Patent ID: 6929708

Claim:
A splicing device for simultaneously splicing a pair of overlying polymer films to form a spliced film and separating one of said films from said splice comprising: A) an elongated anvil having an elongated slot therein; B) an elongated splicing head having first and second spaced apart tips extending therefrom at least one of said spaced apart tips having a longitudinal aperture therein; C) a heating element in said longitudinal aperture; and D) an actuator mechanism connected to said elongated splicing head for driving one of said tips toward and into said elongated slot to weld said pair overlying polymer films together to form a welded pair of polymer films and the other of said tips into cutting contact with only one of said pair of polymer films, the first of said spaced apart tips positioned to weld said overlying polymer films while the second of said spaced apart tips is positioned to cut only one of said overlying polymer films to separate it from the welded pair of polymer films.