Patent ID: 7323077

Claim:
An automated method for positioning and forming pull tabs used to facilitate a subsequent removal of a protective film ( 11 ) covering an unattached surface ( 10 ) of a strip of double-face adhesive ( 8 ) extending along a continuously extruded section ( 32 ), the pull tabs comprising a first portion ( 13 ) for attachment to the protective film and a free extremity ( 14 ), the method, performed on the extrusion line, comprising the steps of; attaching the pull tab ( 12 ) to the protective film ( 11 ) in a middle of an adhesive zone and transversely relative to the continuously extruded section ( 32 ) so that the free extremity ( 14 ) extends laterally beyond the adhesive ( 8 ); cutting the pull tab ( 12 ) and the protective film ( 11 ) so as to individualize the pull tab and the protective film in a same location in order to obtain two tab portions ( 15 ), each tab portion joined to an extremity of a length of protective film ( 18 ) designed to be torn away; and assembling section portions by one or more of molding and soldering.