Apparatus for laying down a tape strip

• US 3,969,180 A
• Filed: 05/17/1974
• Issued: 07/13/1976
• Est. Priority Date: 06/05/1972
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Donald Ravesloot
• Original Assignee: Donald Ravesloot
• Inventors: Ravesloot, Donald
• Primary Examiner(s): Drummond, Douglas J.
• Assistant Examiner(s): Wityshyn, M. G.
• Application Number:
  US05/470,989
• Time in Patent Office: 788 Days
• Field of Search: 156/523, 156/527, 156/577, 156/579, 156/574, 156/576, 156/584, 225/46, 225/51, 225/66, 225/52-59, 225/47, 225/84, 225/87, 225/89, 225/96
• US Class Current: 156/523
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1348 Work traversing type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/18 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/247 Bearing or trunnions to engage package core
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/293 Manually applied, spring returned
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/295 Blade manually movable to or from severing position
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/321 Preliminary weakener

Abstract

An apparatus for laying down a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply including an elongated dispensing portion adapted to dispense the tape from a distal end thereof so as to lay down the tape on a subjacent surface by a rearward movement of the apparatus with the dispensed portion of the tape being held to the surface.

Claims

1. Apparatus for applying to a surface a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply, comprising:

an elongated handle defining opposite first and second ends and a through passage between said ends for conducting tape from said supply for application of the tape to a surface at said first end;

means disposed at a position within said handle passage for partially separating thereat a distal portion of the tape applied to the surface from the tape strip within said handle passage;

means on said handle first end for holding the partially separated distal portion against a surface to which it is to be applied; and

manually operable means for selectively holding the supply portion of the partially severed tape strip in said handle passage against withdrawal movement to effect full separation of said distal portion therefrom as an incident of a concurrent holding of the tape strip by said holding means and movement of said handle first end away from the applied distal portion.

2. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 1 wherein said second end of the handle is provided with a pair of spaced apposed trunions for journalling the tape roll supply for withdrawal of the tape therefrom through said handle passage.

3. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 1 wherein said handle end defines opposite sides, said apparatus further including means for selectively urging said opposite sides of the handle end transversely toward each other to provide accurate side guiding of the tape strip as it is applied from said first end.

4. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 1 including means for pivotally mounting the separating means to said handle.

5. The tape strip applying means of claim 1 wherein said second end is provided with a pair of spaced apposed trunnions for rotatably journalling the tape roll supply to extend substantially equally above and below the longitudinal extent of the elongated handle for withdrawal of the tape therefrom through said handle through passage.

6. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 5 wherein said mounting portions resiliently bias the trunions to the roll journalling disposition while permitting ready manual separation to permit selective installation of a new roll therebetween and removal of a spent roll therefrom.

7. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 5 wherein each said trunion defines an inner cylindrical roll support, and an outer annular flange for preventing outer axial movement of the tape roll journalled thereon.

8. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 5 wherein said trunions are arranged to cause the axis of the tape roll to intersect a longitudinal axis of said handle passage.

9. Apparatus for applying to a surface a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply, comprising:

an elongated handle defining opposite first and second ends and a through passage between said ends for conducting tape from said supply for application of the tape to a surface at said first end;

means for partially separating a distal portion of the tape applied to the surface from the tape strip within said handle passage; and

manually operable means for selectively holding the tape strip in said handle passage against withdrawal movement to effect full separation of said distal portion therefrom as an incident of concurrent holding of the tape strip and movement of said handle first end away from the applied distal portion, said means for partially separating the tape strip being movably mounted to said handle for selective positioning in a tape separating position at said first end of the handle, and in a retracted position spaced substantially from said first end of the handle, said holding means including a manually operable plunger, and said means for partially separating the tape strip being swingably mounted to said plunger.

10. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 9 wherein means are provided for biasing said holding means to a released position permitting unimpeded movement of the tape strip in said passage therepast.

11. Apparatus for applying to a surface a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply, comprising:

an elongated handle defining opposite first and second ends and a through passage between said ends for conducting tape from said supply for application of the tape to a surface at said first end;

means for partially separating a distal portion of the tape applied to the surface from the tape strip within said handle passage; and

manually operable means for selectively holding the tape strip in said handle passage against withdrawal movement to effect full separation of said distal portion therefrom as an incident of concurrent holding of the tape strip and movement of said handle first end away from the applied distal portion, said first end of the handle being provided with a yieldable roller for applying pressure to the tape being applied to the surface, said roller including a resilient core biasing the roller to a transverse normal position perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the tape strip.

12. Apparatus for applying to a surface a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply, comprising:

an elongated handle having a pair of spaced side walls defining an end of the handle and a through passage through said end for conducting tape from said supply for application of the tape to a surface at said handle end;

means for separating a distal portion of the tape applied to the surface from the tape strip within said handle passage; and

means for transversely adjusting the spacing of said side walls from a centerline of the handle end to provide accurate centered guiding of the tape strip as it is applied from said first end.

13. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 12 wherein said side wall adjusting means comprises threaded means.

14. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 12 wherein said side wall adjusting means comprises threaded means and spring means biasing the side walls adjacent the threaded means toward a maximum width passage configuration.

15. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 12 wherein said handle end is bifurcated and said side wall adjusting means comprises threaded means extending transversely across said passage.

16. Apparatus for applying to surface a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply, comprising:

an elongated handle defining opposite first and second ends and a through passage between said ends for conducting tape from said supply for application of the tape to a surface at said first end;

means for separating a distal portion of the tape applied to the surface from the tape strip within said handle passage; and

a yieldable roller for applying pressure to the tape being applied to the receiving surface, said roller including a resilient core rotatably mounted to a shaft supported transversely across said passage at said handle first end, and a substantially rigid tubular outer member coaxially surrounding said core, said core biasing the roller to a transverse position perpendicular to the longitudinal extent of the tape strip.

17. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 16 wherein said roller includes a rigid support tube coaxially between said resilient core and said shaft for providing a low friction journalling of the roller on the shaft.

18. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 16 wherein said outer member is formed of a synthetic resin.

19. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 16 wherein said resilient core is formed of polyurethane.

20. The tape strip applying apparatus of claim 16 wherein said roller extends transversely across said passage at said first end of the handle and projects partially outwardly therefrom.