Adhesive tape with convolutions tensioned under predetermined program

Claim 1

A ROLL OF NORMALLY TACKY AND PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE WITH ADJACENT CONVOLUTIONS IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT AND INCLUDING A WOVEN CLOTH BACKING HAVING ON ONE SIDE, A PRESSURE SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING AND, ON THE OTHER SIDE,AN ABSENCE OF ANY COATING THAT WOULD TEND SUBSTANTIALLY TO ALTER THE DISCONTINUITY NORMALLY PRESENTED BY SUCH A CLOTH BACKING BY VIRTUE OF ITS WEAVE, SAID ROLL OF TAPE BETWEEN THE ADHESIVE COATED SIDES OF THE RESPECTIVE CONVOLUTIONS AND THE SIDES OF THE CONVOLUTIONS IN FACE-TO-FACE CONTACT THERWITH HAVING ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT OF VARYING DEGREE, SAID DEGREE OF ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT INCREASING FROM THE CORE OUTWARDLY THROUGHOUT THE ROLL IN ACCORDANCE WITH A PREDETERMINED PATTERN, SAID PATTERN OF ADHESIVE ENGAGEMENT REQUIRING, IN THE UNWINDING OF THE ROLL, A TENSION TO EFFECT ADHESIVE DISENGAGEMENT BETWEEN THE RESPECTIVE CONVOLUTIONS WHICH IS LESS FOR THE CONVOLUTIONS NEAR THE INNER PART OF THE ROLL THAN FOR THOSE NEAR THE OUTER PART OF THE ROLL.