Joint tape, method and apparatus for connection of packing film utilizing the same
AssigneeTaisei Lamick Co., Ltd.
InventorsNaoki Yokoyama, Naoya Hamada, Tomohiro Shibasaki
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Abstract
The present invention relates to a band-like joint tape for covering a butting portion formed by butting an end portion of a one packing film to an end portion of another packing film and connecting the respective end portions of these packing films to each other. The joint tape is comprised of a laminate film formed by adhering a joint layer to a support layer at a peelable state, and covered so as to face the joint portion to the butting portion and heat-sealed so that the joint layer is fused to the butting portion and the fused portion of the joint layer is peeled off from the support layer.
Claims14
An apparatus for connecting an end portion of one packing film to an end portion of another packing film to each other with a joint tape, the apparatus comprising:
- a film end holder to position the end portion of the one packing film and the end portion of the another packing film at a butting position in which a butting portion is formed by butting the end portion of the one packing film to the end portion of the another packing film,
- a joint tape feeder to run out the joint tape, which is band-shaped and is comprised of a laminate film formed by adhering a joint layer to a support layer so as to be peelable from one another, along the butting portion between the end portion of the one packing film and the end portion of the another packing film so as to face the joint layer of the joint tape to the butting portion, to cover the butting portion with the joint tape, and to connect the respective end portions of the packing films with the joint tape, and
- a heat sealer to push the joint tape to the butting portion to perform heat sealing by heating under a pressure and to fuse only the joint layer to the butting portion so that a fused portion of the joint layer is peelable from the support layer,
- wherein the film end holder includes a film cutter to cut an overlapped portion of the one packing film and the another packing film over a full width of the overlapped portion to butt the end portion of the one packing film to the end portion of the another packing film.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.