Tape applicator
AssigneeBliss & Laughlin Industries Incorporated
InventorsEugene R. Johnson, Jack P. Haran
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Abstract
A tape applicator and mastic dispenser for dry wall taping comprising a holder for a replaceable cartridge, means for forcing mastic material from said cartridge through a discharge outlet onto a tape, tape advancing means for feeding a tape from a supply roll beneath the discharge outlet, a roll for applying a mastic coated segment of tape onto a wall joint and means connecting the roll to the tape advancing means for positioning the roll in retracted or tape supporting position by actuation of the tape advancing means, whereby the pressure roll is retracted as tape is advanced beneath the discharge outlet and selectively positionable in front of the dispenser for supporting and applying mastic coated tape to a wall joint.
Claims12
A tape applicator and mastic dispenser comprising:
- means for dispensing mastic material from a container through a discharge outlet;
- means for supporting a roll of tape on said dispensing means;
- tape advancing means including means for periodically activating same and feeding tape from a thus supported roll of tape beneath said discharge outlet;
- a pressure roll for applying a mastic coated segment of tape to a wall joint;
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- means connecting said pressure roll to said tape advancing means for positioning said roll in retracted or tape supporting positions by actuation of said tape advancing means, whereby said pressure roll is retracted as tape is advanced beneath said discharge outlet and positioned in front of said dispensing means for supporting and applying mastic coated tape to a wall joint when said tape advancing means is not activated.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.