Arrangement for the removal of an absorbent article from a stack of absorbent articles

Abstract

Arrangement for removing absorbent articles from a pack module comprising a separate gripping device intended to influence and, at least partially, to remove at least one absorbent article from the pack module when the gripping device is used.

1 . An arrangement for removing absorbent articles from a pack module, wherein the arrangement comprises at least one separate gripping device adapted to at least partially remove at least one absorbent article from the pack module when the gripping device is used.  
     
     
         2 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the pack module comprises boundary surfaces, wherein the gripping device extends beyond at least one of the boundary surfaces of the pack module.  
     
     
         3 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the pack module is arranged in a pack comprising an opening, wherein the gripping device is arranged at a boundary surface of the pack module which faces towards the opening of the pack.  
     
     
         4 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping device comprises a gripping loop.  
     
     
         5 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping device comprises a strip of material comprising a first surface and a second surface, with the first surface of the strip of material being in contact with the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove, with the removal occurring through friction between the first surface and the absorbent article.  
     
     
         6 . The arrangement according to  claim 5 , wherein the second surface of the strip of material which faces away from the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove, exhibits lower friction with adjacent absorbent articles in the pack module than the friction between the first surface of the strip of material and the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove.  
     
     
         7 . The arrangement according  claim 6 , wherein the difference in the coefficient of friction is at least 0.1.  
     
     
         8 . The arrangement according to  claim 5 , wherein the strip of material of comprises a laminate, with the laminate comprising a low-friction layer arranged remotely from the absorbent article which the gripping device is intended to influence adapted to at least partially remove.  
     
     
         9 . The arrangement according to  claim 5 , wherein the strip of material comprises a first end area and a second end area, with the first end area of the strip of material being arranged on the side of the absorbent article which is adapted to be at least partially removed by the gripping device and with the second end area of the strip of material being arranged on the opposite side of the article, with the sides of the article denoting outward-facing sides of the article when the article is configured for packing in a pack module, with the part of the strip of material situated between the end areas constituting the gripping loop.  
     
     
         10 . The arrangement according to  claim 9 , wherein the first end area of the strip of material covers essentially the whole of the side of the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove, and with the second end area of the strip of material covering essentially the whole of the opposite side of the article.  
     
     
         11 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove two absorbent articles, with the first surface of the gripping device being adapted to at least partially remove one of the said two absorbent articles and with the second surface of the gripping device being adapted to at least partially remove the other of the said two absorbent articles.  
     
     
         12 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping device is attached to the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove.  
     
     
         13 . The arrangement according to  claim 12 , wherein at least parts of the gripping device can be removed from the absorbent article to which the gripping device is attached.  
     
     
         14 . The arrangement according to  claim 12 , wherein the gripping device is attached to the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove by means of pressure-sensitive adhesive, with the entire gripping device being capable of being removed from the absorbent article.  
     
     
         15 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the gripping device comprises an information carrier, with the information comprising text, images or symbols.  
     
     
         16 . The arrangement according to  claim 1 , wherein the absorbent article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove comprises an absorbent article which differs from other absorbent articles in the pack module in respect of its design or in respect of its constituent component parts.  
     
     
         17 . The arrangement according to  claim 16 , wherein the gripping device comprises information about an absorbent article, with the article which the gripping device is adapted to at least partially remove comprising an example of the absorbent article to which the information relates.