US 8,540,245 B2 · Reel strip attachment

Abstract

A releasable reel strip attachment assembly including an attachment strip with snap rivets that snaps through corresponding apertures in a reel strip and into apertures in a reel cage. The attachment strip includes an adhesive layer protected by a release backing that is removed to expose the adhesive layer. The reel strip is positioned over the reel cage so that the apertures in the reel strip co-align with those of the reel cage, and the snap rivets are inserted through the aligned apertures to attach the reel strip to the reel cage in a reliable, precise, and consistent manner. The reel strip is wound around the reel cage and the free end of the reel strip is pressed onto the exposed adhesive layer of the attachment strip.

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Dependent claims

A reel cage comprising:

a frame having at least one registration aperture;
a reel strip having at least one reel strip aperture positioned to co-align with said at least one registration aperture;
an attachment strip having an adhesive layer on one side and an opposite, non-adhesive side having at least one protruding member extending from said non-adhesive side, wherein said at least one protruding member is positioned to pass through said at least one reel strip aperture to engage said at least one registration aperture such that said attachment strip secures said reel strip to said frame;
and
wherein said reel strip winds around said frame to contact said adhesive layer.

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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.

Reel strip attachment

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Abstract

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