METHOD AND APPARATUS FOR FORMING SPLICES IN FLEXIBLE, FUSIBLE MATERIAL AND MATERIAL SPLICED ACCORDINGLY

摘要

Disclosed is a method and apparatus for forming diagonal splices in flexible, fusible material (16, 18) and the material spliced accordingly. The splice is formed by overlapping the material, tensioning the material at the area to be spliced, and heating a strip of the material under tension to its fusion temperature, thereby fusing and separating the material at the strip. The splice is nearly undetectable to the untrained eye.