JP2016159062A - Manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of disposable diaper - Google Patents

Abstract

PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To attach a planar elastic flexible member in a state extending along the width direction of the disposable diaper to a prescribed part around the waist of a disposable diaper without using a turnover device.SOLUTION: A manufacturing method of a disposable diaper includes: a first transportation process for transporting a long-sized elastic material 120 which is an original member of an elastic flexible member 20 in a lengthwise direction as a transportation direction M; a widening process for expanding the elastic material 120 in a lateral direction C orthogonal to the transportation direction M in the first transportation process; a cutting process for cutting the expanded elastic material 120 in the lateral direction C to make isolated elastic flexible members 20 after the widening process; and a transfer process for attaching the elastic flexible member 20 made in the cutting process to a prescribed part in the disposable diaper.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 2

Description

  The present invention relates to a method for manufacturing a disposable diaper, which is attached to a crotch of a wearer and absorbs and holds a liquid such as urine, and a manufacturing apparatus therefor. Specifically, the present invention relates to a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for a disposable diaper in which elastic elastic members that expand and contract along the width direction are attached around the waists of the front body and the back body.

  2. Description of the Related Art Conventionally, in a pants-type disposable diaper and a tape-type disposable diaper, it is known that an elastic elastic member is attached around the waist of the diaper in order to improve adhesion to a wearer. In particular, in the case of a tape-type disposable diaper, fastening tapes are attached to the left and right ends of the back body. In order to support the stretchability when the fastening tape is pulled to the left and right, around the waist of the back body A planar elastic elastic member is attached. A tape-type disposable diaper having such a planar elastic stretchable member is disclosed in Patent Document 1, for example. As the planar elastic stretchable member, a sheet-like member having a stretchable material itself such as urethane foam or stretch cloth is often employed.

JP 2008-29749 A

  Incidentally, as shown in Patent Document 1, in the process of manufacturing a disposable diaper, when a planar elastic stretchable member is attached to a predetermined location, generally, an elastic material that is an original member of the elastic stretchable member is used. A drum-type reversing device for reversing the direction of is used. For example, FIG. 6 shows a process of attaching a planar elastic stretchable member to a sheet member of a disposable diaper by a conventional manufacturing method / manufacturing apparatus. As shown in FIG. 6, when a long elastic material is introduced, the reversing device first cuts this elastic material to obtain an elastic expansion / contraction member having a length corresponding to each product state. Thereafter, the reversing device reverses the direction of the elastic elastic member 90 degrees on the drum, and then transfers it to the sheet material (for example, the original member of the back sheet) sent from another system. In addition, when the planar elastic stretchable member is attached to a predetermined location of the disposable diaper, the planar elastic stretchable member is required to be extended in a direction corresponding to the width direction of the disposable diaper. . In this respect, the conventional manufacturing method / manufacturing apparatus transports a long elastic material while applying a constant tension along its transport direction, and cuts each elastic elastic member by cutting it in a direction perpendicular to the transport direction. After being obtained, this direction was reversed by 90 degrees to apply tension to the elastic elastic member.

  However, in the prior art, it is necessary to cut the elastic material, reverse the direction of the elastic elastic member, and transfer by the reversing device, and the structure and control of this reversing device are complicated. If the reversing device having such a complicated structure is used, there is a problem that the introduction cost and the maintenance cost of the disposable diaper manufacturing device increase. In addition, since the control method and maintenance method of the reversing device are complicated, there is a problem that manufacturing errors such as cutting defects, reversing defects, and defective transfer positions are likely to occur in the manufacturing process, resulting in higher product quality. there were.

  Accordingly, the present invention is a manufacturing method in which a planar elastic stretchable member can be attached to a predetermined location around the waist of the disposable diaper in an extended state along the width direction of the disposable diaper without using a reversing device. It is an object of the present invention to provide a method and a manufacturing apparatus.

