METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR ATTACHING ELASTIC MEMBERS TO WEARABLE ARTICLES

摘要

In the manufacture of disposable clothing such as diapers, elastic waistbands are attached to respective longitudinal ends of diapers while stretched in transversely extended condition. The diapers are arranged in end-to-end relation as a continuous of diaper precursors which is fed past a transfer station. A continuous sheet of elastic is coated on one side with adhesive except adjacent longitudinal edges thereof and the leading end is repeatedly severed transversely into successive individual elastic members which are then spaced apart and progressively stretched into extended condition while being fed one-by-one to the transfer station where the coated side is applied by a transfer drum to the web thereby transferring the elastic members at predetermined spacings to the web. The elastic members are then severed into two pieces while also severing through the web in a single cutting action to define adjacent ends of diapers with respective pieces of elastic members attached in extended condition.