05.31.17
David Christopher Oetjen, West Chester, OH.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/25/14
Issued: 4/4/17
A method of producing a multi-layered absorbent article having two or more colored regions, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing an absorbent article converting line; b. supplying a first precursor web to the converting line; c. printing a first colored region to the first precursor web using contact printing at a contact printing station; d. supplying a precursor nonwoven web to the converting line; e. producing a composite substrate from the first precursor web and the precursor nonwoven web; f. supplying a nonwoven web material; g. printing a second colored region to the nonwoven web material using non-contact printing at a non-contact printing station; h. cutting the composite substrate into individual sheets; i. cutting the nonwoven web material into individual sheets; and j. combining an individual sheet of composite substrate and an individual sheet of nonwoven material to produce an absorbent article; wherein the second colored region is printed to a surface of the nonwoven web material that faces the composite substrate.
Assigned to The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH.
Filed: 2/25/14
Issued: 4/4/17
A method of producing a multi-layered absorbent article having two or more colored regions, the method comprising the steps of: a. providing an absorbent article converting line; b. supplying a first precursor web to the converting line; c. printing a first colored region to the first precursor web using contact printing at a contact printing station; d. supplying a precursor nonwoven web to the converting line; e. producing a composite substrate from the first precursor web and the precursor nonwoven web; f. supplying a nonwoven web material; g. printing a second colored region to the nonwoven web material using non-contact printing at a non-contact printing station; h. cutting the composite substrate into individual sheets; i. cutting the nonwoven web material into individual sheets; and j. combining an individual sheet of composite substrate and an individual sheet of nonwoven material to produce an absorbent article; wherein the second colored region is printed to a surface of the nonwoven web material that faces the composite substrate.
