Coiled tape magazine for embossing machines and the like

Claim 1

A MAGAZINE FOR CONTAINING A COIL OF TAPE OR THE LIKE COMPRISING A PAIR OF SUBSTANTIALLY SYMMETRICAL SECTIONS EACH HAVING A GENERALLY PLANAR BASE AND A NORMALLY RELATED PERIPHERAL FLANGE DEFINING A TAPE COIL RECEIVING CAVITY, FLEXIBLE MEANS FORMED INTEGRALLY WITH AND CONNECTING SAID SECTIONS AT ADJACENT PERIPHERAL PORTIONS THEREOF ALONG THEIR GENERAL LINE OF SYMMETRY, SAID MEANS BEING RESILIENT WHEREBY SAID SECTIONS MAY BE FOLDED INTO A CLOSED POSITION WHEREIN SAID CAVITIES DEFINE A SUBSTANTIALLY ENCLOSED CHAMBER AND THE ENDS OF SAID FLANGES ON THE RESPECTIVE SECTIONS ARE IN OPPOSED ABUTTING RELATION, SAID FLANGES ADJACENT SAID MEANS BEING SPACED TO DEFINE A GENERALLY TANGENTIAL TAPE DISCHARGE OPENING, SAID BASES HAVING OPENINGS THEREIN EXTENDING FROM ADJACENT THE FLANGES TO A MEDICAL PORTION OF THE BASE AND DEFINING AN ACCESS OPENING TO TAPE WITHIN SAID CAVITY, MEANS SECURING SAID SECTIONS IN SAID CLOSED POSITION, MEANS ON AT LEAST ONE OF SAID SECTIONS ADAPTED TO ENGAGE SPACED PORTIONS OF THE OUTER CONVOLUTION OF A TAPE COIL AND MAINTAIN THE SAME IN SPACED RELATION TO THE MAJOR PORTION OF THE INNER PERIPHERAL SURFACES OF SAID FLANGES, AND DETENTS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM OPPOSED BASE PORTIONS ADJACENT SAID ACCESS OPENINGS.