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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 04, 1989
Filed:
Nov. 25, 1987
Bruce Atkins, Montreal, CA;
Pierre Tardif, Longueuil, CA;
Leader Brac Industries Inc., , CA;
Abstract
A leader tape housing is provided with a compartment for mounting a reel with a leader tape thereon. A guide is provided for changing the path of the tape and the plane of the tape. A feeder device is provided in the housing which includes a first roller and a second roller forming a nip therebetween, the second roller being provided with a manually operable handle for driving it. The second roller includes a pair of diametrically opposed arc segments and a pair of diametrically opposed flats, such that the arc segments, when opposite the first wheel, form a nip with the wheels in contact therewith, and when the flats are opposite the first wheel, a gap is formed at the nip, allowing the tape to be pulled through without restraint. A cutting device is mounted on the cutting path on the outside of the housing for moving a knife against a die across the path of the tape, and means are provided for adjusting the angular plane of the knife. An adhesive tape dispenser is also mounted on the housing. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a dispensing wheel having circumferential ribs over which the adhesive surface of the tape passes, and a driving wheel over the dispensing wheel forming a nip therewith and engaging the top surface of the adhesive tape for feeding the adhesive tape through a slot in the housing.