Patent ID: 6482278
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: A61F,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of forming pants type diapers comprisingproviding first and second parallel traveling webs having inner edges facing each other, defining on said webs a portion of a pants type diaper including locations thereon for leg openings and a crotch area therebetween, applying a layer of adhesive on said webs around said leg openings, laying down elastic strips on said adhesive in a semicircular pattern around said leg opening locations on both of said traveling webs and through said crotch area, laying down a covering web over each of said inner edges and over said elastic and said adhesive in said crotch area, longitudinally slitting said traveling webs to sever at least a portion of said webs along said inner edges and severing the overlying portions of said covering webs and said elastic in said crotch area, removing said severed portion of said webs and elastic laminating a cover sheet over the remaining webs, and, cutting and removing all material from said leg openings.