Implement Carried Web Supply Patents (Class 156/577)
  • Patent number: 11927021
    Abstract: An applicator of jointing tape for joining two sheets of plasterboard includes a mud chamber through which the tape is paid out. The chamber has a tape inlet slot formed between a free end of a rear wall of the chamber and a first free end of a lower wall of the chamber. The free end of the rear wall of the chamber and the first free end of the lower wall of the chamber comprise a cylinder with a cross section greater than a thickness of the wall to which each cylinder is attached, each cylinder being covered by a removable protective sleeve with an interior cross section that complements the cylinder that the sleeve covers, each protective sleeve having a longitudinal opening delimited by two immobilization edges for immobilization against the wall bearing the cylinder that the sleeve covers.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 29, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 12, 2024
    Assignee: ÉTABLISSEMENTS PIERRE GRÉHAL ET CIE SA
    Inventor: Lionel Delestre
  • Patent number: 11911965
    Abstract: A continuous filament additive manufacturing machine for building a part by laying down a continuous mono-filament or composite filament material layer by layer on a tool or substrate. The machine includes a system, such as a robot, operable to move in at least three degrees of freedom, and a placement module coupled to the system and being configured to deposit the continuous filament material. The placement module includes a guide for guiding the material to the part, a heat source for pre-heating the material as it is being deposited from the placement module and a compaction device for compacting the material as it is being deposited from the placement module. The compaction device includes an ultrasonic horn that is ultrasonically vibrated to melt or flow the material and cause the material to fuse and be compacted to the tool or substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 12, 2021
    Date of Patent: February 27, 2024
    Assignee: NORTHROP GRUMMAN SYSTEMS CORPORATION
    Inventors: Eric Barnes, Vernon M. Benson, David Ivankovich
  • Patent number: 11897686
    Abstract: A cartridge system comprising a carrier reel, distal and proximal take-up reels, a main guide post adapted to engage the main guide support, a first strip guide post, a second strip guide post, and a packaging strip. The packaging strip comprises first and second strip portions detachably secured to define a plurality of item chambers. At least one item is enclosed within each of the item chambers. The carrier reel is adapted to store the packaging strip. The distal take-up reel is operatively connected to the first strip portion. The proximal take-up reel is operatively connected to the second strip portion. Rotation of the distal and proximal take-up reels unwinds the packaging strip from the carrier reel such that the first strip portion is wound onto the distal take-up reel, and the second strip portion is wound onto the proximal take-up reel.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 11, 2022
    Date of Patent: February 13, 2024
    Inventor: Stefan Richard Schacht
  • Patent number: 11884502
    Abstract: A tape dispenser providing a dispensing assembly adapted to accommodate various widths of tape, wherein the dispensing assembly is operatively associated with a handle assembly to enable self-alignment of the dispensing tape and the dispensing assembly, and wherein a cutting assembly is operatively associated with the dispensing assembly for selectively cutting the dispensing tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 7, 2022
    Date of Patent: January 30, 2024
    Inventor: Alphonso J. Ellis
  • Patent number: 11866285
    Abstract: Provided is a coating film transfer tool having a pivotable transfer head and a tape guide for transfer tape, and capable of satisfactorily transferring a coating film. In some examples, such a coating film transfer tool includes tape guides respectively having lower sides disposed on a first side of a main body where the transfer tape passes before coating film transfer, and upper sides disposed on a second side of the main body where the transfer tape passes after coating film transfer passes. An interval between the upper sides is wider than an interval at a position where an interval between the lower sides is narrowest.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: January 9, 2024
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Yutaka Tamura, Hiromichi Fujisawa, Takuya Yashiro
  • Patent number: 11821154
    Abstract: A ground tape applicator is configured to apply adhesive tape to ground surfacers. The ground tape applicator includes a plurality of rollers that guide the adhesive tape to the ground surface and apply the adhesive tape to the ground surface. The ground tape applicator includes a blade configured to engage with the adhesive tape to cut the adhesive tape to a desired length.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 30, 2022
    Date of Patent: November 21, 2023
    Assignee: Graco Minnesota Inc.
