Adhesive tape-supplying device and tape-winding apparatus utilizing same

Abstract

The present invention is to provide a tape-winding apparatus utilizing an adhesive tape-supplying device. The tape winding apparatus provides a smooth and a good appearance winding of the adhesive tape, which has a high extensibility and high adherence, around an object such as an electrical wire without stretch of the adhesive tape and difficulty of winding off the adhesive tape. The adhesive tape-supplying device includes an axle for rotatably supporting an adhesive tape reel; a rotating disk having the axle at the center thereof; a one-way bearing projecting near from an outer circumference of the rotating disk; and rotating means for rotating the one-way bearing and the rotating disk. The adhesive tape-supplying device includes a guide member disposed near the outer circumference of the rotating disk for accepting the adhesive tape from the one-way bearing.

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