Apparatus for manufacturing a disposable wearing article

An apparatus for manufacturing a disposable wearing article, the apparatus comprising:

• a drum main body configured to convey a sheet-shaped continuous body along a conveyance direction,
• an oscillating mechanism configured to feed, while oscillating, an elastic member along a crossing direction crossing the conveyance direction,
• the oscillating mechanism further configured to dispose the elastic member in a predetermined waveform and to dispose a portion of the elastic member in an expanded state onto the continuous body to which an adhesive is applied;
• an outer holding mechanism configured to at least hold the elastic member in the predetermined waveform;
• and
• a cutting mechanism having a blade section configured to at least cut the elastic member held by the outer holding mechanism, wherein
• the outer holding mechanism is configured to hold an outer end region of an area defined by the predetermined waveform of the elastic member, wherein the outer end region includes an outer end of the elastic member in the crossing direction and is not applied with the adhesive,
• the outer holding mechanism comprises an endless belt rotatable along the conveyance direction of the continuous body,
• the endless belt of the outer holding mechanism includes an arc portion forming an arc shape along an outer circumferential surface of the drum main body,
• the endless belt of the outer holding mechanism is configured to hold the elastic member on a surface of the continuous body on which the elastic member is disposed, toward the drum main body, and
• the blade section is disposed inside, relative to the crossing direction, the outer end region held by the outer holding mechanism.