Wrapping Web Assembly And Wrapping Method

Abstract

One exemplary embodiment of a method of forming a wrapping web assembly includes the steps of: providing a substantially continuous web of a wrapping material; providing an elongate tape stock comprising an adhesive tape portion having a release surface, and a double sided adhesive tape portion releasably adhered to said release surface; feeding said substantially continuous web of a wrapping material past a laminating station to an accumulator spool adapted to spool said web about an axis transverse its substantially continuous direction; feeding said elongate tape stock to said laminating station and cutting the elongate tape stock into discrete tape assemblies; adhering said discrete tape assemblies substantially transversely in spaced relation on one surface of said web; and spooling said web to said accumulator spool whereby an exposed adhesive layer of the tape assembly adheres in the spool to the other surface of the web.

1 . (canceled) 
     
     
         2 . A method of forming a wrapping web assembly, comprising the steps of:
 providing a continuous web of a wrapping material including a first surface and a second surface opposite the first surface;
 applying a first adhesive surface of a tape assembly portion onto a portion of the first surface, the tape assembly portion including the first adhesive surface, a second adhesive surface opposite the first adhesive surface, a first release layer overlying the second adhesive surface, and a third adhesive surface overlying the first release layer; 
 spooling the continuous web onto a spool whereby as the tape assembly portion is rotated around the spool, the third adhesive surface of the tape assembly portion is applied to a portion of the second surface. 
   
     
     
         3 . The method of  claim 2 , further comprising the step of applying a first adhesive surface of a second tape assembly portion onto a second portion of the first surface of the continuous web, the first portion of the continuous web spaced from the second portion of the continuous web. 
     
     
         4 . The method of  claim 3 , wherein the second portion of the first surface of the continuous web is about 21 meters from the first portion of the continuous web. 
     
     
         5 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein the continuous web includes at least one perforation, wherein the portion of the first surface of the continuous web is adjacent to the perforation. 
     
     
         6 . The method of  claim 5 , wherein, during the spooling step, the portion of the second surface, to which the third adhesive surface is applied, is on the opposite side of the perforation from the portion of the first surface to which the first adhesive surface is applied. 
     
     
         7 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein during the providing step, the continuous web of wrapping material is provided on a source spool. 
     
     
         8 . The method of  claim 2 , wherein during the applying step, the tape assembly portion is provided from a continuous tape assembly stock. 
     
     
         9 . The method of  claim 8 , further comprising the step of separating the tape assembly portion from a continuous tape assembly stock. 
     
     
         10 . A method of baling an agricultural product, comprising the steps of:
 obtaining a wrapping material, the wrapping material including a continuous web wound onto itself in the form of a roll, and a tape assembly portion positioned between a first surface of the continuous web and a second, opposite surface of the continuous web, the tape assembly portion including a first adhesive surface, a second adhesive surface opposite the first adhesive surface, a first release layer overlying the second adhesive surface, and a third adhesive surface overlying the first release layer, wherein, in this position, the first adhesive surface is applied to a particular portion of the first surface of the continuous web and the third adhesive surface is applied to a particular portion of the second surface of the continuous web;   unwinding a leading end of the wrapping material to wrap the wrapping material around the product, wherein during the unwinding step, the first release layer of the tape assembly portion separates from the second adhesive surface to expose the second adhesive surface, and the first adhesive surface remains applied to the first surface of the continuous web and the third adhesive surface remains applied to the second surface of the continuous web; separating at least part of the unwound wrapping material from the remainder of the wrapping material to form a wrapping section of the wrapping material, wherein the wrapping section includes the exposed second adhesive surface of the tape assembly portion; and applying the second adhesive surface to the continuous web of the wrapping section of the wrapping material.   
     
     
         11 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the step of applying the second adhesive surface secures the wrapping section around the agricultural product. 
     
     
         12 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the agricultural product is cotton. 
     
     
         13 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the continuous web of the wrapping material includes a plurality of perforations, and the separating step includes separating the wrapping section by tearing along one of the plurality of perforations. 
     
     
         14 . The method of  claim 13 , wherein a tape assembly portion is positioned adjacent to each perforation such that a particular tape assembly portion is adjacent to one of the plurality of perforations and on a trailing end of a particular wrapping section, wherein the step of applying the second adhesive surface includes securing the trailing end of the wrapping section to the wrapping section to secure the wrapping section around the agricultural product. 
     
     
         15 . The method of  claim 14 , wherein during the unwinding step, the third adhesive surface remains applied to a subsequent wrapping section. 
     
     
         16 . The method of  claim 15 , wherein the third adhesive surface remains applied to a leading portion of the subsequent wrapping section. 
     
     
         17 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein at least the unwinding, separating and applying steps are performed within a baling machine. 
     
     
         18 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein at least the unwinding, separating and applying steps are performed within a cotton harvester. 
     
     
         19 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein, in the obtaining step, the wrapping material is positioned on a spool, wherein during the unwinding step, the spool is rotated to unwind the wrapping material. 
     
     
         20 . The method of  claim 10 , wherein the tape assembly portion comprises more than one tape assembly portion, wherein the obtaining step further comprises more than one tape assembly portion positioned in spaced relation to one another along the rolled continuous web and between a first surface of the continuous web and a second, opposite surface of the continuous web. 
     
     
         21 . The method of  claim 20 , wherein each tape assembly portion is spaced about 21 meters from any subsequent or preceding tape assembly portion.