Abstract: Fusion cutting of thermoplastic sheets and textile webs involving bonding of the cut edges is achieved with excellent quality without the accumulation of dirt particles, if the material to be cut is subjected, in the area of the intended cut, to pre-stamping and cutting in immediate succession, under heat and with precise guidance of the separator device in relation to the pre-stamping device, said pre-stamping and cutting being effected in such a way that the plane of symmetry through the pre-stamping device, which plane of symmetry extends perpendicularly to and in the same direction as the material web, is identical to the plane of symmetry extending through the separator device.

Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of fastener components comprises providing a composite web which includes a web of hook material. The hook material includes a hook base layer which has first and second longitudinally extending side sections and has a plurality of hook elements which are integrally formed with the base layer and extend away from a base plane of the hook base layer. The hook elements are configured to operably engage a selected, cooperating loop material to provide an operative fastening, and the web of hook material has an extending section of carrier web material attached to extend laterally outboard from each of the side sections of the web of hook material. Each section of carrier web material has an extending web of panel material attached to extend laterally outboard from each section of carrier web material.

Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of fastener components comprises providing a composite web which includes a web of hook material. The hook material includes a hook base layer which has a longitudinally extending medial section located between first and second, laterally opposed, longitudinally extending side sections of the web of hook material. Each of the side sections has a plurality of hook elements which are integrally formed with the base layer and extend away from a base plane of the hook base layer, and the hook elements are configured to operably engage a selected, cooperating loop material to provide an operative fastening. The medial section has a relatively lower density of the hook elements per unit area, as compared to the side sections. The web of hook material has an extending section of carrier web material attached to extend laterally outboard from each of the side sections of the web of hook material.

Abstract: A photovoltaic module that serves as a shingle, tile or other building material that may be placed onto the exterior of a structure. The photovoltaic module generates a voltage when exposed to light and this voltage may be directed onto transmission lines of a power utility and/or into an external battery that may serve as a source of power for the building on which the photovoltaic shingles are laid. The practice of the present invention provides for a variety of mechanical and electrical connectors for securing together the photovoltaic modules and/or for connecting the photovoltaic modules to the exterior structure. Furthermore, the structure of the modules is such that the modules are automatically electrically connected together when laid on the building.

Abstract: A high-strength tube fabrication method including the steps of: (a) preparing a polyester yarn gauze, (b) preparing a PVC emulsion, (c) coating the first side of the gauze with a layer of PVC emulsion, (d) steam drying the gauze, (e) coating the second side of the gauze with a layer of PVC emulsion, (e) steam drying the gauze so as to obtain a plastic cloth, (f) baking the plastic cloth to fully dryness, (g) polishing the both sides of the plastic cloth, (h) cutting the polished plastic cloth into strips subject to the size of the tube to be made, (i) sealing each plastic cloth strip into a tube, and (j) rolling up the tube thus obtained into a reel.

Abstract: Laminated films laminated by blocking characterized in the cut end is joined by heat fusion, that the inner layer contains a thermoplastic resin having a Shore hardness lower than the resin of the outer layer, the inner layer comprises an acid-modified polyolefin resin, the joined portion by blocking comprises strongly joined portions and weakly joined portions, the end portions are joined more strongly than the central portion, and a process for producing the same. The laminated films are stably laminated by blocking and does not separate through the laminating process and the bag-making process.

Abstract: A coupon manufacturing machine assembly (10) for producing a two-sided coupon card (78). The coupon card (78) is fabricated from a continuous sheet of stock (26) wherein the sheet of stock (26) has an adhesive layer (30) and a release film (32) applied to a bottom surface (34). A printing station (12) prints indicia on a top surface (36) of the continuous sheet of stock (26) in two parallel rows. The two parallel rows define a first strip (38) and a second strip (40) of the stock (26). A laminating device (14) applies a clear laminate (46) to the top surface (36) of the stock (26) for viewing the indicia. A cutting device (16) separates the continuous sheet of stock (26) into the first strip (38) and the second strip (40) and an inverting device (18) rotates the second strip (40) 180.degree. relative to the first strip (38). More specifically, the second strip (40) passes through a first turn bar (52), a spacing roller (58), and then through a second turn bar (54) to effectuate the 180.degree. rotation.

