WO1990003156A1 - Disposable sanitary articles - Google Patents
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- WO1990003156A1 WO1990003156A1 PCT/GB1989/001141 GB8901141W WO9003156A1 WO 1990003156 A1 WO1990003156 A1 WO 1990003156A1 GB 8901141 W GB8901141 W GB 8901141W WO 9003156 A1 WO9003156 A1 WO 9003156A1
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L15/00—Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads
- A61L15/16—Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons
- A61L15/42—Use of materials characterised by their function or physical properties
- A61L15/62—Compostable, hydrosoluble or hydrodegradable materials
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/15203—Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency
- A61F13/15211—Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency soluble or disintegratable in liquid
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61L—METHODS OR APPARATUS FOR STERILISING MATERIALS OR OBJECTS IN GENERAL; DISINFECTION, STERILISATION OR DEODORISATION OF AIR; CHEMICAL ASPECTS OF BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES; MATERIALS FOR BANDAGES, DRESSINGS, ABSORBENT PADS OR SURGICAL ARTICLES
- A61L15/00—Chemical aspects of, or use of materials for, bandages, dressings or absorbent pads
- A61L15/16—Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons
- A61L15/22—Bandages, dressings or absorbent pads for physiological fluids such as urine or blood, e.g. sanitary towels, tampons containing macromolecular materials
- A61L15/24—Macromolecular compounds obtained by reactions only involving carbon-to-carbon unsaturated bonds; Derivatives thereof
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/15203—Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency
- A61F13/15211—Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency soluble or disintegratable in liquid
- A61F2013/15227—Properties of the article, e.g. stiffness or absorbency soluble or disintegratable in liquid by its solubility in particular Ph solution
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- A—HUMAN NECESSITIES
- A61—MEDICAL OR VETERINARY SCIENCE; HYGIENE
- A61F—FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS
- A61F13/00—Bandages or dressings; Absorbent pads
- A61F13/15—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators
- A61F13/45—Absorbent pads, e.g. sanitary towels, swabs or tampons for external or internal application to the body; Supporting or fastening means therefor; Tampon applicators characterised by the shape
- A61F13/49—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers
- A61F2013/49068—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterized by the shape of the outline
- A61F2013/49076—Absorbent articles specially adapted to be worn around the waist, e.g. diapers characterized by the shape of the outline as "I"-shaped
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- This invention relates to disposable articles and is especially but not exclusively concerned with disposable sanitary articles.
- Sanitary articles include, inter alia, diapers, sanitary towels or similar, liners for childrens ' potties, bedpans and bedsheets and any other article provided to receive bodily excretion.
- the present invention provides a disposable article formed of a film or non-woven material which is inherently, or treated to be, alkali dissolvable or degradable.
- the disposable article may be formed of, or treated with, acrylic copolymer resin or polyacrylic esters.
- the treatment may be by way of coacting or integration with the disposable article during manufacture of same, for example extrusion or moulding or any other process known to those skilledAn the art of material treatment.
- a sanitary article including or consisting of a disposable sheet or layer constituted by a film or non- woven material which is inherently, or treated to be alkali dissolvable or degradable.
- the soiled sheet or layer may be suitable for disposable in refuse bag or sites where is disintegrates.
- the sheet or layer and any associated body waste matter may be disposed of into a toilet bowl where it disintegrates and can be flushed away with the body waste matter.
- Examples of other disposable articles within the scope of the present invention are packaging materials, and disposable articles of clothing especially those of a next- to-body nature.
- the sanitary article may be a disposable diaper comprising a detachable, inner, next-to- body liner, preferably of non-woven material, having an alkaline-disintegratable nature.
- the sanitary article may be a liner for a child's potty or for a bedpan and formed of an alkali sensitive film or an alkali-disintegratable non-woven material shaped to conform with the inner configuration of the potty or bedpan.
- the liner may be in the form of an open-topped bag to receive and contain excreted body waste matter.
- Such liners may, as aforesaid, be disposed of into a toilet bowl for disintegration and flushing away with associated body waste matter.
- the water in the toilet bowl does not have a sufficiently high alkali pH value then this is corrected by adding to the water a suitable alkali pH adjuster.
- the alkali pH adjuster may, inter alia, be in the form of a toilet block, a tablet, a pellet, a capsule or a liquid solution.
