Patent ID: 9095474
Filing Date: 2015-08-04
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. 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.