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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Jul. 23, 1996
Filed:
Jul. 06, 1994
Makoto Sakano, Tokyo, JP;
Shuitiro Oku, Tokyo, JP;
Shozo Horikawa, Tokyo, JP;
Mituhalu Ikeda, Tokyo, JP;
Yoshihiko Mashiko, Tokyo, JP;
Japan Tobacco Inc., Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
A device for connecting a trailing end of a previously drawn-out web from a first web roll to a leading end portion of a newly drawn-out web from a second web roll has a vertical guide unit, a drawing-out unit, a feeding unit, an adhesive tape supplying unit and cutting members. The previously drawn-out web which is running vertically downward is guided by the vertical guide unit. The leading end portion of a web is drawn out from a new web roll by the drawing-out unit and moved vertically downward by the feeding unit in the vicinity of and along the previously drawn-out web. An adhesive tape is attached to the leading end portion of the newly drawn-out web by the adhesive tape supplying unit. The leading end of the newly drawn-out web is connected to the trailing end of the previously drawn-out web by the adhesive tape. After the previously and newly drawn-out webs have been connected together, the excess portions of both webs are removed by the cutting members.