Patent ID: 6796355
Filing Date: 2004-09-28
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for transferring a film from a backing tape onto a substrate, said device comprising:a housing; a supply reel rotatably mounted in said housing about a supply reel rotational axis; a take-up reel rotatably mounted in said housing about a take-up reel rotational axis; an application member protruding from said housing to press backing tape extending from said supply reel onto a substrate; and a gear arrangement between said supply reel and said take-up reel and including a rotating member extending along a rotating member rotational axis in a hollow space within one of said supply reel and said take-up reel; wherein: said supply reel and said take-up reel are non-coplanar; and said near arrangement includes a gear tooth arrangement arranged between said rotating member and one of said supply reel and said take-up reel, and about an axis offset relative to the other of said supply reel and said take-up reel.