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AssigneeGraco Minnesota Inc.
InventorsRoland M. Bedard, John M. Bryce, Todd B. Hillukka, Dennis Kemmetmueller, August F. Legatt, Joshua Roden, Daniel D. Rohling, Anthony J. Shakal
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A road taping machine is configured to unspool road marking tape from a spool and tamp that tape onto pavement via a tamping roller. Tape is cut using a blade assembly, and aligned with several alignment rollers. A pivot arm permits a subset of the alignment rollers to displace, allowing slack in the tape to be taken in during cutting such that taping can occur continuously, despite cuts. The spool is housed on an axle anchored to a support arm that can be actuated between an elevated position for loading, and a depressed position for taping. A taping section of the machine is laterally displaceable relative to a drive section via a displacement plate, to permit taping of laterally remote locations. The machine can support multiple spools, including spools with tape paths that bypass the blade assembly.
A road taping machine configured to carry and apply road marking tape to pavement, the road taping machine comprising:
A method of dispensing sections of road marking tape to pavement via a road taping machine, the method comprising:
A road taping machine disposed to apply road marking tape from a spool into pavement via a tamping roller, the road taping machine comprising:
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.