Patent ID: 6273982
Filing Date: 2001-08-14
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
Hand-operated appliance for transferring a film from a carrier tape to a substrate, said appliance comprising:a casing;an interchangeable cassette configured for insertion into said casing;a supply spool for a carrier tape coated with a film and a wind-up spool for taking up the carrier tape separated from the film, said supply spool and said wind-up spool being carried by said interchangeable cassette;an applicator device projecting out of the casing, deflecting the carrier tape, and presenting the side of the carrier tape coated with the film to a substrate; anda drive connection positioned in said interchangeable cassette between said supply spool and said wind-up spool and driving said wind-up spool at a rotational speed sufficient to keep the carrier tape tensioned as said supply spool is driven by drawing off the carrier tape;wherein:said applicator device includes an applicator strip located on said casing and a tape guide device located on said interchangeable cassette and formed to hold a part of the carrier tape ready as a loop into which said applicator strip enters when said interchangeable cassette is inserted into said casing;a seat is provided on said applicator strip configured to hold said interchangeable cassette in a first position in said casing from which said interchangeable cassette is movable into an end position in said casing;in said first position said tape guide device protrudes with respect to said applicator strip such that said applicator strip enters the carrier tape loop; andin said end position said interchangeable cassette is pushed back from said applicator strip.