Method and apparatus for attaching elastic member to wearable articles

Abstract From the Canadian patent

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 plastic is coated on one side with adhesive except adjacent longitudinal edges thereof and the leading end is rpeatedly severed transversely into successive individual plastic 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 …