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US 2026/0042632 A1Published application
Automatic tape dispensing system
OwnerTodd Sternberg, Nobuhiro Tsuchiyainventors
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Abstract
An automatic tape dispenser including a controller, a reel for supporting tape roll thereon, and a feed system configured to receive the tape and peel the tape from the tape roll. The system further includes a sensor communicatively coupled to the controller, wherein the sensor is operable to detect a characteristic of the tape such that in response to detecting the characteristic, an operation of the feed system is adjusted.
Claims20
An automatic tape dispensing system, comprising:
- a reel assembly rotatably supporting a roll of tape and comprising a reel configured to move along a track in response to tape being dispensed from the automatic tape dispensing system;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to sense a tape characteristic;
- wherein the controller is configured to adjust an operation of the reel assembly in response to sensing the tape characteristic.
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An automatic tape dispensing system, comprising:
- a track comprising a first end and a second end;
- a reel assembly comprising a roll of tape and an outer reel disposed around an inner reel, wherein the reel assembly is configured to between the first end of the track and the second end of the track in response to tape being dispensed from the automatic tape dispensing system;
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- a controller communicatively coupled to a sensor, wherein the sensor is configured to sense a length of the tape or a width of the tape.
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An automatic tape dispensing system, comprising:
- a reel assembly rotatably supporting a roll of tape and comprising a reel configured to move along a track in response to tape being dispensed from the automatic tape dispensing system;
- a controller configured to adjust a speed of the reel assembly in response to an input from a sensor;
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- a deck configured to support the roll of tape, wherein the deck exerts a normal force in a direction perpendicular to a point where the roll of tape contacts the deck.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.