RU2410068C1 - Absorbing garment and method for its manufacture - Google Patents

Abstract

FIELD: personal use articles.

SUBSTANCE: absorbent garment is proposed, comprising a retaining kit having the first and the second transverse end edges, at that the said retaining kit contains a fluid-permeable inner covering sheet with the side facing the user which is not fluid-permeable, the outer covering sheet and an absorbent core, located between the inner and outer covering sheets. Additionally the garment comprises at least one belt panel attached to one of the transverse end edges of the retaining kit, at that the said belt panel is attached to the retaining kit along the seam, which side of the belt panel facing the user, faces the inner cover sheet of the restraint kit. The garment is packaged and stored folded in the transverse direction at the specified seam.

EFFECT: high degree of comfort and fit.

16 cl, 6 dwg

Description

FIELD OF THE INVENTION

The present invention relates to an absorbent article of clothing, such as a diaper, diaper panties, an incontinence protector, hygiene pants comprising a holding kit and a waist panel attached to the holding kit.

BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION

The absorbent garments of the above kind comprise a holding kit having an absorbent core located between the inner cover sheet and the outer cover sheet. The holding kit has a front portion designed to extend over the user's abdomen, a rear portion extending over the user's back, and a crotch portion between them. The holding kit has front and rear transverse end edges. The waist panel is attached to at least one transverse end edge of the holding set and provides improved fit and comfort at the waist. The waist panel may be elastic.

WO 96/18367 discloses an absorbent article of clothing of this type. The garment comprises a holding kit and adjoining panels attached to the respective transverse end edges of the holding kit. The adjacent panel is elastically extensible in the longitudinal direction of the garment. The waist element is attached to the waist edge of the adjacent panel, while the specified waist element is made with the possibility of elastic stretching in the lateral (transverse) direction of the garment. The fastening system is located on the waist member.

WO 95/09594 discloses hygiene pants or incontinence pants containing a holding kit that is elasticized along the crotch zone. Elastic belts that are elastically extensible in the transverse direction are attached to the respective transverse end edges of the holding set.

Absorbing garments are disposable and discarded after a single use. They are made with high-speed processes. Assembling different parts of the garment should be simple and economical and should be adapted to a high-performance production line. At the same time, the quality and functionality of the garment should be maintained in relation to fit, comfort and ability to absorb and retain the fluids released by the body.

Purpose and most important features of the invention

The aim of the present invention is to develop an absorbent garment of the type mentioned above, which allows to solve the problem of providing a high degree of comfort and fit for many different body sizes and which can be manufactured through an economical production (technological) process with high productivity. In accordance with the present invention, this was accomplished by having said waist panel attached to the holding kit along a seam in which the side of the waist panel facing the user is facing the side of the holding kit facing the user.

In one embodiment, the garment comprises first and second waist panels connected respectively to the first and second transverse end edges of the holding kit along the first and second seams, in which the user-facing side of the corresponding waist panel is facing the user-facing side of the holding kit.

In accordance with an additional aspect, the first fastening means for fastening together the specified garment to give it a shape similar to shorts, are located on the sides of the first waist panel. The presence of fastening means attached to the waist panel, especially if it is made of elastic material, means that the garment can be tightened and fastened around the user's waist with improved fit and comfort.

In accordance with yet another aspect of the invention, the garment is provided with opposing laterally extending waist elements fastened to the sides of the second waist panel, said waist elements being configured to wrap around the waist of the wearer of the garment and fasten them together by means of second fasteners means, said belt elements having an inner side and an outer side facing the user.

In a garment with a belt, said first fastening means are adapted to be attached to the outside of the waist elements so that the garment will take on a shape similar to underpants.

In an alternative embodiment, the garment is a panty type absorbent product in which at least said first and second waist panels are connected to each other along their respective transverse side edges to form side seams.

In accordance with one embodiment, the waist panel is elastic. In accordance with one aspect of the invention, said elastic waistband is elastically extensible at least in the transverse direction of the article and is attached to the holding kit in a stretched state. In accordance with a further aspect, the elastic waist panel may be elastically extensible also in the longitudinal direction of the article.

