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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Mar. 01, 2016
Filed:
Dec. 08, 2011
Takumi Nakano, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Kagawa, JP;
Takumi Nakano, Kagawa, JP;
Yoshihiko Matsumoto, Kagawa, JP;
UNICHARM CORPORATION, Ehime-Ken, JP;
Abstract
An apparatus for manufacturing an absorbent article includes a guide member that guides an elastic member fed on a web configuring a component of the absorbent article and being conveyed in a continuous state. The guide member includes: an arm member having a tip portion that is a feeding position of the elastic member to the web, and a base portion separated from the tip portion; a first drive member that swings the arm member about the base portion of the arm member as a rotational axis; and a second drive member that performs a back and forth movement of the arm member and the first drive member along a cross direction that crosses a conveyance direction in which the web is conveyed.