Patent ID: 9284150
Filing Date: 2016-03-15
CPC Classification: A61F,B65H

Claim Text:
1. A meandering correction apparatus arranged in a manufacturing line of an absorbent article for correcting meandering of a continuous sheet, which is associated with the absorbent article and is continuously transported in a transporting direction, wherein the continuous sheet is selected, to be transported, from among a plurality of continuous sheets having specifications with different dimensions in a width direction of the manufacturing line, said apparatus comprising: a sensor including a detecting section that is configured to detect a position of an edge of the continuous sheet in the width direction in a state in which the detecting section is stopped at a stop position among a plurality of stop positions each set in the width direction for a corresponding specification among the specifications, a meandering correcting section configured to correct meandering of the continuous sheet based on a detection signal of the position of the edge which is output from the sensor, and a moving mechanism including wherein the controller is configured to the predetermined reference position is in a case where a first continuous sheet with a first specification is transported, the controller is configured to move the detecting section from the predetermined reference position in the width direction to a first stop position among the stop positions, the first stop position being set for the first specification, and in a case where the first continuous sheet is changed to a second continuous sheet with a second specification different from the first specification, the controller is configured to