Patent ID: 8758543
Filing Date: 2014-06-24
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A method of manufacturing a disposable absorbent article having a crotch zone extending an entirety of the absorbent article in a lateral direction from a first leg-side edge for surrounding a wearer's first leg and a second leg-side edge surrounding the wearer's second leg, the absorbent article having an outer cover and an absorbent member attached to a skin facing side of said outer cover, said absorbent member including an absorber, the absorbent article having elastic members attached from along the leg-side edges of said outer cover surrounding a wearer's left and right legs across the crotch zone, said method comprising the steps of: softening a continuous material to become said crotch zone of said outer cover while transporting said continuous material in its longitudinal direction, said continuous material being a series of material for fanning said outer cover and extending continuously in a lateral direction of said absorbent article; attaching said absorbent member to said continuous material; cutting said continuous material, with said absorbent member attached thereto, into products; and attaching said elastic members continuously to said continuous material while transporting said continuous material in said longitudinal direction; and wherein said softening comprises applying blades of a cutter to said continuous material to become the crotch zone of said outer cover to thereby soften said continuous material, wherein parts of said elastic members positioned in said crotch zone are cut short so as to be weakened, and wherein all of the continuous material that is to become the crotch zone is passed between a blade roller serving as the cutter and an anvil roller so that a plurality of slit-like holes is formed in the continuous material laterally across an entirety of the crotch zone.