Patent ID: 6065520
Filing Date: 2000-05-23
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A tape holder, comprising:a base having a tape receiving recess and a tape exit at a front end thereof;a feed device disposed at said tape exit of said base;a side cutter gate disposed at one side of said feed device and including a cutting edge; andan auxiliary tape support connected to said front end of said base, wherein said tape receiving recess of said base has one side wall thereof provided with mounting slots for receiving a larger adhesive tape reel and a smaller substrate tape reel such that said substrate tape reel is disposed at a lower end of said adhesive tape reel and the adhesive side of said adhesive tape faces the substrate tape; the adhesive tape and substrate tape are adhered at said tape exit by means of said feed device to form an adhered portion, said cutter gate being moved such that said cutting edge thereof comes in between the adhesive tape and the substrate tape to cut the substrate tape or both the adhesive tape and the substrate tape to obtain a section of an adhesive tape with adhered portions at both ends to facilitate holding and removal thereof; said feed device is made of smooth material and includes a finger press top plate and a finger press bottom plate, said top plate having a slide rod disposed at an offset position at a bottom side thereof, said slide rod projecting in the direction of said bottom plate, said bottom plate being provided with a through hole corresponding to said slide rod such that said slide rod passes through said through hole to form a atop block of a larger plate surface for urging against said bottom plate to slide substantially vertically along said slide rod towards or away from said top plate without slippage; and side walls at said tape exit of said base are provided with planar track slots through which both ends of said top plate extends and along which said bottom plate slides forwardly or rearwardly, said side walls further having inverted L-shaped through track grooves disposed below said track slots, said through track grooves having a depth of about the thickness of the adhesive tape and substrate tape, said bottom plate having its two ends extending through said through track grooves, the horizontal portion of one of said through track grooves being enlarged to the width of a human finger, while a finger hole is provided below the vertical portion of the corresponding through track groove.