Apparatus for applying tape

Claim 1

A TAPING DEVICE FOR SPREADING AN ADHESIVE ON ONE SIDE OF A CONTINUOUS STRIP OF TAPE AND APPLYING THE TAPE TO WALL BOARD OR THE LIKE, THE TAPING DEVICE COMPRISING: ELONGATED FRAME MEANS INCLUDING AN ENCLOSED ELONGATED RESERVIOR FOR ADHESIVE HAVING A TAPE INLET AND A TAPE OUTLET ARRANGED AT OPPOSITE ENDS OF SAID RESORVOIR, SAID RESERVOIR HAVING ONE STRAIGHT WALL AND AN OPPOSED ACURATE WALL AGIANST WHICH TAPE IS PLACED PROIOR TO FILLING SAID RESERVOIR WITH ADHESIVE, SAID ACURATE WALL BEING ARRANGED TO EXTEND CONTINUOUSLY BETWEEN SAID INLET AND SAID OUTLET SO AS TO CONCENTRATE THE ADHESIVE PLACED IN THE RESERROIR AND SAID TAPE IS IN CONTINUOUS CONTACT WITH THE ADHESIVE IN THE RESERVIOR, WHEREBY THE TAPE PASSING THROUGH THE RESERVOIR IS COMPLETELY COATED BY THE ADHESIVE, SUPPORT MEANS FOR A ROLL TAPE MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME MEANS ADJACENT TO AND IN ALIGNMENT WITH SAID RESERVOIR WHEREBY TAPE LEAVING SAID ROLL PASSES DIRECTLY INTO SAID RESERVOIR, MANIPULATING HANDLE MEANS EXTENDING OUTWARDLY FROM SAID SUPPORT MEANS, ADJUSTABLE GATE VALVE MEANS MOUNTED AT SAID TAPE OUTLET ARRANGED TO PRESS AGAINST SAID ARCUATE WALL WITH THE TAPE PASSING THERETHROUGH HAVING ITS UNCOATED SIDE AGAINST SAID ACRUATE WALL AND TO CONTROL THE AMOUNT OF ADHESIVE ON THE OPPOSITE SIDE OF THE TAPE, ONE WAY RELEASE MEANS ADJACENT THE OUTLET OF SAID RESERVOIR FOR PASSING TAPE OUTWARDLY FROM SAID GATE VALVE MEANS TO PREVENT INWARD MOVEMENT THEREOF, SELECTIVELY OPERABLE LOCK MEANS FOR TEMPORARILY LOCKINGS SAID TAPE FROM TRAVEL FROM SAID GATE VALVE MEANS, CUT-OFF KNIFE MEANS MOVABLE TO TAPE CUTTING POSITION, OPERATING MEANS ADJACENT SAID RESERVOIR INTERCONNECTING SAID RELEASED LOCK MEANS AND SAID CUT-OFF KNIFE AND ARRANGED TO INITIALLY ACTUATE SAID SELECTIVELY OPERABLE LOCK MEANS AND THEREAFTER ACTUATE SAID CUT-OFF KNIFE MEANS, AND A PAIR OF INDPENDENT, FREELY ROTATABLE TAPE APPLICATOR WHEELS MOUNTED ON THE END OF SAID FRAME MEANS SPACED FROM AND INDEPENDENT OF SAID CUT-OFF KNIFE MEANS POSITIONED TO PASS THE ADHESIVE COATED SIDE OF TAPE TO A WALL AND PRESS THE COATED TAPE AGAINST THE WALL.