An absorbent body in which a larger amount of a granular absorbent substance penetrates into the inside of a fiber sheet is produced. A fiber sheet having napped one main surface is supplied to a conveying device and conveyed while the other main surface of the fiber sheet is being sucked through a conveyance surface. A granular absorbent substance is sprayed onto the napped one main surface of the fiber sheet to cause the substance to penetrate into the inside of the fiber sheet in a suction section. A pressure difference increasing device is provided that faces the one main surface of the fiber sheet sprayed with the absorbent substance and being conveyed in the suction section, and that suppresses air from flowing through the fiber sheet inward from the conveyance surface to increase the pressure difference between the conveyance surface side and the opposite side of the fiber sheet.

A method and apparatus for producing elastic laminates, wherein a first continuous elastic film is stretched in a transverse direction by a spreader device and is applied on a transfer wheel on which it is cut longitudinally to form at least two parallel continuous elastic films which are transferred on a non-woven web held on the an outer cylindrical surface of an anvil wheel.

A line for the production of diaper pants including at least one absorbent pad and a plurality of elastic bands, forming a pants-like structure; the production line includes a first forming unit for forming a composite web from which said absorbent pads are obtained, a second unit for forming elastic bands for forming said elastic bands and an assembly line for assembling the pads and the elastic bands to construct the diaper pants; the assembly line includes a plurality of processing units, each including a computerized command and control unit and a computerized high level control unit in communication with the computerized command and control units in the assembly line; the high level control unit is configured to impart to each computerized command and control unit at least one control signal for the respective processing unit as a function of the size of the diaper pants being produced in the production line.

An apertured nonwoven substrate is disclosed. The apertured nonwoven substrate has a first area having a first caliper, a second area having a plurality of apertures, and wherein the second area has a second caliper. A ratio of the first caliper to the second caliper is at least about 1.35, as measured according to Caliper Test, and the first area has an airy index no less than about 270%, as measured according to Caliper Test.

An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

An absorbent article and method of making the absorbent article are disclosed. The absorbent article having a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core structure having one or more layers wherein at least one layer is a heterogeneous mass layer, wherein the topsheet and the heterogeneous mass are integrated such that they reside in the same X-Y plane.

An absorbent article comprising a liquid-permeable topsheet, a liquid-impermeable backsheet, an absorbent material between the topsheet and the backsheet. The absorbent material comprising a superabsorbent polymer optionally mixed with cellulose fibers. The absorbent article comprises a lower acquisition and distribution layer disposed between the absorbent material and the backsheet, wherein the lower acquisition and distribution layer has a Strike-In below 10 seconds, as measured by the Strike-In test described herein, and a Median Desorption Pressure of less than 20 cmH2O, as measured by the Capillary Sorption Test Method.

An absorbent article comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core is provided. A hydroentangled outer cover material is joined to the backsheet and forms a portion of a garment-facing surface of the absorbent article. The outer cover material comprises a bond pattern formed of bond elements. The outer cover material has a basis weight in the range of about 20 gsm to about 35 gsm. A garment-facing surface of the outer cover material has a Kinetic Sliding Force in the range of about 6.0 to about 7.5. The absorbent article comprises a hydroentangled cushion material forming at least a portion of a garment-facing surface of the core wrap or positioned intermediate the core wrap and the backsheet. The cushion material has a basis weight in the range of about 20 gsm to about 40 gsm.

An absorbent article includes a chassis comprising a topsheet, a backsheet, and an absorbent core disposed between the topsheet and the backsheet, and at least one elastically elongatable panel joined to the chassis. The elastically elongatable panel includes a stretch laminate having layers that are joined by ultrasonic bonding. The stretch laminate has at least one cover layer, an elastomeric film attached to the cover layer, the elastomeric film having two surfaces and a skin on at least one of the surfaces. The stretch laminate has at least one anchoring zone and at least one stretch zone. A portion of the skin is located in the anchoring zone and has a plurality of wrinkles, and the wrinkles have furrows.

A base sheet having one main surface applied with an adhesive is supplied to a conveyance device and the base sheet is conveyed while the other main surface of the base sheet is suctioned. A first laminate is formed by overlapping the one main surface of the base sheet with the other main sheet of a fiber sheet having one main surface nap-raised; then, a granular absorbent material is scattered on the one main surface of the fiber sheet; the scattered absorbent material is infiltrated into the fiber sheet when the other main surface of the base sheet is suctioned; then, a second laminate is formed by overlapping the one main surface of the fiber sheet with the one main surface of a cover sheet applied with an adhesive; and then the resultant sheet is compressed in the thickness direction by means of a compression means and the applied adhesive.