Patent ID: 6880604

Claim:
A sleeve label splicer apparatus for splicing together a tail end of a roll of sleeve labels to a leading edge of a replacement roll of sleeve labels, the splicer apparatus comprising: a drive roller for driving and guiding the roll of sleeve labels; a backing roller cooperating with the drive roller such that the drive and backing rollers define therebetween a nip for controllably positioning the tail end of the roll of sleeve labels relative to the leading edge of the replacement roll of sleeve labels such that the tail end is disposed in abutting relationship relative to the leading edge of the replacement roll; a splicing tape applicator for applying a splicing tape to front surfaces of the abutting tail end and leading edge; a further splicing tape applicator for applying a further splicing tape to back surfaces of the abutting tail end and leading edge; an idler roller disposed in a vicinity of the tape applicators for guiding the tail end and leading edge which are indexed relative to each other; a first clamp collar adjustably secured to the idler roller for guiding the indexed tail end and leading edge; and a second clamp collar adjustably secured to the idler roller and spaced from the first collar for guiding the indexed tail end and leading edge.