WO2002034188A1 - Corrugated absorbent system for hygienic products - Google Patents
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- Absorbent articles such as diapers, child training pants, adult incontinence garments, swim wear, feminine pads and the like, typically include at least one liquid- permeable top layer for direct contact with the wearer, an absorbent core layer, and a substantially liquid-impermeable outer cover material.
- the absorbent core is positioned between the top layer(s) and the outer cover material.
- the absorbent core of an absorbent article should be capable of intaking large volumes of fluid rapidly, with some control.
- the absorbent material necessarily requires a large amount of void space to take in a fluid insult, but needs the appropriate structural characteristics in controlling, spreading and retaining the fluid.
- PCT International Publication No. WO 96/00545 teaches a corrugated liquid permeable top layer disposed over a non-corrugated absorbent core, providing improved softness due to reduced contact with the user's body. Additionally, the corrugated cover material provides channels which move fluid along the length of the product.
- U.S. Patent 5,976,665 to Hansson describes a liquid permeable corrugated and apertured casing sheet for absorbent articles for reducing contact with the wearer's skin.
- An absorbent system that can handle large amounts of fluid, control fluid movement, provide integrity during use, and improve softness and dryness is desired, but, based upon the prior art, has not been achieved to date. It is the intention of this disclosure to describe such a system.
- the invention disclosed and claimed herein is a corrugated absorbent material having a plurality of alternating peaks and valleys for use in absorbent articles, including, but not limited to, disposable diapers, child training pants, swim wear, adult incontinence garment, sanitary pads or tampons, bandages, wound dressings and the like.
- the corrugated material is incorporated into the absorbent articles as the absorbent core, or part of the absorbent core, disposed between the fluid permeable top sheet and the fluid impermeable back sheet, to achieve improved fluid intake performance.
- the absorbent core is modified in conjunction with the fluid permeable top sheet so as to allow the fluid permeable top sheet to adapt to the shape of the corrugated absorbent, thereby improving contact between the layers.
- the corrugated absorbent material in accordance with this invention provides improved fluid intake due to the higher material surface area for fluid contact, void volume created by the corrugation process, a visual cue for improved fluid intake due to improved material aesthetics, improved absorption of fluids such as urine, menses, and bowel movement (BM) due to the surface structure of the material which provides "pockets" for intake, and softness and dryness due to the modified surface topography of the corrugated absorbent material providing reduced contact with the skin of the wearer.
- the softness attribute may also help with body conformance and fit in that the corrugated structure may allow for some stretch of the absorbent web.
- Figs, la and lb are diagrams showing a corrugated absorbent in accordance with this invention utilized as an intake layer in a dual layer diaper absorbent design;
- Figs. 2a and 2b are diagrams showing a corrugated nonwoven material in accordance with this invention which may be applied to distribution/retention layers for desorption, dryness, and conformance improvements;
- Figs. 3a and 3b are diagrams showing a corrugated nonwoven absorbent structure in accordance with this invention comprising wettability gradients for enhanced fluid handling capability;
- Fig. 4 is a diagram showing the use of the nonwoven corrugated material of this invention used as an airlaid intake/distribution strip as may be found in certain types of feminine care products;
- Fig. 5 is a diagram showing a corrugated nonwoven structure having triangular peaks and valleys in accordance with one embodiment of this invention
- Fig. 6 is a diagram showing a corrugated nonwoven structure having peaks and valleys in the shape of plateaus.
- machine direction refers to the direction of travel of the forming surface onto which fibers are deposited during formation of a nonwoven web.
- nonwoven web or “nonwoven material” means a material having a structure of individual fibers or threads which are interlaid, but not in an identifiable manner, as in a knitted fabric.
- Nonwoven materials or webs have been formed from many processes such as, for example, spunbonding processes, meltblowing processes, and bonded carded web processes.
