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Personal hygiene articles for absorbing fluids

  • US 5,766,159 A
  • Filed: 07/06/1995
  • Issued: 06/16/1998
  • Est. Priority Date: 07/06/1995
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. A method for making an absorbent composite useful for personal hygiene articles which comprises:

  • treating a wood fiber pulp containing wood fibers with a base at a temperature ranging from about 0°

    C. to about 80°

    C. thereby forming a treated wood fiber pulp containing wood fibers;

    dry shredding the treated wood fiber pulp to form an absorbent sublayer material comprised of fluffed base-treated wood pulp;

    providing at least one fluid permeable topsheet layer and at least one substantially fluid impermeable backsheet layer; and

    interposing the sublayer material between the topsheet layer and backsheet layer.

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