Tape applicating apparatus

Claim 1

An apparatus for severing and applying short lengths of a flexible fibrous material cut from a length of said material and having an adhesive disposed on one side thereof to a product including: a housing; dispensing means mounted on said housing and adapted to advance predetermined lengths of the flexible fibrous material; cutting means for severing the dispensed lengths of flexible material; and an applicating means mounted on said housing so as to receive the severed lengths of measured material dispensed by said dispensing means, said applicating means comprising: a reciprocating pad located on the side of said cutting means opposite said dispensing means having a surface suitable for pressing a severed length of material against a product; a bifurcated plate supported on said pad and defining fingers positioned one on each side of said pad and extending toward each other, said plate being movably mounted in relation to said pad to hold a severed portion of said fibrous material against said surface of said pad and adapted to move with said pad so that when said pad is moved said fingers hold said fibrous material firmly; means for retracting said fingers and said reciprocating pad from said product; a push rod supported for reciprocating movement parallel to and independent of said pad and positioned for movement between said fingers to a holding position when said pad has applied said severed material to said product to hold said severed material against said product when said pad and fingers are retracted insuring the severed material is not pulled from the product when the fingers are retracted.

Claim 2

An apparatus for severing and applying short lengths of a flexible fibrous material cut from a length of said material and having an adhesive disposed on one side thereof to a product including: a housing; dispensing means mounted on said housing and adapted to advance predetermined lengths of the flexible fibrous material; cutting means for severing the dispensed lengths of flexible material; and an applicating means mounted on said housing so as to receive the severed lengths of measured material dispensed by said dispensing means, said applicating means comprising: a reciprocating pad located on the side of said cutting means opposite said dispensing means having a surface suitable for pressing a severed length of material against a product; a bifurcated plate supported on said pad and defining fingers positioned one on each side of said pad and extending toward each other, said plate being movably mounted in relation to said pad to hold a severed portion of said fibrous material against said surface of said pad and adapted to move with said pad so that when said pad is moved said fingers hold said fibrous material firmly; means for retracting said fingers and said reciprocating pad from said product; a push rod supported for reciprocating movement parallel to and independent of said pad and positioned for movement between said fingers to a holding position when said pad has applied said severed material to said product to hold said severed material against said product when said pad and fingers are retracted insuring the severed material is not pulled from the product when the fingers are retracted.

Claim 9

AN APPARATUS FOR SEVERING AND APPLYING SHORT LENGTHS OF TAPE COMPRISING A BACKING HAVING A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING ON ONE SURFACE THEREOF, A LINER WIDER THAN SAID BACKING, SAID LINER SURFACING SAID ADHESIVE WITH THE EDGES OF SAID LINER EXTENDING BEYOND SAID BACKING AND SAID BACKING HAVING A LOFTY FIBERS SURFACE OPPOSITE SAID ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE, TO A PRODUCT INCLUDING: A HOUSING, A PLATEN FOR SUPPORTING SAID TAPE AND LINER, SAID PLATEN HAVING A WIDTH EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID BACKING, A GUIDE ROLLER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIBROUS SURFACE TO HOLD SAID TAPE AND LINER ON SAID PLATEN, SAID ROLLER HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING FLANGES TO ENGAGE AND BOND TO OUTWARD EXTENDING EDGES OF SAID LINER AONG THE EDGES OF SAID PLATEN TO GUIDE SAID TAPE AND INER ALONG SAID PLATEN, MEANS FOR DISPENSING TAPE FROM AN END OF SAID PLATEN IN PREDETERMINED MEASURED LENGTHS COMPRISING A DRIVEN ROLLER WHICH ENGAGES THE LOFTY SURFACE OF SAID TAPE TO MOVE SAID TAPE AND LINER ALONG SAID PLATEN, AND MEANS AT SAID END OF SAID PLATEN FOR PEELING SAID LINER FROM SAID TAPE, CUTTING MEANS FOR SEVERING THE DISPENSED LENGTHS OF TAPE, AND AN APPLICATING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING TO RECEIVE THE SEVERED LENGTHS OF TAPE COMPRISING: A RECIPROOCATING PAD LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE CUTTING MEANS OPPOSITE SAID DISPENSING MEANS HAVING A SURFACE SUITABLE FOR PRESSING A SEVERED LENGTHS OF TAPE AGAINST THE PRODUCT, A BIFURCATED PLATE SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID PAD AND DEFINING A PAIR OF FINGERS POSITIONED ONE ON EACH SIDE OF SAID PAD AND MOVABLE IN RELATION TO SAID PAD TO HOLD A SEVERED PORTION OF SAID TAPE FIRMLY AGAINST AN APPLICATING SURFACE OF SAID PAD AND ADAPTED TO MOVE WITH SAID PAD, SAID FINGERS EXTENDING TOWARD EACH OTHER OVER SAID SURFACE, MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID FINGERS AND SAID RECIPROCATING PAD FROM SAID PRODUCT, A PUSH ROD SUPPORTED FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO AND INDEPENDENT OF SAID PAD AND IN POSITION FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID FINERS TO A HOLDING POSITION WHEREBY WHEN SAID PAD HAS APPLIED SAID SEVERED LENGTH OF TAPE TO SAID PRODUCT, SAID ROD CAN HOLD SAID SEVERED MATERIAL AGAINST SAID PRODUCT WHILE SAID AD AND FINGERS ARE RETRACTED INSURING THE SEVERED MATERIAL REMAINS IN CONTACT WITH SAID SUBSTRATE WHEN THE FINGERS ARE RETRACTED.

