Tab forming unit

Claim 1

MECHANISM FOR FORMING HEAT SEALABLE TABS FOR ATTACHMENT TO TEXTILE ARTICLES, COMPRISING A DISPLACEABLE TUBULAR GUIDE, MEANS TO FEED A STRIP OF TAB-FORMING MATERIAL HAVING ONE ADHESIVE FACE THROUGH SAID GUIDE FROM ONE END SO AS TO PROJECT BEYOND THE OTHER END OF SAID GUIDE, A DEFLECTOR MEMBER POSITIONED ADJACENT THE SAID OTHER END OF SAID GUIDE, DEFLECTOR MOVING MEANS FOR IMPARTING TRANSVERSE RELATIVE DISPLACEMENT BETWEEN SAID DEFLECTOR MEMBER AND SAID GUIDE SO AS TO BEND THE PROJECTINFI PART OF THE STRIP AT AN ANGLE TO THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP REMAINING WITHIN SAID GUIDE, MEANS TO SEVER A TABFORMING LENGTH OF STRIP FROM THE LENGTH OF SAID STRIP AND MEANS TO DISPLACE THE GUIDE TOGETHER WITH THE DEFLECTOR MEMBER FROM A FIRST POSITION TO A SECOND POSITION, SAID DEFLECTOR MOVING MEANS INCLUDING MEANS TO EFFECT MOVEMENT OF THE DEFLECTOR MEMBER RELATIVELY TO THE GUIDE IN A DIRECTION PARALLEL TO THE LENGTH OF THE STRIP SO AS TO EFFECT FOLDING UNDER OF THE PROJECTING PART OF THE STRIP WITH THE ADHESIVE FACE PORTIONS IN MUTUAL CONTACT TO PRODUCE A TAB WITH A NON-ADHERENT FINGER GRIP PORTION INCAPABLE OF ADHERING TO AN ARTICLE TO WHICH THE TAB IS APPLIED.