made of long fibers is fixed by a fiber heat fusion part, and the area of the fiber heat fusion part is 0.05 mm ² or more and 10 mm ² or less. The absorbent article according to any one of <3> to <7>, wherein the number of fused parts is 10 pieces / cm ² or more and 250 pieces / cm ² or less.
<9> The distance between the centers of the fiber heat fusion parts adjacent in the CD direction is 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less, and the distance between the centers of the fiber heat fusion parts adjacent in the MD direction is Absorbent article as described in said <8> which is 0.5 mm or more and 10 mm or less.
<10> The fiber sheet further has a loop-shaped fiber, and among the fibers constituting the fiber sheet, a fiber in which only one end is fixed by a fiber heat-sealed portion and the loop-shaped fiber The absorbent article according to any one of <3> to <9>, wherein a ratio of the loop-like fibers in the total number of <3> to <9> is less than 50%.

<11> The <3> to <10> according to any one of the above <3> to <10>, wherein the raised fibers are arranged on each of opposing surfaces of the one fibrous sheet and the other fibrous sheet in the convex portion. Absorbent article.
<12> The absorbent article according to any one of <3> to <11>, wherein a fiber diameter distribution (dispersion degree) of the fibers constituting the fiber sheet is 0.35 or more and 0.9 or less.
<13> The non-woven fabric is a non-woven fabric in which a web composed of long fibers is fixed by a fiber heat-sealing portion,
The raised fiber includes a fiber in which a part of the long fiber is broken, only one end is fixed by the fiber heat fusion part, and the free end on the other end side is thick. The absorbent article according to any one of <1> to <12>.
<14> The absorbent article according to any one of <1> to <12>, wherein the constituent fibers include short fibers, and the short fibers are fused to each other.
<15> The non-woven fabric is a non-woven fabric in which a web made of short fibers is fixed by a fiber heat fusion part,
The raised fiber includes a fiber in which a part of the fiber is broken, only one end is fixed by the fiber heat fusion part, and the free end on the other end side is thick. The absorbent article according to any one of 1> to <12>.
<16> The absorbent article according to <14> or <15>, wherein the nonwoven fabric is an air-through nonwoven fabric in which fibers are heat-sealed using hot air.
<17> The absorbent article according to any one of <1> to <16>, wherein the nonwoven fabric is used for a surface sheet.
<18> Any one of the items <1> to <17>, wherein the liquid permeable sheet is provided between the top sheet and the absorber, and the liquid permeable sheet is a nonwoven fabric having the raised fibers. 2. The absorbent article according to 1.
<19> The absorbent article according to any one of <1> to <18>, wherein the absorbent article is a sanitary napkin.
<20> The absorbent article according to any one of <1> to <19>, wherein the absorbent article is a baby diaper.

[Example 1]
2 layers of spunbond nonwoven fabric made of polypropylene homopolymer resin, 20 g / m ² per unit area, 19 μm fiber diameter, 9% area ratio of thermocompression bonding part (heat-bonded part by embossing), hydrophilized with oil Spunbond nonwoven fabric (SS nonwoven fabric) was used. Using this nonwoven fabric, partial stretching and raising were performed. A steel matching embossing roller 230 was used as a partial stretching process. Each protrusion 211 in this roll had a height of 2.8 mm, and the depth D of engagement between each protrusion 211 of the roll 210 and each recess of the roll 220 was 2.7 mm. The distance of the projections 211 adjacent in the axial direction (the pitch P ₂₎ is 7 mm, the distance of the projections 211 adjacent in the circumferential direction (pitch P ₁₎ was 7 mm. The temperature of the steel match embossing roll was 26 ° C., the circumferential speed V2 of the steel match embossing roll was 20 m / min, and the transport speed V1 of the nonwoven fabric was 26 m / min. Next, the height of each convex portion 311 of the convex roll 310 used for raising is 0.6 mm, the distance (pitch) between the convex portions adjacent in the rotation axis direction is 1.4 mm, and the circumferential direction The distance (pitch) between the convex portions adjacent to each other was 2.1 mm. The conveyance speed V3 of the nonwoven fabric was 20 m / min, and the convex roll 310 was rotated at a circumferential speed V4 that was four times the reverse direction to the conveyance direction of the nonwoven fabric. The hugging angle was 80 degrees. Only the upper surface side of the nonwoven fabric was raised. Further, the ratio of the pitch of the thermocompression bonding portion of the nonwoven fabric to the pitch of the convex portion of the uneven roll (pitch of the thermocompression bonding portion of the nonwoven fabric / pitch of the convex portion) is 0.31 in the MD direction (roll circumferential direction), CD direction. (Roll rotation axis direction) was 0.29. Fibers with a thick free end were not found in the non-woven fabric before the partial stretching process, and the free ends of the raised fibers of the non-woven fabric after the napping were thick. The sanitary napkin is made by removing the surface sheet from the product of “Laurier (registered trademark) smooth cushion with wing” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and using the obtained non-woven fabric instead, with the surface having the raised fibers in contact with the absorbent body Was made.

