Apparatus for dispensing lengths of adhesive tape having timing means controlled by variable resistances

Claim 1

A TAPE DISPENSING MECHANISM COMPRISING A TAPE DRIVING MEANS FOR DRIVING A TAPE ALONG A PATH, A TAPE CUTTING MEANS LYING ALONG THE PATH OF THE TAPE, A TAPE BIASING MEANS FOR PROCESSING THE TAPE AGAINST THE TAPE DRIVING MEANS SO THAT THE TAPE IS DRIVEN BY THE TAPE DRIVING MEANS, AN ACTUATING MEMBER COUPLED BETWEEN SAID TAPE CUTTING MEANS AND SAID TAPE BIASING MEANS AND MOVABLE FROM A POSITION IN WHCIH THE BIASING MEANS ACTS ON THE TAPE TO BIAS IT AND THE CUTTING MEANS IS OUT OF THE PATH OF THE TAPE TO A POSITION IN WHICH THE BIASING MEANS IS SPACED FROM THE TAPE AND THE CUTTING MAENS CUTS THE TAPE, AN ACTUATING SOLENOID COUPLED TO SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ACTUATING MEANS FROM THE CUTTING POSITION OF SAID TAPE CUTTING MEANS TO THE BIASING POSITION OF SAID BIASING MEANS, SPRING MEANS ENGAGED WITH SAID ACTUATING MEANS FOR MOVING SAID ACTUATING MEANS IN THE OPPOSITE DIRECTION FROM SAID SOLENOID MEANS, AND A CONTROL CIRCUIT IN WHICH SAID SOLENOID IS COUPLED, SAID CONTROL CIRCUIT CONSISTING ESSENTIALLY OF A POWER SUPPLY, A POWER RELAY COUPLED BETWEEN THE POWER SUPPLY AND THE SOLENOID, A PLURALITY OF RESISTANCES EACH ADAPTED TO HAVE A DIFFERENT RESISTANCE VALUE, A CAPACITANCE, AN AMPLIFIER CIRCUIT, A PLURALITY OF CONTROL RELAYS, ONE SIDE