  The inventors of the present invention, as a result of earnestly examining the means for solving the above problems, stretched the elastic material in a direction perpendicular to the conveying direction while conveying the elastic material, cut the stretched elastic material, and around the waist of the disposable diaper. It was decided to obtain a planar elastic stretchable member for attachment. If it does in this way, the extension direction of this elastic elastic member and the width direction of a disposable diaper can be made to correspond, without reversing the direction of an elastic elastic member 90 degrees. Thereby, the reversing device for reversing the direction of the elastic elastic member by 90 degrees can be omitted. Then, the present inventors have conceived that the problems of the prior art can be solved based on the above knowledge, and have completed the present invention. More specifically, the present invention has the following processes and configurations.

The 1st side of the present invention is related with the manufacturing method of disposable diaper 100. The disposable diaper 100 manufactured according to the present invention includes a front body 1 located on the stomach side of the wearer 1, a back body 2 located on the back side of the wearer, and a crotch part located between the front body 1 and the back body 2. 3 in the longitudinal direction (Y). In addition, the disposable diaper 100 is a planar elastic stretchable member 20 that can be stretched in the width direction (X) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (Y) at a predetermined location on either or both of the front body 1 and the back body 2. Is attached in an extended state.
Here, the manufacturing method of the present invention includes a first transport process, a widening process, a cutting process, and a transfer process.
A 1st conveyance process is a process of conveying the elongate elastic material 120 which is the original member of the elastic expansion-contraction member 20 by making the length direction into a conveyance direction (M).
The widening process is a process of stretching the elastic material 120 in the lateral direction (C) orthogonal to the transport direction during the first transport process.
The cutting step is a step of obtaining individual elastic elastic members 20 by cutting the stretched elastic material 120 in the transverse direction (C) after the widening step.
The transfer process is a process of attaching the elastic elastic member 20 obtained in the cutting process to a predetermined location of the disposable diaper 100.

Moreover, it is preferable that the manufacturing method of this invention further includes a 2nd conveyance process.
A 2nd conveyance process is a process of conveying the elongate sheet material 112 in which the sheet | seat member 12 which comprises the disposable diaper 100 continues in the longitudinal direction (Y) by making that length direction into a conveyance direction (M). In the present invention, it is preferable that a transfer process is performed during the second transport process.

  Moreover, in the manufacturing method of this invention, it is preferable that the elastic elastic member 20 is attached to the predetermined location of the disposable diaper 100, without changing the direction between a cutting process and a transcription | transfer process.

  As described above, in the manufacturing method of the present invention, the widening process of stretching the long elastic material 120 in the lateral direction (C) is adopted, and the elastic material 120 thus stretched is aligned in the lateral direction (C). It cuts and it is supposed that the individual elastic expansion-contraction member 20 will be obtained. Therefore, according to the present invention, an extension force in a direction corresponding to the width direction (X) of the disposable diaper can be applied to the elastic elastic member 20 without using a reversing device that reverses the direction of the elastic elastic member 20. Can be granted. For this reason, in the present invention, since it is not necessary to use a reversing device, it is possible to reduce the introduction cost and maintenance cost of the manufacturing device. Further, in the manufacturing process such as cutting failure, reversal failure, and transfer position failure. An error can be prevented.

  Further, in the manufacturing method of the present invention, in the cutting step, a concave portion 21 that is recessed toward the inside of the elastic elastic member 20 is formed at the center in the width direction (X) of the upper edge of the elastic elastic member 20. As described above, the elastic material 120 may be cut.

  As described above, the concave portion 21 is formed in the central portion of the upper edge of the elastic elastic member 20 so that the extension force of the elastic elastic member 20 is relatively weak in this central portion, and the elastic elastic member 20 is extended on both the left and right sides. Power is relatively strong. Since the central part of the elastic elastic member 20 is a part that is in close contact with the wearer's stomach and back, the wearing feeling of the disposable diaper can be improved by dispersing the extension force of this part on both the left and right sides.

