Packaged flexible film and flexible film packaging system therefor
AssigneeEastman Performance Films, LLC
InventorsPeter Ian Carver, Michael Hawkins
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Abstract
A packaged flexible film is described. The packaged flexible film includes (i) a cylindrical core having an outer surface; (ii) a supply of flexible film wound about the core with a leading edge adjacent the outer surface and forming a connection ridge along the outer surface; and (iii) a cover strip comprising a compressed compressible cover material covering said connection ridge. Also described are a packaging system for flexible film and a multilayer flexible film packaging tape.
Claims14
A packaging system for flexible film windable about a cylindrical core, said flexible film comprising a leading edge and a terminal edge, said system comprising:
- (i) the cylindrical core, having an outer surface;
- (ii) a cover strip attachable to said outer surface and comprising a compressible cover material, said cover strip having dimensions sufficient for covering at least a connection ridge formed along said outer surface at said leading edge of said flexible film when said film is wound about said core;
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- an adhesive for adhering said flexible film to said outer surface of said cylindrical core along the leading edge of the film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.