[Example 2]
An air-through non-woven fabric by a card method using a short fiber treated with a hydrophilic oil agent having a fiber length of 51 mm having a core made of polypropylene resin and a sheath made of polyethylene resin was used. The upper layer fibers corresponding to the skin were 3.4 dtex fibers, and the lower layer fibers were 2.2 dtex fibers. Basis weight layer is 10 g / m ^2, the lower layer was used as a 15 g / m ^2, total 25 g / m ^2. Using this nonwoven fabric, partial stretching and raising were performed in the same manner as in Example 1. Only the upper surface side of the nonwoven fabric was raised. Disposable diapers by removing the surface sheet from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation and using the obtained non-woven fabric instead, so that the side having the raised fibers is in contact with the skin side Was made.

[Example 3]
In Example 2, after the partial stretching process, the convex roll 31 was rotated at a circumferential speed V4 of 1 times in the reverse direction of the convex roll used for raising the nonwoven fabric. Others were the same as in Example 2. Disposable diapers by removing the surface sheet from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation and using the obtained non-woven fabric instead, so that the side having the raised fibers is in contact with the skin side Was made.

[Example 4]
In Example 2, after the partial stretching process, the convex roll 31 was rotated at a peripheral speed V4 of 8 times in the opposite direction to the conveying direction of the nonwoven fabric. Others were the same as in Example 2. Disposable diapers by removing the surface sheet from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation and using the obtained non-woven fabric instead, so that the side having the raised fibers is in contact with the skin side Was made.

[Example 5]
The surface sheet is removed from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and the nonwoven fabric obtained in Example 1 is used instead, and the surface having the raised fibers is disposed in contact with the absorbent. A diaper was made.

[Example 6]
In the same manner as in Example 5, the surface sheet was removed from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and the non-woven fabric obtained in Example 1 was used instead, and the surface having the raised fibers was skinned. A disposable diaper was prepared so as to be in contact with the side.

[Example 7]
An uneven shape was formed using the raised spunbond nonwoven fabric obtained in Example 1 and the spunbond nonwoven fabric before processing. The first roll having convex and concave portions on the peripheral surface and the concave and convex shape of the first roll and the concave and convex shape of the first roll are meshed with each other, and the concave and convex shape composed of the convex and concave portions is formed. Unspun spunbond nonwoven fabric before processing is continuously shaped by engaging it with the second roll on the peripheral surface, and unevenness is formed by heating and pressing with the raised spunbond nonwoven fabric. A shaped surface sheet was produced. At this time, the unprocessed unspun spunbond nonwoven fabric was used on the surface side that touched the skin, and was bonded to the spunbond nonwoven fabric that had been brushed so that the raised surface was inside the bonded surface. The surface sheet is removed from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's Pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and the resulting non-woven fabric is used instead. A diaper was made.

