Patent ID: 6837958

Claim:
A process of placement of indicator elements in a disposable wearing article, which comprises a composite web and a liquid-absorbent panel joined to said composite web and includes front and rear waist regions and a crotch region between said waist regions, so that said indicator elements are visually recognizable from an exterior of said article, said process comprising the steps of: placing indication sheets each having a pair of indicator elements arranged side by side in a cross direction onto one of an upper surface of a continuous outer web and an under surface of a continuous inner web running in a machine direction so that said indication sheets are spaced apart one from another in said machine direction; joining said indication sheets to one of said outer web and said inner web with said indicator elements positioned on both sides of an imaginary line extending in said machine direction and bisecting said outer and inner webs along said imaginary line; joining said outer and inner webs placed upon each other to obtain said composite web; cutting said composite web and said indication sheets along said imaginary line to obtain first and second composite webs; separating said first and second composite webs in said cross direction; feeding liquid-absorbent panels onto said first and second composite webs so that said panels are spaced apart one from another in said machine direction; joining each of said panels to both said first and second composite webs so as to overlay one of said indication sheets on each of the first and second composite webs with said inner web between said panel and said indication sheets; and cutting said first and second composite webs between adjacent said panels.