Patent ID: 7036545

Claim:
A hand-held actuatorless adhesive transfer device for performing an adhesive transfer operation wherein adhesive is applied to a selected substrate, said device comprising: a flame having a feeding side and a discharge side, said frame being sized and configured to be received in one hand of a user for manual handling and transport; a first supply roll rotatably mounted within said frame, said first supply roll carrying a wound up supply of an adhesive carrying substrate that has an adhesive carrying release surface coated with a layer of pressure-sensitive adhesive; a second supply roll rotatably mounted within said frame, said second supply roll carrying a wound up supply of an adhesive mask substrate; said adhesive carrying substrate being unwound from said first supply roll with a lead end portion thereof extending outwardly from the discharge side of said frame; said mask substrate being unwound from said second supply roll with a lead end portion thereof extending outwardly from the discharge side of said frame adjacent the lead end portion of said carrying substrate; said frame being constructed and arranged to enable the adhesive transfer operation to be initiated by manually grasping said frame with one hand and inserting a leading edge portion of the selected substrate between said adhesive carrying and mask substrates; and pressure applying structure constructed and arranged such that the adhesive transfer operation can be continued while continuing to manually grasp said frame with one hand by manually grasping the lead end portions of said adhesive carrying and mask substrates at the discharge side of said frame with the other hand and manually pulling said lead end portions so as to advance said mask, adhesive carrying, and selected substrates together outwardly from the discharge side of said frame with said pressure applying structure applying pressure to said substrates being advanced through said device, thereby causing the pressure-sensitive adhesive on said adhesive carrying substrate to bond to the selected substrate.