- alkali pH adjusters are, inter alia, alkali salts such, for example, as sodium carbonate, or caustic cleaners such, for example, as sodium or potassium hydroxide, or domestic bleach type formulations such, for example, as sodium hypochlorite, or detergents with alkali additive such, for example, as triethanola ine or ammonia.
- the alkali pH adjuster may comprise a pH colour indicator whereby a visible indication will be given that the water in the toilet bowl has a sufficiently high pH alkali value for liner disintegration to occur.
- a method of disposing of a sanitary article, or liner therefor, in a non-health risk manner comprising the steps of forming the sanitary article, or liner therefor, of an alkali-sensitive film or an alkali- disintegratable non-woven material, and disposing of the sanitary article, or liner therefor, into a toilet bowl containing water either of a sufficiently high alkali pH value, or treated with an alkali pH adjuster to provide a sufficiently high alkali pH value, to cause disintegration of the soiled sanitary article, or liner therefor.
- a sufficiently high pH value is 7.5 and above and a preferred but not limitative pH value is within the range of 7.5 to 10.00.
- Examples of other disposable articles within the scope of the present invention are packaging materials, and disposable articles of clothing especially those of a next- to-body nature.
- the diaper 10 illustrated comprises an outer impervious layer 11 which is anatomically shaped, an intermediate liquid-absorbent layer or layers 12, a non- woven pervious cover layer 13, and an inner next-to-body pervious non-woven layer 14 which is detachable, being lightly tack-bonded to the layer 13. Securing tabs or tapes 15 are secured to both the outer impervious layer 11 and the cover layer 13 at one end of the diaper 10.
- the inner layer 14 has a width not less than that of the crotch region of the diaper, is equal to the length of the diaper, and is preferably also anatomically shaped.
- the layers 11 to 14 can be laminated together during an in-line manufacturing process or alternatively layers 13 and 14 can be tack-bonded in an off-line process.
- the inner detachable layer 14 is, as aforesaid, formed of a suitable alkali-disintegratable non-woven material and is adapted for disintegration disposal in alkali-enhanced water in a toilet bowl.
- the disposable article may be formed by coating or co-extruding the alkali soluble polymer onto a water soluble film such, for example, as polyvinyl alcohol or poly(ethylene) oxide.
- the present .invention provides for the quick and safe (in terms of health and pollution) disintegration of disposable articles made from, or incorporating, alkali-dissolvable film or non-woven material in an alkali environment.
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Applications Claiming Priority (2)
Application Number | Priority Date | Filing Date | Title |
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GB8822736.8 | 1988-09-28 | ||
GB888822736A GB8822736D0 (en) | 1988-09-28 | 1988-09-28 | Disposable diapers |
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WO1990003156A1 true WO1990003156A1 (en) | 1990-04-05 |
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PCT/GB1989/001141 WO1990003156A1 (en) | 1988-09-28 | 1989-09-27 | Disposable sanitary articles |
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EP (1) | EP0436619A1 (en) |
JP (1) | JPH04502712A (en) |
AU (1) | AU4342089A (en) |
GB (1) | GB8822736D0 (en) |
WO (1) | WO1990003156A1 (en) |
Cited By (13)
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US5405342A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-04-11 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Disposable absorbent article with flushable insert |
WO1995016474A1 (en) * | 1993-12-16 | 1995-06-22 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Flushable compositions |
WO1995017216A1 (en) * | 1993-12-20 | 1995-06-29 | The Procter & Gamble Company | pH-MODIFIED POLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED BIODEGRADABILITY |
WO1997018784A1 (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 1997-05-29 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
US5681299A (en) * | 1991-11-19 | 1997-10-28 | Ecoprogress Limited | Disposable article |
US5722966A (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 1998-03-03 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
US5849401A (en) * | 1995-09-28 | 1998-12-15 | Cargill, Incorporated | Compostable multilayer structures, methods for manufacture, and articles prepared therefrom |
US5849374A (en) * | 1995-09-28 | 1998-12-15 | Cargill, Incorporated | Compostable multilayer structures, methods for manufacture, and articles prepared therefrom |
AU749405B2 (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 2002-06-27 | Procter & Gamble Company, The | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
US6514602B1 (en) | 2000-03-07 | 2003-02-04 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water-flushable and biodegradable film useful as backsheets for disposable absorbent articles |