Abstract: A tube of polyethylene or similar polymeric material having a continuous sidewall is extruded using conventional technology. Two horizontal gussets are formed from the sidewall of the tube, one on each side. The tube is flattened into a substantially flat workpiece. The workpiece is heat sealed at locations predetermined by the configuration of the container in which it is to be inserted. Concurrently with the heat sealing pass, or shortly thereafter, cuts are made to separate manufacturing waste material from the tube. The waste material is recycled into the feedstock of the extruder. The sealed workpiece is split axially into two substantially equal portions, each containing a complete gusset, thereby forming two completed liners.Alternatively, one horizontal gusset is formed in the sidewall of the tube. As in the first embodiment, the workpiece is heat sealed at locations predetermined by the configuration of the container in which it is to be inserted.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: Disclosed is an improved fastening tape for use on a disposable absorbent garment. The fastening tape comprises a first substrate and an interlocking material attached to said first substrate. The interlocking material extends the entire width of the fastening tape, and the interlocking material is longitudinally spaced from both transverse edges of the fastening tape. Also disclosed is a process for manufacturing the fastening tape. The process involves providing a continuous length of an interlocking material having a width and traveling in a first direction. The interlocking material is attached to a first substrate to form a composite. The composite is then cut along a second direction to form fastening tapes suitable for attachment on a disposable absorbent garment. The second direction is substantially perpendicular to the first direction.

Abstract: A retroreflective structure is described in which an array of free-standing retroreflective prisms is formed on a suitable substrate for application of the structure to pre-existing structure formed of compatible fabrics, such as tarpaulins.

Abstract: A filter insert and a method for producing the same in which the filter insert has an accordion-folded filter medium. In a first operating step, folded edges are impressed on the filter medium. Subsequently, by glue application devices which are provided with glue application nozzles, at least two glue beads are applied to the surface of the filter medium and the folding is carried out subsequently. At least one of the glue application devices is movable transversely to the transport direction of the filter medium.

Abstract: A process and an apparatus for the manufacture of narrow fabrics include manufacturing a wide fabric run with hollow fabric areas extending along predefined cutting lines, wherein each hollow fabric area is manufactured by providing a front fabric portion and a rear fabric portion, and wherein the edges of the front and rear fabric portions are connected to each other to form a hollow space. The fabric run is cut along the cutting lines such that the front and rear fabric portions are not connected to one another.

Abstract: A marker device for merchandise items has blanks of high magnetic coercivity material spaced along a strip of high magnetic permeability material. The strip and blanks are the same width, produced from three ribbons of material, one ribbon of the high coercivity material, another of the high permeability material, and a third having a pressure sensitive adhesive surface in one process embodiment, and the third being a heat activated adhesive film in another process embodiment. The strip and blanks are thereby adhesively connected. Multiple strips of the marker devices are produced simultaneously by running adhesively connected ribbons through a gang of slitter knives.

Abstract: A distinctive method and apparatus provide a technique for forming a fastener system. Generally stated, the apparatus includes a supply mechanism for providing along a machine-direction a first web of material having a medial portion thereof. A first assembly mechanism attaches a second web of material to the medial region of the first web along the machine direction to provide a web laminate, and a first parting mechanism separates the web laminate into at least a first laminate section and a second laminate section. Each laminate section includes a portion of the first web and a portion of the second web, and each laminate section has an edge region thereof. A directing mechanism spaces apart the first and second laminate sections, and a delivery mechanism locates a securement web of fastening material between the first and second laminate sections. The securement web has a first side region and a second side region thereof.

Abstract: A method for the manufacture of tape tab stock that may be used to produce tape tabs for use with disposable absorbent articles, as well as a method for the on-line manufacture of tape tabs that may be manufactured concurrently with the chassis of the absorbent article to which the tape tabs will be attached. The first step is to provide a backing substrate upon which the adhesives of the tape tab can be applied. Once the backing is provided, a pressure-sensitive adhesive is applied to regions of one side of the backing substrate. (The pressure-sensitive adhesive preferably functions as the adhesive used to fasten an element of the absorbent article, such as a front waist region, to another element of the absorbent article, such as a rear waist region.

Abstract: An apparatus for the processing and segmenting of a cover-forming laminate web or sheeting structure which is adapted to interconnect a plurality of containers, such as the base members of blister packages each of which is designed to contain a hydrophilic contact lens in a sterile aqueous solution. More specifically disclosed is an apparatus for the imprinting, perforating, slitting and cutting the laminated web structure such that the severed laminate segments constitute printed covering label for an array of such containers, and whereby the laminated web or sheeting segment may be severed along weakening or perforation lines so as to provide a separable packaging arrangement for individual of the containers which are subsequently adhered thereto.

