Yuki Takahashi, Tokushima, Japan. Assigned to Livedo Corporation, Ehime, Japan.

Filed: 3/14/14
Issued: 3/29/16

A method of manufacturing a disposable diaper, comprising: (a) a step of conveying a first sheet in a predetermined conveyance direction; (b) a step of independently ejecting an adhesive from a plurality of ejecting sections and applying said adhesive to said first sheet conveyed in said (a) step; (c) a step of adhering a second sheet to a surface of said first sheet, to which said adhesive has been applied in said (b) step, and thereby forming a base material; and (d) a step of cutting said base material and forming an opening portion, wherein in said (b) step, the adhesive is ejected to three or more partial regions, of an opening portion formation region in which said opening portion is formed, which are divided by at least two or more straight lines passing an inside of the opening portion formation region from said ejecting sections corresponding to the partial regions, when ejection of said adhesive from said ejecting sections is stopped, an adhesive non-application region is formed in the one or more inner partial regions held between the outermost two partial regions of said three or more partial regions, and in said outermost two partial regions of said three or more partial regions, said adhesive is continuously ejected from said ejecting sections corresponding thereto.