The 2nd side surface of this invention is related with the manufacturing apparatus of a disposable diaper.
A disposable diaper 100 manufactured according to the present invention includes a front body 1 located on the stomach side of the wearer 1, a back body 2 located on the back side of the wearer, and a crotch part located between the front body 1 and the back body 2. 3 in the longitudinal direction (Y). In addition, the disposable diaper 100 is a planar elastic stretchable member 20 that can be stretched in the width direction (X) perpendicular to the longitudinal direction (Y) at a predetermined location on either or both of the front body 1 and the back body 2. Is attached in an extended state.
Here, the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention includes a transport unit 210, a widening unit 220, a cutting unit 230, and a transfer unit 240.
The transport unit 210 is a unit that transports the long elastic material 120 that is the original member of the elastic elastic member 20 with its length direction as the transport direction (M).
The widening means 220 is a means for stretching the elastic material 120 in the lateral direction (C) perpendicular to the transport direction (M) during transport.
The cutting means 230 is means for cutting the elastic material 120 in a state stretched by the widening means 220 in the lateral direction (C) to obtain individual elastic elastic members 20.
The transfer means 240 is means for attaching the elastic elastic member 20 obtained by cutting with the cutting means 230 to a predetermined location of the disposable diaper 100.

  According to the present invention, a manufacturing method capable of attaching a planar elastic elastic member to a predetermined location around the waist of a disposable diaper in an extended state along the width direction of the disposable diaper without using a reversing device. And a manufacturing apparatus can be provided.

FIG. 1 is a plan view showing an example of a disposable diaper manufactured by the manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a schematic diagram showing a plan view of the manufacturing process in the manufacturing method of the present invention. Fig.3 (a) is the schematic diagram which showed the example of the manufacturing apparatus of this invention in the side view. FIG. 3B shows an example of an expander roll that functions as a widening means. Fig.4 (a) is the schematic diagram which showed the other example of the manufacturing apparatus of this invention side. FIG. 4B shows an example of a widening conveyor that functions as a widening means. FIG. 5 is a schematic diagram showing a plan view of the manufacturing process in the manufacturing method of the present invention. FIG. 6 is a schematic diagram showing a plan view of the manufacturing process in the conventional manufacturing method.

Hereinafter, embodiments for carrying out the present invention will be described with reference to the drawings. This invention is not limited to the form demonstrated below, The thing suitably changed in the range obvious to those skilled in the art from the following forms is also included.
In this specification, “A to B” means “A to B”.

  FIG. 1 shows an example of a disposable diaper that can be manufactured by a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention. As shown in FIG. 1, the disposable diaper 100 includes a front body 1 that touches the wearer's abdomen, a back body 2 that touches the wearer's back, and a front body 1 and a back body 2 in the longitudinal direction. It is divided into the crotch part 3 which is located and touches the wearer's crotch. Thus, in this specification, the direction which connects the front body 1 and the back body 2 is made into the longitudinal direction of a disposable diaper. On the other hand, the direction perpendicular to the longitudinal direction of the disposable diaper is defined as the width direction of the disposable diaper. In FIG. 1, the longitudinal direction of the disposable diaper 100 is indicated by the Y axis, and the width direction of the disposable diaper 100 is indicated by the X axis.

  The disposable diaper 100 shown in FIG. 1 is a tape-type disposable diaper. As shown in FIG. 1, the tape-type disposable diaper has a fastening tape 4 attached to both sides of the back body 2 and a non-facing surface of the front body 1 (a surface not facing the wearer's skin when worn). ) Is a type of diaper that is attached by being fastened to the landing tape 5 provided on the head. Below, the tape type disposable diaper 100 is taken as an example and the present invention will be described in detail. However, the manufacturing method and the manufacturing apparatus of the present invention are not limited to manufacturing a tape-type disposable diaper. For example, the present invention can be widely applied to disposable diapers worn on the wearer's crotch, such as pants-type disposable diapers.

  As shown in FIG. 1, the disposable diaper 100 includes an absorbent main body 10. Fastening tape 4 is attached to the left and right sides in the width direction of the back body 2 of the absorbent main body 10, and a landing tape 5 is attached to the skin non-facing surface of the front body 1 of the absorbent main body 10. Moreover, the absorptive main body 10 includes a top sheet 11 located on the skin facing surface side, a back sheet 12 located on the skin non-facing surface side, an absorbent body 13 interposed between these sheets 11 and 12, left and right A pair of side sheets 14.

