Patent ID: 7610665

Claim:
A method for loading a cartridge into a transfer device, the cartridge comprising: a body with a longitudinal axis; a supply roll rotatably mounted to the body on the longitudinal axis, the supply roll comprising a wound length of liner having an adhesive carrying surface with an adhesive provided thereon; and a take-up roll rotatably mounted to the body on the longitudinal axis in spaced relation to the supply roll, the take-up roll having at least an end portion of the liner connected thereto such that rotation of the take-up roll in a take-up direction winds portions of the liner unwound from the supply roll onto the take-up roll; the transfer device comprising: a housing defining a cartridge receiving space; an extension member slidably connected to the housing for rectilinear movement relative to the housing along an extension axis; and a cartridge support slidably connected to the extension member for rectilinear movement relative to the extension member along the extension axis, the cartridge support being constructed to mount the cartridge thereon, the cartridge support, the extension member, and the housing being constructed and arranged to enable the cartridge support and the extension member to be moved between (a) an extended position wherein the extension member extends outwardly from the housing along the extension axis and the cartridge support extends outwardly from the extension member along the extension axis to enable the cartridge to be mounted to the cartridge support, and (b) a retracted position, wherein the extension member and the cartridge support are moved inwardly into the cartridge receiving space so that, when the cartridge is mounted to the cartridge support, the cartridge is moved into an operative position in the cartridge receiving space; the method comprising: sliding the cartridge support and the extension member outwardly of the housing to the extended position; mounting the cartridge to the cartridge support in the extended position; and sliding the cartridge support and the extension member inwardly into the cartridge receiving space of the housing to the retracted position to move the cartridge into the operative position in the cartridge receiving space.