Patent ID: 6911106

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 a continuous outer 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 said outer web with said indicator elements positioned on both sides of an imaginary line extending in said machine direction and bisecting said outer web along said imaginary line; cutting said outer web and said indication sheets along said imaginary line to obtain a first outer web and a second outer web; separating said first outer web and said second outer web from each other in said cross direction; placing a continuous inner web running in said machine direction upon and joining said inner web to said first and second outer webs to obtain said composite web with said indication sheets being interposed between said outer web and said inner web; feeding said liquid-absorbent panels onto said inner web of said composite web so that said panels are spaced apart one from another in said machine direction and joining said panels to said inner web of said composite web so as to overlay said indication sheets with said inner web being interposed between said panels and said indication sheets; and cutting said composite web between adjacent said panels.