Semi-automatic (human powered) case sealing machine

A case sealing device for applying a sealing tape to a surface of a case to be sealed, the device comprising:

• a work surface, a first portion of the work surface defining an entry region having a first elevation and a second portion of the work surface defining an exit region having a second lower elevation;
• a taping assembly mounted adjacent the work surface between the entry region and the exit region, the taping assembly including a taping head and a taping head linkage, the linkage having a rotatable first end and a second end, the second end being secured to the taping head, the taping head being adapted to hold an associated roll of tape, the taping head and the taping head linkage being configured to cooperate to dispense a strip of the tape from the taping head onto the surface of the case to be sealed as the case to be sealed is brought into contact with the taping assembly during sliding movement from the entry region to the exit region of the work surface;
• a taping drop region defined between the entry region and the exit region and adjacent the taping assembly in which the case to be sealed is lowered from the first elevation to the second lower elevation;
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• a flexible wiper arm mounted to the taping assembly, the wiper arm extending into the taping drop region as the case reaches the taping drop region and configured to slidably engage and facilitate taping of a trailing face of the case to be sealed as the case moves through the taping drop region from the first elevation of the entry region to the second lower elevation of the exit region.