Patent ID: 8074790

Claim:
A method of manufacturing an absorptive article having a waistband member, comprising: transporting a continuum including waistband regions corresponding to the waistband member, wherein in the transporting, the continuum has a shape asymmetric with respect to a center line that bisects a dimension of the continuum in cross direction that is perpendicular to a moving direction of the continuum, the continuum is transported while being held on at least a first belt conveyor and a second belt conveyor, the first belt conveyor includes a first belt including a plurality of first suction holes for sucking the continuum, the second belt conveyor includes a second belt including a plurality of second suction holes for sucking the continuum, in the transporting, the continuum is transported while being held by a suction force through the first suction holes and the second suction holes, and a suction force for sucking the continuum through the plurality of first suction holes is different from a suction force for sucking the continuum through the plurality of second suction holes.