Method and apparatus for manufacturing absorbent article
AssigneeZuiko Corporation
InventorsKouji Utani, Daisuke Inoue
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Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing an article including an absorbent body includes: first and second rolls, in cooperation with each other, for trimming a continuous laminate to be the absorbent body so as to successively form the narrowed portions along the continuous laminate; a third roll for rotating in contact with the second roll to receive the continuous laminate from the second roll; and a separating cutter for successively severing the continuous laminate being carried by the third roll into units of individual articles, thereby obtaining the absorbent body.
Claims10
A method for manufacturing an article including an absorbent body having constricted portions to be a crotch portion, the method comprising:
- an introduction step of introducing a continuous laminate to be the absorbent body into between a first roll and a second roll;
- a trimming step of trimming the continuous laminate by the first and the second rolls so as to successively form the constricted portions along the continuous laminate;
- a first hand-over step of handing over the continuous laminate from the second roll to a third roll, the third roll being in abutment with the second roll, wherein the continuous laminate is carried through a point of abutment between the third roll and the second roll;
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- a separation step of successively severing the continuous laminate being carried by the third roll into units of individual articles, thereby obtaining the absorbent body,
- wherein the method comprises a first hold step of continuing to hold the continuous laminate by at least one of the second roll and the third roll, after trimming the continuous laminate in the trimming step until the separation in the separation step.
An apparatus for manufacturing an article including an absorbent body having constricted portions to be a crotch portion, the apparatus comprising:
- first and second rolls, in cooperation with each other, for trimming a continuous laminate to be the absorbent body so as to successively form the constricted portions along the continuous laminate, wherein one of the first and second rolls is a trim cutter and another of the first and second rolls is a first anvil;
- a third roll for rotating in abutment with the second roll to receive the continuous laminate from the second roll, wherein the continuous laminate is carried through a point of abutment between the third roll and the second roll;
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- a separating cutter for successively severing the continuous laminate being carried by the third roll into units of individual articles, thereby obtaining the absorbent body.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.