Absorbent article comprising coated water-swellable material
IPC분류정보
국가/구분
United States(US) Patent
등록
국제특허분류(IPC7판)
B32B-005/16
A61F-013/15
출원번호
US-0912001
(2004-08-05)
등록번호
US-7396585
(2008-07-08)
발명자
/ 주소
Schmidt,Mattias
Meyer,Axel
Fossum,Renae Dianna
Goldman,Stephen Allen
Urankar,Edward Joseph
Ehrnsperger,Bruno Johannes
출원인 / 주소
The Procter & Gamble Company
대리인 / 주소
Dressel,Sarah Ann
인용정보
피인용 횟수 :
13인용 특허 :
32
초록▼
This invention is directed to an absorbent structure comprising a solid, typically particulate, water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable, preferably hydrogel-forming polymers, which are coated with a coating agent, which is such that it does not rupture when the polymers swell
This invention is directed to an absorbent structure comprising a solid, typically particulate, water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable, preferably hydrogel-forming polymers, which are coated with a coating agent, which is such that it does not rupture when the polymers swell in a liquid, e.g., water or saline water. Hereto, the coating agent is extensible in wet state and comprises thereto a wet-extensible material that has a wet-elongation of at least 400% or even at least 500%, and preferably a tensile stress at break in the wet state of at least 1 MPa. Typically, the coating agent comprises thereto an elastomeric polymeric material.
대표청구항▼
What is claimed is: 1. An absorbent structure comprising a water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable polymers, said water-swellable material being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: a) obtaining water-swellable polymers; and b) applying at least 1% by weight of th
What is claimed is: 1. An absorbent structure comprising a water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable polymers, said water-swellable material being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: a) obtaining water-swellable polymers; and b) applying at least 1% by weight of the resulting water-swellable material, of a coating agent to at least part of said water-swellable polymers, wherein said coating agent comprises a material that is wet-extensible and has a wet-elongation to break of more than 1000% to obtain the water-swellable material comprising the coated water-swellable polymers. 2. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein the water-swellable polymers of step a) are in particulate form. 3. An absorbent structure according to claim 2, wherein the coating agent forms a substantially continuous shell around at least some of said water-swellable polymer particles, said shell having an average caliper of 1 μm to 50 μm. 4. An absorbent structure as in claim 3, wherein said shell is substantially uniform with the ratio of smallest to largest caliper from 1:1 to 1:3. 5. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein the coating agent has a tensile stress at break in the wet state of at least 1 MPa. 6. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein the water-swellable polymers have a CCRC value of at least 30 g/g. 7. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein the coating agent is breathable. 8. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein the water-swellable polymers of step a) are liquid-containing and at least partially swollen, comprising said liquid at a level of from 0.5 g/g to about 20 g/g. 9. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein said absorbent structure comprises at least a part of, a disposable absorbent article, wherein said disposable absorbent article is selected from the group consisting of infant diapers, training pants, adult incontinent articles, sanitary napkins, panty-liners, interlabial articles, bandages and the like. 10. An absorbent structure according to claim 1 obtainable by the method of: a) providing a first substrate wrapping material; b) depositing said water-swellable material onto a first surface of the substrate material; c) depositing a thermoplastic material onto said first surface of the substrate material and onto the water-swellable material, such that portions of the thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate and portions of the thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the water-swellable material; and d) covering the deposited water swellable material with a layer using a method selected from the group consisting of folding a portion of the first substrate material over the water swellable material and providing a second substrate wrapping material. 11. A disposable absorbent article comprising a topsheet and a backsheet and therein between the absorbent structure according to claim 1. 12. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein said coating agent comprises a polyurethane. 13. An absorbent structure according to claim 12, wherein said coating agent forms a shell around at least a portion of said water-swellable polymers, said shell having an average caliper of 1 μm to 100 μm. 14. An absorbent structure according to claim 1, wherein said water swellable polymers are in the form of particles and said particles have a mass median particle size between 10 μm and 2 mm. 15. An absorbent structure comprising a water-swellable material that comprises coated water-swellable polymers, said water-swellable material being obtainable by a process comprising the steps of: a) obtaining water-swellable polymers; and b) applying a coating agent to at least part of said water-swellable polymers, wherein said coating agent comprises a material that is wet-extensible and has a wet-elongation to break of more than 1000%; and c) heat treating the resulting coated water-swellable polymers of step b) to obtain the water-swellable material comprising the coated water-swellable polymers, wherein the heat treating is selected from the group consisting of annealing, curing and combinations thereof. 16. An absorbent structure according to claim 15, wherein the wet-extensible material has a first glass transition temperature of 20�� C. or less. 17. An absorbent structure as in claim 15, wherein said heat treating step is an annealing step, whereby the coated water-swellable polymers are heated a temperature of at least 70�� C. 18. An absorbent structure according to claim 15, wherein said heat treatment step is an annealing step, whereby the coated water-swellable polymers are heated to a temperature of at least 140�� C. 19. An absorbent structure according to claim 15 obtainable by the method of: a) providing a first substrate wrapping material; b) depositing said water-swellable material onto a first surface of the substrate material; c) depositing a thermoplastic material onto said first surface of the substrate material and onto the water-swellable material, such that portions of the thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the first surface of the substrate and portions of the thermoplastic material are in direct contact with the water-swellable material; and d) covering the deposited water swellable material with a layer using a method selected from the group consisting of folding a portion of the first substrate material over the water swellable material and providing a second substrate wrapping material.
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