Pressure sensitive tape segment applicator

Claim 1

TAPE SEGMENT APPLICATOR APPARATUS COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING A HAND APERTURE THEREIN, A MANUALLY ENGAGEABLE OPERATING HANDLE PIVOTALLY CONNECTED FOR ROTATION IN SAID HOUSING ABOUT A TRANSVERSE AXIS FORWARDLY OF SAID APERTURE, SAID HANDLE EXTENDING REARWARDLY FROM ITS PIVOT INTO SAID APERTURE AND MOVABLE ABOUT THE PIVOT BETWEEN LOWERED AND RAISED POSITIONS WITHIN THE APERTURE, A PLUNGER MOUNTED FOR VERTICAL RECIPROCATION WITHIN SAID HOUSING FORWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT, SAID HANDLE HAVING AN INTEGRAL RIGID EXTENSION POSITIONED FORWARDLY OF SAID PIVOT AND HAVING THE DISTAL END THEREOF OVERLYING SAID PLUNGER, A LINK MEMBER PIVOTALLY CONNECTED AT ONE END THEREOF TO SAID EXTENSION AND AT THE OTHER END TO SAID PLUNGER FOR MOVING THE PLUNGER DOWNWARDLY IN RESPONSE TO RAISING OF THE HANDLE AND MOVING THE PLUNGER UPWARDLY IN RESPONSE TO LOWERING OF THE HANDLE, AND MEANS CARRIED BY SAID HOUSING AND COUPLED TO SAID HANDLE FOR FEEDING TAPE INTO THE PATH OF SAID PLUNGER IN RESPONSE TO RAISING OF THE HANDLE.