Absorber in a sheet form and absorber product using the same

• US 20040220541A1
• Filed: 01/20/2004
• Published: 11/04/2004
• Est. Priority Date: 07/23/2001
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Absorbent Technology Institute
• Original Assignee: Absorbent Technology Institute
• Inventors: Suzuki, Migaku, Sugiyama, Katsuhiko, Mori, Kazuyo
• Application Number:
  US10/484,314
• Publication Number:
  US 20040220541A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 604/385.01
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/45 characterised by the shape cup-shaped type tampons A61F13/2045
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/49426 the barrier having an absorbent medium
• CPC Class Codes: A61F 13/5323 having absorbent material located in discrete regions, e.g. pockets

Abstract

An absorbent sheet having concave and convex portions on its surface and spontaneously exhibiting a three-dimensional structure in that a concave-convex structure is formed wherein when the difference in level between the concave and the convex portion is A mm in a state where water is not absorbed (dry state) the difference in level between the concave and the convex portion becomes 2A or more after water is absorbed, due to the bulging in parts caused by absorption of water and resultant swelling.

Claims

1. An absorbent sheet comprising convex and concave portions on its surface and having a spontaneous three-dimensional structure, wherein when a difference in level between the convex portions and the concave portions is A mm before a liquid is absorbed, the difference in level between the convex portions and the concave portions becomes 2A mm or more after it absorbs the liquid to swell so that it bulges in parts.

2. An absorbent sheet according to claim 1, wherein when said difference in level between the convex portions and the concave portions is A mm before the liquid is absorbed, said difference in level between the convex portions and the concave portions becomes 3A mm or more after the liquid is absorbed.

3. An absorbent sheet according to claim 1, wherein said difference in level between the convex portions and the concave portions (A) is in a range of from 0.2 mm to 2.0 mm before the liquid is absorbed.

4. An absorbent sheet according to claim 1, wherein said absorbent sheet comprises a P sheet where an absorbent layer is formed containing super absorbent polymer (SAP) on one side of a substrate sheet and the content of said SAP in said absorbent layer is in a range of from 50 wt % to 95 wt %.

5. An absorbent sheet according to claim 4, wherein the thickness of said P sheet is 2.0 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed.

6. An absorbent sheet according to claim 4, wherein said P sheet has absorbent layers formed on one side of said substrate sheet in a band form at certain intervals.

7. An absorbent sheet according to claim 4, wherein a Q sheet is further laminated with said P sheet to hold and fix said P sheet.

8. An absorbent sheet according to claim 7, wherein said P sheet and said Q sheet are bonded intermittently to each other at certain intervals.

9. An absorbent sheet according to claim 8, wherein the interval of bonding points between said P sheet and said Q sheet is 5 mm or more.

10. An absorbent sheet according to claim 7, wherein said P sheet is bonded to said Q sheet in the area where no absorbent layers are formed.

11. An absorbent sheet according to claim 1, wherein said convex and concave portion structure is formed with said absorbent sheet folded.

12. An absorbent sheet according to claim 7, wherein said convex and concave portion structure is formed with said P sheet being bonded to said Q sheet intermittently at certain intervals in such a condition that said P sheet is slackened.

13. An absorbent sheet according to claim 12, wherein said P sheet is bonded to said Q sheet in the area where no absorbent layers are formed.

14. An absorbent sheet according to claim 12, wherein said P sheet is laminated with and bonded intermittently to at least one layer of an absorbent sheet comprising said substrate sheet with absorbent layers containing said SAP formed thereon so that a laminated structure is formed and said P sheet and said Q sheet are bonded to each other intermittently.

15. An absorbent sheet according to claim 4, wherein said absorbent layers contain super absorbent polymer (SAP) and microfibrillated cellulose (MFC) as its bonding agent.

16. An absorbent sheet according to claim 4, wherein said substrate sheet of said P sheet comprises at least one kind selected from hydrophilic and diffusive wood pulp sheet, rayon-based non-woven fabric or cotton-based non-woven fabric or non-woven fabrics treated to be hydrophilic consisting of polyethylene-based, polypropylene-based, polyethylene-terephthalate-based, or polyvinyl-alcohol-based fibers.

17. An absorbent sheet according to claim 7, wherein said Q sheet comprises at least one hydrophobic non-woven fabric selected from spun bonded or spun bonded/melt blown/spun bonded composites consisting of polyethylene-based, polypropylene-based, polyethylene-terephthalate-based or polyvinyl-alcohol-based fibers.

18. An absorbent sheet according to claim 7, wherein said Q sheet comprises a film or an apertured film selected from polyethylene-based, polypropylene-based, polyethylene-terephthalate-based or polyvinyl-alcohol-based film or a composite of a non-woven fabric with any of such films.

19. An absorbent product comprising a liquid permeable top sheet, a liquid impermeable leakage preventing sheet and an absorbent body disposed between both sheets for absorbing and holding a liquid and having a liquid guarding function in its side edge portions and/or in the peripheral edge portions of the front and back bodies, wherein said absorbent body comprises an absorbent sheet having a spontaneous three dimension structure according to claim 1.

20. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein said absorbent body is sectioned into a central portion and both side edge portions, said both side edge portions having a laminated structure with a difference in level in terms of thickness of 1.0 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed as compared with said central portion and said both side edge portions being made to stand up by absorbing the liquid to swell so as to have a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2.0 mm or more so that said both side edge portions function as side guard blank.

21. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein said absorbent body is sectioned into a central portion and both side edge portions, said both side edge portions having a laminated structure with a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2.0 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed as compared with said central portion and said both side edge portions being made to stand up by absorbing the liquid to swell so as to have a difference in level in terms of thickness of 5.0 mm or more so that said both side edge portions function as a three-dimensional side guard bank.

22. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein said absorbent body is sectioned into its central portion and the peripheral edge portions of its front and back bodies, said peripheral edge portions having a laminated structure with a difference in level in terms of thickness of 1.0 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed as compared with said central portion and said edge portions being made to stand up by absorbing the liquid to swell so as to have a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2.0 mm or more so that said end edge portions function as an end guard bank.

23. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein said absorbent body is sectioned into its central portion and the peripheral edge portions of its front and back bodies, said peripheral edge portions having a laminated structure with a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2.0 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed as compared with said central portion and said end edge portions being made to stand up by absorbing the liquid to swell so as to have a difference in level in terms of thickness of 5.0 mm or more so that said end edge portions function as an end guard bank.

24. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein the back body of said absorbent body has an excrement guiding portion formed comprising a convex and concave portion structure with a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2 mm or less before the liquid is absorbed and with a difference in level of 5 mm or more after it absorbs the liquid to swell.

25. An absorbent product according to claim 19, wherein the longitudinal central region of said absorbent body is made to stand up as it has a difference in level in terms of thickness of 2 mm or less as compared with the peripheral area of said absorbent body before the liquid is absorbed and as it has a difference in level in terms of thickness of 5 mm or more compared with the peripheral area after it absorbs the liquid to swell whereby a convex portion structure is formed that the central region is made to be closely in contact with the discharging area.