Correction system with rubber elastic tension element for a gear mechanism correction tape

A correction tape device, comprising:

• a casing having an upper body and a lower body, said casing being provided with a tip opening, through which a tip for applying a correction tape onto a surface of a substrate extends;
• a drive gear wheel in the center of which a cylindrical boss is provided on which a supply reel is arranged having a center opening and a circumferential surface from which the correction tape is to be wound off;
• and
• a driven gear wheel which engages said drive gear wheel and on which a take-up reel is arranged having a circumferential surface on which the correction tape is to be wound up,
• wherein the outer circumferential surface of the supply reel is provided with a circumferential radial groove in which an elastic tensioning element is disposed, the circumferential radial groove being at its bottom transected at least partially such that the elastic tensioning element projects into the center opening secantically, when it is in a stress-relieved condition, and
• wherein the take-up reel and the supply reel are laterally spaced apart from each other.