Hand-held device for the application of a total tape onto a substrate
First Claim
1. A device for applying on a surface a correction tape having an application side and a write-on side, the correction tape being applied in its entirety on the application surface without being fed back into the casing, said device comprising:
- a casing configured for housing a stock of correction tape;
an application element extending from an aperture in said casing to press correction tape supplied from the stock on an application surface during operation of said device; and
a cut-off/separating device automatically operative upon lifting said device off the application surface and inoperative when said device is pressed against the application surface to apply the application tape;
wherein said application element and said cut-off/separating device are displaceable relative to each other from a first inoperative position in which they are distanced from each other and a second operative position in which they are in contact with each other with correction tape interposed therebetween so that said tape is pinched between said application element and said cut-off/separating device.
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Abstract
A hand-held device for applying correction tape on an application surface having at most only a supply spool for a stock of the correction tape. An applicator element, which can be a roller, applies the correction tape in its entirety on the application surface. No backing tape or the like is rewound back into the casing. Therefore, a second take-up spool can be omitted. In the vicinity of the application element a cut-off/separating element is provided for cutting off or separating the applied correction tape from the rest of the correction tape when lifting the device off an application surface.
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37 Claims
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1. A device for applying on a surface a correction tape having an application side and a write-on side, the correction tape being applied in its entirety on the application surface without being fed back into the casing, said device comprising:
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a casing configured for housing a stock of correction tape;
an application element extending from an aperture in said casing to press correction tape supplied from the stock on an application surface during operation of said device; and
a cut-off/separating device automatically operative upon lifting said device off the application surface and inoperative when said device is pressed against the application surface to apply the application tape;
wherein said application element and said cut-off/separating device are displaceable relative to each other from a first inoperative position in which they are distanced from each other and a second operative position in which they are in contact with each other with correction tape interposed therebetween so that said tape is pinched between said application element and said cut-off/separating device. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14, 15, 16, 17, 18, 19, 20)
during operation of said device, said application element and said cut-off/separating device are biased apart; and
upon lifting said device off said application surface, said application element and said cut-off/separating device are automatically biased towards each other and into an operative position.
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19. A device according to claim 1, wherein said application element and said cut-off/separating device are biased towards each other, but kept apart from each other during operation of said device.
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20. A device according to claim 1, wherein the user of said device does not have to undertake any further measure for cutting off the correction tape upon lifting said device off the application surface.
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21. A device for applying on a surface a correction tape having an application side and a write-on side, said correction tape being applied in its entirety on said application surface without being fed back into said casing, said device comprising:
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a casing configured for housing a stock of correction tape;
a roller extending from an aperture in said casing to press correction tape supplied from the stock on an application surface during operation of said device; and
a cut-off/separating device operative upon lifting said device off said application surface and inoperative when said device is pressed against said application surface to apply said application tape;
wherein said roller is mounted on a bearing axis elastically displaceable in a direction essentially perpendicular to said application surface so that said cut-off/separating device and said roller are moved between a first inoperative position in which they are distanced from each other to a second operative position in which they are biased against each other. - View Dependent Claims (22, 23, 24, 25, 26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31, 32, 33, 34, 35, 36, 37)
during operation of said device, said roller and said cut-off/separating device are biased apart; and
upon lifting said device off said application surface, said roller and said cut-off/separating device are automatically biased towards each other and into an operative position.
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36. A device according to claim 21, wherein said roller and said cut-off/separating device are biased towards each other, but kept apart from each other during operation of said device.
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37. A device according to claim 21, wherein the user of said device does not have to undertake any further measure for cutting off the correction tape upon lifting said device off the application surface.
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