Abstract: An elongated pile article having a support strand for attachment to a plurality of yarn bundles, the yarn bundles including a dense portion with the filaments bonded to each other and bonded to the support strand, pile surface structure comprised of a plurality of elongated pile articles placed one next to the other, and a method and apparatus for making the elongated pile article.

Abstract: The invention comprises a method for manufacturing a laminated pad in a cost-efficient manner. In one embodiment, the method comprises the steps of applying strips of adhesive to a first substrate and mounting the first substrate to a second substrate. Next, adhesive is applied to the entire width of a third substrate which is in turn mounted to the laminated first and second substrates to create a laminated sheet. The laminated sheet can be slit and then die cut into individual laminated pads. The pads which result from this process have a base pad, an intermediate layer which is adhered to the base pad and a top layer in which only a portion of the top layer is mounted to the intermediate layer.

Abstract: A product order specification change system for a corrugation machine having a slitter-scorer device and a plurality of cutoff devices for producing corrugated board sheets having various widths and lengths, includes a cutting apparatus wherein at an order change where specifications for the sheet width are changed from one order to the next, a region is formed between the leading end of the new order sheets and the trailing end of the old order sheets, wherein a transitional slit groove is cut connecting a slit groove of the old order sheets with a slit groove of the new order sheets. As a result, the web can be stably transferred through stages of the machine, the cutting dimension accuracy can be maintained precisely, and faults such as jamming can be eliminated.

Abstract: A method for manufacturing tape tab stock that may be used to produce tape tabs for use with disposable absorbent articles, as well as a method for manufacturing tape tab stock that can be produced on-line and concurrently with the disposable absorbent article to which the tape tabs are joined. The first step in the process is to provide a backing substrate upon which the adhesives of the tape tab can be applied. Once the backing is provided, a pressure sensitive adhesive is applied to regions of one side of the backing substrate. The backing substrate is then slit in a direction parallel to the machine direction and the release surface of a release substrate is placed in contact with the pressure sensitive adhesive, forming a laminate comprising the backing substrate and the release substrate. The release substrate preferably covers the entire surface of the backing substrate upon which pressure sensitive adhesive has been applied.

Abstract: An elongated pile article having a support strand for attachment to a plurality of yarn bundles, the yarn bundles including a dense portion with the filaments bonded to each other and bonded to the support strand, pile surface structure comprised of a plurality of elongated pile articles placed one next to the other, and a method and apparatus for making the elongated pile article.

Abstract: The method of superposing a strip member pertaining to the present invention including the steps of conveying first and second strip members arranged in two rows and side by side in the widthwise direction thereof in parallel to each other, from an upstream side toward a downstream side in the longitudinal direction thereof, looping either the first or the second strip member in a manner to describe a spiral whose axis extends in a direction intersecting the longitudinal direction of the strip member to be looped and thereby delivering the looped strip member to the row of the other strip member, and superposing the first and second strip members thus rearranged into a single row so as to be integrated.

Abstract: A method for forming a plurality of adhesive fastener assemblies includes the step of providing a substantially continuous web of substrate material along a selected, longitudinal machine-direction (132). The substrate web has a laterally extending cross direction (134) which is substantially perpendicular to the machine direction, and has laterally opposed, longitudinally extending side edge regions (142 and 144) thereof. A selected fastening means, such as a layer of primary adhesive (54), is positioned and applied onto a major facing surface (186) of the substrate web (140). A first longitudinally extending web of stiffening material (154) is attached to the major surface of the substrate web (140) at a location which is proximate a first side edge region (142) of the substrate web. A second longitudinally extending web of stiffening material (156) is attached to the major surface of the substrate web (140) at a location which is proximate the second side edge region (144) of the substrate web (140).

Abstract: A ferrite chip bead includes a ferrite substrate, a plurality of outer electrodes formed at opposite sides of the ferrite substrate, and a plurality of conductive leads each extending transversely through the ferrite substrate and having opposite ends protruded outwardly of opposite side surfaces of the ferrite substrate and connected to corresponding outer electrodes. Conductive leads are embedded in the ferrite substrate by introducing conductive leads in a central portion of a nozzle for extruding the ferrite substrate such that the conductive leads are embedded in the ferrite substrate being extruded, or by introducing conductive leads between ferrite substrate sheets being fed to be bonded together for forming the ferrite substrate such that the conductive leads are interposed between the ferrite substrate sheets being bonded. The ferrite chip has no tendency for outer electrodes to short-circuit from the ferrite substrate upon carrying the chip bead on a circuit board.