In accordance with one embodiment, the garment is packaged and stored folded transversely along the seams between the holding kit and the corresponding waist panel.

The presence of a waist panel attached to the holding kit in the manner described means that the waist panels are simultaneously attached and folded over the holding kit in a configuration suitable for packaging the product. When the product is removed from the package, the waist panels are folded so that they extend in a longitudinal direction outside the holding set. The seam between the holding kit and the waist panel will protrude from the outside of the garment, and thus there will be no risk of skin irritation to the user.

In addition, the invention relates to a method for manufacturing the claimed absorbent article of clothing, wherein according to the method, a plurality of blanks of holding sets aligned in the longitudinal direction are fed, roll material is fed and cut into pieces, each piece being adapted to form at least one a waist panel, each of these cut pieces of web material is attached to the blank of the holding kit to at least one of its transverse edges so that it faces towards the inner cover sheet of the workpiece of the holding kit and so that the cut piece of roll material overlaps part of the corresponding workpiece of the holding kit.

In one embodiment, a cut piece of web material is attached to each transverse edge of the blank of the holding kit.

According to a further embodiment, a plurality of aligned preforms of the holding sets are joined together to form a continuous tape of longitudinally aligned preforms of the holding sets, each of these cut pieces of web material being attached to the tape from aligned preforms of the holding sets along the intended cutting line between two adjacent blanks of holding sets so that a cut piece of roll material is not ekryvaet portion of each of two adjacent preforms retaining kits from their inner cover sheet, and subsequently the web material and feed of the retaining sets of blanks cut along said imaginary line "seam".

In accordance with a further aspect of the invention, said roll material for forming said waist panels is an elastic roll material.

Brief Description of the Drawings

The invention will be further described in more detail with reference to some embodiments shown in the accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a plan view of an absorbent article of clothing in the form of a diaper in accordance with one embodiment of the invention.

Figure 2 is a section along the line II-II in figure 1.

Figure 3 is a plan view of a garment with a belt in accordance with the invention.

Figure 4 is a simplified side view of an absorbent garment during unfolding after removing it from the package.

5 is an absorbent item of clothing type cowards.

6 is a schematic view of a part of a production line for manufacturing an absorbent garment in accordance with the invention.

Description of Preferred Embodiments

Figure 1 shows an absorbent article 1 of a diaper having a longitudinal direction y and a transverse direction x. The garment is shown on the side facing the user in a flat, unstretched state and comprises a front part 2 adapted to be laid over the user's abdomen, rear part 3 adapted to be placed over the user's back, and a crotch part 4 adapted to extend over user's crotch between the legs. It should be understood that the front and rear parts in some embodiments, if necessary, can be used as either front or rear parts. The absorbent core 5 is located in the crotch portion 4 and extends into the front and rear parts 2 and 3. The absorbent core 5 is located between the inner cover sheet 6 and the outer cover sheet 7. The connected set of inner and outer cover sheets and the absorbent core is called a holding set 8. The holding kit has two transverse end edges 8a and 8b.

The term "inner cover sheet" refers to a sheet of liquid-permeable material that forms the inner cover element of an absorbent garment and which, when used, is placed in direct contact with the skin of the user. The inner covering sheet may comprise a nonwoven material, for example a nonwoven fabric of a spunbond production method, a nonwoven fabric obtained by melt aerodynamically, obtained by carding, hydro-entangling, laying in a wet state, etc. Suitable non-woven materials may consist of natural fibers, such as wood pulp or cotton fibers, artificial fibers such as polyester, polyethylene, polypropylene, viscose, hydrated cellulose, etc., or a mixture of natural and artificial fibers. In addition, the material of the inner covering sheet may consist of fiber tows that can be bonded to form some kind of connection configuration, such as, for example, disclosed in EP-A-1035818. Additional examples of materials for the inner covering sheet are porous plastics, plastic films with holes, etc. Materials suitable as internal coating sheet materials must be soft and non-irritating to the skin and must quickly and easily pass fluid released by the body, such as urine or menstrual fluid. In addition, the inner covering sheet may be different in different parts of the absorbent garment.

