Web splicing apparatus having offset splicing and taping

• US 5,881,964 A
• Filed: 05/22/1997
• Issued: 03/16/1999
• Est. Priority Date: 05/24/1996
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Fujifilm Corporation (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Original Assignee: Fuji Photo Film Co Limited (Fujifilm Holdings Corporation)
• Inventors: Fujikura, Daisuke, Takahashi, Minoru
• Primary Examiner(s): Walsh, Donald P.
• Assistant Examiner(s): RIVERA, WILLIAM ARAUZ
• Application Number:
  US08/861,935
• Time in Patent Office: 663 Days
• Field of Search: 242/556.1, 242/555.2, 242/555.1, 242/562.1, 156/502, 156/505, 156/506, 226/92
• US Class Current: 242/556.1
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/1836 the replacement web being accelerated or running prior to splicing contact
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 19/1868 The roll support being of the turret type
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/46115 by bringing leading edge to splicing station, e.g. by chain or belt
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/46222 involving double butt splice, i.e. adhesive tape applied on both sides of the article or web portions
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/4631 Adhesive tape
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/46414 by nipping rollers
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/464145 at least one of the rollers having additional feature, eg. knife or at least partly non-cylindrical shape
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/5151 transversally to feeding direction
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2301/5152 Cutting partially, e.g. perforating
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 2701/37 Tapes
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0013 and applying the article or the web by adhesive to a surface B65H35/002 takes precedence

Abstract

A splicing tape supply device is composed of a main body for supplying splicing tape to a splicing drum and a moving mechanism for moving the main body. The main body is provided with a reel on which the splicing tape is wound, and the splicing tape is unwound from the reel and supplied to the splicing drum via a peel plate. The moving mechanism consists of a pair of rails and screw feeding equipment. An angle of inclination θ° of the rails is equal to an angle of inclination of a cutting line between two web ends, and the rails are inclined in the same direction of the cutting line. When the main body is moved along the rails, the splicing tape is supplied to the splicing drum at the angle of θ°. Thereby, the web ends, which are cut at a predetermined angle of inclination, can be satisfactorily spliced together with the splicing tape.

Claims

1. A web splicing apparatus for splicing webs, comprising:

turret means for pivotally supporting an old roll from which one of said webs is unwound and a new roll from which the other of said webs starts to be unwound;

cutting means for concurrently cutting a trailing end of said web of said old roll and a leading end of said web of said new roll at a non-zero predetermined angle of inclination with respect to a width direction of said webs;

splicing means for splicing, with splicing tape, said ends of said webs, subsequent to said ends being cut by said cutting means, along a cutting line between said ends of said webs corresponding to said non-zero predetermined angle of inclination; and

splicing tape supply means for supplying said splicing tape to said splicing means at an angle of inclination corresponding to said cutting line between said ends of said webs.

2. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 1, wherein said splicing tape supply means comprises:

a main body for supplying said splicing tape to said splicing means; and

a moving mechanism for moving said main body at said angle of inclination.

3. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 2, wherein said moving mechanism of said splicing tape supply means comprises:

a rail for movably supporting said main body at said angle of inclination; and

driving means for moving said main body along said rail.

4. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 3, wherein said driving means of said splicing tape supply means is screw feeding equipment.

5. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 1, further comprising:

transporting means for transporting said leading end of said web of said new roll from said turret means to a splicing position of said splicing means, said transporting means comprising a hold member for pinching said end of said web of said new roll over its width, and moving means for moving said hold member from said turret means to said splicing position of said splicing means.

6. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 5, wherein said hold member is provided with a plurality of pins biting into said end of said web.

7. The web splicing apparatus for splicing webs as defined in claim 5, wherein said hold member comprises a first pinch member being longer than the width of said end of said web, and a pair of second pinch members being openably connected to both ends of said first pinch member, said hold member pinching said end of said web between said first pinch member and said pair of second pinch members, said second pinch members, in a closed state, being fixed on said first pinch member by fixing members.

8. A web splicing apparatus for splicing webs, comprising:

turret means for pivotally supporting an old roll from which one of said webs is unwound and a new roll from which the other of said webs starts to be unwound;

cutting means for cutting a trailing end of said web of said old roll and a leading end of said web of said new roll at a predetermined angle of inclination with respect to a width direction of said webs;

splicing means for splicing, with splicing tape, said ends of said webs, which are cut by said cutting means, along a cutting line between said ends of said webs;

splicing tape supply means for supplying said splicing tape to said splicing means at an angle of inclination corresponding to said cutting line between said ends of said webs; and

transporting means for transporting said leading end of said web of said new roll from said turret means to a splicing position of said splicing means, said transporting means comprising a hold member having two plates hingedly connected for pinching said end of said web of said new roll over its width, and moving means for moving said hold member from said turret means to said splicing position of said splicing means;

wherein at least one of said plates is provided with a plurality of pins biting into said end of said web.