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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1991
Filed:
Jan. 26, 1990
Applicant:
Inventors:
Michael Long, Rochester, NY (US);
Lyndon R Huttemann, Rochester, NY (US);
Robert W Sanford, Wyoming, NY (US);
Robert D Longboat, Ohsweken, CA;
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B31F / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156157 ; 156159 ; 156505 ; 156506 ; 156519 ;
Abstract
An apparatus and method are disclosed for splicing webs (14,18) such as photographic film in which the lead end of a new web and the tail end of an old web are trimmed at the parallel edges (82,84) of their input platens (36,38) and then shifted into abutment for application of a strip of tape. An automatic tape dispenser (128) cuts tape into predetermined lengths, transfers the lengths to a vacuum applicator wheel (130) and then rolls the lengths across the abutted lead and tail ends.