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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
May. 11, 2004
Filed:
Jul. 23, 2001
Yoshinobu Machida, Tochigi, JP;
Makoto Kokubo, Tochigi, JP;
Kao Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A method for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising the steps of continuously feeding out a long, extensible, continuous member ( ) from a predetermined position, cutting the continuous member ( ) into lengths (P ) each equivalent to a length of one sheet of the absorbent article at a predetermined position, and fixedly arranging the cut continuous member at a predetermined position of the absorbent article, wherein a predetermined pattern is preliminarily printed on the continuous member ( ) at a printing pitch shorter than the cutting length (P ) of the continuous member, and the speed for feeding out is controlled such that the predetermined pattern is located at a predetermined part of the cut continuous member, thereby obtaining the absorbent article in which the predetermined pattern is arranged at a predetermined position.