Composite pressure sensitive adhesive sheet structure and process of making the same

Abstract

Abstract A process in which a carrier strip has a release coated web marginally secured thereto, the latter releaseably adherently mounting a longitudinally extending tape having a pressure sensitive adhesive on its underside. The release coated strip is longitudinally severed with the line of severance being spanned by the adhesive coated tape. Subsequently, the combined span of the tape and a marginal portion of the release coated stock that is freely superposed on the carrier strip, are transversely slit defining a plurality of discrete pressure sensitive adhesive backed sections of tape, each provided with a corresponding tab by means of which each discrete section of tape can be peeled from the composite structure for application to another article. The process produces a roll of individually dispensible, pressure sensitive adhesive tape sections, each with its corresponding tab being so angularly related to the length of the composite structure as to facilitate winding up of the product, in the process of manufacture, to protectively enclose the tabs between successive coils of the carrier strip. Upon unwinding of the roll through a specially adapted guide means of a dispensing apparatus, each tab is individually projected out of the plane of the carrier strip to provide clearance for grasping a free end of the tab stripping the associated adhesive backed sheet article from the roll. The carrier strip and tape may have different characteristics of light reflectivity, controlling an automatic feed system for the dispensing apparatus, cooperatively associated with a photoelectric light cell or the like.

Inventors

• 👤 H Buck

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