The term “outer covering sheet” refers to a material forming the outer covering element of an absorbent garment. The outer covering sheet may be the same or different in different parts of the absorbent garment. At least in the area of the absorbent core, the outer coating sheet comprises a liquid impervious material, such as a thin plastic film, for example a polyethylene or polypropylene film, a non-woven material coated with a liquid-impermeable material, a hydrophobic non-woven material that prevents the penetration of liquids, or laminate made of plastic film and non-woven material. The material of the outer covering sheet may be breathable so as to allow steam to escape from the absorbent core while preventing the passage of liquids through it. Examples of breathable materials of the outer covering sheets are porous polymer films, non-woven laminates from layers of non-woven materials obtained by spunbond production method and aerodynamic method from the melt, and laminates from porous polymer films and non-woven materials. Preferably, the outer covering sheet comprises a nonwoven material, at least on its surface facing the undergarment.

An “absorbent core” is an absorbent structure located between two cover sheets of an absorbent garment in at least its crotch area. The absorbent core may be any conventional type of absorbent core. Examples of frequently occurring absorbent materials are fluff pulverized pulp, layers of tissue paper, highly absorbent polymers (so-called superabsorbents), absorbent foam materials, absorbent nonwoven materials, or the like. It is well known to combine fluff pulverized pulp with polymers with ultra-high absorption capacity in an absorbent core. Ultra-absorbent polymers are water-swellable, water-insoluble, organic or inorganic materials, capable of absorbing an aqueous solution containing 0.9 weight percent sodium chloride in an amount of at least about 20 times their own weight . Organic materials suitable for use as ultra-high absorbency materials may include natural materials such as polysaccharides, polypeptides and the like, as well as synthetic materials such as synthetic hydrogel-forming polymers. Such hydrogel forming polymers include, for example, alkali metal and polyacrylic acid salts, polyacrylamides, polyvinyl alcohol, polyacrylates, polyacrylamides, polyvinylpyridines and the like. Other suitable polymers include hydrolyzed starch grafted with acrylonitrile, starch grafted with acrylic acid and copolymers of isobutylene and maleic anhydride and mixtures thereof. The hydrogel-forming polymers preferably have a small degree of crosslinking in order to render the material substantially insoluble in water. In addition, preferred materials with ultra-high absorption capacity are provided with surface crosslinking such that the outer surface or shell of the particle, fiber of the flocculent element, sphere, etc. with ultra-high absorption capacity has a higher crosslink density (crosslink density) than the inside of the superabsorbent. Materials with ultra-high absorption capacity can be in any form that is suitable for use in absorbent composite materials, including particles, fibers, flakes, spheres and the like.

Greater ability to accumulate (retain) liquids is provided through the use of large quantities of material with ultra-high absorption capacity. For an absorbent core containing a matrix of hydrophilic fibers, such as cellulosic fibers, and an ultrahigh absorbent material, the proportion of ultrahigh absorbent material is preferably from 10 to 90 weight percent, more preferably from 30 to 70 weight percent.

Typically, absorbent articles of clothing have absorbent cores containing layers with various properties in terms of fluid-receiving ability, liquid-distributing ability, and retention capacity. Thin absorbent bodies, which are widely used, for example, in diapers for children and in incontinence protectors, often contain a compressed, mixed or layered structure of fluff pulverized pulp and ultra-high absorbency polymers. The size and absorbency of the absorbent core may vary to suit different applications, such as for babies or adult incontinence people.

The absorbent core may further include a receiving distribution layer that is placed over the main absorbent body and which is configured to quickly receive and temporarily hold the recovered fluid before it is absorbed by the primary absorbent core. Such receiving distribution layers are well known in the art and may consist of porous fiber wool or foam materials.

The garment 1 further comprises first and second waist panels 9, 10 attached to the respective transverse end edges 8a and 8b of the holding set 8 in an area where the inner and outer covering sheets 6 and 7 extend longitudinally outside the absorbent core 5. The first and second the waist panels are attached to the corresponding transverse end edge 8a and 8b of the holding set 8 along the corresponding seam 11 and 12, in which the user side of the waist panel is facing the user the side (inner cover sheet 6) of the holding set 8. This is best illustrated in FIG. Thus, the seam 11, 12 will protrude from the outside of the garment, while the inner, facing the user side of the garment in this area remains smooth. The waist panel is attached to the holding kit 8 by any suitable method known in the art, for example by means of glue, ultrasonic welding, laser welding, thermal bonding, or the like.

