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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 21, 2006
Filed:
Sep. 08, 2004
Takuya Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Takuya Hayasaka, Tokyo, JP;
Lintec Corporation, Tokyo, JP;
Abstract
The present invention simplifies an apparatus and is capable of, when replacing a roll, swiftly connecting the tail end side portion of a previously paid out web material and the lead end portion of web material to be paid out subsequently. A connecting apparatuscomprises a pay-out device, which is arranged so as to sequentially pay out web material M, which is wound on a first and second rollsand, and a connecting devicethat connects the portion at the tail end() side of the web material M from either one of the rollsandand the portion at the lead end() of the web material M from the other roll(). At the tail end() side, of the web material M, substantially a half of a connecting sheet Mis stuck thereto. The connecting deviceis arranged so that, when the tail end() of the web material M from either one of the rollsandhas reached a predetermined position, the tail end() and the lead end() are aligned with each other, and the respective web material M from the first and second rollsandare connected to each other via the connecting sheet M