Method and apparatus for stuffing ribbons
AssigneeBurroughs Corporation
InventorsDonald William Biggs, Wilson Parker Rayfield
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Abstract
Disclosed is a method and apparatus for stuffing ribbons in a cartridge including a cartridge base receiver plate, a cam guided threader, and a measured length stuffer. A lid applier clamps the lid on the base of the cartridge and the cartridge is ejected from the apparatus for sealing the ribbon in a continuous loop.
Claims10
An apparatus for stuffing a ribbon in an endless tape cartridge comprising:
- a frame;
- a stationary guide cam mounted on the frame to surround a cartridge to be stuffed;
- a threader cam follower adapted to rotate and follow the guide cam;
- a threader pin carried by said cam follower depending therefrom and adapted to intersect a ribbon drawn from a supply roll, and having its free end clamped at a position within the guide cam and adapted to draw the ribbon with the pin as the cam follower rotates about the guide cam;
- a ribbon clamp for holding said free end of said ribbon in the clamped position within the guide cam;
- and
- drive means to drive said follower about said guide cam to thereby cause said ribbon to be drawn through the cartridge to be threaded to complete threading of the cartridge to be stuffed.
A method of stuffing ribbon in a cartridge comprising providing the cartridge to be stuffed to a cartridge stuffing apparatus having a supply of ribbon with the free end of the ribbon clamped to the clamp position thereon;
- causing a threader cam follower pin to be positioned against the ribbon and drawn through its path and into the cartridge while the free end remains clamped;
- releasing the clamped free end of the ribbon after the ribbon has been partially threaded into the cartridge;
- and
- mechanically drawing the ribbon through the remaining portion of the cartridge along the path to be threaded.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.