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US 8,029,642 B2Granted
Tape removal apparatus and process
AssigneeThe Boeing Company
InventorThomas J Hagman
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Abstract
An apparatus and method is provided for removing a selected portion of tape material from backing paper. One embodiment of an apparatus may include a supply reel, at least one cutting member, at least one bending member, and first and second vacuum rollers. The apparatus may further include pinch rollers, scraping members, and scrap bins. The apparatus may allow for the removal of scrap tape material from the backing paper.
Claims16
A method of removing tape material from backing paper comprising:
- unrolling tape material on backing paper from a supply reel;
- cutting first and second spaced apart cuts in the unrolled tape material on said backing paper;
- cutting a third cut, between the first and second spaced apart cuts, in the unrolled tape material on said backing paper;
- moving a bending member in a linear direction towards first and second rollers to press the bending member, at the third cut, against the backing paper to separate first and second adjacent portions, disposed on opposite sides of the third cut, of the unrolled tape material from the backing paper;
- rolling the separated first adjacent portion onto the first roller to remove from the backing paper the separated first adjacent portion;
- and
- rolling the separated second adjacent portion onto the second roller to remove from the backing paper the separated second adjacent portion.
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A method of removing tape material from backing paper comprising:
- unrolling tape material on backing paper from a supply reel;
- cutting first and second spaced apart cuts in the unrolled tape material on said backing paper;
- cutting a third cut, between the first and second spaced apart cuts, in the unrolled tape material on said backing paper;
- pressing a bending member against the backing paper to separate first and second adjacent portions, disposed on opposite sides of the third cut, of the unrolled tape material from the backing paper;
- rolling the separated first adjacent portion onto a first roller to remove from the backing paper the separated first adjacent portion;
- rolling the separated second adjacent portion onto a second roller to remove from the backing paper the separated second adjacent portion;
- and
- moving the first and second rollers in lateral directions away from the bending member and away from one another, to separate the first and second rollers from the bending member, after the bending member separates the first and second adjacent portions.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.