Accumulator and dispensing system for a cutting tape

Abstract

An accumulator roll and a dispensing system for a cutting tape into a cross web track of an apparatus for cutting a moving web of paper includes first and second driving rolls for moving the tape into an entryway of a container and having a cutting station between them to cut a pre-determined single length of a cutting tape, the container includes a hollow formed by a circumferential surface in which the entryway is located and having a lateral slot therein located spacedly from the entryway, the hollow is formed by a plate extending laterally of the circumferential surface and having an arcuate slot generally medially of the plate, a press roll extending through the lateral slot beyond the circumferential surface, an accumulator roll having a rotating first shaft extending through the arcuate slot with accumulator roll being within the hollow and located adjacent to and urged toward the press roll for receiving the tape therebetween and wrapping the tape around accumulator roll, which is rotating at a speed higher than the linear speed of the tape entering the entryway, the accumulator roll is increased in diameter by the tape wound therearound causing first shaft to move within arcuate slot, the second driving roll maintaining a cut end portion of the tape therebetween with substantially its remainder wound on accumulator roll, the second driving roll pulling a free end of tape wound around the accumulator roll out of the entryway into the cross web track of the apparatus for cutting a moving web, and applying an adhesive strip to the tape thereof