Absorbent article
First Claim
1. An absorbent article comprising an absorbent member comprising a web of hydrophilic long fibers, the long fibers having a crimp percentage of 40% to 90% and being oriented in the planar direction of the absorbent member, and the web having a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported therein.
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Abstract
An absorbent article has an absorbent member 1 containing a web 2 of hydrophilic long fibers. The long fibers have a crimp percentage of 40% to 90% and are oriented in the planar direction of the absorbent member 1. The web 2 has a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported therein. The absorbent member 1 preferably has two or more webs 2 and a superabsorbent polymer layer 3 sprinkled between the webs 2, with part of the superabsorbent polymer being embeddedly supported in the web 2.
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- 1. An absorbent article comprising an absorbent member comprising a web of hydrophilic long fibers, the long fibers having a crimp percentage of 40% to 90% and being oriented in the planar direction of the absorbent member, and the web having a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported therein.
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14. A stretchable absorbent member comprising a web of hydrophilic long fibers, a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported in the web, and a liquid permeable sheet wrapping the web,
the hydrophilic long fibers having a crimp percentage of 40% to 90%, the web having a high degree of orientation in the planar direction of the absorbent member, and the liquid permeable sheet being extensible to ensure the stretchability of the absorbent member.
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20. An absorbent article having elastic regions which extend along at least one of the longitudinal direction and the width direction and are located along at least one of a pair of lateral sides and a pair of longitudinal ends thereof and comprising an absorbent member, the absorbent member being disposed in the elastic regions,
the absorbent member being stretchable and comprising a web containing hydrophilic crimped long fibers with a high degree of orientation in one direction, and the web having a superabsorbent polymer embeddedly supported therein.
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27. An absorbent member comprising webs of hydrophilic long fibers having a crimp percentage of 40% to 90% and a layer of a superabsorbent polymer sprinkled between the webs, part of the superabsorbent polymer being embeddedly supported in the web, and the webs adjacent to each other being bonded in points.
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28. A process of producing an absorbent member comprising a web of crimped long fibers and a superabsorbent polymer contained in the web, the process comprising the steps of opening a web in a longitudinally stretched state under tension and feeding the superabsorbent polymer to the web in a state under reduced tension.
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