Method and apparatus for manufacturing wet wipes

A manufacturing apparatus configured to manufacture wet wipes formed of a laminated body of sheets impregnated with a predetermined chemical, the apparatus comprising:

• a conveyance device configured to convey a plurality of sheets continuously;
• a folding unit configured to get a respective one of the sheets through a space between an upper folding plate and a lower folding plate and fold back the respective one of the sheets multiple times to form a raised region raised along a conveyance direction;
• an impregnating unit configured to impregnate the respective one of the sheets having the raised region, with the predetermined chemical;
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• a laminating unit configured to laminate the respective sheets impregnated with the predetermined chemical, wherein after the respective one of the sheets passes through the space between the upper folding plate and the lower folding plate, an opposite surface side of a surface on which the raised region is formed, with respect to an extended surface of a surface of the lower folding plate, comes in contact with the conveyance device.