Patent ID: 8168024

Claim:
A system for making a web of an elastic composite for incorporation into a disposable garment, said system comprising: a conveyor including a moveable platform movable along a looped path to convey a first sheet of material supported thereon; and a spin head rotatable about a spin axis and configured to receive a continuous feed of an elastic strand, the spin head having a rotatable support portion extended to rotatably support the continuous strand in radially spaced relation to the spin axis and the platform, such that the support portion is rotatable about the spin axis to spin an end section of a continuous strand supported thereon about a spin plane intersecting the conveyor and apply the end section transversely onto a sheet conveyed on the platform; and a cutting device positioned adjacent the conveyor downstream of the intersection of the conveyor and the spin plane to sever sections of elastic applied about the conveyor and on a first sheet moving thereon; and wherein the conveyor extends into the spin plane such that the looped path passes through the spin plane from one side of the spin plane and then passes through the spin plane from an opposite side of the spin plane.