Masking tape applicator for pipe
AssigneePrice International, Inc.
InventorFranklin Montague Adams
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Abstract
A device which applies a strip of masking tape to a pipe, particulary to the inside pipe surface. A frame carries a pair of rollers which roll along the inside pipe surface. The tape is mounted on a reel and is unwound in a strip which is pressed against the inside pipe surface by the rollers. An outer guide roller is carried on a hand lever assembly and is biased against the outside surface of the pipe in order to maintain the inner rollers against the inside pipe surface. The hand lever may be pulled away from the pipe to disengage the outer roller therefrom for removal of the applicator device from the pipe.
Claims1
A device for applying tape to the inside surface of a pipe, said device comprising:
- a frame;
- a pair of tape applicator rollers rotatably mounted on said frame at spaced apart locations theron and adapted to roll in a generally circumferential direction along the inside pipe surface in a manner to press a strip of tape thereagainst;
- tape support means on said frame for supporting a roll of tape and dispensing tape from the roll in a strip, said tape support means being located approximately on an imaginary perpendicular bisector of a straight line extending between said applicator rollers and being disposed within the pipe when said applicator rollers are applied to the inside surface thereof;
- a guide roller rotatably mounted on said frame and adapted to roll along the outside pipe surface in opposition to said applicator and guide rollers;
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- resilient means for urging said applicator and quide rollers generally toward one another to maintain the rollers in rolling contact with the pipe as said frame moves around same.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.