Tape feeding and storage device

Claim 1

APPARATUS FOR STORING FLEXIBLE TAPE AND FEEDING THE SAME TO AN AUTOMATIC PROGRAM DEVICE INCLUDING IN COMBINATION, A MOUNTING STRUCTURE, FIRST AND SECOND SPOOLS MOUNTED ON SAID STRUCTURE AND HAVING AXES POSITIONED VERTICALLY ONE ABOVE THE OTHER, WITH SAID AXES SPACED FROM EACH OTHER BY A DISTNCE SUBSTANTIALLY GREATER THAN THE DIAMETER OF SAID SPOOLS, A CONTINUOUS ELONGATED FLEXIBLE TAPE WOUND AROUND SAID SPOOLS IN A PLURALITY OF LOOPS AND EXTENDING FROM THE OUTSIDE LOOP AND FROM THE INSIDE LOOP INTERMEDIATE SAID SPOOLS, FEEDING MEANS INCLUDING AN ELECTRIC MOTOR AND TAPE MOVING MEANS DRIVEN THEREBY FOR MOVING SAID TAPE, SAID TAPE MOVING MEANS ENGAGING THE TAPE EXTENDING FROM THE INSIDE LOOP AND DRAWING SAID TAPE FROM SAID INSIDE LOOP TO CAUSE ROTATION OF SAID SPOOLS TO WIND TAPE PASSED THROUGH THE PROGRAM DEVICE ON THE OUTSIDE LOOP, SAID LOOPS MOVING FROM OUTSIDE POSITIONS TO INSIDE POSITIONS AS SAID SPOOLS ROTATE WITH SAID LOOPS REMAINING OF SUBSTANTIALLY THE SAME LENGTH AND HAVING SLACK THEREIN AS THEY MOVE FROM OUTSIDE TO INSIDE POSITIONS, A RECEPTACLE POSITIONED BELOW SAID FEEDING MEANS FOR STORING TAPE REMOVED FROM SAID SPOOLS, SAID TAPE DRAWN FROM SAID INSIDE LOOP BY SAID FEEDING MEANS DROPPING INTO SAID RECEPTACLE AND ACCUMULATING IN STACKED RELATION THEREIN, MEANS GUIDING THE TAPE FROM SAID RECEPTACLE TO