Method and apparatus for manufacturing wet wipes

A method of manufacturing wet wipes formed of a stacked body of sheets impregnated with a predetermined chemical, the method comprising:

• conveying, in a conveyance direction, a fabric of a plurality of sheets in a state where the sheets are folded, impregnated with the predetermined chemical, and stacked on each other;
• cutting the stacked sheets during conveyance, at a predetermined interval in a cross direction perpendicular to the conveyance direction to obtain the stacked body of the sheets;
• then
• conveying, by a conveyance device, the stacked body of the sheets;
• and
• detaching the stacked body of the sheets from the conveyance device, by means of a pusher which is provided with a projection protruding toward a surface of the stacked body of the sheets, and reciprocates in a direction intersecting with the conveyance direction and the surface of the stacked sheets, wherein
• the projection has a plurality of tooth portions,
• each of the tooth portions has an inlet side and an outlet side downstream of the inlet side in the conveyance direction,
• the inlet and outlet sides of the tooth portion are inclined with respect to the conveyance direction at first and second inclination angles, and
• the first inclination angle between the inlet side and the conveyance direction is greater than the second inclination angle between the outlet side and the conveyance direction.