Claim 10

AN APPARATUS FOR SEVERING AND APPLYING SHORT LENGTHS OF TAPE COMPRISING A BACKING HAVING A PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE COATING ON ONE SURFACE THEREOF, A LINER WIDER THAN SAID BACKING, SAID LINER SURFACING SAID ADHESIVE WITH THE EDGES OF SAID LINER EXTENDING BEYOND SAID BACKING AND SAID BACKING HAVING A LOFTY FIBERS SURFACE OPPOSITE SAID ADHESIVE COATED SURFACE, TO A PRODUCT INCLUDING: A HOUSING, A PLATEN FOR SUPPORTING SAID TAPE AND LINER, SAID PLATEN HAVING A WIDTH EQUAL TO THE WIDTH OF SAID BACKING, A GUIDE ROLLER ENGAGEABLE WITH SAID FIBROUS SURFACE TO HOLD SAID TAPE AND LINER ON SAID PLATEN, SAID ROLLER HAVING RADIALLY EXTENDING FLANGES TO ENGAGE AND BOND TO OUTWARD EXTENDING EDGES OF SAID LINER AONG THE EDGES OF SAID PLATEN TO GUIDE SAID TAPE AND INER ALONG SAID PLATEN, MEANS FOR DISPENSING TAPE FROM AN END OF SAID PLATEN IN PREDETERMINED MEASURED LENGTHS COMPRISING A DRIVEN ROLLER WHICH ENGAGES THE LOFTY SURFACE OF SAID TAPE TO MOVE SAID TAPE AND LINER ALONG SAID PLATEN, AND MEANS AT SAID END OF SAID PLATEN FOR PEELING SAID LINER FROM SAID TAPE, CUTTING MEANS FOR SEVERING THE DISPENSED LENGTHS OF TAPE, AND AN APPLICATING MEANS MOUNTED ON SAID HOUSING TO RECEIVE THE SEVERED LENGTHS OF TAPE COMPRISING: A RECIPROOCATING PAD LOCATED ON THE SIDE OF THE CUTTING MEANS OPPOSITE SAID DISPENSING MEANS HAVING A SURFACE SUITABLE FOR PRESSING A SEVERED LENGTHS OF TAPE AGAINST THE PRODUCT, A BIFURCATED PLATE SLIDABLY SUPPORTED ON SAID PAD AND DEFINING A PAIR OF FINGERS POSITIONED ONE ON EACH SIDE OF SAID PAD AND MOVABLE IN RELATION TO SAID PAD TO HOLD A SEVERED PORTION OF SAID TAPE FIRMLY AGAINST AN APPLICATING SURFACE OF SAID PAD AND ADAPTED TO MOVE WITH SAID PAD, SAID FINGERS EXTENDING TOWARD EACH OTHER OVER SAID SURFACE, MEANS FOR RETRACTING SAID FINGERS AND SAID RECIPROCATING PAD FROM SAID PRODUCT, A PUSH ROD SUPPORTED FOR RECIPROCATING MOVEMENT PARALLEL TO AND INDEPENDENT OF SAID PAD AND IN POSITION FOR MOVEMENT BETWEEN SAID FINERS TO A HOLDING POSITION WHEREBY WHEN SAID PAD HAS APPLIED SAID SEVERED LENGTH OF TAPE TO SAID PRODUCT, SAID ROD CAN HOLD SAID SEVERED MATERIAL AGAINST SAID PRODUCT WHILE SAID AD AND FINGERS ARE RETRACTED INSURING THE SEVERED MATERIAL REMAINS IN CONTACT WITH SAID SUBSTRATE WHEN THE FINGERS ARE RETRACTED.