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US 3,972,487 AGranted
Loading device for reels of paper tape
AssigneeIng. C. Olivetti & C., S.p.A.
InventorArmando Costa
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Abstract
A loading device for reels of paper tape wound on a central spool is provided with an automatic device for ejecting the empty spools, by introducing a new full reel.
Claims7
A loading device for reels of paper tape wound on a central spool comprising:
- a container provided with an opening at the bottom portion thereof and an upper opening receptive of reels of paper tape, introduced one at a time into said container through said upper opening,
- support means for supporting said reels, and
- ejection means movable in said container and engageable with said reel which is successively inserted to effect the movement of said ejection means from a rest position to an ejection position in order to eject through said bottom opening said central spool of the preceding reel, now completely unwound.
A loading device for reels of paper tape wound on a central spool comprising:
- a container having an opening at the bottom portion thereof and an opening at the top portion thereof and receptive through the top opening of reels of paper tape loaded one at a time;
- means for mounting a loaded paper tape in the container for free rotational movement;
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- automatic spool ejecting means for ejecting the empty spool of a previously loaded tape through the bottom opening when another wound paper tape is loaded in the container through the top opening.
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