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US 4,067,563 AGranted
Tape splicer
AssigneeBib Hi-Fi Accessories Limited
InventorWilliam Retzler
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Abstract
A tape splicer comprising a base and at least one clamping member pivotably mounted on the base for movement between a first position and a second position for respectively clamping a tape against the base and allowing tape to be placed on or lifted off the base, a clamping portion of the clamping member, in the first position, being resiliently pressed against a clamping surface of the base by virtue of elastic deformation of part of the tape splicer.
Claims11
A tape splicer comprising
- a base, comprising a one-piece moulding which includes a bearing surface and a clamping surface, and
- at least one clamping member including a clamping portion and a bearing part, the clamping member being pivotally connected to the base for movement between a first position and a second position, in which first position the said bearing part bears against the bearing surface on one side of a plane normal to the bearing surface and containing the axis of the pivotal connection, and a part of the tape splicer is elastically deformed, the resilience of which part causes the clamping portion to be pressed towards the clamping surface, and in which second position the said bearing part bears against the bearing surface on the other side of the said plane and the said clamping portion is spaced from the clamping surface.
A tape splicer comprising
- a base, comprising a one-piece moulding which includes a bearing surface and a clamping surface, and
- at least one clamping member including a clamping portion and a bearing part, the clamping member being pivotally connected to the base for movement between a first position and a second position, in which first position the said bearing part bears against the bearing surface on one side of a plane normal to the bearing surface and containing the axis of the pivotal connection, a part of the base then being elastically deformed, the resilience of which part causes the clamping portion to be pressed towards the clamping surface, and in which second position the said bearing part bears against the bearing surface on the other side of the said plane and the said clamping portion is spaced from the clamping surface.
A kit of parts for assembly to make a tape splicer, the kit comprising:
- a base, comprising a one-piece moulding which includes a bearing surface and a clamping surface,
- at least one clamping member including a clamping portion and a bearing part,
- the base and the or each clamping member including means which, when the kit is assembled, afford a pivotal connection which allows pivotal movement of the or each clamping member between a first position and a second position, in which first position the bearing part bears against the bearing surface on one side of a plane normal to the bearing surface and containing the axis of the pivotal connection, and a part of the tape splicer is elastically deformed, the resilience of which part causes the clamping portion to be pressed towards the clamping surface, and in which second position the said bearing part bears against the bearing surface on the other side of the said plane and the said clamping portion is spaced from the clamping surface.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.