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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 10, 1979
Filed:
Oct. 20, 1977
William G Bellamy, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
John G Tucker, Lexington, NC (US);
Hugh A Wells, Winston-Salem, NC (US);
Western Electric Company, Incorporated, New York, NY (US);
Abstract
In winding tape on an article a preselected length of the tape is collected from a tape supply and the collected tape is severed from the supply to form a trailing end portion on the collected tape. The trailing end portion of the collected tape then is attached to the article and the article is rotated to wind the collected tape onto the article without any significant back tension in the tape which could damage the article. Preferably, the collected tape is moved from a collecting position to a position adjacent the article between the tape severing and tape attaching operations, to eliminate twisting and misalignment of the tape as it is transferred to the article, and possible damage to the article. The tape collecting operation also preferably involves winding the tape onto a rotatable tape collecting member in a small compact package, to reduce the size of the apparatus required.