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US 11,155,433 B2Granted
Tape machine
OwnerRichard Scott Fleet, Ron Shelerinventors
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Abstract
A tape machine includes a base, one or more wheels connected to the base, one or more uprights extending upwards from the base, a roller connected to the base, and a tape roll housing connected to the uprights and configured to receive a roll of tape therein to allow for rotational unwinding of the roll of tape. A cutter connected to the base and moveable between an idle position and a cut position. A blade on the cutter is moveable to cut the tape when in cut position.
Claims11
A tape machine for applying tape to a supporting surface, the tape machine comprising:
- a base having a front end and a rear end;
- one or more wheels connected to the base, wherein the wheels are configured to be supported by the supporting surface;
- an upright extending upwards from the base;
- a tape roll housing connected to the upright, wherein the tape roll housing is configured to receive a roll of tape therein and allow for rotational unwinding of the roll of tape;
- a roller connected to the base, wherein the roller comprises an elongate wheel configured to receive tape from a tape roll and to roll along the supporting surface;
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- a cutter connected to the base, the cutter comprising a cylinder having a blade connected thereto and configured to move along an outer surface of the cylinder, wherein the cutter is moveable between an idle position away from the tape and behind the roller and a cut position in between the front roller and the tape, and wherein the blade that is configured to move across a length of the cutter to cut tape that is extended between a roll of tape positioned in the tape roll housing and the roller.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.