Patent ID: 8201607

Claim:
An apparatus for producing an interlabial pad, the apparatus comprising: a main part assembly unit comprising: a mechanism configured to supply a continuous absorbent body; a mechanism configured to cut the continuous absorbent body into individual absorbent bodies; a mechanism configured to supply a surface side sheet continuous member; a mechanism configured to supply a back side sheet continuous member; a mechanism configured to arrange one of the individual absorbent bodies between the surface side sheet continuous member and the back side sheet continuous member; and a mechanism configured to assemble a main part continuous body by joining the surface side sheet continuous member and the back side sheet continuous member; a mini-sheet assembly unit comprising: a mechanism configured to arrange a mini-sheet piece on the back side sheet continuous member of the main part continuous body, and a mechanism configured to form an interlabial pad continuous body while forming a finger insertion opening configured to permit insertion of a finger between the back side sheet and the mini-sheet piece by temporarily joining the back side sheet continuous member and the mini-sheet piece, wherein the mechanism configured to cut the continuous absorbent body includes: a cutting device configured to form a plurality of incisions in the individual absorbent bodies before placing the individual absorbent bodies between the surface side sheet continuous member and the back side sheet continuous member, the cutting device comprising: a first cutting device configured to make a first incision line at a center of the individual absorbent bodies; a second and a third cutting device configured to make a second and a third incision lines on opposing sides of the first incision line, wherein the first, second and third incision lines are formed along a longitudinal direction of the individual absorbent bodies, a fourth cutting device configured to make a fourth incision line as V-shaped with a center point of the V-shaped incision protruding toward a longitudinal end of the individual absorbent bodies.