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EP 0 606 116 A3 |
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EUROPEAN PATENT APPLICATION |
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Date of publication A3: |
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07.09.1994 Bulletin 1994/36 |
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Date of publication A2: |
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13.07.1994 Bulletin 1994/28 |
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Date of filing: 24.01.1991 |
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Designated Contracting States: |
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BE DE FR GB IT NL |
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Priority: |
26.01.1990 US 471159
26.01.1990 US 471176
26.01.1990 US 471177
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Application number of the earlier application in accordance with Art. 76 EPC: |
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91903728.3 / 0465631 |
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Applicant: EASTMAN KODAK COMPANY |
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Rochester,
New York 14650-2201 (US) |
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Inventors: |
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- Long, Michael,
c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester,
New York 14650-2201 (US)
- Huttemann, Lyndon Rae,
c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester,
New York 14650-2201 (US)
- Stanford, Robert Wayne,
c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester,
New York 14650-2201 (US)
- Longboat, Robert Donald,
c/o Eastman Kodak Company
Rochester,
New York 14650-2201 (US)
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Representative: von Hellfeld, Axel, Dr. Dipl.-Phys. et al |
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Wuesthoff & Wuesthoff
Patent- und Rechtsanwälte
Schweigerstrasse 2
81541 München
81541 München (DE) |
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Remarks: |
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This application was filed on 10 - 03 - 1994 as a divisional application to the application
mentioned under INID code 60. |
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Apparatus and method for cutting strip of adhesive tape |
(57) An apparatus and method are disclosed for splicing webs (14,18) such as photographic
film in which the lead end of a new web and the tail end of an old web are trimmed
at the parallel edges (82,84) of their input platens (36,38) and then shifted into
abutment for application of a strip of tape. An automatic tape dispenser (128) cuts
tape into predetermined lengths, transfers the lengths to a vacuum applicator wheel
(130) and then rolls the lengths across the abutted lead and tail ends.