Patent ID: 7152825

Claim:
An adhesive tape suitable for flying splicing of flat web material wound up into rolls, said adhesive tape comprising: a) a main carrier comprising first and second faces, first and second longitudinal edges and first and second latitudinal edges; b) a first self-adhesive composition coated on said first face; and c) a second self-adhesive composition coated on a portion less than the entirety of said second face; wherein said main carrier is composed, at least in a region where the second self-adhesive composition is coated, of a splittable material, so that when the adhesive tape is adhered between a topmost layer and an underlying layer of a first roll of paper and a flying splice is effected between the first roll of paper and a second roll of paper, the main carrier splits substantially only in the region where the second self-adhesive composition is coated.