Automatic tape dispensing system
OwnerTodd Sternberg, Nobuhiro Tsuchiyainventors
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Abstract
An automatic tape dispensing system comprising a feed system having a plurality of rollers, the rollers driven by a motor for peeling tape from a tape roll and dispensing the tape from the dispensing system. The system further includes a reel for supporting the tape thereon and a track supporting the reel. The track extends from a first upper end to a second lower end, the reel movable from the upper end to the lower end in response to tape being dispensed from the system in order to maintain a desired tension on the tape roll.
Claims20
An automatic tape dispensing system comprising:
- a feed system having a plurality of rollers, the feed system configured for peeling a tape from a tape roll and dispensing the tape from the dispensing system;
- a reel for supporting the tape thereon;
- a deck for supporting the tape roll thereon;
- and
- a track supporting the reel, the track having a first end and a second end, the reel movable from the first end to the second end in response to the tape being dispensed from the system,
- wherein the deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the tape roll contacts the deck in order to maintain a desired tension on the tape roll.
An automatic tape dispenser comprising:
- a feed system for peeling a tape from a tape roll;
- a track, at least a portion of the track having an arcuate path;
- a deck for supporting the tape roll thereupon;
- and
- a reel for supporting the tape thereon, the reel movable along the arcuate path between a first end of the track and a second end of the track in response to the tape being dispensed from the dispenser,
- wherein the deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the tape roll contacts the deck.
An automatic tape dispenser comprising:
- a feed system having one or more rollers for peeling a tape from a tape roll;
- a track;
- a reel for supporting the tape thereon, the reel movable from a first end of the track to a second end of the track in response to the tape being dispensed from the automatic tape dispenser,
- a deck for supporting the tape roll thereupon;
- and
- a cover for disposing the feed system, the track, and the reel therein, the cover having a plurality of walls,
- wherein at least one of the walls of the cover is configured to removably secure the automatic tape dispenser to a non-horizontal support surface, and
- wherein the deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the tape roll contacts the deck.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.