Manufacturing method for an electronic diaper and its structure

• US 20040147888A1
• Filed: 01/28/2003
• Published: 07/29/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 01/28/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Chien-Tung Huang, Lin Wen Chuan
• Original Assignee: Chien-Tung Huang, Lin Wen Chuan
• Inventors: Chuan, Lin Wen, Huang, Chien-Tung
• Application Number:
  US10/356,937
• Publication Number:
  US 20040147888A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/361
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/42 with wetness indicator or alarm

Abstract

A manufacturing method of an electronic diaper is to provide a sensor feeding band or box supplying a diaper body with a sensor which will be in advance attached on the upper or the lower dry layer of the diaper body for carrying out a sequent process of automatically manufacturing an electronic diaper. The electronic diaper includes an upper and lower dry layer and an sbsorbing layer sandwiched between the two dry layers, a sensor attached on the upper or the lower dry layer. The sensor has a connecting member for connecting with a controller. Sensing the diaper body wetted, the sensor will give a signal to the controller which will immediately give out warning signals to remind a nurse that the diaper is wet and needs to be replaced with a new one so that a user may feel comfortable in using the electronic diaper.

Claims

1. A manufacturing method of an electronic diaper comprising provision of a sensor feeding band, said sensor feeding band having a continuous band body, said continuous band body having a plurality of sensor bodies spaced apart equidistantly with a tear line formed between every two abutting ones of said sensors, each said sensor able to be torn off along said tear line, said sensor attached on an inner surface of an upper or a lower dry layer of a diaper body with glue or by fusing and adhering operated by a high frequency machine so as to facilitate automatically manufacturing said electronic diaper.

2. The manufacturing method of electronic diaper as claimed in claim 1, wherein a sensor feeding box is provided for placing numerous sensors piled on one another in its interior, and each said sensor is attached by automatic equipment on the inner surface of the upper or the lower dry layer of each said diaper body with glue or by fusing and adhering operated by a high frequency machine to conveniently and automatically manufacturing said electronic diaper.

3. An electronic diaper comprising a diapers body, said diaper body provided at least with an upper and a lower dry layer, an absorbing layer sandwiched between said two dry layers, said upper or lower dry layer attached with a sensor, said sensor able to extend to an outer side of said diaper, said sensor having a connecting member.

4. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sensor is formed with a lower film layer having plural electric conductors disposed on its upper surface, with an upper film layer coated closely on the upper surface of said lower film layer to make up said sensor soft and having good conductivity.

5. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 3, wherein said sensor is formed with a lower film layer provided on its upper surface with plural electric conductors, becoming soft and having good conductivity.

6. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 3, wherein an outer hang display is provided to be connected with said diaper body and placed at a place where an attendant can check it easily.

7. An electronic diaper comprising:

a diaper body provided with an upper day layer, a lower day layer and an absorbing layer sandwiched between said upper and said lower dry layer;

a sensor attached on said upper dry layer or on said lower dry layer and having a connecting member; and

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a controller having a socket hole with two terminals provided in its interior, said connecting member of said sensor inserted in said socket hole of said controller so that said controller may receive signals from said sensor for producing warning signals of the condition of said diaper body.

8. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 7, wherein said controller can clasp conductors of said sensor for receiving signals from said sensor and accordingly produces warning signals of the witted condition of said diaper body.

9. An electronic diaper comprising:

a diaper consisting of an upper dry layer, a lower dry layer and an absorbing layer sandwiched between said two dry layers;

a controller having a socket hole provided with two terminals in its interior;

a sensor having a connecting member, said connecting member inserting in said socket hole of said controller, said sensor able to be attached in said diaper body for sensing the condition of said diaper body.

10. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 9, wherein said sensor is wrapped with an absorbing material.

11. An electronic diaper comprising

a diaper provided at least with an upper dry layer, a lower dry layer and an absorbing layer sandwiched between said two dry layers,

a plurality of conductors of said sensor printed on said upper dry layer and/or said lower dry layer, said sensor able to be connected with a controller so that said controller may receive signals from said sensor to produce warning signals of the condition of said diaper body.

12. An electronic diaper comprising;

a diaper body consisting of an upper dry layer, a lower dry layer, and an absorbing layer sandwiched between said two dry layers;

a sensor attached on said upper dry layer or said lower dry layer, said sensor connected with a controller;

said controller provided with a control circuit in its interior, said control circuit constituted with an IC, said IC burned with a driving program, said controller receiving signals sensed by said sensor, said controller

Calculating and converting said signals into warning signals, which is then transmitted to an LED lamp to be turned on to light up, or to a buzzer to give out sound, or to an LCD display to indicate the time of said diaper body becoming wet so that said diaper body may be replaced with a new one by an attendant.

13. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 12 wherein said control circuit has a plurality of signal sources and plural detecting modes in correspondence with said sensor consisting of three conductors;

two of said three conductors are electrically connected with each other by urine flowing through a hole formed in an upper film layer to sense a first stage of wetting condition of said diaper body and producing a first signal of wetting condition of said diaper body to be transmitted to said controller, which then produces a first warning signal;

the other two of said three conductors may be electrically connected by urine flowing through another hole formed in said upper film layer to sense a second stage wetting condition of said diaper body and to produce a second signal of wetting condition of said diaper body so that said controller may receive said second signal to produce a second warning signal for attaining the object of replacing said diaper body with a new one.

14. The electronic diaper as claimed in claim 12, wherein said controller supplies said sensor with a very small and continuous power for said sensor to sense the condition of said diaper continuously;

or said controller supplies said sensor with a very small and intermittent power for said sensor to carry out sensing the condition of said diaper intermittently, and once wetness of said diaper is sensed, said controller will immediately cut off the power of said sensor, but said warning signal is still given out until said diaper is replaced with a new one.