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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Apr. 01, 1997
Filed:
Feb. 22, 1995
Jaw-Horng Tzeng, Kaohsiung, TW;
Ming-Jer Chiu, Hsinchu, TW;
Yii-Wei Hwang, Chiai, TW;
Wei-Chi Chang, Chiai, TW;
Industrial Technology Research Institute, Hsinchu Hsien, TW;
Abstract
An improved tape winding linkage is disclosed. It comprises: (a) a deck, a gear shaft, a tape loading gear, and a guiding slot formed on the deck; (b) a first link having first and second joints, the first link being connected to the gear shaft at the first joint thereof; (c) a second link having first, second, and third joints, wherein the second link is divided into a first portion and a second portion intersecting at an angle at the second joint of the second link, and the second link further comprises a guiding pin located at the an under surface of the second joint to be received by and slide along the guiding slot of the deck; (d) a third link having first and second joints; (e) an inclined pole base connected to the third link at the second joint of the third link; and (f) an inclined pole base guiding pin provided at an under surface of the inclined pole base to be received by and slide along the guiding slot of the deck. The unique design of the second link allows the winding linkage to be assembled without a torsion spring, which is always required in convention devices between the first link and the gear shaft.