APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR MUTUALLY WELDING AT LEAST TWO ELEMENTS OF AN ABSORBENT SANITARY ITEM

    公开(公告)号:US20240122766A1

    公开(公告)日:2024-04-18

    申请号:US18488306

    申请日:2023-10-17

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A

    CPC classification number: A61F13/15577 A61F2013/15869

    Abstract: An apparatus for mutually welding at least two elements of an absorbent sanitary item, including a supporting structure, a first welding member including a first welding surface, and a second welding member including a second welding surface. The second welding member is movable with respect to the first welding member between a non-operating position, in which the second welding surface is spaced apart from the first welding surface to allow at least two elements of the absorbent sanitary item to be positioned above the first welding surface, and a welding position, in which the second welding surface is in contact with the first welding surface to allow welding the at least two elements. One of the welding members includes a yielding coupling element configured to allow a relative displacement between the first and second welding surfaces as a result of the mutual contact between the second and first welding members.

    COMPOSITE WEB
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    发明申请

    公开(公告)号:US20230000693A1

    公开(公告)日:2023-01-05

    申请号:US17852830

    申请日:2022-06-29

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A composite web including: a first continuous web; at least one molded segment having at least one protrusion and a base portion at least partly delimiting the protrusion, the molded segment being obtained from a second continuous web; the molded segment being joined to the first continuous web by the base portion, the first continuous web and the molded segment delimiting at least one cavity at the protrusion.

    Folding apparatus for a continuous web

    公开(公告)号:US11447361B2

    公开(公告)日:2022-09-20

    申请号:US17078855

    申请日:2020-10-23

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A folding apparatus for a continuous web being fed in a plant for the production of hygienic absorbent articles and intended to be folded into a “V” or “U” shape in a first and in a second longitudinal portion according to a longitudinal folding line parallel to a feeding line of the continuous web comprises a folding section including a first and a second power-driven, movable suction belt and an adjusting system for adjusting a relative position of the longitudinal edges of the continuous web once it has been folded; the adjusting system is configured to adjust the position of the first belt and/or of the second belt depending on at least a first information sent by the first sensor to the computerised control unit.

    ROTARY DEVICE FOR WELDING A CONTINUOUS WEB

    公开(公告)号:US20210187870A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-24

    申请号:US16950219

    申请日:2020-11-17

    Applicant: GDM S.P.A.

    Abstract: A rotary device for welding a continuous web includes a rotary element, support elements for supporting the web, supported by the rotary element, and a plurality of welding units for welding the web. Each welding unit passes from a non-operating position to an operating position and vice versa, and includes a first movement device for commanding a relative rotation of an anvil element relative to a welding tip and a second movement device for moving the anvil element relative to the welding tip such that a contact surface of the anvil element and a contact surface of the welding tip make contact with a portion of the web in a zone between them, and vice versa. First and second drive mechanisms drive the first and second movement devices. The first and second drive mechanisms are configured to vary a positioning of the welding tip relative to the axis.

    Unit to feed components in an automatic manufacturing machine

    公开(公告)号:US11040838B2

    公开(公告)日:2021-06-22

    申请号:US15733462

    申请日:2019-01-31

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A feeding unit to feed a component in an automatic manufacturing machine, which has at least one holding head designed to receive and hold the component; a conveyor to cyclically move the holding head along an application path; and a rotation station arranged along the feeding path and in which the holding head rotates relative to the equipment and around a rotation axis to vary the orientation of the component. The conveyor has a closed curve guide arranged in a fixed position along the application path; and an equipment supporting the holding head and provided with at least one slide coupled to the guide so as to freely slide along the guide. An actuation system controls rotation of the holding head around the first rotation axis and has a cam and a cam follower roller, which can be coupled to the cam and mechanically connected to the holding head.

    APPARATUS AND METHOD FOR FORMING AN ABSORBENT PAD

    公开(公告)号:US20210038441A1

    公开(公告)日:2021-02-11

    申请号:US16965848

    申请日:2019-01-17

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus for forming an absorbent pad for an absorbent sanitary article having a zone free of absorbent material to define a channel of the pad includes a forming drum, a first feed system for feeding a first web, a second feed system for feeding a second web, a spreader for spreading the absorbent material on the drum; a joining system for joining the first and second webs to define the channels. A first dispenser forms on the first web a layer of first adhesive substance according to a spreading pattern having zones free of the first adhesive substance corresponding to the channels. A second dispenser dispenses a second adhesive substance, whose adhesive force is greater than an adhesive force of the first adhesive substance, on the second web according to a pattern having a layer placed at a zone free of the first adhesive substance.