In one embodiment, the waist panels 9, 10 are made of an elastic material so that they are elastically extensible in at least the transverse direction x. Their dimensions in the transverse and longitudinal direction may vary depending on the size of the product, but they preferably have a size in the longitudinal direction y of the product of 2 to 20 cm, preferably 5 to 17 cm and more preferably 8 to 12 cm. Size in the longitudinal direction y of the garment is defined as the distance "a" between the seam 12 and the outer edge of the waist panel, as illustrated in FIG.

The elastic waist panels may be in the form of an elastic web material, such as an elastic film, an elastic non-woven material, an elastic laminate, or the like. The elastic laminate may be a laminate of two or more layers of non-woven material, two or more layers of a film, or a combination of layers of a film and non-woven material.

Examples of elastic laminates suitable for forming said elastic waist panels 9, 10 are any elastic laminates known in the art. One group of elastic laminates are the so-called “stretched-bonded” laminates, in which the elastic layer is stretched in at least one direction before joining it with one or more inelastic layers by lamination. After removing the tensile force from the elastic layer, it can be freely contracted to its unstretched state, and the inelastic (s) layer (s) attached to it by lamination becomes (are) folded, giving a three-dimensional “wrinkling” ".

Another group of elastic laminates are the so-called “tapered” laminates, which include laminates in which the elastic material is attached to an inelastic material while the inelastic element is stretched under conditions that reduce its width or is “narrowed” . A “tapered bonded laminate” refers to a composite material having at least two layers, in which one layer is a narrowed, inelastic layer, and the other layer is an elastic layer. The layers are joined together when the inelastic layer is in a stretched state.

An additional group of elastic laminates is disclosed, for example, in WO 03/047488, in which layers of inelastic non-woven material are bonded to the layer of elastic film by lamination, and the laminate is stretched to a level exceeding the level at which the non-woven materials are torn so that the inelastic layers are torn.

Examples of elastic laminates are described in documents EP-B-0646062, WO 98/29251, WO 03/000165 and US-A-5226992. Examples of industrially manufactured and commercially available flexible laminates are Fabriflex 306 from Tredegar and PK 6358 from Nordenia.

In an alternative embodiment, the elastic waist panels 9, 10 comprise one or more elastic threads or strips fastened together between two roll materials, for example non-woven materials.

The elastic waist panels 9, 10 must have an elasticity in the transverse direction x of the garment of at least 30% when measured by an elasticity test similar to that described below. They can also be elastically extensible in the longitudinal direction y of the garment.

The leg openings in the garment can be elasticized, wherein said elasticization is usually accomplished by a plurality of elastic elements 13, such as elastic threads, which are fastened tightly between the outer and inner cover sheets. A garment may also be provided with so-called barrier cuffs to provide improved protection against leakage. These barrier cuffs in some cases can replace elastic elements for the legs.

The garment is additionally made with two first fastening means 14 located on opposite side edges of the first waist panel 9. The fastening means 14 can be adhesive tape or mechanical fastening means, in particular fastening means in the form of hooks and loops. Other types of mechanical fasteners include buttons and button holes or loops.

A “fastening element in the form of hooks and loops” refers to complementary fastening means that have a “hooked” part and a “looped” part and which are re-fastened. The term “hook” as used herein refers to any element capable of engaging with another element, the so-called “with loops” part. The term “hook” is not limited to “hooks” in the usual sense of the word, but rather encompasses any kind of mating elements, whether they are unidirectional or bidirectional. The term “loop” is likewise not limited to “loops” in the usual sense of the word, but also encompasses any structure that can engage with the “hooks” fastener (in the form of a hook). Examples of “looped” materials are fibrous structures like non-woven materials. Hook and loop fasteners, for example, are supplied by Velcro, USA. Fibrous structures serving as a “material with loops” can, for example, form the outer surface of a holding set, waist elements and / or waist panels of an absorbent garment.

