WO1997017922A1 - Article absorbant jetable - Google Patents

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WO1997017922A1
WO1997017922A1 PCT/SE1996/001470 SE9601470W WO9717922A1 WO 1997017922 A1 WO1997017922 A1 WO 1997017922A1 SE 9601470 W SE9601470 W SE 9601470W WO 9717922 A1 WO9717922 A1 WO 9717922A1
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absorbent body
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Bård EITERJORD
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SCA Mölnlycke AB
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Priority to JP9518793A priority Critical patent/JP2000500052A/ja
Priority to EP96939418A priority patent/EP1005303A1/fr
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    • 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
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  • Liquid-absorbent articles for example diapers, provided with elastic in order to impart to the article its shape when in use, are already known.
  • the main purpose of the elastic is to create a raised sealed edge at the crotch portion, against the legs of the wearer.
  • Hitherto known solutions have a limiting capacity in terms of the ability to locally collect and enclose larger volumes of, for example, faeces and urine.
  • a pair of training pants in which the leg elastic forms an encompassing cuff around the legs is known, for example, from US 3,860,003.
  • the elastic is completely rectilinear and extends principally to the side of the absorbent body, to let the edge of the diaper seal against the legs when in use.
  • US 4,050,462 relates to a diaper with elastic extending rectilinearly in a flat condition of the diaper, the purpose of which is to contract the crotch area of the diaper and, by means of pleating, increase the area and the volume per length unit of the absorbent body in order to achieve an increased absorbent action.
  • WO 88/00010 discloses a diaper with a principally rectilinear elastic, forming a V-shaped configuration.
  • the elastic extends onto the absorbent body of the diaper and demarcates a region which is shaped through the contracting action of the elastic.
  • EP 0,219,326 discloses a diaper with elastic extending completely rectilinearly in a flat condition of the diaper and completely to the side of the absorbent body. Elastic is arranged at the outer edge of the diaper on both sides of the crotch portion and also in a trimming on both sides of the absorbent body. In addition to maintaining an erect, sealing edge by means of the trimming, the elastic ensures a certain pleating and contraction of the absorbent body.
  • GB 2,234,157 relates to a pair of training pants with elastic extending around the cuff of the pants, along the edge of the crotch portion against the legs of the wearer and transversely across the crotch portion.
  • the elastic for connection around the legs reduces the risk of leakage, while the elastic transverse to the crotch portion is merely arranged in order to enable a rational application of continuous elastic threads.
  • the construction and the method is especially adapted to diapers in the form of pants.
  • An absorbent article according to the preamble of claim 1 is further disclosed in the Swedish Patent Application No. 9401680-5.
  • the object of the present invention is to provide a disposable liquid-absorbent article, which when in use is imparted the highly efficient collecting shape evident from Swedish Patent Application No. 9401680-5 and where the article is designed in such a way that the formation of the desired basin shape is facilitated.
  • Fig. 1 shows a plan view of an article according to the invention in Swedish Patent Application No.
  • Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of the diaper according to Fig. 1, essentially shaped into position for use
  • Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of the article according to Swedish Patent Application No. 9401680-5 in a second embodiment, shaped into position for use
  • Fig. 5 shows a corresponding longitudinal section through the diaper, shaped into position for use, along the line V-V in Fig. 7.
  • Fig. 6 shows a cross section through the diaper, shaped into position for use, along the line VI-VI in Fig. 2.
  • Fig. 10 shows a plan view of an article according to a first embodiment of the invention
  • the diaper is constituted by a cover 11, enclosing a core in the shape of an absorbent body 12.
  • the core In a flat, out-stretched condition, which is shown in Fig. 4 the core exhibits a relatively flat main form with two main surfaces facing away from each other, namely an inner side 13 intended to be faced towards against the user, and an outer side 14, intended to be faced outwards from the user.
  • the absorbent body 12 exhibits an encompassing, rounded edge portion 15, which gives the absorbent body 12 an appropriate outline, anatomically adapted to the body of the wearer. Even if the absorbent body 12 essentially has an even thickness said absorbent body in practice is preferably provided with a central portion 16 of a somewhat greater thickness (not shown) .
  • the cover 11 is formed of two layers 17, 18, with mutually different properties, which are located against the inner side 13 and outer side 14, respectively, of the absorbent body 12 and close the absorbent body since the two layers are interconnected outside the edge portion 15 of the absorbent body and form an encompassing flange-like edge portion 19 for the diaper as a whole.