Abstract: A cross-oriented multi-layer laminated plastic film is produced by first providing a flattened tubular plastic film having a outer plastic film layer with a first melting temperature and an inner plastic film layer with a second melting temperature lower than the first melting temperature, the outer plastic film layer having a molecular orientation substantially in the direction of the length of the tubular plastic film. The flattened tubular plastic film is passed from an expanding station in an expanded condition along a predetermined path in the direction of the length of said film to a collapsing station in a continuous manner. The expanded tubular plastic film is rotated about the predetermined path as the film passes from the expanding station to the collapsing station to effect cross-orientation of the outer film layer in directions inclined to the direction of travel of the tubular plastic film.

Abstract: An improved triple wall corrugated paper board fold construction is formed by joining a single face web with a nonadhered band of the medium to a contiguous liner of another one of the single face webs, slitting and removing a portion of the nonadhered band along a narrow bending area, and removing the slit strip to leave a bending groove formed with one or more score lines in the material underlying the groove, as the board continuously moves along a path of travel.

Abstract: A method of making an elongate strip for the production of a sealing member includes, as a first step, applying a plurality of strips of a first adhesive to one of a membrane and a first sheet, the membrane and the first sheet are then bonded together so that composite portions are formed where they are bonded together by the strips of the first adhesive, and separated portions are formed where the membrane and the first sheet are free from one another. The other side of the membrane is then coated with an additional layer of adhesive, for example a hot melt bonding material. Then, sealing members can be cut from the resultant composite elongate strip, with each sealing member having a composite portion in which the membrane and the first sheet are bonded together and a separated portion in which the membrane and the first sheet are free of one another. The free portion of the first sheet then forms a tab, for removal of the sealing member, in use, after it has been bonded to the lip of a container.

Abstract: A method of making and using a combined shipping label and product information device which includes the steps of providing a relatively elongated foldable sheet having a pair of sides and leading and trailing ends and equipped with a plurality of connected panels, and having a release liner adhesively secured thereto, printing addressee information on one panel and product information on another panel, applying adhesive in a longitudinally extending pattern adjacent each of the sides and also in a transversely extending pattern while folding the sheet between adjacent panels to position the product information on a hidden inner surface and the addressee identification information on an outer surface, perforating the folded sheet along a longitudinally extending line adjacent each of the sides inboard of the longitudinally extending adhesive pattern, removing the release liner and adhesively securing the device to a carton, shipping the carton to the addressee and upon carton receipt tearing the device along

Abstract: Paper stock is unwound, printed, folded, laminated and cut to form inserts. The laminated inserts are applied to an overwrap at an appropriately spaced interval. The resultant overwrap can then be wrapped around cigarette packs to provide each pack with an insert without slowing down production.

Abstract: A method is taught of making a multiple-layer, three-layer shingle, in which a base shingle layer is formed by separating a first shingle layer longitudinally into halves, with adhesive applied longitudinally to the halves of the base shingle layer, and with a second shingle layer then being separated into halves to function as secondary shingle layers that are applied over the adhesive on the base shingle layers, to secure them together, and with a third shingle layer being separated longitudinally into halves and then transversely into segments, with adhesive being applied transversely over granules on the top surface of the secondary shingle layer, with the segments of the third shingle layer forming a top shingle layer, with such segments being selectively applied to yield predetermined design effects. The result is to produce a three-layer laminated shingle, with the layers adhered together with granules on the top surfaces of the layers sandwiched therebetween.

Abstract: A plastic contact material is disclosed for the treatment of a liquid, comprising a plurality of strips made of a plastic material and wherein each of the strips has at least one tension element. A process is also disclosed for manufacturing a biological water treatment contact material made of a plurality of strips of a plastics material, which process comprises providing at least one strand at an elevated temperature, and applying the strand to a strip of plastic material while the strand is still at said elevated temperature.

Abstract: Dual flexible plastic pouches and a method of making the pouches where the pouches are reuseable and reclosable and have a double fastener strip arranged along the center between the pouches, the double strip is formed with a lower layer and upper pull flanges folded in from the edge of the lower layer with the pull flanges having reclosable rib and groove elements between the flanges and lower layer, an upper film web is juxtaposed over the lower web and bonded thereto over the peripheral edge to form pouches, the flanges are heat sealed to the upper web with a heat blocking thermal barrier between the flanges and lower layer of the fastener to prevent unintentional bonding.

