Adhesive roller construction

• US 6,127,014 A
• Filed: 10/16/1998
• Issued: 10/03/2000
• Est. Priority Date: 10/16/1998
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Butler Home Products LLC (Bradshaw International Incorporated)
• Original Assignee: Helmac Products Corporation
• Inventors: McKay, Nicholas D. Jr.
• Primary Examiner(s): DAVIS, JENNA L
• Application Number:
  US09/174,214
• Time in Patent Office: 718 Days
• Field of Search: 428/42.3, 428/43.343, 428/906, 15/104.002
• US Class Current: 428/43
• CPC Class Codes: A47L 25/005 using adhesive or tacky surfaces to remove dirt, e.g. lint removers
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 2301/18 characterized by perforations in the adhesive tape
• CPC Class Codes: C09J 7/20 characterised by their carriers
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 428/906 Roll or coil
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/15 Sheet, web, or layer weakened to permit separation through thickness
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 428/28 Web or sheet containing structurally defined element or component and having an adhesive outermost layer

Abstract

An adhesive roller construction particularly suited for a lint roller is disclosed having an elongated strip with a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying one side of the backing strip. The strip is wound onto a tubular cylindrical roll or onto a spindle. A plurality of perforation lines extends between the sides of the strip at predetermined longitudinal intervals therealong so that the perforations define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent sheets along the strip with each sheet overlying one sheet and extending substantially one revolution around the roll. The predetermined intervals are selected such that each sheet is semi-randomly longer than, shorter than, or the same size as its underlying sheet within predefined limits.

Claims

1. An adhesive roller construction comprising:

an elongated strip, said strip having a backing layer and an adhesive layer overlying one side of said backing strip, said strip having a first end, a second end and two spaced apart sides, said strip being wound from said first end to said second end into a tubular cylindrical roll,

a plurality of perforation lines extending between said sides of said strip at predetermined longitudinal intervals therealong so that said perforations define a plurality of longitudinally adjacent sheets along said strip, each sheet overlying one sheet and extending substantially one revolution around the roll, said predetermined intervals being selected such that each sheet is semi-randomly longer than, shorter than or the same size of its underlying sheet within predefined limits.

2. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein said preset limit is less than one-half of one inch.

3. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the number of sheets longer than their respective underlying sheets is substantially the same as the number of sheets shorter than their respective underlying sheets.

4. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein the adhesive roller construction is a lint removal roller.

5. The invention as defined in claim 1 wherein each perforation line extends substantially entirely between said sides of said strip.

6. The invention as defined in claim 1 and comprising a dye mark on at least one end of each perforation line.