[Comparative Example 1]
2 layers of spunbond nonwoven fabric made of polypropylene homopolymer resin, 20 g / m ² per unit area, 19 μm fiber diameter, 9% area ratio of thermocompression bonding part (heat-bonded part by embossing), hydrophilized with oil The spunbond nonwoven fabric (SS nonwoven fabric) was used as the nonwoven fabric of Comparative Example 1. In the same manner as in Example 1, the surface sheet was removed from the product of “Laurier (registered trademark) smooth cushion with wings” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and a sanitary napkin was produced using the nonwoven fabric obtained in Comparative Example 1 instead. did.

[Comparative Example 2]
As in Example 2, an air-through nonwoven fabric having a basis weight of 25 g / m ² was used. The original non-woven fabric before processing was used as the non-woven fabric of Comparative Example 2. In the same manner as in Example 2, the surface sheet was removed from the product of “Merry's (registered trademark) Mary's Pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and a disposable diaper was produced using the nonwoven fabric obtained in Comparative Example 2 instead.

[Comparative Example 3]
As in Example 2, using an air-through nonwoven fabric with a basis weight of 25 g / m ² , partial stretching is not particularly performed, and the convex roll used for raising is at a peripheral speed V4 of 100 times in the opposite direction to the conveyance direction of the nonwoven fabric. The convex roll 31 was rotated. Disposable diapers by removing the surface sheet from the product of “Mary's (registered trademark) Mary's pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation and using the obtained non-woven fabric instead, so that the side having the raised fibers is in contact with the skin side Was made.

[Comparative Example 4]
As in Example 5, it has two layers of a spunbond nonwoven fabric made of polypropylene homopolymer resin, a basis weight of 20 g / m ² , a fiber diameter of 19 μm, an area ratio of a thermocompression bonding part (heat fusion part by embossing), an oil agent The spunbonded nonwoven fabric (SS nonwoven fabric) that had been subjected to a hydrophilization treatment was used as the nonwoven fabric of Comparative Example 4. In the same manner as in Example 5, the surface sheet was removed from the product of “Merry's (registered trademark) Mary's Pants” manufactured by Kao Corporation, and a disposable diaper was produced using the nonwoven fabric obtained in Comparative Example 4 instead.

[Evaluation of brushed constituent fibers]
About the nonwoven fabric used for the sanitary napkin of Examples 1-7 and Comparative Examples 1-4, or the surface sheet of a disposable diaper, the number of the raised constituent fiber was measured with the measuring method of the number of the raised constituent fiber mentioned above. Tables 1 to 3 show B when the number of raised constituent fibers is 8 or more, A when the number is 10 or more, and D when it is less than 8.

[Evaluation of breaking strength]
About the nonwoven fabric used for the sanitary napkin of Examples 1-7 and Comparative Examples 1-4 or the surface sheet of a disposable diaper, the measurement sample of 200 mm in CD direction and 50 mm in MD direction was taken out by the measuring method of breaking strength mentioned above. Then, the tensile tester (manufactured by Shimadzu Corporation) with a chuck spacing of 150 mm was pulled at a tensile speed of 300 mm / min, and the strength in the CD direction was measured. The average value of the four sheets was taken as the strength in the CD direction. Next, for each untreated nonwoven fabric (Example 1 and Comparative Example 1 (untreated nonwoven fabric of the topsheet used in Example 1), Examples 2 to 4 and Comparative Example 3 and Comparative Example 2 ( Untreated nonwoven fabric of surface sheet used in Examples 2 to 4 and Comparative Example 3), Examples 5 to 7 and Comparative Example 4 (untreated nonwoven fabric of surface sheet used in Examples 5 to 7)), CD Tables 1 to 3 show B when the strength ratio in the direction is 50% or more, and D when the ratio is less than 50%.

