Patent ID: 9517908
Filing Date: 2016-12-13
CPC Classification: B65H,Y10T

Claim Text:
1. A spindle adapted to receive a tape roll having a core opening which has an inner diameter, wherein said spindle comprises an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and defining a cross sectional profile perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, the cross sectional profile of the elongate body being smaller than the inner diameter of the core opening, and wherein the at least one spacing member can be configured in a first position extending from the body perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to define a dimension which is larger than the cross sectional profile of the elongate body and in a second position defining a dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal axis which is less than the dimension defined in the first configuration and which is small enough to permit the tape roll to be positioned thereover while the tape roll is received on the spindle.