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US 4,731,148 AGranted
Tape splicing block assembly
OwnerClaude M. Karczmerinventor
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Abstract
A tape splicing block assembly including a block member provided with a flat bed surface sized for supporting a length of magnetic tape that is clamped thereto by a pair of releasable clamp members having inwardly directed longitudinal lips which engage narrow regions of the tape edges along the length of the bed surface.
Claims8
An improved tape splicing block assembly comprising:
- (a) a block member defined in part by a longitudinal flat bed surface for supporting a length of tape thereon;
- (b) a pair of releasable clamp members carried by the block member and disposable between a first position for clamping the tape to the bed surface and a second position for permitting removal or insertion of the tape with respect to the bed surface;
- (c) means carried by the clamp members for clamping substantially continuous inwardly disposed regions of the tape edges along substantially the length of the bed surface, whereby the entire length of tape on the bed surface may be securely clamped thereto while permitting sufficient access to the tape for completing a proper splice joint;
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- (d) means for disposing the clamp members between the first and second positions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.