Method for producing stretchable sheet

A method of producing a stretchable sheet from a nonwoven fabric containing fibers, the nonwoven fabric having a longitudinal direction, a width direction and a thickness direction, the method comprising:

• a first drawing step of drawing the nonwoven fabric in the longitudinal direction by (i) a pair of gear rolls and (ii) a roller that apply a tension to the nonwoven fabric in the longitudinal direction, and
• a second drawing step of drawing, in the longitudinal direction, the nonwoven fabric that has been drawn in the first drawing step with a plurality of teeth formed on an outer circumferential face of each of the gear rolls, wherein the second drawing step includes passing the nonwoven fabric through a gap between the gear rolls that rotate while the plurality of teeth being engaged with one another,
• wherein
• said roller is arranged on an upstream side of said gear rolls in the longitudinal direction;
• and
• in the first drawing step, the nonwoven fabric is drawn in the longitudinal direction by setting a circumferential velocity of the gear rolls higher than a circumferential velocity of the roller.