Clamping tool

A tool usable in connection with a support surface that is separate from the tool, for facilitating removal of feed strips from a sheet of computer paper to which the feed strips are connected by lines of perforations which extend lengthwise of the sheet, comprising:

• an elongated body having a side edge and a base portion, said base portion having lower surface means which can be set onto the support surface;
• a downwardly directed feed strip receiving region extending the full length of the body, said region being disposed laterally between the side edge and the lower surface means, said region having a width substantially equal to the width of the feed strip, said region having a downwardly directed roof surface which is situated above and confronts a feed strip within the region and a vertical side boundary bordering the lower surface means, said vertical side boundary extending downwardly from the roof surface to the lower surface means;
• said downwardly directed roof surface being normally spaced above the lower surface means a distance allowing the tool and a sheet of computer paper to be moved relatively together to insert a feed strip into the region;
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• said tool being movable while on the support surface to lower the roof surface onto the feed strip, so that the roof surface can apply a clamping pressure on the feed strip, clamping the feed strip between the roof surface and the supporting surface, allowing the sheet to be pulled upon and torn along the line of perforations to in that manner separate it from the clamped feed strip.