- the basis weight of nonwoven fabrics is usually expressed in grams per square meter (gsm) and the fiber diameters are usually expressed in microns.
- spunbond fibers refers to small diameter fibers which are formed by extruding molten thermoplastic material as filaments from a plurality of fine, usually circular capillaries of a spinneret, with the diameter of the extruded filaments then being rapidly reduced as by, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,340,563 to Appel et al., U.S. Patent 3,692,618 to Dorschner et al., U.S. Patent 3,802,817 to Matsuki et al., U.S.
- Spunbond fibers are generally not tacky when they are deposited onto a collecting surface. Spunbond fibers are generally continuous and have average diameters (from a sample of at least 10) larger than 7 microns, more particularly, between about 10 and 50 microns. The fibers may also have shapes such as those described in U.S. Patent 5,277,976 to Hogle et al., U.S. Patent 5,466,410 to Hills, and U.S. Patent
- bonded carded or bonded carded webs refers to nonwoven webs formed by carding processes as are known to those skilled in the art and further described, for example, in U.S. Patent 4,488,928 to Alikhan and Schmidt.
- carding processes involve starting with a blend of, for example, staple fibers with bonding fibers or other bonding components in a bulky batt that is combed or otherwise treated to provide a generally uniform basis weight. This web is heated or otherwise treated to activate the adhesive component, resulting in an integrated, usually lofty nonwoven material.
- polymer generally includes, but is not limited to, homopolymers, copolymers, such as for example, block, graft, random and alternating copolymers, terpolymers, etc., and blends and modifications thereof.
- polymer includes all possible geometric configurations of the material. The configurations include, but are not limited to, isotactic, atactic, syndiotactic, and random symmetries.
- the term "monocomponent” fiber refers to a fiber formed from one or more extruders using only one polymer. This is not meant to exclude fibers formed from one polymer to which small amounts of additives have been added for coloration, anti-static properties, lubrication, hydrophilicity, etc. These additives, for example titanium dioxide for coloration, are generally present in an amount less than about 5 weight percent and more typically about 2 weight percent.
- the term "bicomponent fibers” refers to fibers which have been formed from at least two different polymers extruded from separate extruders but spun together to form one fiber. Bicomponent fibers are also sometimes referred to as conjugate fibers or multieomponent fibers.
- the polymers are arranged in substantially constantly positioned distinct zones across the cross-section of the bicomponent fibers and extend continuously along the length of the bicomponent fibers.
- the configuration of such a bicomponent fiber may be, for example, a sheath/core arrangement wherein one polymer is surrounded by another, or may be a side-by-side arrangement, a pie arrangement, or an "islands-in-the-sea" arrangement.
- Bicomponent fibers are taught by U.S. Patent 5,108,820 to Kaneko et al., U.S. Patent 4,795,668 to Krueger, et al., U.S. Patent 5,540,992 to Marcher et al., and U.S. Patent 5,336,552 to Strack et al. Bicomponent fibers are also taught by U.S.
- Patent 5,382,400 to Pike et al. may be used to produce crimp in the fibers by using the differential rates of expansion and contraction of the two (or more) polymers.
- the polymers are desirably present in ratios of 75/25 to 25/75 or any other desired ratio and, as an example, may be 50/50.
- Fibers formed of two or more segments of the same polymer, such as a polypropylene (PP)/PP fiber are considered to be monocomponent fibers.
- biconstituent fibers refers to fibers which have been formed from at least two polymers extruded from the same extruder as a blend.
- blend is defined below. Biconstituent fibers do not have the various polymer components arranged in relatively constantly positioned distinct zones across the cross- sectional area of the fiber and the various polymers are usually not continuous along the entire length of the fiber, instead usually forming fibrils which start and end at random. Biconstituent fibers are sometimes also referred to as multiconstituent fibers. Fibers of this general type are discussed in, for example, U.S. Patent 5, 108,827 to Gessner. Bicomponent and biconstituent fibers are also discussed in the textbook Polymer Blends and Composites by John A. Manson and Leslie H. Sperling, copyright 1976 by Plenum Press, a division of
- blend means a mixture of two or more polymers while the term “alloy” means a sub-class of blends wherein the components are immiscible but have been compatibilized.
