Patent ID: 8474502

Claim:
An apparatus for delivering a web of an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable garment, said apparatus comprising: a first conveyor including a platform movable along a looped path to convey a first sheet of material supported thereon; and a spin head configured to receive a continuous feed of an elastic strand and rotatable about a spin axis to spin an end section of a continuous strand supported thereon about a spin plane intersecting the conveyor and periodically apply a section of the elastic strand transversely onto a sheet conveyed on the platform; a feed source of continuous elastic strand spaced apart from and operatively associated with the spin head to feed a continuous elastic strand to the spin head, the feed source being supported independently of the spin head; and a downstream conveyor positioned downstream of the spin plane to apply a second sheet of material on a sheet passed on the platform of the first conveyor through the spin plane with elastic elements applied thereon to form a web of elastic composite including two sheets of material and a plurality of elastics sandwiched between the two sheets.