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The patent badge is an abbreviated version of the USPTO patent document. The patent badge covers the following: Patent number, Date patent was issued, Date patent was filed, Title of the patent, Applicant, Inventor, Assignee, Attorney firm, Primary examiner, Assistant examiner, CPCs, and Abstract. The patent badge does contain a link to the full patent document (in Adobe Acrobat format, aka pdf). To download or print any patent click here.

Patent No.:

US 10000048 B1

PDFFull Text
Date of Patent:
Jun. 19, 2018

Filed:

Jun. 06, 2016

Taping tool having improved tape advance

Applicants:

Axia Acquisition Corporation, Duluth, GA (US);

Graco Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Inventors:

Matthew W. Jungklaus, Lawrenceville, GA (US);

Steven J. Wrobel, Rogers, MN (US);

Jeromy D. Horning, Albertville, MN (US);

Assignees:

AXIA ACQUISITION CORPORATION, Duluth, GA (US);

GRACO INC., Minneapolis, MN (US);

Attorney:

Michael Best & Friedrich LLP

Primary Examiner:

Sing P Chan

Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B29C 65/52 (2006.01); B29C 65/54 (2006.01); B32B 37/12 (2006.01); B32B 38/18 (2006.01); B32B 43/00 (2006.01); B44C 7/00 (2006.01); B44C 7/02 (2006.01); B44C 7/04 (2006.01); B44C 7/06 (2006.01); B44C 7/08 (2006.01); B32B 37/14 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01); E04F 21/165 (2006.01); E04F 21/02 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B 37/12 (2013.01); B32B 37/14 (2013.01); B65H 35/002 (2013.01); B65H 35/0053 (2013.01); B65H 35/0086 (2013.01); E04F 21/026 (2013.01); E04F 21/1657 (2013.01); B32B 2405/00 (2013.01); B32B 2419/00 (2013.01); Y10T 156/10 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1002 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1052 (2015.01); Y10T 156/12 (2015.01); Y10T 156/17 (2015.01); Y10T 156/179 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1795 (2015.01); Y10T 156/1798 (2015.01); Y10T 156/18 (2015.01);
Abstract

A taping apparatus includes an elongate body portion having a moveable control member for controlling the advancement of tape and a head portion connected to the elongate body portion for advancing the tape. The head portion includes a first stop, a second stop, a guide extending from the first stop to the second stop, and a tape advance mechanism moveable along the guide. The tape advance mechanism and the control member are coupled to one another such that the tape advance mechanism is moveable in response to movement of the control member. The tape advance mechanism includes a rotatable cam and a needle that rotates with the cam.

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