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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:
Nov. 14, 2000
Filed:
Nov. 06, 1997
Applicant:
Inventors:
Kenji Watanabe, Tokyo, JP;
Takanobu Kameda, Tokyo, JP;
Tomoyuki Shimmura, Tokyo, JP;
Tomohiro Moriya, Tokyo, JP;
Hironaga Iida, Tokyo, JP;
Youko Eto, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
Seiko Epson Corporation and King Jim Co., Ltd., Tokyo, JP;
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B32B / ; B26D / ; B41J / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
156517 ; 156531 ; 83622 ; 400621 ;
Abstract
A tape processing device has a feed device, a cutter assembly, and a coating device. The feed device feeds a tape having a layer of an adhesive. The cutter assembly has at least one cutting blade and cuts the tape. The coating device applies an adhesion-preventing liquid on the at least one cutting blade of the cutter assembly to thereby prevent any of the tape and the adhesive of the tape from adhering to the at least one cutting blade of the cutter assembly.