Method for making an absorbent article with asymmetric leg elastics
US5683531A · kind A · utility
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| Filing date | Jan 27, 1997 |
| Grant date | Nov 4, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Jan 27, 2017 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC Y)Emerging Cross-Sectional Technologies
- CPC primaryY10T156/1343
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
A method and apparatus for making an elasticized article includes a delivering mechanism for supplying a substrate web having a longitudinal direction and a lateral cross-direction. A first connecting mechanism attaches an inboard elastic member to said substrate web, and a second connecting mechanism attaches an outboard elastic member to the substrate web, with the outboard elastic member located laterally outboard of the inboard elastic member. A dividing mechanism separates away a portion of the substrate web and a portion of the outboard elastic member to thereby provide a set of elastics which are arranged in a staggered overlapping relation.
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