Title:
【発明の名称】テープ接合機構を備えたテープ供給および貼り付けシステム
Document Type and Number:
Japanese Patent JPH08510707
Kind Code:
A
Abstract:
A continuous tape supply apparatus is provided in accordance with the present invention for supplying tape at a substantially consistent tension to a tape applicator machine having an indexing demand, such as a box sealing and taping machine. In general, the continuous tape supply apparatus includes plural tape sources, such as in roll form, from which tape can be supplied to the tape applicator machine, a splicing station (34) for splicing the tape (42) from at least one of the tape sources (38) to another of the tape sources (40), a means for causing the splice and thus the changeover of tape from one source to another, and a tension control means for providing the tape from the continuous tape supply apparatus at a substantially consistent tension under an indexing demand. Preferably, the splicing mechanism (34) also splices tape in the reverse order from the other tape source station back to the first tape source stations.
Inventors:
Rossini, Stephen Jay
Pinkney, Keith Tea
Crop, Karl M
Luhmann, Robert A.
Pinkney, Keith Tea
Crop, Karl M
Luhmann, Robert A.
Application Number:
JP50062094A
Publication Date:
November 12, 1996
Filing Date:
April 14, 1994
Export Citation:
Assignee:
Minnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company
International Classes:
B65B51/06; B65H19/18; B65H23/16; B65H23/182; B65H23/188; B65H35/00; B65H35/07; (IPC1-7): B65B51/06; B65H23/182
Attorney, Agent or Firm:
Aoyama Ryo (1 person outside)