Patent ID: 7874829

Claim:
An apparatus operable to form a plurality of adhesive strips from an adhesive sheet, the apparatus comprising: first and second forming wheels; a cutting wheel including a plurality of circumferential grooves, the cutting wheel positioned in proximity to the first and second forming wheels to define a first formation interface with the first forming wheel and a second formation interface with the second forming wheel, the cutting wheel operable to receive at least a portion of the adhesive sheet, and rotate to force at least a portion of the adhesive sheet through the first formation interface and the second formation interface such that the adhesive sheet is at least partially cut by at least one of the circumferential grooves at both the first and second formation interfaces to at least partially form the adhesive strips; and an extraction rake comprising a plurality of tines operable to be received within at least some of the circumferential grooves to extract the adhesive strips therefrom.