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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 15, 2013
Filed:
Apr. 14, 2010
Yukihiko Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Yukihiko Fujita, Osaka, JP;
Zuiko Corporation, Osaka, JP;
Abstract
A flap folding system for a disposable article, includes: main pads each for receiving a main body on a main holding surface thereof provided along a conveyance circle about a main rotation shaft and moving along the conveyance circle following rotation of the main rotation shaft while holding the main body on the main holding surface; a pair of side pads provided for each main pad adjacent to the conveyance circle of the main pad each for receiving an end portion of the flap in a girth direction on a sub-holding surface thereof provided along the conveyance circle and holding the end portion of the flap on the sub-holding surface; and a folding mechanism for rotating the side pads with respect to the main pad so that the sub-holding surfaces of the side pads oppose the main holding surface of the main pad, thereby folding the flap.