Closing banding

1. A method of closing and unclosing a bobbin, said method comprising the following steps:

a) providing a closing banding on a bobbin, wherein the closing banding comprises:

i) a paper carrier having an upper transverse edge and a lower transverse edge opposite said upper transverse edge, and which is coated with a self-adhesive compound on its underside in the region of the upper transverse edge, but is not coated on its topside with self-adhesive compound, and has a non-adhesive tab in the region of the lower transverse edge;

wherein

ii) a double-sided adhesive tape is arranged on the underside of the paper carrier, between the self-adhesive compound and the tab, the double-sided adhesive tape having a cleavable paper carrier which is coated on both sides with self-adhesive compound;

b) closing the bobbin by fixing an end of an uppermost layer of the bobbin to a second layer located underneath by bonding the closing banding to an end of the uppermost layer of the bobbin by means of the self-adhesive compound in the region of the upper transverse edge of the closing banding, in such a way that the closing banding projects beyond this end, and fixing the closing banding to the second layer of the bobbin by means of the self-adhesive compound on the cleavable paper carrier of the closing banding; and

c) unclosing the bobbin by pulling on the projecting tab, causing the cleavable paper carrier to cleave so that an end of the bobbin is liberated, wherein said pulling does not involve splicing the bobbin to another unwinding bobbin.

2. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the self-adhesive compound is one for permanent (irreversible) bonding.

3. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the self-adhesive compound coated on the underside of the paper carrier in the region of the upper transverse edge comprises a double-sided adhesive tape laminated on or the self-adhesive compound consists of a carrier-less self-adhesive compound.

4. The method as claimed in claim 3 , wherein the double-sided adhesive tape comprises a tear-resistant paper carrier coated on both sides with a self-adhesive compound.

5. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the self-adhesive compounds are contact adhesive compounds based on acrylates or rubber.

6. The method as claimed in claim 5 , wherein the self-adhesive compounds are water-soluble.

7. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the length of the tab is 10-25 mm, measured from the lower transverse edge.

8. The method as claimed in claim 7 , wherein the length of the tab is 12-18 mm as measured from the lower transverse edge.

9. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the closing banding is present in the form of an adhesive tape, optionally wound up into a roll.

10. The method as claimed in claim 9 , wherein the closing banding is in the form of an adhesive tape having a width of 20-2000 mm.

11. The method as claimed in claim 10 , wherein the closing banding is in the form of an adhesive tape having a width of 22-1500 mm, which adhesive tape is aligned with a width of a parent reel to be secured before the parent reel is cut up into bobbins.

12. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the width of the self-adhesive compound measured from a transverse edge is 20-100 mm and the width of the double-sided adhesive tape measured from a transverse edge is 10-100 mm.

13. The method as claimed in claim 12 , wherein the width of the self-adhesive compound measured from a transverse edge is 25-60 mm and the width of the double-sided adhesive tape measured from a transverse edge is 15-50 mm.

14. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the cleavage strength of the cleavable paper carrier is 20-70 cN/cm.

15. The method as claimed in claim 14 , wherein the cleavage strength of the cleavable paper carrier is 22-60 cN/cm.

16. The method as claimed in claim 15 , wherein the cleavage strength of the cleavable paper carrier is 25-50 cN/cm.

17. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the closing banding is present in the form of individual labels which, optionally, are arranged on an auxiliary carrier, the label width corresponding to the width of the bobbin to be bonded.

18. The method as claimed in claim 1 , wherein the closing banding is for a bobbin of cigarette paper.