Continuous tape supply system including a tape splicing mechanism for use with box taping machines
US5624526A · kind A · utility
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Key dates
| Filing date | Oct 17, 1994 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 1997 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Oct 17, 2014 |
Classification
- Technology area (CPC B)Performing Operations; Transporting
- CPC primaryB65H2701/377
- WIPO fieldHandling
- WIPO sectorMechanical engineering
Abstract
A continuous tape supply apparatus is provided which includes plural tape sources from which tape can be supplied to the tape applicator machine, a tension control means for providing the tape from the continuous tape supply apparatus at a substantially even tension under an indexing demand, and a splicing mechanism which is simpler in design and operation and which reliably causes a changeover of tape from one source to another. Once one source is depleted, the apparatus automatically switches to the second source, after which, a new supply can be substituted for the depleted supply and the apparatus made ready for the next subsequent changeover. The splicing mechanism includes a tape guide path through the splicing mechanism, a staging means comprising an applicator element which is movably disposed on the support between a staging position with the applicator element spaced from the tape guide path and a splice position with the applicator element moved within the tape guide path to change the tape guide path, and control means for causing the applicator element to move between its staging position to its splice position and for effecting a proper splice. The present invention i…
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