Tape supply reel

Claim 1

IN A TAPE SUPPLY REEL MECHANISM FOR A COIL OF TAPE COMPOSED OF A NUMBER OF CONVOLUTIONS OF TAPE WOUND ONE UPON ANOTHER, THE OUTER CONVOLUTION OF WHICH IS ADAPTED TO BE PULLED FROM THE COIL OF TAPE TO CAUSE THE COIL TO TAPE TO ROTATE; A FRAME MEANS FOR SAID TAPE SUPPLY REEL MECHANISM, AN AXLE MEANS MOUNTED IN SAID FRAME MEANS, A HUB MEANS CARRIED BY SAID AXLE MEANS FOR ROTATION ABOUT SAID AXLE MEANS, SAID HUB MEANS SUPPORTING THE COIL TAPE FOR ROTATION RELATIVE TO SAID FRAME MEANS, AND RETAINING MEANS SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID HUB MEANS FOR OUTWARD MOVEMENT FROM THE CIRCUMFERENTIAL SURFACE OF SAID HUB MEANS TO A POSITION OPPOSITE THE EDGED OF THE INNERMOST CONVOLUTIONS OF TAPE ON THE TAPE REEL; SAID HUB MEANS HAVING FIRST END SURFACES IN PLANES NORMAL TO ITS AXIAL AND SPACED APART A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF A FIRST PREDETERMINED WIDTH OF TAPE FOR SUPPORTING SAID RETAINING MEANS IN A POSITION TO HOLD SAID FIRST WIDTH OF TAPE THEREBETWEEN AND HAVING AT LEAST ONE OTHER END SURFACE ALOS IN A PLANE NORMAL TO ITS AXIS AND SPACED FROM ONE OF THE FIRST END SURFACAES A DISTANCE EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF A SECOND NARROWER PREDETERMINED WIDTH OF TAPE FOR SUPPORTING SAID RETAINING MEANS IN A POSITION TO HOLD SAID SECOND WIDTH OF TAPE THEREBETWEEN.