Laminating device for lettered tape

Claim 1

A hand-held device for laminating a piece of adhesive coated laminating tape onto a section of lettered tape or the like of substantially the same width comprising: a housing having a pair of side walls and top, bottom, front and rear edges; a first generally cylindrical roller rotatably mounted between said pair of side walls about a first fixed axis generally perpendicular to said side walls, said first roller having a portion extending above the top edge of said housing to permit manual rotation thereof and having a first cylindrical surface parallel to said first fixed axis; a second generally cylindrical roller rotatably mounted between said pair of side walls about a second fixed axis generally perpendicular to said side walls, said second roller being positioned adjacent said first roller to define a laminating station therebetween and having a second cylindrical surface parallel to said second fixed axis, one of said first and second rollers further having a tape alignment edge extending outwardly from each end of its corresponding cylindrical surface for guiding said laminating tape and said lettered tape in laminating association with said laminating station; a supply of adhesive coated tape rotatably mounted between said pair of side walls about an axis generally perpendicular to said side walls and rearwardly of said first and second rollers, said supply of adhesive backed tape being disposed so that said adhesive coated tape is supplied to said laminating station between said first and second rollers with the adhesive side of said adhesive coated tape facing upwardly; guide means for guiding a section of lettering tape from said top edge toward said laminating station; and means positioned forward of said first and second rollers for severing said adhesive coated tape.