Strip feeder for adhesive tape

Claim 1

A FEEDING DEVICE FOR A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE STRIP WHICH COMPRISES INNER AND OUTER CONTINUOUS FEEDING SURFACES EACH DRIVEN LONGITUDINALLY IN A CLOSED PATH, SAID FEEDING SURFACES BEING ADAPTED TO SANDWICH THE STRIP BETWEEN THEM AND MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THEIR RESPECTIVE PATHS WITH SAID INNER FEEDING SURFACE PROGRESSIVELY ADHERING LIGHTLY TO A NARROW LONGITUDINAL CONTACT AREA OF THE ADHESIVE SIDE OF THE STRIP AND SAID OUTER FEEDING SURFACE PROGRESSIVELY CONTACTING A CORRESPONDING LONGITUDINAL AREA OF THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID STRIP, WHEREBY SAID STRIP IS PROGRESSIVELY ADVANCED WITH SAID FEEDING SURFACES AS THEY MOVE FORWARD TOGETHER IN SAID ADJACENT PORTIONS OF THEIR PATHS, THE SAID LONGITUDINAL CONTACT AREAS BEING CENTRALLY LOCATED TRANSVERSELY OF THE STRIP, AND A GUIDE TRACK EXTENDING LONGITUDINALLY OF SAID STRIP FOR GUIDING THE STRIP AS IT IS BEING ADVANCED BY SAID FEEDING SURFACES, SAID INNER FEEDING SURFACE RUNNING WITHIN SAID TRACK AND SAID TRACK COMPRISING OPPOSED SIDE GUIDE PORTIONS LOCATED TRANSVERSELY OUTWARDLY OF SAID FEEDING SURFACES FOR GUIDING THE STRIP ON EACH SIDE OF SAID FEEDING SURFACES, SAID SIDE GUIDE PORTIONS BEING DISPLACED INWARDLY AWAY FROM THE NORMAL PLANE OF CONTACT BETWEEN THE STRIP AND SAID FEEDING SURFACES FOR CAUSING THE STRIP TO ASSUME A THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION WHILE SAID STRIP IS SANDWICHED BETWEEN SAID FEEDING SURFACES; WHEREBY SAID STRIP IS CAUSED TO ASSUME A THREE DIMENSIONAL TRANSVERSE CROSS-SECTION AS IT IS PROGRESSIVELY ADVANCED WITH SAID FEEDING SURFACES, AND THEN FED FORWARD AND AWAY FROM THE FEEDING SURFACES WHILE RETAINING ITS THREE DIMENSIONAL CROSS-SECTION.