King Instrument Corporation

Louis J Goguen

George M Woodley

An improved plunger assembly is provided for use in a splicing tape dispenser-applicator of the type which comprises a plunger and a guide channel in which the plunger reciprocates. The improved plunger assembly comprises a plurality of low-friction bearing devices carried by the plunger and arranged so as to slidably engage at least one member which defines the guide channel. The low-friction bearing devices reduce friction wearing of the plunger and the at least one channel-defining member.

Splicer plunger assembly

An improved splicer for use with an automatic cassette loading machine. The splicer is characterized by a feed means which includes a reciprocating splicing tape feed block, and a feed block housing which slidably supports the feed block.

Splicer tape feed means

The invention is an improvement of the splicing tape dispenser-applicator shown in U.S. Pat. No. 3,753,835 which is designed for applying adhesive-coated splicing tape and is particularly useful in a machine for splicing magnetic tapes and winding magnetic tapes into cassettes. The basic mechanism comprises a carriage that supports a supply spool of splicing tape, feeding means for pulling splicing tape off of the supply spool and advancing it along a predetermined path, means for reciprocating the carriage vertically toward and away from a splicing station, means for indexing the feeding means so as to advance a selected amount of splicing tape when the carriage is moving away from the splicing station, and tape cutting and applying means comprising a cutter for severing a piece from the leading end of the splicing tape and a plunger for pressing the severed piece of splicing tape against tapes to be spliced located at the splicing station. The improvement comprises a pair of stationary guide pins arranged so as to maintain the severed piece of tape aligned with the plunger while the plunger is moving to press the severed piece of tape against the tapes to be spliced.

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Louis J Goguen