Strip splicing machine

Claim 1

IN A STRIP SPLICING MACHINE, A BASE, A PAIR OF SPACED SUPPORTS ON SAID BASE FOR HOLDING A PAIR OF STRIPS TO BE SPLICED IN COPLANAR, LONGITUDINALLY ALIGNED SPLICING POSITIONS WITH BUTT ENDS OF THE STRIPS IN A HORIZONTAL PLANE AND PROXIMATELY DISPOSED IN THE SPACE BETWEEN THE SUPPORTS, A HORIZONTALLY MOVABLE CARRIAGE ON THE BASE INCLUDING A PAIR OF YIELDABLE CONTACTING PRESSURE ROLLERS TANGENT TO OPPOSITE SIDES OF SAID PLANE AND PARALLEL TO THE SIDE EDGES OF THE STRIPS, SAID ROLLERS BEING ALIGNED WITH AND MOVABLE THROUGH SAID SPACE IN A TRANSVERSE DIRECTION OF THE STRIPS AND ACROSS OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE BUTT ENDS OF THE STRIPS, SAID CARRIAGE HAVING A FORWARD VERTICAL SURFACE APPROXIMATELY TANGENT TO THE FORWARD SIDE OF SAID ROLLERS, A ROLL OF ADHESIVE TAPE ON THE CARRIAGE ABOVE SAID ROLLERS, TAPE POSITIONING MEANS ON THE CARRIAGE ABOVE SAID ROLLERS TO HOLD AN END SECTION OF SAID TAPE FLAT AGAINST SAID SURFACE WITH THE LOWER END OF THE SECTION HANGING FREE AND VERTICALLY IN FRONT OF SAID ROLLERS AND THE ADHESIVE SIDE OF THE TAPE FACING THE STRIPS WHEREBY THE SECTION IS FOLDED AGAINST OPPOSITE SIDES OF THE STRIPS DURING MOVEMENT OF SAID ROLLERS ACROSS THE STRIPS, AND A CUTTER ON THE CARRIAGE OPPOSITE SAID SURFACE FOR SEVERING SAID SECTION FROM THE ROLL.