Multi-roll segment package for plastic tape and winding machine for same
AssigneeTricon Conversion, LLC
InventorKennith H. Helton
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Abstract
A multi-roll segment package provides a method of winding a single length of plastic tape on a plurality of closely spaced roll segments. The roll segments are wound on a core with the length of tape continuous from the inner diameter of the first roll segment to the segment outer diameter of the last roll segment. Tape protectors made of a stiff web material enclose a portion of the lengths of tape between segment outer diameters to the next sequential segment inner diameter. The tape protectors stabilize the tape as it is turned or folded to the core of the next sequential roll segment position.
Claims8
A multi-roll segment package for tape, the package comprising:
- a roll core;
- at least two roll segments, each of said at least two roll segments comprising tape of predetermined width wrapped about the core and having a width substantially equal to the predetermined width of the tape and extending from an inner diameter at the core to a segment outer diameter;
- a first fold comprising a crease and turning the tape substantially 90 degrees at the segment outer diameter of a first of said at least two roll segments, the first fold routing the tape to the inner diameter of a second of at least two roll segments;
- the tape being continuous from the inner diameter of the first of said at least two roll segments to the outer diameter of the second of said at least two roll segments.
A multi-roll segment package of tape, the package comprising:
- a roll core comprising a roll axis;
- at least two roll segments, each of said at least two roll segments tape of predetermined width wrapped about the core, each of said at least two roll segments having a width substantially equal to the predetermined width of the tape and extending from an inner diameter at the core to a segment outer diameter;
- said at least two roll segments being adjacent and connected by a first length of the tape extending from the segment outer diameter of a first of said at least two roll segments in a radial direction along a side of the first of said at least two roll segments to the inner diameter of a second of said at least two roll segments, the first length of tape supported by a restraint means for restraining the first length on the segment outer diameter of the first of said at least two roll segments and wherein the first length comprises a radial distance of at least 10 layers of the tape.
A process for winding a single length of tape on a core to form a multi-roll segment package, the process comprising the steps of:
- securing a first end of the tape to a first position on the core;
- winding a first roll segment at the first position on the core to a segment outer diameter, the first roll segment comprising at least 10 layers of tape;
- securing a creased fold in a first length of the tape on the segment outer diameter of the first roll segment;
- turning and securing the tape to a second position on the core;
- and
- winding a second roll segment on the core.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.