Lint remover

• US 5,027,465 A
• Filed: 03/05/1990
• Issued: 07/02/1991
• Est. Priority Date: 06/20/1988
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Butler Home Products LLC (Bradshaw International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Nicholas D. Mckay
• Inventors: McKay, Nicholas D.
• Primary Examiner(s): Sewell, Paul T.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Kavanaugh, Ted
• Application Number:
  US07/489,250
• Time in Patent Office: 484 Days
• Field of Search: 15/104 A, 15/230.11, 428/43
• US Class Current: 15/104.002
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness

Abstract

A lint remover roller assembly having a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll in association therewith wherein the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll comprises layers of adhesive tape with the adhesive surface thereof facing outwardly so as to remove lint and/or other foreign particles from fabric surfaces over which it is rolled. The pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll is provided with a narrow non-adhesive side edge portion longitudinally along each side edge thereof which extends across the adhesive portion of the pressure sensitive tape roll from the inside edge of one of said non-adhesive side edge poritons of the inside edge of the opposite non-adhesive side edge portions so as to define a pair of spaced apart narrow unslit non-adhesive side edge portions which cooperate to maintain the retentive longitudinal continuous integrity of the adhesive tape roll while facilitating the selective detachable removal of the saturated top layer of the tape roll by lifting it away along the slit and tearing it away through the narrow unslit non-adhesive portions to expose the next lowermost unused adhesive tape layer.

Claims

1. In a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll for selective use on a lint remover roller assembly, the combination comprising:

a core;

a non-adhesive tape substrate, said tape substrate having a first portion on one side thereof covered with a longitudinally extending adhesive layer and a second portion defining a narrow uncovered substrate portion therealong, said first and second portions forming a pressure sensitive adhesive tape, said pressure sensitive adhesive tape adapted for selective winding on said core with the adhesive layer of said tape facing outwardly to form a pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll; and

a slit provided through said adhesive tape roll across the adhesive layer first portion thereof to define a narrow unslit uncovered substrate second portion which maintains the retentive longitudinally continuous integrity of said pressure sensitive tape roll on said core, each layer of said tape roll being selectively detachable upon saturation from said adhesive tape roll by lifting it away along said slit and tearing it away through said narrow unslit portion of said substrate to expose the next lowermost unused adhesive tape layer.

2. In the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll of claim 1 wherein said non-adhesive tape substrate comprises a plastic sheet material.

3. In the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll of claim 2 wherein said longitudinally extending adhesive layer comprises a washable pressure-sensitive adhesive.

4. In the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll of claim 1 wherein said slit is diagonally positioned through said adhesive tape roll across the adhesive layer first portion thereof.

5. In the pressure sensitive adhesive tape roll of claim 1 wherein said slit comprises a plurality of end-to-end longitudinally aligned spaced apart slits.

6. In method for producing a lint remover assembly the steps which include:

(a) providing an elongate tape roll substrate;

(b) affixing a partial pressure sensitive adhesive layer to one surface of said tape roll substrate which extends longitudinally on said tape roll substrate, said adhesive layer defining a narrow non-adhesive portion longitudinally along at least one side edge of said tape roll substrate;

(c) providing an adhesive tape roll core member;

(d) winding said tape roll substrate on said core member so that said adhesive layer affixed thereto faces outwardly to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape roll on said core; and

(e) cutting at least one slit through the adhesive portion of said pressure-sensitive adhesive tape roll, said slit defining at least one narrow unslit non-adhesive side edge portion in said tape roll substrate.

7. In the method of claim 7 wherein said adhesive layer is affixed to said elongate substrate so as to define a narrow non-adhesive portion longitudinally along each side edge of said tape roll substrate.

8. In the method of claim 8 wherein said adhesive layer comprises a washable plastic based pressure sensitive adhesive material.

9. In method for producing a lint remover assembly the steps which include:

(a) providing an elongate tape roll substrate;

(b) affixing a partial pressure sensitive adhesive layer to one surface of said tape roll substrate which extends longitudinally on said tape roll substrate, said adhesive layer defining a narrow non-adhesive portion longitudinally along at least one side edge of said tape roll substrate;

(c) providing a plurality of transverse spaced apart lines of perforation through said adhesive layer portion of said tape roll substrate positioned therebelow;

(d) providing an adhesive tape roll core member; and

(e) winding said tape roll substrate on said core member so that said adhesive layer affixed thereto faces outwardly to form a pressure-sensitive adhesive tape roll on said core.

10. In the method of claim 9 wherein said adhesive layer is affixed to said elongate substrate so as to define a narrow non-adhesive portion longitudinally along each side edge of said tape roll substrate.

11. In the method of claim 9 wherein said adhesive layer comprises a washable plastic based pressure sensitive adhesive material.