Patent ID: 7588066
Filing Date: 2009-09-15
Classification: B42C,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A binder strip cassette comprising: a cassette housing; a multiplicity of elongated binder strips, each of said binder strips including a flexible substrate and a heat-activated adhesive disposed on the substrate; a flexible elongated carrier supporting said binder strips, with said binder strips being disposed along a length of the elongated carrier in an end-to-end arrangement and with each binder strip having a leading end and a trailing end, with the leading end of each binder strip being secured to the elongated carrier by a leading securing member so that the leading ends of the binder strips are disposed intermediate the leading securing member and the elongated carrier and with the trailing end of each binder strip being secured to the elongated carrier by a trailing securing member so that the trailing ends of the binder strips are disposed intermediate the trailing securing member and the elongated carrier and with said binder strips and supporting elongated carrier being wound to form a binder strip roll; a mounting mechanism which rotatably mounts the binder strip roll within the cassette housing; a drive apparatus for unwinding the binder strip roll to provide an unwound portion of the binder strip roll; a separating apparatus disposed within the cassette housing for separating the binder strips from the elongated carrier of the unwound portion of the binder strip roll to produce a separated binder strip, with the unwinding by the drive apparatus causing the separated binder strip to be at least partially ejected through a binder strip eject opening in the cassette housing, with the leading end of the separated binder strip being ejected first.