US6814974B2 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2004-11-09 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Ion-sensitive, water-dispersible polymers, a method of making same and items using same |
US6828014B2 (en) | 2001-03-22 | 2004-12-07 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Water-dispersible, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same |
US6835678B2 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2004-12-28 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Ion sensitive, water-dispersible fabrics, a method of making same and items using same |
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JP2536935B2 (en) * | 1989-10-05 | 1996-09-25 | ユニ・チャーム株式会社 | Disposable diapers |
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FR1572721A (en) * | 1967-06-22 | 1969-06-27 | ||
FR2000556A1 (en) * | 1968-01-22 | 1969-09-12 | Celanese Corp | |
US3756232A (en) * | 1969-11-12 | 1973-09-04 | K Noguchi | Sanitary napkins disposable in water closet bowl with the use of alkaline agent |
US4062451A (en) * | 1974-09-12 | 1977-12-13 | Johnson & Johnson | Laminated structures comprising films of silane crosslinked acrylate interpolymers having water barrier properties |
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- 1988-09-28 GB GB888822736A patent/GB8822736D0/en active Pending
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- 1989-09-27 EP EP19890911077 patent/EP0436619A1/en not_active Withdrawn
- 1989-09-27 JP JP51041589A patent/JPH04502712A/en active Pending
- 1989-09-27 AU AU43420/89A patent/AU4342089A/en not_active Abandoned
- 1989-09-27 WO PCT/GB1989/001141 patent/WO1990003156A1/en not_active Application Discontinuation
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FR1572721A (en) * | 1967-06-22 | 1969-06-27 | ||
FR2000556A1 (en) * | 1968-01-22 | 1969-09-12 | Celanese Corp | |
US3756232A (en) * | 1969-11-12 | 1973-09-04 | K Noguchi | Sanitary napkins disposable in water closet bowl with the use of alkaline agent |
US4062451A (en) * | 1974-09-12 | 1977-12-13 | Johnson & Johnson | Laminated structures comprising films of silane crosslinked acrylate interpolymers having water barrier properties |
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US5613959A (en) * | 1991-09-03 | 1997-03-25 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Disposable absorbent article with flushable insert |
US5681299A (en) * | 1991-11-19 | 1997-10-28 | Ecoprogress Limited | Disposable article |
US5476457A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-12-19 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Disposable absorbent article with flushable insert |
US5405342A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-04-11 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Disposable absorbent article with flushable insert |
US5458591A (en) * | 1991-12-31 | 1995-10-17 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Disposable absorbent article with flushable insert |
WO1995016474A1 (en) * | 1993-12-16 | 1995-06-22 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Flushable compositions |
US5509913A (en) * | 1993-12-16 | 1996-04-23 | Kimberly-Clark Corporation | Flushable compositions |
WO1995017216A1 (en) * | 1993-12-20 | 1995-06-29 | The Procter & Gamble Company | pH-MODIFIED POLYMER COMPOSITIONS WITH ENHANCED BIODEGRADABILITY |
US6312823B1 (en) | 1995-09-28 | 2001-11-06 | Cargrill, Incorporated | Compostable multilayer structures, methods for manufacture and articles prepared therefrom |
US5849401A (en) * | 1995-09-28 | 1998-12-15 | Cargill, Incorporated | Compostable multilayer structures, methods for manufacture, and articles prepared therefrom |
US5849374A (en) * | 1995-09-28 | 1998-12-15 | Cargill, Incorporated | Compostable multilayer structures, methods for manufacture, and articles prepared therefrom |
US5722966A (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 1998-03-03 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
WO1997018784A1 (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 1997-05-29 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
AU749405B2 (en) * | 1995-11-22 | 2002-06-27 | Procter & Gamble Company, The | Water dispersible and flushable absorbent article |
US6514602B1 (en) | 2000-03-07 | 2003-02-04 | The Procter & Gamble Company | Water-flushable and biodegradable film useful as backsheets for disposable absorbent articles |
US6814974B2 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2004-11-09 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Ion-sensitive, water-dispersible polymers, a method of making same and items using same |
US6835678B2 (en) | 2000-05-04 | 2004-12-28 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Ion sensitive, water-dispersible fabrics, a method of making same and items using same |
US6828014B2 (en) | 2001-03-22 | 2004-12-07 | Kimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc. | Water-dispersible, cationic polymers, a method of making same and items using same |
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JPH04502712A (en) | 1992-05-21 |
GB8822736D0 (en) | 1988-11-02 |
AU4342089A (en) | 1990-04-18 |
EP0436619A1 (en) | 1991-07-17 |
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