Apparatus for application of a tape of insulating material in the longitudinal direction of a substantially rectangular electrical conductor

Apparatus for application of a tape of insulating material provided with a heat-fixing binder to a substantially elongated rectangular electrical conductor in the longitudinal direction thereof by a series of successively positioned operating stations, comprising:

• first means for heating said conductor;
• means for contacting a portion of said tape with a first side of the conductor subsequent to the heating thereof to fix said tape portion to said conductor;
• means for subsequently successively contacting in turn other portions of the tape with other respective sides of the conductor;
• second means for heating said conductor and being located after said first means for contacting and before the last one of said means for subsequently successively contacting in the direction of movement of said conductor and tape;
• and
• means for moving said conductor through said first and second means for heating, and for moving said conductor and said tape through said means for contacting, and said means for successively contacting.