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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
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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.

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