Patent ID: 7677189

Claim:
A manufacturing system for a tampon comprising a sheet member and a cord member that is sewn onto a surface of the sheet member with a thread member and has an extended portion extending from an outer edge of the surface, the extending portion having a non-sewn area without the thread member, the manufacturing system comprising: a loosened portion forming apparatus to form a plurality of substantially U-shaped loosened portions for a cord member reeled out in a specified direction, the plurality of loosened portions extending in a direction different from a the specified direction, and a plurality of substantially linear portions which connects adjacent pairs of the plurality of loosened portions of the cord member respectively; an arranging apparatus to allow a plurality of sheet members to be in contact with the plurality of linear portions of the cord member formed by the loosened portion forming apparatus; a sewing apparatus to sew with a thread member each of the plurality of sheet members and each of the plurality of linear portions of the cord member in contact with each other arranged by the arranging apparatus; a thread member cutting apparatus to cut thread connecting portions that comprise parts of the thread member connecting adjacent pairs of the plurality of sheet members on which the plurality of linear portions of the cord member is sewn by the sewing apparatus; and a cord member cutting apparatus to cut cord connecting portions that comprise parts of the cord member connecting adjacent pairs of the plurality of sheet members at a specified position.