Patent ID: 6363992
Filing Date: 2002-04-02
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A device for transferring a film from a tape carrier to a substrate, said device comprising:a supply wheel having at least one disc-shaped supply wheel wall, said supply wheel being configured to carry a tape carrier coated with a film; a take-up wheel having at least one disc-shaped take-up wheel wall, said take-up wheel being configured to receive the tape carrier after separation of the film therefrom; and an application device positioned with respect to said supply wheel and said take-up wheel to present a tape carrier coated with film, as supplied from said supply wheel; to a substrate; wherein: said supply wheel and said take-up wheel are displaced radially with respect to each other; one of said supply wheel wall and said take-up wheel wall is formed with a slit; the other of said supply wheel wall and said take-up wheel wall engages in said slit to form a drive connection with a slip coupling by a friction drive; said supply wheel is driven by drawing off a tape carrier carried thereon; and said drive connection drives said take-up wheel.