Patent ID: 6887328

Claim:
A method for splicing together overlapping ends of first and second lengths of photographic film strips of common film strip width, comprising positioning a bonding element between an overlapping end of the first length of photographic film and a corresponding overlapped end of the second length of photographic film, and heating the bonding element to effect an adhesive bond between such film ends, wherein the bonding element comprises an induction heating receptive support and thermoplastic adhesive layers on each side of the support and wherein the heating of the bonding element is performed by induction heating, where the first and second lengths of photographic film strips are motion picture film strips of width from 8 to 70 mm, the film strips contain imaged scene frames, the bonding element is from 0.5 to 3 mm in width and from 8 to 70 mm in length and less than or equal to about 200 Î¼m thick, and the bonding element is positioned lengthwise across the film strip width in an area between the imaged scene frame areas, and wherein the peel strength of the resulting prepared splice exceeds 1.0 kg/35 mm, width and the tensile strength of the resulting prepared splice exceeds 18 kg/ 35 mm width.