Patent ID: 6565034
Filing Date: 2003-05-20
Classification: B65H

Abstract:
A method of connecting a trailing end of a web running off an unwinding roll with a leading end of a new wound roll to replace the unwinding roll in the unwinding of a web, said method comprising the steps of:(a) separating a trailing end of a web running off an unwinding roll at an unwinding station from a roll residue on the unwinding roll, thereby forming a rest roll; (b) applying a first adhesive strip to said trailing end and holding said trailing end with a splice element; (c) while said trailing end is held with said splice element replacing said rest roll at said station with a new fully wound roll having a second adhesive strip on a leading end of a web of the fully wound roll; and (d) thereafter pressing said trailing end with said first adhesive strip against said leading end with said second adhesive strip using said splice element to bond said first adhesive strip to said leading end and said second adhesive strip to said trailing end, thereby connecting said leading and trailing ends.