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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:
Jan. 16, 1990
Filed:
Jun. 09, 1988
Applicant:
Inventor:
Timothy J Juntunen, Little Canada, MN (US);
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company, Saint Paul, MN (US);
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
242 719 ; 242 718 ; 242 77 ;
Abstract
A reel adapted to carry a helically wound packaging tape comprising a carrier tape having spaced pockets containing components along its length and at least one cover tape adhered over the pockets to enclose the components. The reel includes a cylindrical hub of a resiliently flexible material; two circular flanges of greater rigidity and substantially larger diameter than the hub positioned coaxially along opposite side surfaces of the flanges; and rivets fastening the flanges together through the hub and compressing the hub for providing a predetermined dimension for the reel axially of the hub and flanges.