Patent ID: 6617007
Filing Date: 2003-09-09
Classification: B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A liner/tab combination for masking the trailing edge of a first roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape and the leading edge of a second, successively formed roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape, the liner/tab combination comprising:a first segment and a second segment severed from a single masking sheet adhered to the adhesive side of a length of pressure sensitive tape prior to winding the tape upon itself, with the sheet adhered thereto being laterally severed into the first and the second segments, with the first segment defining a mask for the outermost end of the first roll of tape and the second segment defining a mask for the first wrap of the second, separate roll of tape, wherein the first segment masks all adhesive on the outermost end of the first roll of tape, and the second segment masks all adhesive on the innermost end of the second roll of tape.