PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To provide an apparatus for producing an absorbent article that improves a production efficiency of the absorbent article that comprises an absorber in which water absorptive granular materials are arranged inside a plurality of fibers of a tow, that prevents returning of liquid in the absorbent article, and that enhances cushioning properties of the absorbent article.SOLUTION: The apparatus 1 for producing an absorbent article comprises: a gas fiber-opening apparatus 10 that opens a plurality of fibers 60 of a conveyed tow with a gas in at least one fiber-opening chamber 43； an addition apparatus 11 that adds a water absorptive granular material to the tow at an upstream side in a conveyance direction relative to an exit of the fiber-opening chamber 43 at the most downstream side in the conveyance direction of the tow in the gas fiber-opening apparatus； and an attaching apparatus 9 that attaches a binder for combining the plurality of fibers on the tow at an upstream side in the conveyance direction relative to the exit of the fiber-opening chamber at the most downstream side.SELECTED DRAWING: Figure 1COPYRIGHT: (C)2018,JPO&INPIT【課題】トウの複数本の繊維の内部に吸水性の粒状物が配置された吸収体を備える吸収性物品の製造効率を向上させると共に、吸収性物品の液戻りを防止し、吸収性物品のクッション性を高めた吸収性物品を製造する装置の提供。【解決手段】搬送されるトウの複数本の繊維６０を、少なくとも１つの開繊室４３において、気体により開繊する気体開繊装置１０と、気体開繊装置のトウの搬送方向の最も下流側における開繊室４３の出口よりも搬送方向の上流側において、吸水性の粒状物をトウに添加する添加装置１１と、最も下流側における開繊室の出口よりも搬送方向の上流側において、複数本の繊維を結合させるバインダをトウに添着する添着装置９とを備える吸収性物品製造装置１。【選択図】図１