    Apparatus for transferring and rotating an object

    公开(公告)号:US10765562B2

    公开(公告)日:2020-09-08

    申请号:US16328499

    申请日:2017-08-01

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus transferring and rotating an object from a retaining station to a releasing station along an annular transfer path, the object has a first orientation in the retaining station which is different from a second orientation in the releasing station; the apparatus includes: a stator having a revolution body provided with a lateral surface on which a first cam profile is formed; a rotor that is rotatable about a first rotation axis with respect to the stator; at least one retaining head of the object connected to the rotor, which has a retaining element coupled to the first cam profile which can be rotated about a second axis of rotation with respect to the rotor; and wherein the stator has a second cam profile and the transferring and rotating apparatus has at least a first annular guide disposed along the transfer path and the head has at least one first slide supporting the retaining element and is slidably coupled to the first annular guide, the first slide being connected to the rotor by way of a respective angular position variation mechanism coupled to the second cam profile to induce the sliding of the first slide into the first annular guide.

    Apparatus For Transferring And Rotating An Object

    公开(公告)号:US20200222248A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-07-16

    申请号:US16328499

    申请日:2017-08-01

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: An apparatus transferring and rotating an object from a retaining station to a releasing station along an annular transfer path, the object has a first orientation in the retaining station which is different from a second orientation in the releasing station; the apparatus includes: a stator having a revolution body provided with a lateral surface on which a first cam profile is formed; a rotor that is rotatable about a first rotation axis with respect to the stator; at least one retaining head of the object connected to the rotor, which has a retaining element coupled to the first cam profile which can be rotated about a second axis of rotation with respect to the rotor; and wherein the stator has a second cam profile and the transferring and rotating apparatus has at least a first annular guide disposed along the transfer path and the head has at least one first slide supporting the retaining element and is slidably coupled to the first annular guide, the first slide being connected to the rotor by means of a respective angular position variation mechanism coupled to the second cam profile to induce the sliding of the first slide into the first annular guide.An apparatus (7) transferring and rotating an object (3) from a retaining station (4) to a releasing station (6) along an annular transfer path (T), wherein the object (3) has a first orientation in the retaining station (4) which is different from a second orientation in the releasing station (6); wherein the apparatus comprises: a stator (8) comprising a revolution body (24) provided with a lateral surface (25) on which a first cam profile (12) is formed; a rotor (9) that is rotatable about a first rotation axis (R1) with respect to the stator (8); at least one retaining head (10) of the object (3) connected to the rotor (9), which comprises a retaining element (11) coupled to the first cam profile (12) which can be rotated about a second axis of rotation (R2) with respect to the rotor (9); and wherein the stator (8) comprises a second cam profile (14) and the transferring and rotating apparatus (7) comprises at least a first annular guide (15) disposed along the transfer path (T) and the head (10) comprises at least one first slide (16) supporting the retaining element (11) and is slidably coupled to the first annular guide (15), the first slide (16) being connected to the rotor (9) by means of a respective angular position variation mechanism (17) coupled to the second cam profile (14) to induce the sliding of the first slide (16) into the first annular guide (16).

    METHOD AND UNIT FOR FORMING AN ABSORBENT ARTICLE

    公开(公告)号:US20200093648A1

    公开(公告)日:2020-03-26

    申请号:US16563722

    申请日:2019-09-06

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A method for forming an absorbent article including a first absorbent core and a second absorbent core which are superposed on each other, includes feeding a first supporting web along a first feed path in a first feed direction; placing a succession of first absorbent cores on the first supporting web at a preset spacing; feeding a second supporting web along a second feed path in a second feed direction; placing a succession of second absorbent cores on the second supporting web at the preset spacing; coupling the first supporting web to the second supporting web such that each first absorbent core is coupled to a corresponding second absorbent core in a composite web including the succession of first absorbent cores and the succession of the second absorbent cores interposed between the first supporting web and the second supporting web.

    Device for forming and applying at least one pair of accessory elements on a continuous band of absorbent material and machine for making absorbent sanitary articles comprising the device

    公开(公告)号:US10470940B2

    公开(公告)日:2019-11-12

    申请号:US15504929

    申请日:2015-08-04

    Applicant: GDM S.p.A.

    Abstract: A device for forming and applying accessory elements to a continuous band of absorbent material, includes a unit for feeding a continuous strip to a conveyor roller, a unit for cutting the strip in a continuous and alternating succession of first and second pieces, a first and a second roller rotating about respective axes parallel to the first direction, each including a movement device acting along a circumferential direction around the respective axis and configured for imparting to each unit a respective motion between positions for picking up and releasing the pieces. A unit for applying a pair of pieces to the band is equipped with a separating unit equipped with a spacer device for moving first and/or second carriages along a separating direction between close and far axial positions, wherein the spacer device includes a plurality of linear actuators each associated with a respective first carriage.

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