06.09.16
Takumi Nakano, Kagawa, Japan; and Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Kagawa, Japan. Assigned to Unicharm Corporation, Ehime-Ken, Japan.
Filed: 12/8/11
Issued: 3/1/16
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, said apparatus comprising: a guide member configured to guide an elastic member fed on a web, said web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state in a conveyance direction, wherein the guide member comprises: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web; a base portion separated from the tip portion; a first motor configured to swing the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis; and a second motor configured to perform a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first motor along a cross direction that crosses the conveyance direction.
Filed: 12/8/11
Issued: 3/1/16
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, said apparatus comprising: a guide member configured to guide an elastic member fed on a web, said web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state in a conveyance direction, wherein the guide member comprises: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web; a base portion separated from the tip portion; a first motor configured to swing the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis; and a second motor configured to perform a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first motor along a cross direction that crosses the conveyance direction.