Method for the application of lengths of a tape to a surface and apparatus
First Claim
1. A tape dispensing and applying apparatus for applying a length of tape to a surface, comprising:
- (a) a casing;
(b) a tape supply and feed roll rotatively mounted on said casing;
(c) two spaced tape guiding elements mounted on said casing along a tape path for said tape supply and feed roll;
(d) a tape dispensing element mounted on said casing in said tape path with said guiding elements intermediate said tape dispensing element and said tape supply and feed roll, for placing a trailing edge of the tape onto the surface;
(e) brake means mounted on said casing for interrupting the dispensing of the tape;
(f) cutting means mounted on said casing for intermediate said tape dispensing element and said tape supply and feed roll for forming a tear line in the tape; and
(g) metering means for indicating the location on the tape where said cutting means should be activated to form a tear line in the tape to defined the leading edge in the tape at a predetermined distance from trailing edge;
(h) whereby, said braking means may be activated after said tear line passes said tape dispensing element to separate a length of tape at said tear line between said trailing edge and said leading edge for application to the surface.
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Abstract
The invention relates to a process and to apparatus for the defined dispensing and application to a substrate surface of sections having equal and/or unequal lengths of a tape, particularly of a pressure-sensitive or thermally activatable adhesive tape, to a substrate surface. To this end, the tape is continuously adhesively affixed to the surface. Starting at an initial placement position; before the leading edge (in the direction of application) of the tape section is secured, it is severed partly, leaving at least one web of material, at a predetermined distance from the trailing edge thereof by a specially configured cutting mechanism. After the subsequent adhesive placement of the entire tape section on said surface, the tape is separated at said at least one web of material by utilizing a braking effect as the tape or the tape dispensing and applying apparatus continues to move relative to the surface.
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1. A tape dispensing and applying apparatus for applying a length of tape to a surface, comprising:
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(a) a casing; (b) a tape supply and feed roll rotatively mounted on said casing; (c) two spaced tape guiding elements mounted on said casing along a tape path for said tape supply and feed roll; (d) a tape dispensing element mounted on said casing in said tape path with said guiding elements intermediate said tape dispensing element and said tape supply and feed roll, for placing a trailing edge of the tape onto the surface; (e) brake means mounted on said casing for interrupting the dispensing of the tape; (f) cutting means mounted on said casing for intermediate said tape dispensing element and said tape supply and feed roll for forming a tear line in the tape; and (g) metering means for indicating the location on the tape where said cutting means should be activated to form a tear line in the tape to defined the leading edge in the tape at a predetermined distance from trailing edge; (h) whereby, said braking means may be activated after said tear line passes said tape dispensing element to separate a length of tape at said tear line between said trailing edge and said leading edge for application to the surface. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6)
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