Patent ID: 8955670
Filing Date: 2015-02-17
Classification: A61F,B65G

Abstract:
1. An absorbent article rotating apparatus, comprising: a transporting section including a pair of belts and configured to transport an absorbent article along a transport direction with the absorbent article being sandwiched between the pair of belts; a fixed member configured to rotate the absorbent article by coming into contact with a portion of an edge of the absorbent article, the portion being exposed from the belts, the edge being at a downstream side in the transport direction, the fixed member being fixed at a predetermined position in the transport direction; and a pressing member, wherein the pair of belts is configured to sandwich the absorbent article in a thickness direction of the absorbent article, and the pressing member is configured to press the absorbent article in the thickness direction via the belts when the edge of the absorbent article and the fixed member come into contact with each other.