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US 5,310,445 AGranted
Tape dispenser
AssigneeThe Gillette Company
InventorWilliam E. Tucker
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Abstract
A hand operated device for transferring an adhesive film from a carrier tape to a substrate is provided with a feed spool containing the carrier tape, and a take-up spool mounted in a housing. The carrier tape is fed from the feed spool to the take-up spool over an applicator bar and the take-up spool is driven by the feed spool through a clutch plate to maintain a degree of tension in the carrier tape during operation of the device.
Claims14
A hand operated device for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate comprising
- wall structure forming a housing having an applicator means and containing a carrier tape disposed on a feed spool axially mounted for rotation and having a face surface;
- a take-up spool rotatably mounted for receiving tape from said feed spool after having passed over said applicator means,
- a clutch plate having a face surface controlling said feed spool face surface and disposed for rotation about a common axis with said feed spool, said clutch plate face surface contacting said take-up spool face surface for rotating said take-up spool upon rotation of said clutch plate;
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- biasing means for forcing said face surface of said clutch plate into contact with said face surface of said feed spool;
- whereby tape moved over said applicator means is effective to cause rotation of said feed spool and said clutch plate through frictional contact therebetween to thereby rotate said take-up spool, and a predetermined tensile force in said tape is effective to cause slippage between said feed spool and said clutch plate.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.