Patent ID: 8096931

Claim:
A cutting device for cutting a web used in a process of manufacturing an absorptive article, wherein the web includes, a continuous portion which is continuous in a machine direction transverse to a cross direction, and a discontinuous portion which is discontinuous in the machine direction, wherein the continuous portion and the discontinuous portion are disposed side by side in the cross direction, said cutting device comprising: a die roll including a first large diameter portion whose outer peripheral surface is provided with a cutting blade configured to cut the continuous portion of the web; an anvil roll including a second large diameter portion disposed to face the first large diameter portion and defining with the first large diameter portion a region in which the first large diameter portion and the second large diameter portion contact and press each other and in which the continuous portion of the web is to be cut; a first belt conveyor configured to hold and transport the continuous portion of the web downstream in the machine direction toward said region; and a second belt conveyor configured to hold and transport the discontinuous portion of the web downstream in the machine direction, alongside said region, and without the discontinuous portion contacting the first large diameter portion and the second large diameter portion, wherein any one of the die roll and the anvil roll further includes a small diameter portion coaxial with and smaller in diameter than a corresponding one of the first large diameter portion and the second large diameter portion, and said second belt conveyor, together with the discontinuous portion to be held and transported by said second belt conveyor, passes through between the die roll and the anvil roll, at a side where the small diameter portion is provided.