Binding tape reel having a tape cleaning tool
AssigneeXerox Corporation
InventorsTed A. Beer, Geoffrey C. Williams
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Abstract
A reel on which a supply of binding tape is mounted. The reel has a hub adapted to be mounted on a shaft with at least one flange extending radially outwardly therefrom. The flange is adapted to engage a braking member to maintain the binding tape unwinding from the reel under tension as the reel rotates. The flange is mounted in a core of the reel with a pair of opposed, spaced frames extending radially outwardly from the core. The binding tape is wound about the core between the frames. A tape cleaning tool is molded integrally with the hub. The tool is molded operator removable from the hub and facilitates cleaning of the tape guides during routine maintenance.
Claims6
A reel for storing a supply of binding tape, including a cleaning member molded integrally with the reel so as to be transportable therewith, said cleaning member having a weakened region so as to be readily operator breakable at the weakened region enabling the operator to remove said cleaning member from the reel to clean the tape.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.