- miscibility and miscibility are defined as blends having negative and positive values, respectively, for the free energy of mixing.
- compatibilization is defined as the process of modifying the interfacial properties of an immiscible polymer blend in order to make an alloy.
- absorbent article includes personal care absorbent articles such as disposable diapers, training pants, absorbent underpants, swim wear, adult incontinence products, feminine hygiene products, including sanitary pads and tampons, and the like, and bandages, wound dressings, wipes, and the like.
- the term “intake” refers to the ability of an absorbent article to absorb fluid. Intake time is used to assess the quality of absorption with lower intake times denoting materials capable of rapid absorption and higher intake times denoting materials with poorer absorption.
- stain refers to fluid, wet or dry, which is present on the top surface, in, or on the bottom surface of a cover material or topsheet of an absorbent article.
- Pulp refers to fibers from natural sources such as woody and non- woody plants.
- Woody plants include, for example, deciduous and coniferous trees.
- Non- woody plants include, for example, cotton, flax, esparto grass, milkweed, straw, jute hemp, and bagasse.
- the corrugated material of this invention provides the potential for benefits in fluid intake, the ability to z-direct fluid into a structure, and for conformance.
- the corrugated absorbent materials of this invention may also improve dryness by reducing contact with the skin and by improving cover desorption.
- the corrugated material of this invention is a nonwoven material or system produced from a stabilized web, such as an airlaid composite comprising pulp, a binder and, in some cases, a superabsorbent. Pulp is useful in absorbent products, and generally constitutes about 1 % to about 90% by weight of the composite nonwoven fabric used in such products.
- the corrugated material comprises pulp in the range of about 75% to about 98% by weight of the total material weight. The pulp may be unrefined or may be beaten to various degrees of refinement. Small amounts of synthetic binding fibers, wet-strength resins and/or resin binders may be added to improve strength and abrasion resistance.
- binders and wet- strength resins include, for example, T-255 thermal binder fiber available from Trevira, Kymene 557H available from Hercules Chemical Company and Parez 631 available from American Cyanamid, Inc.
- the corrugated material in accordance with this invention preferably comprises a binder in the range of about 2% to about 25% by weight of the total material weight.
- resilient fibers, or other structural means may be incorporated into the structure to provide a level of resiliency.
- Composite corrugated nonwoven materials in accordance with this invention may be produced by combining separate polymer and additive streams into a single deposition stream in forming the nonwoven webs.
- Such a process is taught, for example, by U.S. Patent 4, 100,324 to Anderson et al. which is hereby incorporated by reference.
- U.S. Patent 4,818,464 to Lau discloses the introduction of superabsorbent material as well as pulp, cellulose, or staple fibers through a centralized chute in an extrusion die for combination with resin fibers in a nonwoven web.
- the pulp, staple fibers, or other material are added to vary the characteristics of the resulting web, for example, strength and absorbency. It is recognized that other absorbent materials may be used to achieve similar results, including pulp fluff, fluff and superabsorbent, fiber binders, or a combination thereof, or any material suitable for absorbing fluid.
- absorbent articles it may be desirable to include one or more superabsorbents in the absorbent layer.
- superabsorbents may be particulate or fibrous.
- the desired composition of the corrugated material is in the range of about 25% to about 75% by weight pulp, in the range of about 2% to about 25% by weight binder and in the range of about 0%o to about 50% by weight superabsorbent.
- the basis weight of the corrugated materials utilized in the absorbent layers of absorbent articles in accordance with this invention is defined in terms of a base sheet basis weight, that is the basis weight of the nonwoven material prior to corrugation.