  The top sheet 11 constituting the absorbent main body 10 is a member that is in direct contact with the skin of the wearer's crotch and allows liquid such as urine to pass through the absorbent body 13. For this reason, the top sheet 11 is made of a liquid-permeable material having high flexibility. Moreover, the top sheet 11 is arrange | positioned so that the skin opposing surface of the absorber 13 may be coat | covered. Examples of the liquid permeable material constituting the top sheet 11 are a woven fabric, a non-woven fabric, or a porous film. Moreover, as the top sheet 11, it is good also as, for example, using the fiber of the thermoplastic resin like polypropylene, polyethylene, polyester, nylon, and making it the nonwoven fabric further, and making it into a nonwoven fabric.

  The back sheet 12 is a member for preventing the liquid that has passed through the top sheet 11 and absorbed by the absorber 13 from leaking to the outside of the diaper. For this reason, the back sheet 12 is made of a liquid-impermeable material. Further, the back sheet 12 covers the non-skin facing surface of the absorber 13 in order to prevent liquid leakage from the bottom surface of the absorber 13. An example of the impermeable material constituting the back sheet 12 is a liquid impermeable film made of polyethylene resin. In particular, as the back sheet 12, it is preferable to use a microporous polyethylene film in which a plurality of fine pores of 0.1 to 4 μm are formed in order to ensure air permeability while maintaining liquid impermeability.

  The absorber 13 is a member for absorbing liquid such as urine and holding the absorbed liquid. The absorber 13 is disposed between the liquid-permeable top sheet 11 and the liquid-impermeable back sheet 12. The absorber 13 can be comprised with a well-known absorptive material. As an absorptive material, it is good also as using a fluff pulp, a super absorbent polymer, or a hydrophilic sheet, for example. In addition, as the absorbent material, one kind of fluff pulp, a super absorbent polymer, or a hydrophilic sheet may be used alone, or two or more kinds may be used in combination. The absorbent material is usually used in the form of a single layer or a plurality of layers.

  The pair of side sheets 14 is a sheet member that rises along both side edges of the absorber 13 to form a three-dimensional gather that prevents side leakage of urine. For example, as the sheet member constituting the side sheet 14, it is preferable to employ a sheet member having water repellency and air permeability. As the side sheet 14, for example, a non-woven sheet obtained by a manufacturing method such as card embossing or spunbond can be used, and it is particularly preferable to use a non-woven sheet such as SMS or SMMS having high waterproofness and air permeability. . Moreover, the one or several solid gather expansion-contraction member 15 is attached to the edge vicinity of the width direction inner side of each side seat | sheet 14 in the expansion | extension state so that it may extend along the longitudinal direction of a disposable diaper. For this reason, when the three-dimensional gather expansion / contraction member 15 contracts, the edge of the side seat 14 rises in a direction in contact with the wearer's skin. Thereby, a three-dimensional gather for preventing urine leakage is formed.

  The disposable diaper 100 further includes a planar elastic stretchable member 20. The elastic elastic member 20 is a member that expands and contracts along the width direction of the disposable diaper. In the example shown in FIG. 1, the elastic elastic member 20 is attached to the back body 2 in a state of extending along the width direction. For this reason, when the elastic elastic member 20 contracts, a fold (gather) of the sheet member constituting the disposable diaper 100 is formed around the waist of the back body 2. Thus, the fit with respect to the wearer of the disposable diaper 100 improves by forming a collar (gather) around a waist. In addition, when the fastening tape 4 is pulled to the left and right sides to attach the disposable diaper 100 to the wearer's body, the elastic elastic member 20 expands and contracts, so that the disposable diaper 100 can be easily attached using the fastening tape 4. Become. In the example shown in FIG. 4, the elastic elastic member 20 is attached only to the back body 2, but it may be attached to the front body 1 or attached to both the front body 1 and the back body 2. It may be done.

