# US 2006/0151093 A1 · Method of manufacturing wearing article > Agents: this data is available as JSON from the patentgrep API and MCP server — see https://patentgrep.com/llms.txt - Number: US 2006/0151093 A1 - Document ID: US20060151093A1 - Status: Published application - Kind: A1 - Application number: 10/562,749 - Filed: 2004-06-30 - Published: 2006-07-13 - Earliest claimed: 2003-07-11 - Assignees: Zuiko Corporation - Inventors: Masaki Nakakado - Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US20060151093A1 ## CPC - A61F 13/15764: {Transferring, feeding or handling devices; Drives} - A61F 13/15593: {having elastic ribbons fixed thereto; Devices for applying the ribbons} - A61F 13/15699: {Forming webs by bringing together several webs, e.g. by laminating or folding several webs, with or without additional treatment of the webs} - A61F 13/15723: {Partitioning batts; Cutting} - A61F 13/15804: {Plant, e.g. involving several steps} - A61F 2013/49063: {the diaper having decoupled components} - Y10T 156/1067: Continuous longitudinal slitting - A61F: FILTERS IMPLANTABLE INTO BLOOD VESSELS; PROSTHESES; DEVICES PROVIDING PATENCY TO, OR PREVENTING COLLAPSING OF, TUBULAR STRUCTURES OF THE BODY, e.g. STENTS; ORTHOPAEDIC, NURSING OR CONTRACEPTIVE DEVICES; FOMENTATION; TREATMENT OR PROTECTION OF EYES OR EARS; BANDAGES, DRESSINGS OR ABSORBENT PADS; FIRST-AID KITS (dental prosthetics A61C) - Y10T: TECHNICAL SUBJECTS COVERED BY FORMER US CLASSIFICATION ## Abstract A method for producing a worn article of the present invention comprises the steps of successively placing portions of webs W1, W2 on a plurality of pads 3; slacking off the webs W1, W2 between the pads 3i by shortening an interval between the pads 3i; placing an elastic member on the webs W1, W2 placed on the pads 3i so that the elastic member extends across a slack portion Wa of each of the webs W1, W2 which is slacked off; placing an absorbent body on a non-slack portion Wp of the webs W1, W2 on the pads 3i which is not slacked off; removing the slack of the webs W1, W2 by increasing the interval between the pads; and placing a sheet S1, S2 of a predetermined length on the webs W1, W2, the slack of which is removed. ## Claims ### Claim 1 A method for producing a worn article, comprising the steps of: successively placing portions of a web on a plurality of pads; slacking off the web between the pads by shortening an interval between the pads; placing an elastic member on the web placed on the pads so that the elastic member extends across a slack portion of the web, which is slacked off; placing an absorbent body on a non-slack portion of the web on the pads, which is not slacked off; removing a slack of the slack portion of the web by increasing the interval between the pads; and placing a sheet of a predetermined length on the web, the slack of which is removed. ### Claim 2 A method for producing a worn article by carrying a web in a predetermined flow direction while holding the web by a plurality of pads, comprising the steps of: successively placing portions of the web on the pads being apart from one another in the flow direction, whereby the web is placed extending over the pads; slacking off the web between the pads by shortening an interval between the pads, thus forming a slack portion in the web that is slacked off and forming a upstream non-slack portion upstream of the slack portion of the web in the flow direction and a downstream non-slack portion downstream of the slack portion of the web in the flow direction; placing an elastic member between the upstream non-slack portion and the downstream non-slack portion so that the elastic member extends across the slack portion of the web; placing an absorbent body on each of the non-slack portions; removing a slack of the slack portion by increasing the interval between the pads; and placing a sheet of a predetermined length on the web, the slack of which is removed. ### Claim 3 A method for producing a worn article, comprising the steps of: dividing a web into a first web including a first side edge portion and a second web including a second side edge portion; separating the first web and the second web from each other so as to increase a distance from the first side edge portion of the first web to the second side edge portion of the second web; shifting a phase of the first web and that of the second web from each other; successively placing portions of the first web and portions of the second web on a plurality of pads; slacking off the first and second webs between the pads by shortening an interval between the pads; placing an elastic member on each of the first and second webs placed on the pads so that the elastic member extends across a slack portion of the respective web, which is slacked off; placing an absorbent body so that the absorbent body extends between non-slack portions of the first and second webs on the pads, which are not slacked off; removing a slack of the slack portion of the first and second webs by increasing the interval between the pads; and placing a sheet of a predetermined length on each of the first and second webs, the slack of which is removed. ### Claim 4 A method for producing a worn article by carrying a web in a predetermined flow direction while holding the web by a plurality of pads, comprising the steps of: dividing a web having a first side edge portion and a second side edge portion extending along the flow direction into a first web including the first side edge portion and a second web including the second side edge portion; separating the first web and the second web from each other so as to increase a distance from the first side edge portion of the first web to the second side edge portion of the second web; shifting a phase of the first web in the flow direction and that of the second web from each other; successively placing portions of the first web and portions of the second web on the pads being apart from one another in the flow direction, whereby each of the first and second webs is placed extending over the pads; slacking off the first and second webs between the pads by shortening an interval between the pads, thus forming a slack portion in each of the first and second webs that is slacked off and forming a upstream non-slack portion upstream of the slack portion of each of the first web and the second web in the flow direction and a downstream non-slack portion downstream of the slack portion of each of the first web and the second web in the flow direction; placing an elastic member between the upstream non-slack portion and the downstream non-slack portion of each of the first web and the second web so that the elastic member extends across the slack portion of each of the first web and the second web; placing an absorbent body so that the absorbent body extends between the upstream non-slack portion of the first web and that of the second web; placing another absorbent body so that the absorbent body extends between the downstream non-slack portion of the first web and that of the second web; removing a slack of the slack portions of the first and second webs by increasing the interval between the pads; and placing a sheet of a predetermined length on each of the first and second webs, the slack of which is removed. ### Claim 5 (depends on 1) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 1, wherein the elastic member is an elastic hotmelt. ### Claim 6 (depends on 1) A method for producing a worn article according to any one of claim 1, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 7 (depends on 2) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 2, wherein the elastic member is an elastic hotmelt. ### Claim 8 (depends on 3) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 3, wherein the elastic member is an elastic hotmelt. ### Claim 9 (depends on 4) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 4, wherein the elastic member is an elastic hotmelt. ### Claim 10 (depends on 2) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 2, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 11 (depends on 3) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 3, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 12 (depends on 4) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 4, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 13 (depends on 5) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 5, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 14 (depends on 7) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 7, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 15 (depends on 8) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 8, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web. ### Claim 16 (depends on 9) A method for producing a worn article according to claim 9, further comprising a step of making a leg hole in the web.