The first fastening means 14 are arranged to fasten them to the opposite waist panel 10 or to its outer surface, or to complementary fastening elements. The presence of the first fastening means 14 attached to the waist panel 9, especially if they are made of elastic material, means that the garment can be tightened and secured around the user's waist with improved fit and comfort.

In an alternative embodiment, the absorbent article of clothing has only one waist panel, either on its front or back 2 or 3.

The absorbent article of clothing shown in FIG. 3 further comprises two opposing laterally extending waist members 15 and 16 attached to a second waist panel 10 for being applied to a user's back. These belt parts 15 and 16 are adapted to wrap around the wearer's waist and fasten them together by means of second fastening means 17, such as mechanical fastening means, in particular, an element with hooks from a fastening element in the form of hooks and loops. The outer surface of the opposite waist element, especially if it contains a fibrous non-woven material, can function as a complementary element with loops. Additional examples of mechanical fastening elements are buttons and button holes or loops, button fasteners and the like. Buttons can be attached either to the belt or to the garment. Alternatively, the second fastening means 17 is an adhesive fastening means, such as a tongue of adhesive tape, while the outer surface of the opposite waist member 16 may be formed of material to which the adhesive tape can adhere.

In this case, the front of the garment is passed between the legs of the wearer and attached to the outside or inside of the waist elements by means of the first fastening means 14 provided on the first waist panel 9. The garment in this case will take on a shape similar to shorts. Alternatively, the parts of the belt are located on the front waist panel 9, and the first fastening means 14 on the rear waist panel 10. Since the front and back parts of the garment are often more or less identical in shape and size, the user or caregiver can put on a garment according to individual preference, so that the front can be used as the back and vice versa.

Belt 15, 16 provides improved abilities to control the fit of an absorbent garment. This further simplifies the change of garment, especially when the user is standing.

The width of the waist elements 15, 16 may be from 5 to 20 cm, preferably from 8 to 15 cm, and more preferably from 8 to 12 cm. Here, the width is defined as the size of the waist elements in the longitudinal direction y of the garment.

The belt elements 15, 16, for example, are made of a laminate of a carrier material that forms the outer surface of the belt and a soft non-woven material that forms the inner side of the belt, which is designed to be in direct contact with the skin of the user.

Suitable non-woven material may be a non-woven spunbond production method, for example, from polypropylene or polyethylene fibers. Bicomponent fibers may also be used. Another suitable non-woven material is formed from thermally bonded material obtained by carding, for example, from polypropylene, polyester or bicomponent fibers.

The outer surface of the waist elements, for example, the supporting material, should (should) be adapted to function as a receiving surface for the second fastening means 17. In cases where the fastening means is a fastening element with hooks, as the supporting material may non-woven material to be used. In cases where the fastening means 17 is a tab of adhesive tape, a plastic film, for example, similar to that described in WO 01/00129, is suitable as a carrier material.

Figure 4 is a simplified side view of an absorbent garment in accordance with the invention in a position in which it has just been removed from the package and deployed from its folded state in the package. As you can see, the waist panels 9, 10 are folded along the seams 11, 12 and overlap the front and rear parts 2, 3 of the holding set, respectively, and must be bent before use to form longitudinal “extensions” of the holding set.

5 shows an absorbent article of clothing such as a panty, such as a diaper panties, incontinence panties, hygiene pants or the like. The front and rear parts 2 and 3 of the holding set are connected along their longitudinal side edges to form side seams 18. The first and second waist panels 9 and 10 are attached to the transverse end edges of the front and rear parts 2 and 3 in the manner described above, and the waist panels are also connected along their longitudinal lateral edges with the formation of extensions of the specified side seams 18. If the waist panels have a sufficient length in the longitudinal direction y of the garment, it is enough to have only waist panels connected along the side w 18 s.

It should be understood that the embodiments of absorbent garments described above and shown in the drawings are examples only and that the invention is applicable to an absorbent garment of any possible type comprising a holding kit with front and rear panels overlapping the wearer's stomach and back, and waist elements for holding the garment around the user's waist.

