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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.:
Date of Patent:
Feb. 05, 1985
Filed:
Mar. 11, 1983
Applicant:
Inventor:
George M Woodley, Shrewsbury, MA (US);
Assignee:
King Instrument Corporation, Westboro, MA (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ; B65H / ; B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 / ; 242 583 ; 242 584 ; 156159 ;
Abstract
An improved cassette loading machine is provided which has means for rotatably supporting two supply reels of magnetic tape, means for loading cassettes with tape from either supply reel, and means for automatically (1) terminating the loading of cassettes when the tape supply on a first supply reel is nearly exhausted, (2) splicing the tape from the second supply reel to the tape from the first supply reel, and (3) resuming the loading of cassettes with tape from the second supply reel.