Adhesive tape cutter

• US 7,334,620 B2
• Filed: 12/09/2004
• Issued: 02/26/2008
• Est. Priority Date: 12/03/2004
• Status: Active Grant

• Current Assignee: CPC Corporation (Government of The Republic of China)
• Original Assignee: CPC Corporation (Government of The Republic of China)
• Inventors: Imazeki, Toshiaki
• Primary Examiner(s): Osele; Mark A.
• Application Number:
  US11/007,241
• Publication Number:
  US 20060118245A1
• Time in Patent Office: 1,174 Days
• Field of Search: 156/227, 156/461, 156/463, 156/465, 156/526, 156/574, 156/577, 493/438, 493/439, 493/455
• US Class Current: 156/463
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/06 for folding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1051 by folding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/12 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with cutting, punching, piercing, severing or tearing
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1361 Cutting after bonding
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply

Abstract

The present invention provides an adhesive tape cutter capable of, when attaching an adhesive tape to an object, automatically forming a non-adhesive area that constitutes a tab in order to make it easier to peel off the adhesive tape. An adhesive tape cutter 1 comprises: a support member 5 located at one end of a main bracket 2 to support a wound body of adhesive tape 4 so that the wound body of adhesive tape 4 can rotate; a cutting member 6 located at the other end of the main bracket 2 to cut an adhesive tape 3 drawn from the wound body of adhesive tape 4; an overlapping-area-forming mechanism 7 located between the support member 5 and the cutting member 6 to form an overlapping area 3E along one margin of the adhesive tape 3 in its lengthwise direction; and a pressing member 8 that is located near the cutting member 6 and comes into contact with the non-adhesive surface 3B of the adhesive tape 3, thereby pressing the adhesive tape 3 to the object.

Claims

1. An adhesive tape cutter for attaching, to an object, adhesive tape drawn from a wound body of adhesive tape made by winding the tape, one side of which is an adhesive surface, in a roll, the adhesive tape cutter comprising:

a support member located at one end of a main bracket to support the wound body of adhesive tape in such a manner that the wound body of adhesive tape can rotate;

a cutting member located at the other end of the main bracket to cut the adhesive tape drawn from the wound body of adhesive tape supported by the support member;

an overlapping-area-forming mechanism located between the support member and the cutting member to form an overlapping area of the adhesive tape, along at least one margin in its lengthwise direction, said overlapping area made by folding under a margin of a specified width of the adhesive tape toward the adhesive surface side; and

a pressing member located downstream of the cutting member to press a non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape that is cut by the cutting member and then attached to the object;

wherein the overlapping-area-forming mechanism comprises;

a fold-starting member that is located near an adhesive tape unwinding position of the wound body of adhesive tape, supports the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, supports the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape except for a specified folding width along the margin of the adhesive tape, and folds the folding width area;

a main folding member that is located downstream of the fold-starting member and folds under, at an acute angle, the area of the adhesive tape folded by the fold-starting member; and

an attaching member that is located downstream of the main folding member, supports the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, and presses and attaches the area folded under by the main folding member to the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape.

2. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a pressing roll located between the cutting member and the overlapping-area-forming mechanism, that presses the adhesive tape with the overlapping area to the object.

3. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the pressing member has an adhesive-tape-positioning member for positioning the adhesive tape near the cutting member after the adhesive tape is cut by the cutting member.

4. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a tape cover that is attached to and is rotatable on the main bracket, covers at least part of the wound body of adhesive tape supported by the support member, and comes into contact with the outside surface of the wound body of adhesive tape, thereby forming a grippable part.

5. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 4, wherein a protruding part that protrudes from the tape cover toward the support member and can come into contact with the inside surface of the wound body of adhesive tape is formed at at least one side of the wound body of adhesive tape in its widthwise direction opposite the side where the overlapping area is formed.

6. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 4, wherein the tape cover has a convex part located on the inside surface of the tape cover opposite the wound body of adhesive tape, that can come into contact with the wound body of adhesive tape.

7. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a supporting roll located between the overlapping-area-forming mechanism and the pressing roll, that supports and guides the adhesive tape to the pressing roll.

8. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 7, wherein the surface of the supporting roll has protrusions and indentations.

9. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein an area extending from the cutting member to the top end of the tape cover along its outside surface closer to the support member has a curved shape.

10. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, further comprising a holding part fixed at a lower part of the main bracket where the overlapping-area-forming mechanism is located.

11. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 10, further comprising a guiding piece located near the pressing roll and opposite the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, that guides the adhesive tape with the overlapping area.

12. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 10, wherein the pressing member is a pressing plate that is located downstream of the attaching member and opposite the guiding piece, slopes toward the extending direction of the holding part, and supports and presses the entire non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape with the overlapping area.

13. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, further comprising another support member that is located upstream of the fold-starting member and supports the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape.

14. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein the surface of the fold-starting member has protrusions and indentations.

15. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein the fold-starting member and the attaching member are roller members located in a rotatable manner so that they guide the adhesive tape from upstream to downstream.

16. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein a controlling member for controlling the position of the adhesive tape is placed at the end of the fold-starting member on the side opposite the margin where the overlapping area of the adhesive tape is formed.

17. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 16, wherein the distance between the controlling member of the fold-starting member and a contact part of the main folding member that comes into contact with the margin side of the overlapping area of the adhesive tape is shorter than the width of the adhesive tape that forms the wound body of adhesive tape.

18. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein the main folding member has a pressing member capable of pressing only part of the adhesive tape, including the area folded by the fold-starting member.

19. The adhesive tape cutter according to claim 1, wherein the main folding member comprises:

a first folding guide member that comes into contact with the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape folded by the fold-starting member and guides the adhesive tape so that the fold angle of the adhesive tape becomes more acute; and

a second folding guide member for guiding the adhesive tape and folding the adhesive tape completely on to itself.