Method and apparatus for manufacturing wet wipes

Abstract

The present invention prevents unevenness in the amount of impregnation by a predetermined chemical and prevents a decrease in ease of removal resulting from increasing the rate of impregnation by the predetermined chemical. A press device ( 15 ) has: a plurality of rollers ( 201, 202, 203 ); press belts ( 204 a, 204 b ) wound around the plurality of rollers ( 201, 202, 203 ); and conveyor belts ( 205, 206 ) that convey a stacked body ( 800 ). At least one roller from among the plurality of rollers ( 201, 202, 203 ) drives the press belts ( 204 a, 204 b ) at a predetermined speed of conveyance and in a predetermined direction of conveyance. The press belts ( 204 a, 204 b ) are disposed with a gap in an intersecting direction (CD) perpendicular to the conveyance direction (MD) that is such that the press belts ( 204 a, 204 b ) can contact both end portions ( 800 A, 800 B) of the stacked body ( 800 ) in the intersecting direction (CD).

1 . A method for manufacturing wet wipes formed of a laminated body of sheets impregnated with a predetermined chemical, the method comprising:
 a step of cutting an original fabric of a plurality of sheets at a predetermined interval in a cross direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction, the plurality of sheets being continuously conveyed by a conveyance device in a state of laminated while being impregnated with the predetermined chemical and folded back; and   a step of conveying the laminated body of the cut-out sheets while pressing both ends in the conveyance direction of the laminated body from a side not in contact with the conveyance device.   
     
     
         2 . A manufacturing device that manufactures wet wipes formed of a laminated body of sheets impregnated with a predetermined chemical, the manufacturing device comprising:
 a cutting unit that cuts a plurality of sheets at a predetermined interval in a cross direction perpendicular to a conveyance direction, the plurality of sheets being continuously conveyed by a conveyance device in a state of laminated while being impregnated with the predetermined chemical and folded back; and   the conveyance device that conveys the laminated body of the cut-out sheets while pressing both ends in the conveyance direction of the laminated body by means of a pressing portion, from a side not in contact with the conveyance device.   
     
     
         3 . The manufacturing device according to  claim 2 , wherein the pressing portion is formed in a round tubular shape and configured to be driven in association with a conveyance speed and a conveyance direction of the sheets.