Splicing device and resulting product

Claim 1

A FILM SPLICER COMPRISING LEFT AND RIGHT FILM HOLDING FIXTURES FOR POSITIONING THE FILM ENDS TO BE SPLICED IN END TO END RELATION AND TO LONGITUDINAL ALIGNMENT WITH ONE ANOTHER; SAID FIXTURE BEING SPACED FROM ONE ANOTHER LONGITUDINALLY OF THE FILM TO PROVIDE A SPLICING PASSAGE BETWEEN THEM; A SPLICING CARRIAGE ALIGNED WITH SAID PASSAGE TRANSVERSELY OF THE FILM AND SAID FIXTURES BEING MOUNTED FOR RELATIVE MOVEMENT WITH RESPECT TO ONE ANOTHER TRANSVERSELY OF THE FILM; SAID CARRIAGE HAVING TAPE FOLDING AND WIPING MEANS ASSOCIATED THEREWITH FOR SAID RELATIVE MOVEMENT AND SAID FOLDING AND WIPING MEANS HAVING AN INITIAL POSITION AT ONE SIDE OF THE FILM ENDS; TAPE FEEDING MEANS ALIGNED WITH SAID PASSAGE AT THE OTHER SIDE OF THE FILM ENDS AND SAID TAPE FEEDING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO FEED PRESSURE SENSITIVE SPLICING TAPE FROM A TAPE SUPPLY TRANSVERSELY OVER AND BEYOND THE SURFACES OF SAID FILM ENDS WITH THE PRESSURE SENSITIVE SIDE OF THE TAPE FACING SAID SURFACES; SAID FOLDING AND WIPING MEANS BEING ADAPTED TO FOLD THE TAPE UNDER AND AROUND THE FILM ENDS AND PRESS THE FOLDED TAPE INTO SEALING RELATION WITH THE EXPOSED SURFACES OF THE FILM ENDS TO FORM A SPLICE, ON RELATIVE MOTION OF SAID CARRIAGE WITH RESPECT TO SAID FIXTURES; AND MEANS FOR SEVERING THE SEALED PORTION OF SAID TAPE FROM THE TAPE SUPPLY.