Method and apparatus for covering a part of an object with a sheet material having a pressure sensitive adhesive coating applied to at least a part of at least a sheet material

摘要

A method and apparatus for covering portions of an object (52) having an outer peripheral surface (57) with a sheet of material (34) having an upper surface and a lower surface with a pressure sensitive adhesive (12, 50) on at least a portion of the lower surface by wrapping the sheet of material (34) about portions of the outer peripheral surface (57) and positioning the sheet of material (34) so that the pressure sensitive coating (12, 50) either contacts portions of the outer peripheral surface (57) of the object (52) and is bonded thereto or contacts overlapping portions of the sheet of material and is bonded to other adjacent portions of the sheet of material having the pressure sensitive coating thereon or overlapping portions of the sheet of material are bonded by the pressure sensitive adhesive.