Elasticity test

The method allows to determine how the elastic material behaves with repeated loading and unloading cycles. The sample is stretched to a predetermined elongation and a cyclic movement from 0 to the specified, predetermined elongation is performed. Target forces during loading and unloading are recorded. The residual, that is, remaining, elongation of the material from which the load is removed is measured.

A tensile tester, Lloyd LRX, with the ability to perform cyclic movements and equipped with a printer / plotter or software for presenting data, is used. A specimen is cut with a width of 25 mm and a length which is preferably 20 mm greater than the distance between the clamps in the tensile testing apparatus. Marks for the distance between the clamps are performed on the sample in an elongated state.

The tensile tester is calibrated in accordance with the instructions for the device. The parameters required for the test (efforts under loading and unloading) are adjusted to the following values:

Slider Speed: 500 mm / min Clamp distance: 50 mm Preload: 0.05 N

The sample is placed in the clamps in accordance with the marks and ensure that the sample is centered and fixed perpendicular to the clamps. The tensile tester is started and three cycles are performed from 0 to a predetermined elongation corresponding to the largest given first load. Before the last cycle, the sample is held in an unstressed state for one minute, then the residual elongation is measured by stretching the sample until a force of 0.1 N is determined, and the elongation is recorded.

The residual elongation after relaxation should be less than 10%, and it is measured as described above. Thus, an elasticity of 30% is determined if the laminate has a residual weakening after elongation of less than 10% after being subjected to a relative elongation of 30% in the above tensile testing apparatus. Elongation by 30% means elongation to a length that is 30% more than the original length of the sample.

A method of manufacturing a garment

6 schematically illustrates part of a production line for manufacturing an absorbent garment in accordance with the invention, in this case an absorbent garment with a belt similar to that shown in FIG.

The continuous tape 19 of the longitudinally aligned blanks 8 of the holding sets is moved forward in the first feed direction A. The tape 19 from the blanks 8 of the holding sets contains many absorbent cores 5 located at a selected distance from each other and superimposed between the inner and outer covering sheets 6 and 7, as described above. The tape 19 is fed at the side of the inner covering sheet facing up in the drawing. The roll material 20 is fed in a second feed direction B toward the belt 19. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 6, the second feed direction B is substantially transverse to the first feed direction, but it should be understood that the relationship between the feed directions of the roll materials 19 and 20 may be as required. In accordance with one embodiment, the roll material 20 is an elastic roll material.

The roll material 20 has belt elements 15, 16 attached to it at a distance from each other, folded over the roll material 20 in the transverse direction, and fastening elements 14. As an alternative to folding the belt elements, they can be folded or unfolded. The roll material 20 is fed into the device 21, where it is cut into pieces, with each piece adapted to form one or more waist panels 9, 10, which, after cutting, are shifted to a selected distance from each other. In the embodiment shown, these cut pieces have a length in the longitudinal direction y corresponding to the length of the two waist panels 9, 10. Each cut piece contains two waist elements 15, 16 and two first fastening means 14. After the cut pieces are offset a certain distance from each other, can be stretched in the transverse x direction, provided that they are elastic. However, a stretching operation is also optional for elastic materials.

After cutting, displacing by a certain distance from each other, and possibly stretching the cut pieces in the transverse direction x, they enter the compression zone between the roll 25 and the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets, moved on a conveyor belt or the like (not shown). During the passage through the cutting device 21, a certain distance offset and possible stretching, the feed direction of the cut pieces of web material 20 changes so that it becomes substantially parallel to the feed direction of the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets. Before entering the roll compression zone 25, a strip of glue 22 is applied transversely to the tape 19 from side 6 of the inner cover sheet along the intended cutting line at approximately half the distance between the two absorbent cores 5. The feed of the cut pieces of roll material 29 is combined with the feed of the tape 19 from the holding sets, so that each cut piece of roll material 20 will be centered over the strip of glue 22.

