A method for producing pant-like absorbent sanitary articles, wherein a plurality of absorbent bodies are attached to a single continuous elastic band, which is cut to form a plurality of absorbent sanitary articles in an outspread configuration, which are then folded in a closed pant-like configuration.

A protective panel has an upper oval portion having a maximum width of between three and five inches inclusive and a vertical dimension between two and four inches inclusive, a second portion, contiguous with the first portion, extending downward from the first portion, with a gradually declining width over a vertical dimension of between eight and twelve inches inclusive, and a third lowermost portion having a width between one-half inch and two inches inclusive, ending in a circular arc at the lowermost extent, the panel formed of a polymer film having a human skin-compatible adhesive on one surface, enabling a user to apply the panel to the user's anatomy.

The present disclosure relates to methods and apparatuses for assembling disposable pant diapers having contoured elastic belts. During the assembly process, opposing end regions of chassis are connected with the elastic belts in the form of first and second continuous elastic laminates. The chassis are then folded to place the elastic laminates into a facing relationship. The inner longitudinal edges of one or both the elastic laminates are then cut to define a contoured shape. Discrete pieces of trim material may be removed from one or both the elastic laminates, and the first and second continuous elastic laminates are cut in the cross direction to form discrete pant diapers. In some configurations, a single knife both removes the trim material and cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction. And in some configurations, a first knife removes the trim material and a second knife cuts the elastic laminates in cross direction.

A method for forming and folding an absorbent sanitary article includes the steps of preparing a continuous, multilayer web and feeding it in a feed direction, applying a succession of absorbent pads, spaced from each other, on the continuous, multilayer web, folding the absorbent pads on the continuous multilayer web, temporarily fastening the folded absorbent pads to the continuous, multilayer web, making a succession of lines of weakness in the continuous, multilayer web between consecutive absorbent articles, folding a first flap of each absorbent article towards the corresponding absorbent pad, folding a second flap of each absorbent article towards the corresponding absorbent pad; folding the first flap or the second flap includes tearing the continuous, multilayer web at the lines of weakness, thereby separating the absorbent articles.

A method including: a step of carrying first and second continuous webs in a carrying direction; a step of folding the continuous webs in two; a first attachment step, in which portions of first edges, which extend in the carrying direction of the continuous webs and which are to be leg holes of a worn article, are attached together intermittently in the carrying direction; a step of straightening, in a width direction, creases on one of the continuous web after the first attachment step; and a second attachment step, in which the continuous webs are attached together at least at portions along second edges opposite to the first edges, with the creases being straightened.

A panel attachment structure for a wearable article manufacturing equipment includes: lower and upper panels vertically arranged while separated up-and-down; a first processing section and a first driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the lower panel; a second processing section and a second driving section respectively attached to a front face and a back face of the upper panel; a base horizontally arranged under the lower panel; and a pair of pillars raised from the base, wherein, in the structure, the lower and upper panels are removably fixed to the pillars while being supported by the respective lower and upper parts of the pillars, and each pillar has a support section, provided between the upper and lower panels and supporting the load of the upper panel.

The present cuff manufacturing method includes: a step of sandwiching at least two continuous elastic members F between a first sheet and a second sheet; a step of thermally-bonding together the first sheet and the second sheet intermittently in the longitudinal direction to form thermally-bonded portions, thereby fixing the continuous elastic members, thus forming a laminate; a slit step of slitting the laminate along the longitudinal direction, thereby obtaining a pair of cuff members; a step of conveying the pair of cuff members so that a pair of edges, which have been produced by the slitting in the pair of cuff members, are spaced apart from each other; and a step of arranging the pair of cuff members on opposite edge portions of a crotch portion of a worn article, thereby forming cuffs.

The method of the present invention includes the steps of: arranging a plurality of non-continuous sheets of a predetermined length intermittently and successively in the conveyance direction on the continuous sheet so that the continuous elastic members are sandwiched between the non-continuous sheets and the continuous sheet; in an overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets overlap with the continuous sheet, attaching the continuous sheet and the non-continuous sheets to each other by welding the sheets to each other in a predetermined pattern, thus producing a continuous laminate; and in a non-overlapping area where the non-continuous sheets do not overlap with the continuous sheet, heating the continuous sheet in the same pattern as said pattern.

A method and apparatus for mechanically deforming a substrate assembly. The substrate assembly may be advanced in a machine direction at a first velocity toward a bonder apparatus. The bonder apparatus may rotate about an axis of rotation and include a support surface between each of a first and a second member. The first member and the second member may be separated by a repitch angle. The second member may be repositioned such that the first member and the second member are separated by a product angle. The first member may receive a leading portion and second member may receive a trailing portion of the substrate assembly and each member may rotate at the first velocity. The leading portion and the trailing portion are separated by a product arc length, which may be equal to a process product pitch. The substrate assembly may then undergo one or more processes such as bonding, cutting, and/or scoring.

To reduce a discrepancy between sealing areas on outward and homeward paths through which superposed parts of a continuous material are joined to each other, a method for manufacturing a wearable article includes: superposing a first and second parts of a continuous material on each other; winding the continuous material around a rotary drum and conveying the continuous material; and moving a movable part of a sealer unit outward and homeward in a cross direction crossing a conveyance direction, while the continuous material is conveyed, to form liner sealing areas and joining the first and second parts through the formed liner sealing areas. The method includes, after the superposing and before the joining, inhibiting a movement of the first and second parts relative to each other by temporary fastening such as heat sealing at a place at which the first and second parts are to be joined together.