US 12,351,418 B2
Spindle free tape article and method
Orion A. Cavins, Vancouver, WA (US); and Jorge A. Nash, Vancouver, WA (US)
Assigned to H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
Appl. No. 17/754,634
Filed by H.B. Fuller Company, St. Paul, MN (US)
PCT Filed Oct. 7, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/054589
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Apr. 7, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/071956, PCT Pub. Date Apr. 15, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/911,564, filed on Oct. 7, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2022/0363508 A1, Nov. 17, 2022
Int. Cl. B65H 45/20 (2006.01); C09J 7/10 (2018.01)
CPC B65H 45/20 (2013.01) [C09J 7/10 (2018.01); B65H 2301/11 (2013.01); B65H 2301/412845 (2013.01); B65H 2301/46312 (2013.01); B65H 2515/31 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1824 (2013.01); C09J 2301/304 (2020.08)] 10 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. An adhesive web article comprising:
an adhesive web defining a first end, a second end, a length in between, a width, and a first adhesive defining a first adhesive surface,
the adhesive web being folded over upon itself along the width such that a first portion of the first adhesive surface is in facing relationship and in direct contact with a second portion of the first adhesive surface,
wherein the first adhesive is an activatable adhesive,
the first adhesive being free of activation with the adhesive web folded over upon itself, and
wherein the adhesive web is in the form of a fan-fold along the length of the adhesive web.