The adhesive strip 22 is of sufficient size in the longitudinal direction y, so that the connected web materials 19 and 20 can be cut in a given area along the indicated intended cutting line into individual garments, each of which will have a waist panel attached to it by an adhesive strip. Alternatively, two strips of glue are applied, one on each side of the intended cutting line. It goes without saying that the attachment of the cut pieces of waist material 20 to the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets can be performed in other ways than gluing, for example, by means of heat bonding, ultrasonic welding, laser welding or the like.

The area of the cut pieces 9, 10 of the web material 20, which is attached to the side of the inner covering sheet of the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets, will be called the bonding zone. In areas outside the bonding zone, the cut pieces 9, 10 of the roll material 20 should be free of tape 19 and not glued to the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets. The corresponding size of the bonding zone in the longitudinal direction is from 4 to 30 mm, so that after cutting and separation of the connected web materials 19 and 20, it will ensure that there is a remaining bonding zone between the waist panel 9, 10 and the corresponding holding set 8, having a size of 2 to 15 cm .

In the case where the roll material is an elastic material, the cut pieces 9, 10 of the roll material 20, if required, can be held in a stretched state while attaching them to the holding set. In such a case, they should, in their unstressed, unstretched state, have a size in the transverse direction x, which is smaller than the corresponding transverse size of the tape 19 from the blanks of the holding sets, while in the stretched state they, when attached to the tape 19, must have a transverse size, essentially the same as the transverse size of the tape 19.

The United web materials 19 and 20 are then cut at the cutting station 23 along the intended cutting line, which is in the bonding zone, into individual garments having waist panels 9, 10 attached to the respective transverse end edges of the holding set 8. Cutouts for leg openings also perform at an additional station 23 cutting, if they were not performed earlier in the process. The waist panels 9, 10 overlap a portion of the corresponding holding set 8, and the garment is preferably packaged in this state after folding along one or more additional transverse fold lines.

After removing from the package and before using the garment, the waist panels 9 and 10 are folded away from the holding set 8 to form longitudinal “extensions” (protruding parts) of the holding set 8, while the seam 12 between the waist panels and the holding set protrudes from side 7 of the outer covering sheet garment, while the side 6 of the inner covering sheet is smooth.

In alternative embodiments, only one waist panel is attached to each holding kit. In addition, the cut pieces of the waist panels coming out of the device 21 for displacement, cutting and stretching, may correspond in length to the length of one waist panel 9, 10 in the longitudinal direction y. The blanks 8 of the holding sets can also be separated from each other before attaching them to the blanks of the waist panels.

The method described above provides increased productivity, since the tape 19 of the main material, consisting of aligned holding sets, has a shorter separation distance than in conventional garments. The waist panels are connected to the tape from the holding sets of a separate roll material and laid on the tape 19 on top of it, and thus, there is no increase in the separation distance of the aligned workpiece blankets from the connected roll materials 19 and 20. This means that more can be made garments per minute at the same transportation speed throughout the production line.

After cutting and separating the joined roll materials 19 and 20 into separate garments, the garment is already folded with the waist panels 9, 10 folded over the holding set 8, and it is only necessary to fold the garment, for example, along the central transverse bending line before it by packing.

It should be understood that the process described above and shown in Fig.6, can be modified in several ways within the scope of the claims of the claims, and that additional components can be added to the canvas material (roll materials, ribbons) depending on the type of item made clothes.

Claims (16)

