FIELD: medicine.
SUBSTANCE: invention refers to a method for making a pull-up diaper, and more specifically to a method for facilitating the adjustment of first and second portions of side panels of the pull-up diaper as a part of the making process. What is developed is the method for facilitating the adjustment of the first and second portions (24, 26; 28, 30) of the side panels of the pull-up diaper (10) when supplying a piece part (36) of the pull-up diaper in the direction of a semi-finished workpiece in a machine through a workpiece-processing apparatus (58). The piece part of the pull-up diaper comprises a front edge belt (40), a back edge belt (44) and first and second side edges (46; 48); each of the first and second side edges has a first portion (24, 26) of the side panel in the front edge belt and a second portion (28, 30) of the side panel in the back edge belt. The method involves attaching tensed elastic elements (56) to a flat continuous cloth (62) having a preset width (W) in the transversal direction in relation to the direction of the semi-finished workpiece in the machine with the cloth forming either a back sheet, or an upper sheet of the pull-up diaper. As the front edge belt is not supported for a more extended period as compared to the back edge belt; the elastic element in the back edge belt can generate a greater folding force as compared to the elastic element in the front edge belt. Thereby when the first and second portions (24, 26; 28, 30) of the side panels are positioned so that they overlap each other, they will be adjusted better.
EFFECT: improved effectiveness of the method.
15 cl, 6 dwg
