Patent ID: 6280558
Filing Date: 2001-08-28
Classification: B32B,B41M,B65H,C09J,Y10T

Abstract:
A method of laminating a laminating tape to a to-be-laminated tape having a substantially identical width to a width of said laminating tape, said laminating tape having a preliminary laminating portion formed at a leading end thereof, and a non-adhesive portion extending continuously from a trailing end of said preliminary laminating portion, for permitting lateral motion of said laminating tape with respect to said to-be-laminated tape,the method comprising the steps of:placing said leading end of said laminating tape and a leading end of said to-be-laminated tape on upon another;affixing said preliminary laminating portion of said laminating tape to said leading end of said to-be-laminated tape; andthereafter simultaneously feeding said laminating tape and said to-be-laminated tape to pressure contact means that brings said laminating tape and said to-be-laminated tape into contact under pressure while controlling a lateral position of said laminating tape and a lateral position of said to-be-laminated tape, at least until said non-adhesive portion of said laminating tape has passed through said pressure contact means, to thereby cause a portion of said laminating tape immediately following said non-adhesive portion thereof to be accurately laminated to said to-be-laminated tape.