  The planar elastic stretchable member 20 is generally fixed between the top sheet 11 and the back sheet 12. For this reason, when the disposable diaper 100 is manufactured, the individual elastic elastic members 20 are fixed on the original members of the back sheet 12, and the original members of the top sheet 11 are attached so as to cover the elastic elastic members 20. Just stick together. If it does in this way, it can prevent that elastic elastic member 20 with comparatively hard touch touches a wearer's skin directly. However, the elastic elastic member 20 may be attached to the skin facing surface side of the top sheet 11, or may be attached to the skin non-facing surface side of No. 12.

  The elastic expansion / contraction member 20 is preferably formed in a planar shape and the material itself has elasticity. The planar elastic stretchable member 20 only needs to be stretchable along at least the width direction of the disposable diaper 100. In addition, the planar elastic stretchable member 20 may have stretchability in the longitudinal direction of the disposable diaper. Examples of the planar elastic elastic member 20 include a flat rubber made of an elastic material such as natural rubber or synthetic rubber (polyethylene rubber, urethane rubber, etc.), an elastic film (polyethylene film, urethane film, etc.), and an elastic foam (polyethylene). Foam and urethane foam). However, as the elastic stretchable member 20, a known material that can be molded into a planar shape and has a flat stretchability can be appropriately employed.

  Then, the manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus of the disposable diaper 100 which has the said structure are demonstrated. FIG. 2 schematically illustrates a process of cutting out the individual elastic elastic members 20 from the elastic material 120 and attaching the elastic elastic member 20 to the sheet material 112 that is an original member of the back sheet 12 constituting the disposable diaper, in the manufacturing process of the disposable diaper 100. Show. FIG. 3 schematically shows an example of the configuration of a manufacturing apparatus for realizing the process shown in FIG. FIG. 4 schematically shows another example of the configuration of the manufacturing apparatus for realizing the process shown in FIG. In FIG. 2, a part where the absorber is attached and a part where an opening around the leg is formed on the sheet material 112 of the back sheet 12 are shown by broken lines. Actually, it is preferable to attach the individual elastic elastic members 20 on the sheet material 112 of the back sheet 12 before attaching the absorber to the sheet material 112 or forming the leg opening.

  As shown in FIG. 2, first, a long elastic material 120 that is an original member of the elastic elastic member 20 such as urethane foam is introduced into the manufacturing apparatus. Thus, in the present specification, the original member of the elastic stretchable member 20 is referred to as the elastic material 120. The elastic material 120 is a material from which a plurality of elastic elastic members 20 having a product length and a product width can be continuously obtained by cutting them individually. The long elastic material 120 is unwound from an original roll (not shown) and is conveyed along the length direction (first conveying step). In FIG. 1, the conveying direction of the elastic material 120 is indicated by an arrow M. As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the elastic material 120 may be conveyed by a conveying means 210 such as a known conveying roll.

  Next, the elastic material 120 is stretched toward the lateral direction (C) perpendicular to the transport direction (M) during the transport process (widening process). In this widening step, for example, the lateral width of the elastic material 120 is preferably stretched by 1.1 to 3 times, 1.3 to 2.5 times, or 1.5 to 2 times. Then, after this widening step, the elastic material 120 is continuously conveyed in the conveying direction (M) while maintaining the stretched state in the lateral direction (C).

  Here, FIG. 3 shows an example of the widening means 220 for executing the above widening step. For example, as shown in FIG. 3A, an expander roll 221 can be employed as the widening means 220. As shown in FIG. 3B, the expander roll 221 has a function of widening the lateral width of the elastic material 120. More specifically, the expander roll 221 includes a non-rotating shaft 221a curved in an arc shape, a bearing (not shown) rotatably attached to the outer periphery of the shaft 221a, and a rubber fixed to the outer periphery of the bearing. And a cylindrical body 221b. Thus, since the rubber cylinder 221b is attached to the non-rotating curved shaft 221a via the bearing, the rubber cylinder 221b is rotatable with respect to the shaft 221a. The elastic material 120 is conveyed while contacting the rubber cylinder 221b of the expander roll 221. At that time, the lateral width of the elastic material 120 is widened on the shaft 221a in accordance with the amount of bending (bent amount). In this way, it is possible to widen the elastic material 120 using the expander roll 221.

