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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 28, 2020
Filed:
Jan. 30, 2017
Applicant:
Ford Global Technologies, Llc, Dearborn, MI (US);
Inventor:
Mark Caye, Allen Park, MI (US);
Assignee:
Ford Global Technologies, LLC, Dearborn, MI (US);
Attorneys:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/0033 (2013.01); B65H 2402/33 (2013.01); B65H 2402/344 (2013.01); B65H 2402/412 (2013.01); B65H 2402/541 (2013.01); B65H 2403/47 (2013.01); B65H 2701/1944 (2013.01);
Abstract
A tape dispenser is disclosed. The tape dispenser may include a pair of spools that are configured to carry tape and a spring disposed between the spools. The spring is preferably arranged to form a claw having two distal ends biased towards each other. The distal ends may each include a roller rotatably attached thereto. The spring may be configured to open responsive to a force on the roller resulting from a shaft coming between the rollers such that the rollers rotate to travel around the shaft to apply the tape.