  • the two layers 17, 18 are placed in close contact to each other and are interconnected.
  • the diaper 10 is provided with a contracting elastic 23, which is arranged with a configuration and location specific for the invention.
  • An appropriate shape is such a shape that the diaper, when in use, may accommodate large amounts of liquid and solid excreta from the body, partly by means of absorption and partly by retaining the products by means of its shape, be they urine, blood or other body fluids or faeces.
  • the elastic 23 is at least partially arranged with arcuately curved portions 24, 25 extending across the absorbent body 12.
  • two continuously arcuately curved elastic portions 24, are arranged 25, which via edge elastic (see below) principally meet at their ends at two intersections 26, 27 in the proximity of the longitudinal edge portions 28, 29 of the diaper.
  • the elastic 23 is connected to at least one of the layers 17, 18 in the cover 11 and in the first embodiment is connected to the liquid-permeable layer 17.
  • the elastic is arranged on the inner side of the layer 17, i.e. between the absorbent body 12 and the layer, but may of course alternatively be applied on the outer side of the layer.
  • the elastic consists of elongate elastic members having for example a thread- or bandshaped elastic core of a highly elastic material, for example rubber, and a wound thread cover which may be connected by an adhesive and enable anchoring of the elastic core in the layer 17 of the diaper, at the same time as the elastic core permits elastic movement.
  • the elastic strives to contract and for this purpose the elastic threads or bands are pre-stressed, i.e.
  • each of the arcuately curved portions 24, 25 is arranged with double elastic, i.e. with two adjacently extending elastic members 30, 31, 32, 33, of which one elastic member 33 in one of the curved portions 25 turns into edge elastic 34, 35, i.e. extends along a portion of both longitudinal edges 28, 29 of the diaper to the intersection point 26, 27 with the elastic members 30, 31 in the opposite curved portion 24,
  • edge elastic 34, 35 extends essentially rectilinearly but may also have an arcuate, but weak curvature, i.e. with a large radius of curvature.
  • Fig. 2 shows the diaper shaped to a condition for use. This shape is formed as soon as handling of the diaper commences, which effect is described more closely below. As long as the diaper is flat essentially no shaping occurs except that the absorbent body is somewhat compressed. The desired shape may also be forcibly initiated during bending of the diaper, by pressing down with the hand the region 38 located inside the elastic, before the diaper is applied into position for use. Due to the striving of the curved elastic to contract and its anchoring in one of the layers 17 of the cover together with the connection of the layer to the absorbent core, the elastic in cooperation with the deformation properties of the cover and the absorbent body 12, creates essentially perpendicular basin walls 39' in relation to the flat interior of the article. The cover portions outside side edges of the absorbent body in the crotch portion of the article form the basin walls 39'' which together with the basin walls 39' enclose a basin- like space.
  • Fig.3 shows a view corresponding to Fig.2 of another embodiment of the diaper, where the elastic, here denoted 23', has the same configuration as in the first embodiment, but is connected to the outer layer 18 of the cover, i.e. the liquid-impermeable layer.
  • the elastic threads or bands may preferably be applied by adhesive on the inner side of the layer 18. This in turn must be connected by its inner side to the absorbent body.
  • the corresponding appropriate basin is principally achieved also in this embodiment.
  • the forces acting by means of the arcuate portions of the elastic on the diaper obtain additional assistance from external forces, before these elastic portions give the required deformation of the diaper for the formation of the vertical basin walls.
  • the wider portion of the edge portion 19, located directly opposite the crotch portion is raised due to the striving of the elastic to contract, i.e. to reduce its length.
  • the raised longitudinal edges 36, 37 seek to bear on the body of the wearer, in practice the inside of the thighs, thereby forming an extremely liquid-sealed connection against the body.
  • essentially vertical basin walls arise inside the curved elastic portions.
  • a certain pleating also arises laterally by means of the contraction of the layer by the elastic.
  • the arcuate basin walls may, as mentioned above, be essentially perpendicular in relation to a line along the basically flat bottom of the basin.
  • the arcuate basin walls may, through choice of the pre-stressing of the elastic and the deformability of the absorbent body, form an acute or obtuse angle to the said line along the basin bottom.
  • the angle is acute a pocket-like space is obtained closest to the elastic.
