Tape applying apparatus
Abstract
Abstract AN APPARATUS FOR APPLYING A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE TO A SURFACE HAVING A SUPPORT STRUCTURE TO SUPPORT A SUPPLY OF PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE ABOVE THE SURFACE, A PAIR OF ARMS PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED ON THE SUPPORT STRUCTURE AND CONNECTED BY A LINK AT THEIR LOWER ENDS, A SECOND PAIR OF ARMS PIVOTALLY CONNECTED TO THE FIRST PAIR OF ARMS AT THE LOWER ENDS THEREOF, AND A CARRIAGE PIVOTALLY SUPPORTED AT THE LOWER ENDS OF THE SECOND PAIR OF ARMS AND ADAPTED TO CARRY A LENGTH OF TAPE FROM THE SUPPLY. A PNEUMATIC PISTON AND CYLINDER LOWER THE CARRIAGE TO A POINT AT WHICH THE LENGTH OF TAPE CONTACTS THE SURFACE AND ADHERES THERETO AND THEN ADVANCE THE CARRIAGE HORIZONTALLY AND APPLY THE TAPE TO THE SURFACE. A KNIFE IS POSITIONED ON SAID CARRIAGE TO SEVER THE TAPE AT A POINT PRIOR TSO THE TERMINATION OF THE HORIZONTAL ADVANCE OF THE CARRIAGE, AND MEANS ARE PROVIDED SIMULTANEOUSLY TO WITHDRAW A SLIGHT EXCESS OF TAPE FROM THE SUPPLY AND RETURN THE CARRIAGE TO ITS INITIAL POSITION WITH THE EXCESS TAPE IN POSITION TO BE APPLIED TO THE SURFACE DURING THE NEXT CYCLE OF THE APPARATUS.
Inventors
- 👤 Erville C Buck
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