[Measurement method of remaining liquid amount]
The measurement environment was 22 ° C. and 65% RH environment. With respect to the sanitary napkin of Example 1 and Comparative Example 1, an acrylic plate having a cylindrical transmission hole was placed on the top sheet of the sanitary napkin with the top sheet of the napkin facing upward. In addition, a constant load of 100 Pa was applied to the napkin. Under such a load, 3.0 g of defibrinated horse blood was poured from the permeation hole of the acrylic plate. Sixty seconds after pouring 3.0 g of defibrillated horse blood, the acrylic plate was removed, and then the weight (W2) of the nonwoven fabric was measured. And the difference (W2-W1) with the weight (W1) of the nonwoven fabric before pouring defibrillated horse blood measured beforehand was calculated. The above operation was performed 3 times, and the average value of 3 times was defined as the remaining liquid amount (mg). The liquid remaining amount is an index of how much the wearer's skin gets wet. The smaller the liquid remaining amount, the better the water conductivity.

[Evaluation measurement method of wetback amount]
The measurement environment was 22 ° C. and 65% RH environment. With respect to the disposable diapers of Examples 2 to 7 and Comparative Examples 2 to 4, the diaper was spread in a flat shape, and the top sheet was fixed on a horizontal surface with the top sheet facing upward, on the top sheet at the center of the absorber. 40 g of artificial urine was absorbed and allowed to stand for 10 minutes, and further 40 g of artificial urine was absorbed. This operation was repeated to inject a total of 160 g of artificial urine. Next, 20 sheets of 4A filter paper made by Toyo Roshi Kaisha, Ltd. were overlaid on the artificial urine absorption site, and a load was further applied for 10 minutes to absorb the artificial urine to the filter paper. The load was such that 6 kg was applied to an area of 30 cm × 15 cm. After 10 minutes, the load was removed, and the weight of the filter paper that absorbed artificial urine was measured. The weight of the filter paper before absorption was subtracted from this weight, and the wet back amount of each sample was obtained from the value. The number of samples was 3 points each, and the average value was obtained as the wetback amount. The smaller the amount of wetback, the less liquid remains on the nonwoven fabric surface and the better the water conductivity.

Performance evaluation as a surface sheet [Evaluation of water conductivity]
Table 1 to Table 3 show the results obtained in Examples 1 to 7 and Comparative Examples 1 to 3, with the evaluation of the remaining liquid amount or the wet back amount described above as the evaluation of water conductivity.

  As is clear from the results shown in Table 1, the liquid remaining amount of the sanitary napkin of Example 1 was smaller than that of Comparative Example 1 sanitary napkin. Moreover, as is clear from the results shown in Tables 2 and 3, the wetback amount of the disposable diapers of Examples 2 to 4 was greatly reduced as compared with the disposable diaper of Comparative Example 2. Since the nonwoven fabric used in Comparative Example 3 had a high raised height, the decrease in strength was greatly reduced, and fingertips and fluffing were also observed. When the nonwoven fabric used for the Example was used for the surface sheet of an absorbent article, it turned out that water-conductivity improves and the liquid absorption speed is also quick. Moreover, about Example 5, compared with Example 4, it turns out that the amount of wetbacks is reduced by arrange | positioning a raising fiber in the surface which contacts a skin side. Moreover, regarding the nonwoven fabric used for the surface sheet of the example, most of the raised fibers were not looped, but the ends were cut, and the fingertips were not caught. There was no problem with fluff loss and it was difficult to become pills. In addition, there was no catch due to the entanglement between the body hair on the skin surface and the raised fibers. Furthermore, the nonwoven fabrics used in Example 1, Examples 2 to 4, and Examples 5 to 7 have a larger amount of raising and a reduction in breaking strength than the nonwoven fabrics used in Comparative Example 1, Comparative Example 2, and Comparative Example 4. There were also few nonwoven fabrics.

