摘要 |
A length of tape (1a) is drawn off a reel, passed over the cutting/connecting section of a splicer (5a-c, 8), passed through a temporary storage vessel (4) and looped back so as to pass over the cutting/connecting section again and the free end is connected to a take up reel (3). Tape clamps (5c, 5b) bring the overlapping layers of tape down onto the cutting/ connecting section (8) and are then cut. One of the tape clamps (5b) is withdrawn with cut tape section (1a) while an applicator (5d) applies a piece of adhesive tape from reel (5c) in a manner which splices a continuous loop of tape which is then released from second clamp (5c). <IMAGE> |