Patent ID: 6612475
Filing Date: 2003-09-02
Classification: B65H,H05K,Y10T

Abstract:
A shifting means for fixing and conveying a tape, the shifting means comprising:a first head having a first surface to contact with a top of the tape; a second head having a second surface to contact with a bottom of the tape; wherein the first surface has a plurality of first strip-shaped projections thereon and the second surface has a plurality of second strip-shaped projections thereon, such tat the top surface of first striped-shaped projection is parallel to the first surface and the top surface of the second strip-shaped projection is parallel to the second surface, and wherein when the first head and the second head come into contact with the tape, the first strip-shaped projection is perpendicular to the second strip-shaped projection such that pressed regions of the tape which are pressed by both the first head and the second head are distributed in an array.