  FIG. 4 shows another example of the widening means 220 for executing the widening process. For example, as shown in FIG. 4A, a widening conveyor 222 can be employed as the widening means 220. As shown in FIG. 4B, the widening conveyor 222 has a function of widening the lateral width of the elastic material 120. Specifically, the widening conveyor 222 includes a first conveyor group 222a arranged on one side of the elastic material 120 and a second conveyor group 222b arranged on the other side of the elastic material 120. For example, the first conveyor group 222a includes a center conveyor 222c in contact with the central portion in the horizontal direction (C) of the elastic material 120 and a pair of first side conveyors 222d in contact with both side edges in the horizontal direction (C) of the elastic material 120. Is included. The second conveyor group 222b includes a pair of second side conveyors 222e that sandwich both side edges of the elastic material 120 between the pair of first side conveyors 222d. The first side conveyor 222d and the second side conveyor 222e are substantially C-shaped so that the distance between the left and right conveyors increases as it goes downstream in the conveying direction (M) of the elastic material 120. Is arranged. Therefore, the lateral width of the elastic material 120 sandwiched between both side edges between the first side conveyor 222d and the second side conveyor 222e gradually increases toward the downstream side in the transport direction (M). ing. In this manner, the elastic material 120 can be widened by using the widening conveyor 222.

  As described above, the expander roll 221 and the widening conveyor 222 can be used as the widening means 220 of the elastic material 120. However, as the widening means 220, other known devices that can widen the lateral width of the sheet-like member can be appropriately employed.

  As shown in FIG. 2, after the above-described widening step, the elastic material 120 is conveyed in a state where the lateral width is expanded. Thereafter, the elastic material 120 in the widened state is cut along the lateral direction (C) (cutting step). As a result, a plurality of individual elastic elastic members 20 are obtained from the elastic material 120. Even after the elastic stretchable member 20 is separated from the main body of the elastic material 120, the elastic stretchable member 20 continues to be conveyed while being held in the extended state in the lateral direction (C).

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, a known cutting device including a cutter roll 231 and an anvil roll 232 may be employed as the cutting means 230 that performs the cutting step. A protruding cutting blade is provided on the peripheral surface of the cutter roll 231, and the peripheral surface of the anvil roll 232 is a flat surface. The elastic material 120 is introduced between the peripheral surface of the cutter roll 231 and the peripheral surface of the anvil roll 232, and is cut in the lateral direction while being pressed by the cutting blade. Thereby, a plurality of planar elastic elastic members 20 are continuously obtained from the elastic material 120. In addition, the peripheral surface of the anvil roll 232 is provided with a holding mechanism that holds the separated elastic elastic member 20 on the peripheral surface, for example, by sucking. For this reason, the individual elastic elastic members 20 rotate together with the anvil roll 232 while being held on the peripheral surface of the anvil roll 232 while being maintained in a state of being stretched in the lateral direction (C).

  On the other hand, as shown in FIG. 2, a long sheet material 112, which is an original member of the back sheet 12 constituting the disposable diaper 100, is conveyed from another path along the length direction thereof (second second). Transport process). The sheet material 112 is a material in which a plurality of back sheets 12 are connected, and can be obtained by continuously cutting a plurality of back sheets 12 having a product length and a product width by cutting them individually. In particular, in the present embodiment, the sheet material 112 includes a plurality of back sheets 12 in a direction corresponding to the longitudinal direction (Y) of the disposable diaper 100. For this reason, the conveyance direction (M) of the sheet | seat material 112 and the longitudinal direction (Y) of the individual disposable diaper 100 become a direction which corresponds.

  After that, as shown in FIG. 2, while the sheet material 112 of the back sheet 12 is conveyed, the elastic elastic member 20 molded individually is attached to an appropriate position on the sheet material 112 (transfer process). Specifically, the elastic elastic member 20 is fixed to a position corresponding to the waist around the back body 2 of the disposable diaper 100 in the sheet material 112. At this time, for example, a known adhesive such as a hot melt adhesive may be used.

