Elastic member and disposable wearing article including elastic member
In an elastic member, a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer are formed of a material having translucency. An elastic sheet can be visually recognized through the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer. First non-joint bands linearly continuous along a first direction intersecting an stretchable direction at an acute angle are repeatedly present at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the first direction as non-joint bands in which a portion not having sheet joined portions is continuous in an unfolded state in a stretchable region. Sheet joined portions and joint holes are provided at intervals between adjacent first non-joint bands in the stretchable region. A unit structure including a plurality of first non-joint bands having different first widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the first direction is repeatedly present in the direction orthogonal to the first direction in the stretchable region.
1 . An elastic member having an elastic sheet stretchable structure in which an elastic sheet is interposed between a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer and the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded through joint holes penetrating the elastic sheet or via the elastic sheet at a plurality of sheet joined portions arranged at intervals,
wherein the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are formed of a material having translucency and the elastic sheet is visually recognizable through the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer,
a region having the elastic sheet stretchable structure has a stretchable region that contracts in a stretchable direction by contraction of the elastic sheet and is extensible in the stretchable direction,
first non-joint bands linearly continuous along a first direction intersecting the stretchable direction at an acute angle are repeatedly present at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the first direction as non-joint bands in which a portion not having the sheet joined portions is continuous in an unfolded state in the stretchable region,
a plurality of sheet joined portions and joint holes are provided at intervals between adjacent first non-joint bands in the stretchable region,
a unit structure including a plurality of first non-joint bands having different first widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the first direction is repeatedly present in the direction orthogonal to the first direction in the stretchable region, wherein at least one of the plurality of first non-joint bands has a continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein, and wherein at least another one of the plurality of first non-joint bands has only a non-continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein and does not have a continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein, and the stretchable region does not have a portion in which the elastic sheet is linearly continuous along a width direction.
2 . The elastic member according to claim 1 , wherein a maximum value of the first widths in the first non-joint bands is a maximum value of widths in a direction orthogonal to a continuous direction in all the non-joint bands.
3 . The elastic member according to claim 2 , wherein in the unit structure, the maximum value of the first widths in the first non-joint bands is smaller than a maximum value of a first interval determined as an interval in the direction orthogonal to the first direction in the adjacent first non-joint bands.
4 . The elastic member according to claim 2 ,
wherein in the stretchable region,
second non-joint bands linearly continuous along a second direction intersecting the stretchable direction at an acute angle other than the first direction is repeatedly present as the non-joint bands at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the second direction and all second widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the second direction in the second non-joint bands are the same, or
the second non-joint bands are not included.
5 . The elastic member according to claim 1 , wherein in the unit structure, the maximum value of the first widths in the first non-joint bands is smaller than a maximum value of a first interval determined as an interval in the direction orthogonal to the first direction in the adjacent first non-joint bands.
6 . The elastic member according to claim 5 ,
wherein in the stretchable region,
second non-joint bands linearly continuous along a second direction intersecting the stretchable direction at an acute angle other than the first direction is repeatedly present as the non-joint bands at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the second direction and all second widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the second direction in the second non-joint bands are the same, or
the second non-joint bands are not included.
7 . The elastic member according to claim 1 ,
wherein in the stretchable region,
second non-joint bands linearly continuous along a second direction intersecting the stretchable direction at an acute angle other than the first direction is repeatedly present as the non-joint bands at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the second direction and all second widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the second direction in the second non-joint bands are the same, or
the second non-joint bands are not included.
8 . The elastic member according to claim 7 ,
wherein the non-joint bands are formed in an oblique lattice shape in the stretchable region,
the first non-joint bands correspond to portions continuous in one direction in the non-joint bands having the oblique lattice shape,
the second non-joint bands correspond to portions continuous in another direction in the non-joint bands having the oblique lattice shape,
the first direction and the second direction are opposite to each other in terms of inclination with respect to the stretchable direction, and
each of acute intersecting angles between the first and second directions and the stretchable direction is 5 to 45 degrees in the unfolded state of the stretchable region.
9 . The elastic member according to claim 8 , wherein all the sheet joined portions in the stretchable region have an elongated shape in which an acute intersecting angle between a longitudinal direction and a direction orthogonal to the stretchable direction is within 10 degrees and a maximum dimension in the stretchable direction is 0.1 to 0.4 mm, and inclined with respect to a direction orthogonal to the stretchable direction.
10 . The elastic member according to claim 8 ,
wherein the unit structure includes a plurality of first wide non-joint bands having a maximum first width and a plurality of first narrow non-joint bands having a narrower first width than the maximum first width adjacent to each other in the direction orthogonal to the first direction,
sheet joined portions having an elongated shape in which an acute intersecting angle between a longitudinal direction and the second direction is within 5 degrees and a dimension in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.1 to 0.4 mm are aligned at intervals in the first direction between the adjacent first wide non-joint bands, and
sheet joined portions having an elongated shape in which an acute intersecting angle between a longitudinal direction and the first direction is 45 degrees or more and a dimension in a direction orthogonal to the longitudinal direction is 0.1 to 0.4 mm are aligned at intervals in the first direction between the adjacent first narrow non-joint bands.
11 . An underpants-type disposable wearing article comprising:
an integrated outer member from a front body to a back body or outer members separately provided for the front body and the back body;
an inner member attached to an intermediate portion of the outer member in a width direction to extend to both front and back sides of a crotch portion;
side seal portions in which both side portions of the outer member in the front body and both side portions of the outer member in the back body are bonded to each other; and
a waist opening and a pair of right and left leg openings,
wherein the outer member in at least one of the front body and the back body is an elastic member having an elastic sheet stretchable structure in which the elastic sheet is interposed between a first sheet layer and a second sheet layer and the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are bonded through joint holes penetrating the elastic sheet or via the elastic sheet at a plurality of sheet joined portions arranged at intervals,
wherein the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer are formed of a material having translucency and the elastic sheet is visually recognizable through the first sheet layer and the second sheet layer,
a region having the elastic sheet stretchable structure has a stretchable region that contracts in a stretchable direction by contraction of the elastic sheet and is extensible in the stretchable direction,
first non-joint bands linearly continuous along a first direction intersecting the stretchable direction at an acute angle are repeatedly present at intervals in a direction orthogonal to the first direction as non-joint bands in which a portion not having the sheet joined portions is continuous in an unfolded state in the stretchable region,
a plurality of sheet joined portions and joint holes are provided at intervals between adjacent first non-joint bands in the stretchable region,
a unit structure including a plurality of first non-joint bands having different first widths determined as widths in the direction orthogonal to the first direction is repeatedly present in the direction orthogonal to the first direction in the stretchable region, wherein at least one of the plurality of first non-joint bands has a continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein, at least another one of the plurality of first non-joint bands has only a non-continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein and does not have a continuous portion of the elastic sheet linearly continuing along the first direction therein, and the stretchable region does not have a portion in which the elastic sheet is linearly continuous along the width direction, and wherein the elastic sheet stretchable structure is over a range in the width direction corresponding to a space between the side seal portions at least in a partial range in a front-back direction so that the stretchable direction of the stretchable region thereof corresponds to the width direction.