Abstract: The invention is a method and apparatus for producing slit pieces of finished corrugated board from respective paper liners and at least one fluting using a corrugated line having at least a single facer, a double backer and a slitter, while minimizing or substantially eliminating waste resulting from the misalignment of the respective liners, flutings, single face web and corrugated product.

Abstract: A scribed paperboard sheet and a method for its manufacture is characterized by scribing a plurality of parallel guidelines in a finished paperboard web while the web is being tensioned. Adjustable scribing knife assemblies are provided for simultaneously scribing both surfaces of the web, following which the web of scribed paperboard is cut into individual sheets. The depth of penetration and the lateral spacing of the scribing knives are controlled to define a particular scribed layout of lines in the surfaces of the paperboard sheets. Alternatively, a grid of guidelines may be scribed into the web by an embossed roller arranged adjacent a tension roller to define a nip through which the paperboard web passes.

Abstract: Method and apparatus for the manufacture of a composite camouflage construction having an open mesh net substrate, and a continuous sheet overlying the substrate and bonded thereto along plural spaced lines of attachment, with lobes of the sheet cut to simulate the appearance of leaves and foliage. Apparatus and method includes a sewing station for stitching the sheet along plural spaced lines of attachment to the substrate to form open-ended pockets or channels between the sheet and substrate. The cutting station spaces the sheet from the substrate and a heated cutting wire reciprocates between adjacent lines of stiches to cut the sheet, open the channel, and use a series of loose lobes simulating the appearance of natural objects of a terrain.

Abstract: A method of preparing continuous label paper from a continuous paper consisting of a label sheet coated with an adhesive on the back side thereof and a support sheet detachably adhered to the back side of the label sheet and which sheets are wider than a finished width of the continuous label paper.

Abstract: The present invention relates to a method and an apparatus for producing mat strips from wide panels or sheets of an adhesive material covered with release layers by subdividing the panels of material in the longitudinal and transverse direcitons subsequent to removing the release layers.In order to improve the economy and operational reliability of such methods and devices, the present invention includes gripping an end section of the sheet of material, from which the release layers have been removed, by means of gripping members and longitudinally subdividing the sheet during its movement in a first direction to form longitudinal strips, by actuating a longitudinal cutting member, and thereafter servering the longitudinal mat strips by actuation of a transverse cutting member.

Abstract: A group of loose cabled optical fibers (32-32) destined to be terminated by a multi-fiber connector device is first fabricated into an optical fiber ribbon (30). The optical fibers of the group are threaded through portions of an organizing shuttle (20) and brought into planar juxtaposition with each other by the cooperation of a curved surface (112) and a burnishing bar assembly (98). As the organinzing shuttle is caused to be moved along a track (42), the burnishing bar assembly causes the planar array of fibers to be embedded into an adhesive coating of a first binding tape (34) which is secured along the length of the track. In a preferred embodiment, a second tape (35) is applied over the fibers and the first tape. The ribbon is trimmed of excess longitudinal side portions of the binding tapes to provide a ribbon of desired width.

Abstract: Disclosed is a water-absorbing composite body comprising a tape-shaped laminate having at least one layer of a high-melting-point synthetic resin and at least one layer of a low-melting-point synthetic resin, in which at least a part of the low-melting-point synthetic resin layer is exposed to the surface, a split fiber obtained by splitting this tape-shaped laminate or a composite fibrous body having a laminate structure as described above, and a powdery polymeric water absorber fusion-bonded to the outer surface of the low-melting-point synthetic resin layer exposed to the surface. This water-absorbing composite body has a high water-absorbing capacity and retains a good mechanical strength.

Abstract: A method is disclosed for making plastic products that enables adjacent portions thereof to be easily folded into juxtaposed relationship. A hinge is formed by utilizing an angled or curved cutting tool to create a continuous slit which in a preferred configuration (when viewed in profile) is generally L-shaped so that it extends from one surface of the product to a first location that is within the products' body and then extends therein from the first location to a second location also within the thickness of the body. The slit opens onto the one surface and thereby forms a flexible bridge integral with those portions of the product adjacent thereto, the bridge permitting such adjacent portions to be flexibly folded into juxtaposed relationship.

