US 4,230,519 AGranted

Tape applying apparatus

AssigneeLathrop Paulson Company

InventorWarren DuBroff

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Abstract

An apparatus for applying strips of tape around objects positioned adjacent the apparatus. A pair of tape holding reels are supported for movement in a path extending around the position occupied by the object. A tape end is applied to a surface of the object, and drive means are then operated for moving the tape reels around the object. The tape is thereby unreeled and automatically applied to the object surface. At the end of the track, or other means defining the path, severing means are utilized for separating a severed end from a reel whereby this severed end can be attached to an object surface to thereby complete the tape applying operation. The respective reels are inverted relative to each other with one reel being utilized for application of tape during movement of the reels in one direction and with the other reel being utilized for application of tape during movement in the opposite direction.

Claims7

Dependent claims

In an apparatus for applying strips of tape around objects positioned adjacent the apparatus, the improvement comprising a pair of tape holding reels, support means for said reels, a path extending around the position occupied by said objects, and means for driving said support means along said path, a tape end from one of said reels being applied to each object at a first location on the surface of the object, a portion of said tape being unreeled from said one reel as the support means moves around the object whereby the tape is applied over the object surface, and means for severing the tape, the severed end of the unreeled tape portion being adapted to be applied to the object surface at a second location, said tape comprising pressure sensitive tape, said support means holding the tape on one reel in an inverted position relative to the tape on the second reel whereby the pressure sensitive surface of tape unreeled from said one reel faces in a direction opposite the pressure sensitive surface of tape unreeled from said second reel, the tape on said one reel being unreeled when driving the tape support means in one direction along said path, and the tape on the second reel being unreeled when driving the tape support means in the opposite direction along said path.

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