Tape apparatus

Claim 1

IN A TAPE TRANSPORT SYSTEM HAVING A MOUNTING PANEL, MEANS FOR POSITIONING THE TAPE IN A SELECTED AREA ON THE FRONT OF THE MOUNTING PANEL, A FIRST APERTURE IN THE MOUNTING PANEL POSITIONED ON ONE SIDE OF THE SELECTED AREA, A SECOND APERTURE IN THE MOUNTING PANEL LOCATED ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE SELECTED AREA, BUSHING MEANS POSITIONED IN EACH APERTURE, GUIDING RODS PASSING THROUGH THE BUSHING MEANS, EACH ROD TERMINATING ON THE BACKSIDE OF THE MOUNTING PANEL IN A TOOTHED GEAR, AN INDEXING GEAR POSITIONED BETWEEN THE TOOTHED GEARS OF THE RODS AND IN CONTACT WITH BOTH GEARS, A CONTROL KNOB MOUNTED ON THE FACE OF THE MOUNTING PANEL, FLEXIBLE DRIVE MEANS CONNECTED BETWEEN THE CONTROL KNOB AND THE INDEXING GEAR, INDEXING NOTCHES LOCATED IN THE FACE OF THE INDEXING GEAR AT SELECTED POINTS, AND MEANS ADJACENT EACH GUIDING ROD ON THE FACE OF THE MOUNTING PANEL FOR STRENGTHENING THE TAPE IN THE SELECTED AREA AND FOR KEEPING THE TAPE ON THE GUIDING RODS.