- the base sheet basis weight of the corrugated material of this invention is in the range of about 50 gsm to about 900 gsm. To obtain the desired material and product performance, the base sheet basis weight is increased upon corrugation in the range of about
- the corrugated material of this invention having a corrugated basis weight in the range of about 60 gsm to about 2250 gsm.
- this invention also defines corrugation of the cover material in the same manner.
- the cover material should be corrugated with about the same degree of corrugation as the absorbent.
- the basis weight of the cover material before corrugation can range from about 10 to about 80 gsm and more preferably from about 15 to about 50 gsm.
- An intermediate layer can be placed between the fluid permeable top sheet and absorbent material to improve the overall intake and flowback properties of the material.
- the structural characteristics of such a layer depend on the characteristics of the top layer and the absorbent material that has been chosen for the application. These parameters should include materials that, with some synergy, will be capable of desorbing the top layer at a fast rate and provide low reflux of fluid to the user's body.
- the corrugated material 10 of this invention comprises a plurality of alternating peaks 20 and valleys 21.
- the frequency of peaks and valleys is preferably in the range of about one per 5 mm of material length to about one per 25 mm of material length.
- the desired thickness of the material is in the range of about 0.3 mm to about 25 mm.
- the shape of the peaks 20 and valleys 21 is rounded.
- the peaks and valleys may have a triangular shape where they come to a sharp point such as shown in Fig. 5 or a plateau shape where the peaks and valleys are relatively flat as shown in Fig. 6.
- Patent 5,582,904 to Harrington which teaches the incorporation into a polyolefin-containing cast or spin-melt composition for production of nonwoven materials a modifier composition comprising at least one M, M-polyalkoxylate 10-22 carbon fatty acid amine, inclusive of amines having 12-20 carbons and preferably 18 carbon linear straight chain moiety corresponding to that found in stearic or oleic acid, and up to about 60° o, including 0.1%- 45% by weight of a modifier composition, of a primary or a secondary 10-22 carbon fatty acid amide, such as stearamide.
- a modifier composition comprising at least one M, M-polyalkoxylate 10-22 carbon fatty acid amine, inclusive of amines having 12-20 carbons and preferably 18 carbon linear straight chain moiety corresponding to that found in stearic or oleic acid, and up to about 60° o, including 0.1%- 45% by weight of a modifier composition, of a primary or a secondary 10-22 carbon fatty acid
- a surfactant treatment system suitable for use in the corrugated material of this invention is a compound selected from the group consisting of ethoxylated hydrogenated fatty oils, monosaccharides, monosaccharide derivatives, polysaccharides, polysaccharide derivatives, and combinations thereof.
- ethoxylated hydrogenated fatty oils ethoxylated hydrogenated fatty oils
- monosaccharides monosaccharide derivatives
- polysaccharides e.g., polysaccharide derivatives, and combinations thereof.
- hydrophilic surface structure is desired for this invention, one which is hydrophobic is also feasible.
- Fluid intake benefits may be enhanced by treating the corrugated material with a surfactant in a manner which produces wettability gradients within the material.
- a surfactant treatment represented by reference numeral 22 to the valleys 21 of the corrugated structure 10 so as to aid in drawing fluid away from the peaks 20 (material surface), i.e. z-directed flow, of the corrugated structure.
- the peaks 20 of the material may be designed to be hydrophobic.
- Similar functionality may also be achieved by applying a treatment 23 to the lower surface of the corrugated material 10 as shown in Fig. 3b.
- a wettability gradient for enhancement of fluid intake may also be effected by incorporating alternate raw materials, for example pulps with different wettability properties, in dual or multi-layered configurations.
- absorbent articles in accordance with this invention typically include at least a liquid-permeable top layer for direct contact with the wearer, an absorbent core layer, and a substantially liquid-impermeable outer cover material.
