LIQUID ABSORBENT MATERIAL AND PROCESS FOR PREPARING THE SAME

摘要

Disclosed is a liquid absorbing body and a method of manufacturing the liquid absorbing body which has an excellent swelling property and absorbed liquid holding ability in a vertical state and which is suitable to a mass production at a low manufacturing cost. This liquid absorbing body includes natural cellulose fibers and/or synthetic fibers, a thermally fusible materi al and a thickening material. This liquid absorbing body is formed by defibering natural cellulose fibers and/or synthetic fibers, a thermally fusible materi al and a thickening material in air and mixing them to form a mat, heating thus formed mat at a temperature higher than a fusible point of the thermally fusible material and then fixing the thickening material in a web by compressing the mat with a press roller.