摘要 |
<p>A method is provided for joining an elastic band (114) to a continuously moving, partially elastic substrate (134). The method includes temporarily inhibiting portions of the elastic band (114) and then positioning the band on the substrate (134). The substrate (134) includes elastic and non-elastic segments, and the band (114) is positioned so that an elastic portion of the band (114) is on an elastic segment of the substrate (134) and the temporarily inhibited portion of the band (114) is on the non-elastic segment of the substrate (134). The band (114) and substrate (134) are then joined together, and the temporarily inhibited portion is activated to gather the non-elastic segment. <MATH></p> |