Process for applying an elastic segment of sheet material having a front end and a rear end not attached to the front end surface of an article of a segment of a sheet of material to the outer surface of an article

摘要

The present invention relates to a method of applying a segment of a sheet material to the exterior surface of an article, said segment having a leading edge and a trailing edge, said method comprising the steps of: releasably mounting a segment of said sheet material to a carrier body, stretching the segment to increase the length between said leading edge and said trailing edge, applying an adhesive to one of said article and said leading edge of the increased length segment and mounting said leading edge to said article with said adhesive, such that said leading edge is substantially secured to said article before said segment is released from said carrier body, producing relative movement of said carrier body and said article to wrap the increased length segment around said article, successive portions of the segment being released from said carrier body as the segment is wrapped around said article, and applying an adhesive to one of said article and said trailing edge of the segment and mounting said trailing edge to one of said article and said segment with said adhesive, such that said trailing edge is secured to said article before said trailing edge is released from said carrier body. IMAGE