ALEXANDRIA, Va., Jan. 28 -- United States Patent no. 12,534,324, issued on Jan. 27, was assigned to Georg Sahm GmbH & Co. KG (Eschwege, Germany).
"Method for connecting tapes, tape connecting device, processing system and use" was invented by Heiko Ebhardt (Meinhard-Jestaedt, Germany), Ernst Doring (Schimberg, Germany) and Sascha Mobs (Meissner, Germany).
According to the abstract* released by the U.S. Patent & Trademark Office: "A tape connecting device (1) and a method for connecting a first tape to a second tape for providing a tape string. In the tape connecting device (1) when continuously conveying the first tape an end section of the first tape is connected to a start section of the second tape by an adhesive connection by a liquid...