Intended is to shorten the construction period of a wearing article manufacturingapparatus. This wearing article manufacturing apparatus comprises an absorptivebody having an absorbent (1) for absorbing a liquid and applied to a crotch, anda waist belt portion for covering around the waist. The apparatus comprisesa plurality of units so arranged as to be separately movable. The directionsfor the units to transfer the semi-fabricated products of the wearing articlesbetween themselves are arranged in a predetermined first direction. The planarsizes of the units are longer in a second direction perpendicular to the firstdirection than in the first direction. Of the units, the length in the first direction,the length in the second direction and the height are so sized as can be containedin a container of the JIS or ISO standards. The units perform at least one of thestep of shaping pulverized pulp into the absorbent, the step of sandwiching theabsorbent between a first sheet member and a second sheet member thereby to forma continuous body of the absorptive body, the step of forming at least a portionof a belt body constituting the waist belt portion, the step of dividing the continuousbody of the absorptive body thereby to form the absorptive body, the step of adheringthe paired belt bodies to the two end portions of the absorptive body, the stepof folding the absorptive body in folio to superpose the paired belt bodies oneach other, the step of jointing the superposed belt bodies intermittently ata joint object portion thereby to form the waist belt portion, and the step of dividingthe waist belt portions at the unit in a manner to match the joint object portion,thereby to form the wearing article.
