Patent ID: 6142408
Filing Date: 2000-11-07
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A process for connecting material webs made of packaging material or the like, namely a new, initial portion (59) of a new web (34) to a run-off end (58) of a run-off web (29), by adhesive bonding or by a tape (60), wherein the run-off web (29) and the new web (34) are gripped by clamping means and severed, and the resulting run-off end (58) is connected to the new, initial portion (59), said process comprising the steps of:individually gripping in clamping means the run-off web (29), on the one hand, and the new web (34) on the other hand, and severing an initial part (35) and an end part (36) from the new web (34) and the run-off web (29), respectively; andpositioning the resulting web ends, namely the run-off end (58) and the new, initial portion (59), adjacent to one another in a common plane for the purpose of connecting the web ends or attaching the tape (60).