  As shown in FIGS. 3 and 4, the transfer step can be realized by a transfer means 240 such as a transfer roll. For example, the sheet material 112 is introduced to the outer peripheral surface of the transfer roll 240. Further, the anvil roll 232 described above is provided at a position facing the transfer roll 240. On the outer peripheral surface of the anvil roll 232, as described above, the individual elastic elastic members 20 are held in a state of extending in the lateral direction. For this reason, by introducing the sheet material 112 between the anvil roll 232 and the transfer roll 240, the individual elastic elastic members 20 can be transferred from the anvil roll 232 onto the sheet material 112. For example, the suction of the elastic elastic member 20 by the anvil roll 232 may be stopped at the timing when the sheet material 112 and the elastic elastic member 20 come into contact with each other. As a result, the elastic elastic members 20 can be attached to the sheet material 112 at predetermined intervals.

  Here, at the time of attaching the elastic elastic member 20 to the sheet material 112, the width direction of the back sheet 12 and the extending direction of the elastic elastic member 20 coincide with each other. For this reason, as apparent from a comparison between FIG. 2 and FIG. 6, according to the manufacturing method / manufacturing apparatus (FIG. 2) of the present invention, the reversing operation of reversing the direction of the elastic expansion / contraction member 20 by 90 degrees becomes unnecessary. . Therefore, according to the present invention, it is possible to omit the reversing device that performs the reversing operation of the elastic elastic member 20. Further, according to the present invention, since it is not necessary to use a reversing device, it is possible to reduce the introduction cost and maintenance cost of the manufacturing device, and at the time of manufacturing such as cutting failure, reversal failure, transfer position failure, etc. Errors can also be reduced.

  Thereafter, the sheet material 112 to which the elastic elastic member 20 is attached is introduced into a general disposable diaper manufacturing process. Other disposable diaper manufacturing processes are already known. For this reason, description of the subsequent manufacturing steps is omitted.

  FIG. 5 shows another embodiment of the manufacturing method and manufacturing apparatus according to the present invention. In the embodiment shown in FIG. 5, the shape of cutting the elastic material 120 in the cutting step is different from the embodiment shown in FIG. Note that the embodiment of FIG. 5 differs from the embodiment of FIG. 2 only in the cutting process, and the other first transport process, widening process, second transport process, and transfer process are the same as in the embodiment of FIG. It is.

  As shown in FIG. 5, in the cutting process, the shape of the cutting line for cutting the elastic material 120 swells toward the downstream side (or upstream side) in the transport direction (M) at the central portion in the lateral direction (C). It may be curved like this. More specifically, the elastic stretchable member 20 separated by the curved cutting line is the width direction (X) of the disposable diaper among the upper edges (corresponding to the lateral direction (C) of the elastic material 120). A concave portion 21 that is recessed toward the inside thereof is formed in the central portion of the. Moreover, it is preferable that the lower edge side of the elastic expansion-contraction member 20 becomes the same shape as the upper edge side. That is, it is preferable that the elastic elastic member 20 is formed with a convex portion 22 projecting outward from the central portion of its lower edge. In this way, it is possible to mold the upper and lower edges of the elastic elastic member 20 into a curved shape at the center in the width direction. In addition, what is necessary is just to curve the shape of the cutting blade provided in the outer peripheral surface of the cutter roll 231 in order to curve the shape of the cutting line of the elastic material 120. FIG.

  As described above, the recess 21 is formed at the center of the upper edge of the elastic elastic member 20 or the protrusion 22 is formed at the center of the lower edge, so that the elastic elastic member 20 extends at the center. The force becomes relatively weak, and the extension force of the elastic elastic member 20 becomes relatively strong on both the left and right sides. Since the central part of the elastic elastic member 20 is a part that is in close contact with the wearer's stomach and back, the wearing feeling of the disposable diaper can be improved by dispersing the extension force of this part on both the left and right sides. In addition, a wearer's belly or a swollen portion of the back tends to come into contact with the center of the upper edge of the elastic elastic member 20. Therefore, by curving the upper edge of the elastic stretchable member 20 in accordance with the wearer's belly or bulge of the back, the elastic stretchable member 20 becomes difficult to press the wearer's skin. it can.

