Patent ID: 7628114

Claim:
A method for producing a sanitary tampon including a small piece-shaped cotton pad piece to which a string-like cord is sewn, comprising: a cord placement step of placing at least two continuous string-like cords in parallel on surfaces of at least two cotton pad pieces sequentially placed along a sewing line in a sewing direction of a sewing machine, substantially in parallel with the sewing line; a first cord sewing step of sewing the cord to one of two cotton pad pieces placed adjacently; a second cord sewing step of sewing the cord to the other of the two cotton pad pieces; a cord switching step of switching the cords to be sewn to the cotton pad piece between the first cord sewing step and the second cord sewing step; and a separation step of cutting a thread that is a machine sewing thread spanning the cord sewn to one of the two cotton pad pieces and the cord sewn to the other of the two cotton pad pieces.