Patent ID: 11945669
Assignee: CURT G. JOA, INC.
Field: Medical technology (Instruments)
Classification: CPC B  A | IPC A  B

Claim 12:
13. A method for splicing a running web of an expiring material roll with a waiting web of a new material roll, the method comprising:
providing a running web from an expiring material roll mounted on a first rotatable shaft of a web splicing unit;
providing a waiting web of a new material roll mounted on a second rotatable shaft of the web splicing unit;
severing the running web via a cutting device of the web splicing unit, thereby creating a leading portion of the running web and a trailing portion of the running web;
splicing the leading portion of the running web with the waiting web; and
pulling a free end of the trailing portion of the running web away from the web splicing unit via a vacuum system positioned proximate the running web.