- the absorbent core is positioned between the top layer and the outer cover material. It is important to note that a cover material not affixed to the absorbent core will have more difficulty absorbing fluid when a gap exists between layers.
- the liquid-permeable top layer or cover is attached to the absorbent corrugated structure in a face-to-face relation, typically by a method selected from the group consisting of thermal bonding, powder bonding, adhesive bonding, entanglement, ultrasonics, and combinations thereof.
- the fluid permeable top sheet has a surface topography corresponding to the shape of the corrugated absorbent material.
- the fluid permeable top layer may be a spunbond fabric or an apertured film and may include a bonded carded web sub-layer.
- the spunbond fabric may be made, for example, from monocomponent fibers, bicomponent fibers, biconstituent fibers or combinations thereof. In cases where product design does not permit such a layer to have connectivity with the absorbent system, it can be envisioned that pressure exerted by the user's body may provide such connectivity, thereby compensating for the lack of connectivity between layers and enabling fluid absorption.
- the corrugated nonwoven material of this invention may be employed in a variety of absorbent articles including, but not limited to, disposable diapers, training pants, swim wear, adult incontinence garments, feminine care products, such as sanitary pads and tampons, bandages and wound dressings.
- Figs, la and l b are drawings showing the corrugated absorbent material of this invention as an intake layer 1 1 in a dual layer diaper absorbent design.
- the corrugated material may be oriented in the disposable diaper with a machine direction orientation as shown in Fig. 1 a or a cross direction orientation as shown in Fig. lb.
- the cross direction orientation may provide additional protection against leakage by creating directional channels which force the fluid flowing into the absorbent layer to take a more elongated path along the length of the product. This configuration may also reduce stiffness in the crotch region of the product due to compressibility of the corrugated material in the cross direction.
- corrugated absorbent material of this invention is not limited to the fluid intake layers of the absorbent articles. It may also be applied to fluid distribution/retention layers 12 for desorption, dryness and conformance improvements.
- Figs. 2a and 2b show examples of these types of structures where Fig. 2a corresponds to a machine direction corrugation orientation and Fig. 2b corresponds to a cross direction corrugation orientation.
- the absorbent structure of absorbent articles such as diapers may be fully corrugated for application to the total absorbent system of the diaper or it may be partially corrugated for, as an example, gender specific fluid intake applications.
- the corrugated portion of the absorbent structure In the case of product use by males, the corrugated portion of the absorbent structure would be closer to the front of the diaper whereas, in the case of product use by females, the corrugated portion of the absorbent structure would be oriented closer to the center of the diaper.
- the corrugated portion of the absorbent material will typically be greater than about 40 mm in width, greater than about 100 mm in length and comprise greater than about 5% " of the product area. Additional applications of the absorbent material of this invention may include corrugation of the airlaid fluid intake/distribution strip 30 found in some sanitary pads and napkins 3 1 as shown in Fig. 4.
- the corrugated airlaid material may enhance fluid handling by directing menses z-directionally into the core of the product, thereby providing improved cover desorption.
- the corrugations may provide reduced contact with the skin of the user, allowing for improved dryness.
- the corrugated absorbent layer may be used alone as long as it can provide the necessary fluid distribution functionality. However, it may also be used in conjunction with some type of distribution layer such as continuous fibers used for distribution in airlaid-tow composites.
- corrugated materials are described in U.S. Patent 4,1 1 1 ,733, U.S. Patent 5,167,740, U.S. Patent 5,558,924, and U.S. Patent 5,562,545, and are incorporated herein as reference.
- One example of modifying an absorbent core and fluid permeable top layer to produce a corrugated structure would be to feed the material through a nip having a doctor blade which reduces the speed of the web at the exit of the nip, thereby creating corrugations.
- Corrugations may also be produced using differential machine speeds.
- a third method for producing corrugations is through the use of an embossing roll having the desired pattern to achieve corrugations.
- Alternative methods to produce corrugated structures are feasible.
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