08.28.15
Takumi Nakano, Kagawa, Japan; and Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Kagawa, Japan. Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime, Japan.
Filed: 12/8/11
Issued: 8/4/15
A method for manufacturing an absorbent article having a front waistline region, a rear waistline region, and a crotch region positioned between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region in which an elastic member is arranged on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state, by swinging an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web within a predetermined range in a cross direction that crosses a conveyance direction, comprising: a step of conveying the web in a predetermined direction; and a step of arranging the elastic members on the web by swinging the tip portion in the cross direction while performing a back and forth movement of the tip portion in a first direction in which the tip portion is close to the contact point where the elastic members are in contact with the web, and a second direction in which the tip portion is separated from the contact point.
An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article having a front waistline region, a rear waistline region, and a crotch region positioned between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region, comprising: a guide member that guides an elastic member fed on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state, wherein the guide member comprises: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web, and a base portion separated from the tip portion; a first driving member that swings the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis; and a second driving member that performs a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first driving member in a first direction in which the tip portion is close to a contact point where the elastic member is in contact with the web, and a second direction in which the tip portion is separated from the contact point.
Filed: 12/8/11
Issued: 8/4/15
A method for manufacturing an absorbent article having a front waistline region, a rear waistline region, and a crotch region positioned between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region in which an elastic member is arranged on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state, by swinging an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web within a predetermined range in a cross direction that crosses a conveyance direction, comprising: a step of conveying the web in a predetermined direction; and a step of arranging the elastic members on the web by swinging the tip portion in the cross direction while performing a back and forth movement of the tip portion in a first direction in which the tip portion is close to the contact point where the elastic members are in contact with the web, and a second direction in which the tip portion is separated from the contact point.
An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article having a front waistline region, a rear waistline region, and a crotch region positioned between the front waistline region and the rear waistline region, comprising: a guide member that guides an elastic member fed on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state, wherein the guide member comprises: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web, and a base portion separated from the tip portion; a first driving member that swings the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis; and a second driving member that performs a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first driving member in a first direction in which the tip portion is close to a contact point where the elastic member is in contact with the web, and a second direction in which the tip portion is separated from the contact point.