Abstract: A cable shielding tape is produced by laminating a single layer of an insulating material film which may be plastic to a conducting layer which may be of metallic foil with one edge of the conducting layer offset laterally with respect to said insulating layer, leaving a foil free edge portion of the insulating layer along one edge of the tape. This can be manufactured by laying the insulating layer tapes in a shingled formation, laminating a web of foil over the tapes and then separating the tapes each with a partial covering of the foil. The conducting layer and insulating layer are coterminous at the opposite edge and both are folded back with the conducting layer outermost.

Abstract: The subject invention relates to a device for cutting and stripping the backing film from a sheet of MYLAR film. There are two embodiments disclosed. The first embodiment relates to the packaging of MYLAR film in a box with disposable end plates attached to the roll core. A pair of stripping rollers are rotatably attached to the film core to permit rotation of the stripping rollers as the film is pulled from the storage roller. With the backing film inserted between the sripping rollers the backing film is automatically stripped from the MYLAR film as it is pulled from the box. A cutter and measuring mechanism including a horizontal and vertical cutter with automatic retract for the horizontal cutter is also provided. The second embodiment relates to a device used by professional MYLAR installers.

Abstract: The invention consists of a method which provides a business form with removable labels. The method produces a business form which maintains its integrity and does not jam or damage production or processing equipment. It includes providing a first web comprising a bottom release ply, a top label stock ply, and adhesive disposed between these two piles for releasably joining the two together. It also provides a second web and places it in side-by-side laterally spaced relation with the first web. The method further includes the step of adhering a splicing strip to the first and second webs to join them together.

Abstract: Cuvette belts are manufactured from strips of plastic material formed with transverse pockets. Lengths of the formed strip material are spliced together to form continuous formed strips from which the cuvette belts are made. A particular feature is the separation of the strip forming process from the slitting and sealing of the continuous formed strips to produce the complete cuvette belts. Specific splicing techniques are also disclosed.

Abstract: A dimensionally stable composite wood panel having wood veneer sheets with their grains disposed in the same direction, and a core of adhesively-bonded biomass particles is improved by including a third wood veneer sheet having its grain substantially perpendicular to the grains of the surface veneer sheets. Additional veneer sheets may lie intermediate the surface sheets and the intermediate sheet, with its grain structure oriented parallel to the surface sheets. The panel produced may be ripped or sawed to form laminated veneer lumber of such dimensions that is may be substituted for structural lumber. The laminated veneer lumber of the present invention has improved dimensional stability and may be nailed without splitting or cracking. A process of manufacturing continous or indefinite lengths of the composite wood panel is disclosed.

Abstract: An apparatus for processing a double face adhesive tape so as to attach at least one member thereto, comprising a roll of the double face adhesive tape having release papers attached to both faces, a drawing out means of the double face adhesive tape from said roll, a slitting means to slit at least the vicinity of one side edge of the upper release paper or the lower release paper of the double face adhesive tape parallel to said side edge, a separating means to separate the slit release paper leaving at least one side portion of the slit release paper attached, and an attaching means to attach at least one member on the exposed face of the double face adhesive tape is disclosed. The drawing out means intermittently draws out the double face adhesive tape from the roll, and a punching means to punch the double face adhesive tape to form hole(s) is further incorporated.

Abstract: A method for removing a top tape from a chip tape and a device therefor capable of facilitating start of the removing operation and positively accomplishing the removing operation efficiently. The device includes a guide shoe arranged at a predetermined position on a chip tape and provided with a tongue-like element which enters a gap between the chip tape and a top tape and a removal member which carries out one of peeling of the top tape from the chip tape and cutting of the top tape to remove the top tape from the chip tape. The method is practiced using the guide shoe.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and an apparatus for making webs, mats and the like of reed-like plastic straws (H), by which straw chains (K) of parallel, adjacent straws of unequal length are applied like scales on a support sheet (13). To achieve a fully automated manufacturing process, straws (H1) of equal length are first produced and arranged side by side, in parallel, to form a row (R). They are then attached together along their aligned ends and preferably also, along at least one longitudinal line dividing the row of straws widthwise, with adhesive tape (8) extending in the lengthwise direction of the row. Thereafter, if desired, the straw row (R) is cut into partial rows (T) along the longitudinal lines covered by tape.

Abstract: A tubelet panel of fabric face sheets and parallel, continuous film, partition strips normal to the face sheets and having their longitudinal edges fused into the fabric of the face sheets is formed by thermal fusion by applying heat and pressure to the outer surfaces of the face sheets in the regions in registry with the partition edges. The partition material is chosen to have a lower melting temperature than the face sheet material and the applied heat is at a temperature above the melting temperature of the partition material and below the melting temperature of the face sheet material.