ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF

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EP 3 403 627 A8

(12)	CORRECTED EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION
	Note: Bibliography reflects the latest situation

(15)	Correction information:
	Corrected version no 1 (W1 A1)

(48)	Corrigendum issued on:
	20.02.2019 Bulletin 2019/08

(43)	Date of publication:
	21.11.2018 Bulletin 2018/47

(21)	Application number: 17196434.9

(22)	Date of filing: 13.10.2017

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International Patent Classification (IPC):

A61F 13/475^(2006.01)
A61F 13/511^(2006.01)
A61F 13/15^(2006.01)

A61F 13/49^(2006.01)
A61F 13/534^(2006.01)

(84)	Designated Contracting States:
	AL AT BE BG CH CY CZ DE DK EE ES FI FR GB GR HR HU IE IS IT LI LT LU LV MC MK MT NL NO PL PT RO RS SE SI SK SM TR
	Designated Extension States:
	BA ME
	Designated Validation States:
	MA MD

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Priority:

15.05.2017 EP 17171110
27.07.2017 EP 17183453
11.09.2017 EP 17190395
11.10.2017 EP 17195872
09.10.2017 EP 17195498

(71)	Applicant: Drylock Technologies NV
	9240 Zele (BE)

(72)	Inventors:
	Van Ingelgem, Werner 9240 Zele (BE) Smet, Steven 9240 Zele (BE) Derycke, Tom 9240 Zele (BE) Verduyn, Dries 9240 Zele (BE)

(74)	Representative: D'Halleweyn, Nele Veerle Trees Gertrudis
	Arnold & Siedsma Bezuidenhoutseweg 57 2594 AC The Hague 2594 AC The Hague (NL)

(54)	ABSORBENT ARTICLE WITH CHANNELS AND METHOD FOR MANUFACTURING THEREOF

(57) A method for manufacturing an absorbent article, said method comprising guiding a first sheet material along a rotating member, wherein a surface of said rotating member is provided with a pattern with at least one suction zone and at least one non-suction zone; applying an absorbent material on said first sheet material on the rotating member; locally removing the absorbent material applied on at least one attachment portion of the first sheet material located above the at least one non-suction zone, such that at least one remaining portion of the first sheet material located above the at least one suction zone is covered with absorbent material and substantially no absorbent material is present on the at least one attachment portion; applying a second sheet material on top of the absorbent material on the first sheet material.