Underpants-type disposable diaper having side seal sections with welded regions of differing densities

Patent metadata

Field	Value
Publication number	US-9895276-B2
Application number	US-201314372973-A
Country	US
Kind code	B2
Filing date	Jan 17, 2013
Priority date	Jan 20, 2012
Publication date	Feb 20, 2018
Grant date	Feb 20, 2018

Abstract

In a dot pattern, both sufficient strength during the use of a diaper and the ease of tearing can be achieved, while inhibiting sticking of fiber waste of a non-woven fabric in the sealing device. The problems can be solved by the underpants-type disposable diaper characterized by a side seal section 13 is formed in a dot pattern in which a plurality of rows of dot-shaped welded parts 13 s, 13 b , disposed with intervals in a vertical direction, are disposed in a transverse direction, and non-welded parts 13 n , disposed all over in the transverse direction, are disposed on both sides of each welded part 13 s, 13 b , in the vertical direction; the side seal section 13 has at least partly in the vertical direction a non-densely welded region LD and a densely welded region HD; and each welded part 13 b in the densely welded region HD is larger in area than each welded part 13 s in the non-densely welded region LD.

First claim

The invention claimed is:

1. An underpants-type disposable diaper, in which a front body part and a back body part are each weld-jointed together on both sides to form side seal sections, thereby forming a waist opening and a right-left pair of leg openings, wherein:
at least an outer surface of the side seal section is formed of a non-woven fabric;
the side seal section is formed in a dot pattern in which
a plurality of rows of dot-shaped welded parts, disposed with intervals in a vertical direction, are disposed in a transverse direction, and
non-welded parts, disposed all over in the transverse direction, are disposed on both sides of each welded part in the vertical direction;
the side seal section is set to have a non-densely welded region closer to the waist opening than a densely welded region the non-densely welded region being vertically separated from the densely welded region; and
each welded part in the densely welded region is at least partly larger in area than each welded part in the non-densely welded region;
the side seal section has a polypropylene region where only non-woven fabrics of polypropylene or a copolymer thereof are laminated and a non-polypropylene region;
the non-polypropylene region having first, second and third regions, the first region being immediately below the polypropylene region, the second region being immediately below the first region and the third region being immediately below the second region;
the first region having a first number of non-woven fabrics laminated, the second region having a second number, which is smaller than the first number, of non-woven fabrics laminated, and the third region having a third number, smaller than the second number, of non-woven fabrics laminated;
whereby the front body part is more easily separated from the back body at the waist opening.

2. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein
in the side seal section, a waist edge part is in the polypropylene region, and leg opening-side portion with respect to the waist edge part is totally in the non-polypropylene region, and
the non-densely welded region is provided from the polypropylene region into the first region of the non-polypropylene region, and the densely welded region is provided on the leg opening-side with respect to the non-densely welded region.

3. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein
each welded part in the side seal section has the shape of a circle having a diameter of 0.7 to 2.0 mm,
each welded part in the densely welded region has an area being 1.5 to 3.5 times as large as each welded part in the non-densely welded region,
the number of rows of the welded parts arranged in the non-densely welded region is two,
the number of rows of the welded parts arranged in the densely welded region is more than the number of the rows in the non-densely welded region,
the non-welded part in the non-densely welded region has a length of 0.05 to 2.0 mm in the vertical direction, and
the non-welded part in the densely welded region has a length of 0.05 to 3.0 mm in the vertical direction.

4. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 1 , wherein weld-jointing is performed by ultrasonic sealing.

5. The underpants-type disposable diaper according to claim 2 , wherein the densely welded region is provided in part of the first region, all of the second region and all of the third region.

Assignees

• Daio Seishi Kk

Inventors

• Mizobuchi Keita
• Okada Nobuyuki
• Ochi Ryoichi
• Kamioka Terumasa

Classifications

• B29C66/232

  said joint lines being multiple and parallel, i.e. the joint being formed by several parallel joint lines · CPC title

• A61F13/51

  characterised by the outer layers of the pads (A61F13/20 takes precedence) · CPC title

• A61F13/496

  in the form of pants or briefs · CPC title

• B29C66/21

  said joint lines being formed by a single dot or dash or by several dots or dashes, i.e. spot joining or spot welding · CPC title

• B29C66/1122

  Single lap to lap joints, i.e. overlap joints (B29C66/45, B29C66/472, B29C66/52272 take precedence) · CPC title