  • the encompassing elastic 23 thus forms an upper edge of the basin 39 serving as an accommodation space for excreted body products, which is especially valuable for more severe cases of incontinence where the volumes may become fairly large. Faeces may be received in this space without risk that they pass outside the collection region of the diaper.
  • the absorbent body 12, especially the part which is located within the elastic 23, has the task of absorbing liquid, while the task of the basin walls is also to prevent leakage of liquid from the diaper, before the absorbent body 12 has been able to completely absorb the total liquid volume.
  • the raised edge portions 19 also retain liquid which is not immediately absorbed by the absorbent body 12 because of the position of the diaper, for example when the wearer is lying sideways. As soon as the wearer changes body position the liquid may be absorbed by the absorbent body.
  • the longitudinal section in Figs. 4 and 5 and the transverse section in Fig. 6 illustrate the shaping influence of the elastic, which will be explained more closely.
  • the shaping influence of the elastic arises since the elastic is contracting and thus is striving to reduce its length.
  • the cover layers are connected in their turn to the absorbent body by their surfaces, whereby tensile forces in the plane of the cover layers are transferred to the absorbent body. Since the elastic in the main part of its extension across the absorbent body has been applied in a curved shape, the contracting action leads to the elastic in each point along the curved portion applying a force component 40, 41, see Figs.
  • the absorbent body 12 suitably consists of so-called cellulose fluff pulp and ,together with the cover 11, is relatively pliable, but exhibits a certain resistance to compression.
  • These properties i.e. that the torsional moments caused by the force pairs 41, 43 and 40, 42, respectively, bring about a deformation of the article in regions with arcuate elastic (which deformation is symbolized by the arc lines 48, 49, 50, 51 which schematically represent the local direction of curvature).
  • a bending moment on the absorbent body 12 arises already in a flat condition.
  • the article however, has such a degree of stiffness that it is not deformed in a flat condition; instead, this deformation is not initiated until the article is handled.
  • Fig. 5 illustrates the basin formed by the elastic, which is limited by the, in relation to the plane of the article, essentially perpendicular basin walls 39' along the arcuate elastic and also the basin walls 39' ' formed by portions of the cover extending outside the absorbent body. These portions are raised by the action of the edge elastic 34, 35 in combination with the arcuate elastic.
  • Fig. 7 schematically shows an embodiment of the diaper where the elastic extends transversely across the crotch portion 20 with a curved elastic portion 60 forming the demarcating transverse wall 61.
  • a demarcation is achieved between the rear portion 21 and the front portion 22 of the diaper, whereby faeces and urine are separated and a larger volume is provided for the collection space for faeces in proportion to the collection space for urine.
  • Fig. 8 shows a further option, where the rear portion 21 and the front portion 22, each have one basin-like space 66,67 with transverse basin edges 68-71 inside each curved portion, which space is formed by two curved elastic portions 62, 63, 64, 65.
  • Fig. 9 shows an alternative design, in which the main form of the diaper in a flat condition may be essentially rectangular.
  • An hourglass-shape with a tapering crotch portion 20 is obtained by means of the contracting action of the elastic.
  • transverse basin edges 72, 73 are formed, providing an effective barrier against edge leakage.
  • Fig. 10 shows a first embodiment of the invention, in which the diaper is provided with groove-shaped recesses 74 which facilitate the formation of the desired shape.
  • Said recesses both facilitate the deformation work for the contracting elastic, and initiate the deformation on desired sites, thereby forming said basin edges.
  • Said recesses may preferably be formed in the absorbent body during its manufacture, before it is enclosed between the layers 17, 18, or be formed by means of powerful compression at a later stage.
  • said recesses 74 are preferably arranged as longitudinal grooves in the absorbent body 12, preferably placed parallel to the edge portions 15.

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Abstract

L'invention concerne un article absorbant tel que couche (10) ou article similaire, comportant un corps absorbant (12) formant une cuvette nettement marquée. On obtient cette forme au moyen d'un élastique (23) lequel, du fait de son emplacement et de sa fixation exerce une force de cisaillement donnant au corps absorbant (12) la forme désirée. En outre, le corps absorbant peut comporter des cavités et/ou des lignes de compression qui facilitent l'adoption de la forme désirée et améliorent l'orientation et le transport des liquides.
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JP9518793A JP2000500052A (ja) 1995-11-16 1996-11-14 使い捨て液体吸収性物品
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