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1. A device for manufacturing an absorbent article comprising: a forming mechanism of forming a plurality of absorbent articles including a front waistline region, a back waistline region, and a crotch region positioned between the front waistline region and the back waistline region, by arranging an absorber on a web in which the components configuring the absorbent articles are in continuity, followed by folding the web along a conveyance direction, and then cutting the web along the side surfaces in a widthwise direction of the absorbent articles positioned at a side of the front waistline region and at a side of the back waistline region; and
a conveyance mechanism of continuously conveying the absorbent articles formed by the forming mechanism; and a counting mechanism of counting the absorbent articles supplied in continuation from the conveyance mechanism, wherein the counting mechanism includes a plurality of guide members configured to retain the absorbent articles, a movement member configured to move the guide members in a direction along a horizontal direction, and support members arranged on a lower side of the guide members in a vertical direction, and is configured to move the absorbent articles supplied from the conveyance mechanism while being sandwiched by the guide members, and then count the absorbent articles, and the guide members protrude out from the outer circumference surface of the movement member along the horizontal direction, and are arranged adjacent to each other along the horizontal direction, and opposing surfaces opposing each other in the guide members are the surfaces that sandwich the absorbent articles, and are arranged along the vertical direction, and the conveyance mechanism is configured to feed the absorbent articles along the opposing surfaces, from the upper side of the guide members in the vertical direction towards the space between the guide members. |
