Patent ID: 7128795

Claim:
A method for splicing a first web and a second web, the method comprising steps of: a) providing a first web at a first speed from a first upstream web supply, b) providing a second web at a second speed from a second upstream web supply, c) routing the first web around a first nip roller, d) routing the second web around a second nip roller, e) winding the second web on a wind up roller downstream of the second nip roller at a speed substantially equal to the first speed, f) forming a first nip between the first nip roller and the second nip roller wherein the first web and the second web pass through the nip in face-to-face contact with the other, g) rotating an adhesive roller comprising a circumferential surface and a portion of a two-sided splicing tape releasably attached to the circumference such that the speed of the circumference is substantially equal to the first speed, h) transferring the two-sided splicing tape from the adhesive roller to the first web upstream from the first nip, i) routing the first web and the second web through the first nip wherein the two-sided splicing tape is disposed between the first web and the second web, j) cutting the second web between the two-sided splicing tape and the second wind up roller by using a downstream web cutter, and k) cutting the first web between the first upstream web supply and the first nip by using a downstream web cutter.