1. An absorbent article of clothing, such as a diaper, diaper-pants, a protective device used for incontinence or hygiene pants, while the specified article of clothing has a longitudinal (y) and transverse (x) direction and contains a holding kit (8) having a first and a second transverse end edge (8a, 8b), wherein said holding set comprises a liquid permeable, inner cover sheet (6), liquid impermeable, outer cover sheet (7) and an absorbent core (5) located between the inner him and the outer covering sheets, while the specified item of clothing further comprises at least one waist panel (9, 10) attached to one of the transverse end edges of the holding set (8), and the specified waist panel has an inner facing the user a side and an outer side, characterized in that the said waist panel (9, 10) is attached to the holding kit (8) along the seam (11, 12), in which the side of the waist panel facing the user is facing the holding side guide kit, wherein said garment is adapted to be folded packaging and storage in a transverse direction (x) with respect to said seam (11, 12) between the retaining kit (8) and the respective waist panel (9, 10). 2. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that it comprises a first and second waist panels (9, 10) attached respectively to the first and second transverse end edges (8a, 8b) of the holding set (8) at the specified seam ( 11, 12), in which the user-facing side of the corresponding waist panel is facing the inner cover sheet (6) of the holding kit. 3. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that it is adapted to bend said at least one waist panel (9, 10) so that it extends longitudinally outside the holding set (8) when using and so that the seam (11, 12) protrudes from the outside of the garment. 4. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that on the sides of the first waist panel (9) are the first fastening means (14) for fastening together the specified garment in a shape similar to underpants. 5. An absorbent article of clothing according to any one of claims 1 to 4, characterized in that the article of clothing has opposed laterally extending waist elements (15, 16) attached to the sides of the waist panel (10), wherein said waist elements made with the possibility of covering them around the user's waist with a garment and fastening them together by means of second fastening means (17), said belt elements having an inner side and an outer side facing the user. 6. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 5, characterized in that the first fastening means (14) are adapted to be attached to the outside of the waist elements (15, 16) in such a way that the article of clothing takes on a shape similar to underpants. 7. An absorbent article of clothing according to any one of claims 1 to 3, characterized in that the article of clothing is an absorbent article such as underpants, in which at least said first and second waist panels (9, 10) are connected to each other along their respective transverse side edges with the formation of side seams (18). 8. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 1, characterized in that said at least one waist panel (9, 10) is an elastic waist panel. 9. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 8, characterized in that said at least one elastic waist panel (9, 10) is elastically extensible at least in the transverse direction (x) of the article of clothing. 10. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 8, characterized in that the elastic waist panel is attached to the holding set (8) in a stretched state. 11. An absorbent article of clothing according to claim 8 or 9, characterized in that said at least one elastic waist panel (9, 10) is also elastically extensible in the longitudinal direction (y) of the article of clothing. 12. A method of manufacturing an absorbent article of clothing, such as a diaper, a diaper-panties, an incontinence guard or hygiene pants, wherein said article of clothing has a longitudinal (y) and transverse (x) direction, said article of clothing containing a restraint a set (8) having first and second transverse end edges (8a, 8b) and including a liquid-permeable inner cover sheet (6) on the user-facing side, a liquid-tight outer cover sheet article (7) and an absorbent core (5) located between the inner and outer covering sheets, characterized in that according to the method a plurality of blanks (8) of holding sets aligned in the longitudinal direction (y) are fed, rolled material (20) is fed and cut it into pieces, with each piece adapted to form at least one waist panel (9, 10), attach each of these cut pieces of roll material (20) to the workpiece (8) of the holding set to at least one from her transverse con evyh edges so that it faces to the inner cover sheet (6) of the blank holding set, and so that the cut piece of the web material overlaps the portion of the corresponding workpiece retaining kit. 13. The method according to p. 12, characterized in that the cut piece of roll material (20) is attached to each transverse end edge (8a, 8b) of the workpiece (8) of the holding set. 14. The method according to item 12 or 13, characterized in that the plurality of aligned blanks (8) of the holding sets are connected to each other with the formation of a continuous tape (19) from the longitudinally aligned blanks of the holding sets, each of these cut pieces of roll material has a length that allows the formation of two waist panels, and each of these cut pieces of roll material (20) is attached to the tape (19) from the aligned blanks of the holding sets along the intended line azrezaniya between two adjacent preforms retaining kits so that the cut piece of the web material overlaps a portion of each of two adjacent preforms retaining kits from their inner cover sheet, the subsequently rolled material and the tape of aligned blanks retaining kits cut along said intended cut line. 15. The method according to p. 12 or 13, characterized in that said roll material (20) intended for the formation of said waist panels (9, 10) is an elastic roll material. 16. The method according to p. 12 or 13, characterized in that according to the method, the garment is packaged and stored folded in the transverse (x) direction along the seam (11, 12) formed when the specified cut piece of rolled material (20), forming a waist the panel is attached to the specified holding set (8), and before using the garment, the waist panel is folded so that it extends laterally outside the holding set, with the seam (11, 12) protruding from the outside of the garment.

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