Apparatus for attaching a strip to a sheet

Claim 1

IN A DEVICE FOR USE IN TRANSFERRING STRIPS FROM A ROLL OF CARRIER TAPE TO ATTACH EACH STRIP TO A MARGINAL EDGE OF A RECTANGULAR SHEET IN OVERLAPPING RELATIONSHIP, THE CARRIER TAPE HAVING A PLURALITY OF THE STRPIS SERIALLY ATTACHED THERETO, EACH STRIP HAVING AN ADHESIVE COATING ON ONE SURFACE THEREOF, THE COMBINATION OF: A BASE HAVING A TABLE THEREON, MEANS ON THE BASE FOR SUPPORTING THE ROLL OF CARRIER TAPE, A GUIDE ELEMENT FIXED TO SAID BASE, AN EDGE STOP FIXED ON SAID TABLE WHEREBY A RECTANGULAR SHEET MAY BE PLACED ON SAID TABLE WITH SAID MARGINAL EDGE ALIGNED BY SAID GUIDE ELEMENT AND WITH ANOTHER EDGE OF THE SHEET CONTACTING SAID EDGE STOP, THE STRIPS EACH BEING MOVABLE LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID TABLE WITH THE ADHESIVE COATING ON EACH STRIP EXPOSED, MEANS ON THE BASE FORMING A PASSAGE FOR SAID CARRIER TAPE AND STRIPS THEREON, A TRANSVERSE ELEMENT MOUNTED ON SAID BASE ADJACENT THE TABLE AND AT ONE END OF SAID PASSAGE, THE CARRIER TAPE ALONE PASSING AROUND SAID TRANSVERSE ELEMENT, WHEREBY MANUAL FORCE SUPPLIED TO TENSION THE CARRIER TAPE ABOUT THE SAID TRANSVERSE ELEMENT IS EFFECTIVE TO SEPARATE A STRIP FRO THE CARRIER TAPE AND TO PROJECT THE STRIP LONGITUDINALLY ON SAID TABLE.