Hand-operated device for transferring a film from a carrier tape
AssigneePelikan Aktiengesellschaft
InventorsChristoph Manusch, Hans-Jurgen Harp, Roy van Swieten
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Abstract
A hand-operated device for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate has a housing made up of two parts connected by a swivelable linkage. The housing has two rotatable pivot pins coupled to each other by a clutch coupling. A cartridge is held in position in this housing by a suitable arrangement of pins and receptacles. This cartridge has, conrotatably linkable to the pivot pins, a feed reel and a wind-up reel for the tape, and has an applicator element at one end over which the tape runs and which is used to press the tape against the substrate for transfer of the film.
Claims20
A hand-operated device for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate which comprises:
- a housing comprising at least two housing parts;
- a swivel bolt linking said housing parts swivelably together;
- two pivot pins fixed in said housing;
- a feed reel for said tape and a windup reel for said tape rotatably located on said pivot pins in said housing;
- a clutch coupling operatively linking the rotation of said reels;
- an applicator member protruding from said housing, said tape running over said applicator member which is configured so as to press said tape against said substrate to transfer said film to said substrate, said tape thereafter running to said windup reel;
- said applicator member being deflectable in the manner of a spring when downward pressure is applied to said housing;
- said feed reel and said windup reel being contained in a replaceable cartridge fitting into said housing;
- said applicator member being mounted in one end of said cartridge;
- said cartridge having a fixed securing receptacle defining a securing aperture;
- a centering and supporting pin immovably attached to said housing and adapted to fit said securing aperture on said cartridge when said cartridge is placed in said housing;
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- securing means for prevention of rotation of said cartridge around said centering and supporting pin.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.