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US 4,729,553 AGranted
Gripping guide bar for carrier strip
AssigneeKloften & Kloften A/S
InventorSigmund Ege
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Abstract
A guide bar for carrier strip grips the strip ribbon between adjustable pins and can accept a wide range of strip dimensions. The pins project from spring-actuated disks that are recessed into the upper surface of a slide bar. Associated gears at the undersurface of the bar cause pairs of the disks to turn in unison.
Claims5
A device for holding carrier strip including a ribbon having regularly spaced elements projecting therefrom, said device comprising:
- (A) a guide plate comprising a groove for slidably accommodating an elongated bar member,
- (B) an elongated sliding bar member comprising an upper flat surface supportingly underlying said ribbon and said elements,
- (C) two pairs of circular recesses in said surface,
- (D) two pairs of disks fitting in slidable rotation into said recesses, surfaces of said disks being flush with said upper flat surface,
- (E) gripping means including a pin means projecting upwardly from each of said disks being grippingly disposed against opposite pages of said ribbon, at least one of said pins means being disposed in abutment with one of said spaced elements,
- (F) individual gear means attached to each of said disks, said gear means being positioned on an underside of said bar member, said gear means of each of said pairs of disks intermeshing, whereby rotation of one disk causes rotation of the other disk of either pair, and spring means on said bar for rotating said disks, thereby urging together said gripping means.
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