Patent ID: 8216414

Claim:
A method for producing a plurality of disposable incontinence pads having a pad main part and front and rear pad side parts joined thereto, the method comprising the steps of: a) supplying and delivering, in a first longitudinal direction, an endless pad main part sheet to an application station; b) preparing an endless pad side part sheet such that the endless pad side part sheet has a repetitive sequence of first and second regions which alternate in a longitudinal direction of the endless pad side part sheet, each first region having a first expandability and each second region having a second expandability, wherein said first expandability is less than said second expandability; c) directing the endless pad side part sheet towards the application station; d) separating, upstream of the application station and following step b), longitudinal sections of the pad side part sheet, each separated longitudinal section having a first longitudinal partial section containing one of the first regions having the first expandability and a second longitudinal partial section containing one of the second regions having the second expandability; e) supplying, following step d), the separated longitudinal sections to the application station; f) positioning the separated longitudinal sections on the pad main part sheet; g) permanently fixing the separated longitudinal sections of the pad side part sheet to the pad main part sheet; and h) singling the disposable incontinence pads by separating the pad main part sheet transversely to the longitudinal direction, wherein separation is performed through the separated longitudinal sections of the pad side part sheet such that the first partial section of a respective separated longitudinal section forms the front pad side part of a first disposable incontinence pad and the second partial section of the respective separated longitudinal section forms the rear pad side part of a directly bordering second disposable incontinence pad, the second partial section also comprising closure elements, wherein said rear pad side part has a greater expandability that said front pad side part.