  As mentioned above, in this specification, in order to express the content of this invention, embodiment of this invention was described, referring drawings. However, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, but includes modifications and improvements obvious to those skilled in the art based on the matters described in the present specification.

  The present invention relates to a manufacturing method and a manufacturing apparatus for disposable diapers. Therefore, this invention can be utilized suitably in the manufacturing industry of an absorbent article.

DESCRIPTION OF SYMBOLS 1 ... Front body 2 ... Back body 3 ... Crotch part 4 ... Fastening tape 5 ... Landing tape 10 ... Absorbent main body 11 ... Top sheet 12 ... Back sheet 13 ... Absorbent body 14 ... Side sheet 15 ... Solid gathering elastic member 20 ... Elasticity Elastic member 21 ... concave part 22 ... convex part 100 ... disposable diaper 112 ... sheet material 120 ... elastic material 210 ... conveying means (conveying roll)
220 ... Widening means 221 ... Expander roll 221a ... Shaft 221b ... Rubber cylinder 222 ... Widening conveyor 222a ... First conveyor group 222b ... Second conveyor group 222c ... Center conveyor 222d ... First side conveyor 222e ... Second side conveyor 230 ... cutting means 231 ... cutter roll 232 ... anvil roll 240 ... transfer means (transfer roll)

Claims (5)

A front body (1) located on the abdomen side of the wearer, a back body (2) located on the back side of the wearer, and a crotch part (between the front body (1) and the back body (2)) 3) and the longitudinal direction (Y), and the width direction (X) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (Y) at a predetermined location of either or both of the front body (1) and the back body (2). 1) a disposable diaper (100) having a planar elastic stretchable member (20) attached in a stretched state,
A first conveying step of conveying a long elastic material (120) as an original member of the elastic elastic member (20) with its length direction as a conveying direction (M);
A widening step of stretching the elastic material (120) in a lateral direction (C) perpendicular to the transport direction (M) during the first transport step;
After the widening step, cutting the elastic material (120) in the stretched state in the lateral direction (C) to obtain individual elastic elastic members (20);
A transfer step of attaching the elastic elastic member (20) obtained in the cutting step to the predetermined location of the disposable diaper (100). A second sheet member (12) that constitutes the disposable diaper (100) conveys a long sheet material (112) that is continuous in the longitudinal direction (Y) with the length direction as the conveying direction (M). Further including a conveying step,
The method for manufacturing a disposable diaper according to claim 1, wherein the transfer step is performed during the second conveyance step. The elastic elastic member (20) is attached to the predetermined portion of the disposable diaper (100) without changing the direction between the cutting step and the transfer step. A manufacturing method for disposable diapers. In the cutting step, a concave portion (21) that is recessed toward the inside of the elastic elastic member (20) is formed at the center in the width direction (X) of the upper edge of the elastic elastic member (20). The method for manufacturing a disposable diaper according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the elastic material (120) is cut as described above. A front body (1) located on the abdomen side of the wearer, a back body (2) located on the back side of the wearer, and a crotch part (between the front body (1) and the back body (2)) 3) and the longitudinal direction (Y), and the width direction (X) orthogonal to the longitudinal direction (Y) at a predetermined location of either or both of the front body (1) and the back body (2). 1) a manufacturing apparatus for manufacturing a disposable diaper (100) in which a planar elastic elastic member (20) that can be expanded and contracted is attached in an extended state,
A transport means (210) for transporting a long elastic material (120), which is an original member of the elastic elastic member (20), with its length direction as a transport direction (M);
Widening means (220) for extending the elastic material (120) in the transverse direction (C) perpendicular to the conveying direction (M) during the conveying;
Cutting means (230) for cutting the elastic material (120) stretched by the widening means (220) in the lateral direction (C) to obtain individual elastic elastic members (20);
A transfer device (240) for attaching the elastic elastic member (20) obtained by cutting with the cutting means (230) to the predetermined location of the disposable diaper (100).

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