Patent ID: 6596111
Filing Date: 2003-07-22
Classification: B65H,Y10S,Y10T

Abstract:
A method for abutting the trailing edge of a first roll of tape material to the leading edge of a second roll of tape material comprising:a. providing a first roll of tape having a leading edge and a trailing edge, said trailing edge attached to a tail having a bulge with an adhesive coating on at lease one side thereof; b. providing a second roll of tape having a leading edge; c. threading the leading edge of the tape from the first roil between a set of pinching rollers which are separated from one another by a distance which is greater than twice the thickness of said tape and less than the combined thickness of said tape and said bulge; and d. looping the leading edge of the tape from the second roll around the tape from the first roll and then back through the loop to form a loose knot around the tape from the first roll; e. thereafter threading the leading edge of the tape from the second roll between said set of pinching roller; f. pulling the tape off of the first roll until said bulge passes through said pinching rollers; g. as the bulge passes through the pinching rollers it is pressed against the leading edge of the tape from the second roll causing said pieces of tape to adhere to one another and the leading edge of the tape from the second roll to be pulled along with the tape from the first roll causing the knot in the leading edge of the tape from the second roll to be tightened around the tape from the first roll.