Patent ID: 8714063

Claim:
A method of cutting a first continuous body of first sheets for absorbent articles in a cross direction orthogonal to a machine direction along a flow of manufacturing processes of the absorbent articles, thereby forming the first sheet, and transferring the first sheet thus formed onto a second continuous body of second sheets for the absorbent articles, the method comprising: forming the first sheet by a blade and a bed knife pinching and cutting the first continuous body, the blade protruding from an outer peripheral surface of a blade roll disposed on one side of the first continuous body, the bed knife disposed on the other side of the first continuous body; and transferring the first sheet onto the second continuous body by a transfer mechanism disposed downstream of the blade roll and the bed knife in the machine direction, wherein the transfer mechanism at least receives an edge portion of the first continuous body on a downstream side in the machine direction before the first continuous body is cut, the blade and the bed knife cut the first continuous body guided between the blade and the bed knife, in a state where the machine direction and a vertical direction coincide with each other, a pressing portion of the blade roll presses the first continuous body against the bed knife, and the pressing portion presses the first sheet against the transfer mechanism after the first continuous body is cut.