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US 2003/0154569 A1Published application
Lint removal apparatus with pull tab for adhesive coated sheets
AssigneeThe Hartz Mountain Corporation
InventorWilliam D. McKay
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Abstract
A pull tab is formed at a separable edge of each of a plurality of individually separable sheets of outwardly faced adhesive tape wound into a roll by a non-adhesive portion carried on the adhesive layer of the tape to facilitate gripping and removal of an outermost sheet from the tape roll to expose an underlying sheet. The separable edges extend at least partially through the tape roll dividing the tape into a plurality of separable sheets.
Claims17
A tape roll for a lint removal roller assembly comprising:
- a tape wound in a roll and formed of a substrate having opposed side edges and first and second major opposed surfaces of the tape;
- an adhesive layer carried on one major surface;
- the tape wound into a tape roll with the adhesive layer facing outwardly from the roll;
- a separable edge extending at least partially through the roll dividing the roll into a plurality of individually separable sheets;
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- a plurality of pull tabs formed by a plurality of spaced, substantially, non-adhesive portions carried between the side edges and on one of the first and second surfaces of the substrate, one non-adhesive portion disposed in registry with the separable edge to define one pull tab on each sheet on the roll to facilitate removal of an outermost sheet from the roll.
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A method of producing a lint removal assembly comprising the steps of:
- providing an elongate flexible substrate with first and second opposed surfaces and first and second side edges;
- affixing an adhesive layer on one of the first and second surfaces of the substrate;
- providing a plurality of pull tab defined by a plurality of longitudinally spaced, non-adhesive portions on the adhesive layer on the tape;
- winding the tape into a roll with the adhesive layer facing outwardly of the roll;
- forming a separable edge at least partially through the roll dividing the roll into individually separable sheets;
- and
- disposing the separable edge in registry with the non-adhesive portions on each sheet.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.