Apparatus for producing folded underwear pads

An apparatus for folding a semifinished product of an absorbent product for sanitary use to form a product shaped as pants, the apparatus comprising:

• a path of forward motion for the semifinished product,
• the path of forward motion comprising transversal folding devices configured to fold the semifinished product transversally with respect to the path of forward motion so as to fold the semifinished product into two parts overlapping each other to form the product shaped as pants,
• the semifinished product having wings, the wings comprising a first wing extending from a flank of the semifinished product, a second wing opposite to the first wing and extending from an opposite flank of the semifinished product, a third wing, and a fourth wing;
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• folding means of the wings disposed upstream of the transversal folding devices, and configured to overturn and maintain in a laid position on a surface of the semifinished product the first wing and the second wing until completion of formation of the product shaped as pants.