1A, 1B Sanitary napkin, 1C Disposable diaper 1s Side 10 Absorbent body 2 Surface sheet 21 Fiber sheet 21U Upper layer, 21D Lower layer 21d Skin facing surface, 21e Non-skin facing surface (facing surface with fiber sheet 22)
22 Fiber sheet 22d Skin facing surface (surface facing fiber sheet 21), 22e Non-skin facing surface 23 Inter-sheet joint portion 24 Recessed portion 25 Convex portion 25a First wall portion, 25b Second wall portion, 25c Top surface portion, 25d Bottom surface Part 3 Back surface sheet 4 Absorber 5 Side sheet 6 Wing part 7 Long fiber 70 Brushed fiber 70a One end part, 70b Free end part 71 Fiber in which free end part 70b is thick 71a Fiber 71 in a part excluding free end part 70b Diameter 71b Diameter of the fiber 71 at the free end portion 70b 72 Fiber where the free end portion 70b is not thick 73 Loop-shaped fiber 8 Fiber heat fusion portion 9 Second sheet 11 Fastening tape 12 Landing tape 13 Elastic member 14 Leg elasticity Member 104 Measurement sample 105 Crease line 106a Fiber 107 crossing twice Twist 108 Virtual line 200 Pre-processing part 21 , 220 A pair of rolls 211 Convex part 230 Steel matching embossed roller 250, 260 Conveying roll 300 Brushed part 310 Convex roll 311 Convex part 320, 330 Conveying roll 220, 220 'Raw material sheet 410 First roll 411 Convex part 420 First Two rolls 421 Convex part 430 Smooth roll A center part, B front part, C rear part

Claims (8)

An absorbent article comprising a top sheet disposed on the skin facing surface side, a back sheet disposed on the non-skin facing surface side, and an absorbent disposed between these sheets,
For the topsheet and / or the liquid-permeable sheet disposed between the topsheet and the absorber, a non-woven fabric provided with raised fibers in which some of the constituent fibers have free ends is used. And
The raised fibers have a number of the raised fibers of 8 / cm or more and a raised height of 0.2 mm or more and 5 mm or less,
The raised fiber includes a fiber that is broken from a fiber heat-sealed portion that fixes a web, only one end is fixed by the fiber heat-fused portion, and the free end on the other end side is thick. and,
An absorptive article in which the number of fiber heat fusion parts is 10 pieces / cm ² or more and 250 pieces / cm ² or less .   2. The absorbent article according to claim 1, wherein the raised fibers have a number of raised fibers of 12 / cm to 100 / cm and a raised height of 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm. The non-woven fabric is composed of two fiber sheets, and the two fiber sheets are formed by joining at a large number of inter-sheet joints,
At least one of the two fiber sheets is provided with the raised fibers on opposing surfaces facing each other,
The absorbent article according to claim 1 or 2, wherein each of the two fiber sheets is formed of a single layer or multiple layers.   The absorbent article according to claim 1, wherein the web is made of long fibers.   The absorbent article according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the raised fiber has a loop-like fiber. The raised fiber has a fiber in which only one end is fixed by the fiber heat fusion part and the free end on the other end side is not thick,
Only the one end portion is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion and the free end portion on the other end side is not thick, only the one end portion is fixed by the fiber heat fusion portion and the other end portion side is not The absorbent article according to claim 5, wherein a ratio of the loop-shaped fibers in the total number of fibers having a thick free end and loop-shaped fibers is less than 50%. The nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fibers is used for the top sheet,
The absorptive article given in any 1 paragraph of Claims 1-6 by which the field which has said raised fiber in said surface sheet is arranged on the skin opposing surface side. The surface sheet is formed by joining a flat fiber sheet and a fiber sheet that is regularly unevenly shaped at a joint between sheets,
The nonwoven fabric provided with the raised fibers is used for the flat fiber sheet of the top sheet,
The surface having the raised fibers in the flat fiber sheet is disposed on the inner side of a bonding surface of the flat fiber sheet and the unevenly shaped fiber sheet. Absorbent article as described in 1.

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