    Inventors: Joshua D. Roden, Dennis D. Kemmetmueller, August F. Legatt, James C. Schroeder, Michael D. Vangstad
  • Patent number: 11724282
    Abstract: An apparatus for applying masking tape to a surface is provided that includes an upper portion and a bottom portion attached to the lower portion, where the upper portion includes a pair of opposing edges separated by a top surface having a basin therein for receiving a placement pad, and a side surface having an inner plank and an outer guide plate, the lower portion includes a masking tape mount oriented relative to surfaces of the opposing edges and top for tape to be passed in a sliding arrangement from the tape mount and along the surfaces of the opposing edges and top.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 11, 2020
    Date of Patent: August 15, 2023
    Inventor: Jason Triplett
  • Patent number: 11667423
    Abstract: A stretch film dispenser includes a frame. The frame has a top seat and a bottom seat. The top seat and the bottom seat are jointly equipped with a film mounting unit and a film dispensing unit. The film dispensing unit includes a first roller and a second roller. The first roller and the second roller have a strip hole. The strip hole is located between the first roller and the second roller. Through the strip hole of the first roller and the second roller, the front end of a film can pass through the strip hole between the first roller and the second roller easily and quickly, and the film is pulled out along the direction of the first roller, thereby achieving the effect of easy and convenient installation of the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 31, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: Yang Bey Industrial Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Teng-Chi Yu
  • Patent number: 11667490
    Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser having a holder for an adhesive tape roll (2) and a guide system for an adhesive tape (3) pulled off from the adhesive tape roll (2) and a deflecting edge (10) for the pulled-off adhesive tape (3). Deflecting edge is arranged at the end of the guide system in the pull-off direction (A) and deflects the pulled-off adhesive tape (3) from the pull-off direction (A). The deflecting edge (10) has a deflection axis, which has a component directed in the pull-off direction (A), and an affixing direction (B) is arranged transversely to the pull-off direction (A).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2017
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2023
    Assignee: tesa SE
    Inventors: Thomas Gerdsmann, Peter Himmelsbach, Michael Zibull
  • Patent number: 11548747
    Abstract: The invention relates to a release liner removal apparatus, comprising at least one release liner removal device for removing at least one release liner from at least one adhesive piece arranged on a material web, at least one support body which supports the at least one release liner removal device, and at least one guide body which is arranged adjacent to the at least one release liner removal device at least during the removal of the at least one release liner and which serves for guiding the material web.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 6, 2020
    Date of Patent: January 10, 2023
    Inventors: Karl Ruhland, Alfons Gnan, Norbert Städele
  • Patent number: 11492225
    Abstract: The coating film transfer tool includes: a feeding core around which transfer tape is wound and that feeds a piece of transfer tape, the piece of transfer tape including a piece of base tape and a coating film that is provided on one surface of the piece of base tape; a transfer head that presses the coating film against a transfer target and transfers the coating film thereonto; a winding core that winds up the piece of base tape from which the coating film has been transferred; and an intermediate roller that rotates as the piece of transfer tape travels, in contact with a first surface of the piece of transfer tape fed from the feeding core, the first surface being a surface on which the coating film is not provided. A second surface of the intermediate roller is adhesive with respect to the first surface.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 2017
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2022
    Assignee: FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 11458694
    Abstract: In an automatic lay-up device that lays up a long sheet-shaped thermosetting prepreg on a layer surface by moving, in a lay-up direction, a lay-up head including a raw-cloth roller around which the thermosetting prepreg is wound, a cutting device that cuts the thermosetting prepreg at a cutting angle, and a pressing device that presses the thermosetting prepreg against the layer surface, the automatic lay-up device includes a driving mechanism for moving the pressing device in a direction parallel to the width direction; and a drive controller that controls driving of the driving mechanism to start moving the pressing device when a cutting end of the thermosetting prepreg reaches a position of the pressing device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 26, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 4, 2022
    Assignee: TSUDAKOMA KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Isao Nishimura, Hideaki Aburano
  • Patent number: 11396439
    Abstract: Disclosed is a tape dispenser for cutting tape, while the tape is being unwound by rotation of a tape roll, including: a fixing part coming into close contact with an outer peripheral surface of the tape roll so as to fix the tape roll thereto; a fixing lever to which a given force is applied so that the fixing part rotates to come into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the tape roll; a rotating shaft connected to the fixing lever and rotating to come into close contact with the outer peripheral surface of the tape roll; an extended part for connecting the fixing part and the rotating shaft with each other; and a close-fitting member disposed on the inner side of the tape roll so as to apply a given force to the tape roll in one direction.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 27, 2018
    Date of Patent: July 26, 2022
    Inventor: Yong Chul Oh
  • Patent number: 11390061
    Abstract: A curl removing apparatus for a multilayer film for removing curl generated on a multilayer film including at least one of a first film having one surface on which a cohesive layer is formed and a second film attached to the cohesive layer includes a fixing unit configured to fix the first film, a separation unit including a separation roller having an outer circumference with a separation cohesive layer formed thereon, to which the second film is detachably attached, and a first roller driving member configured to drive and drive the separation roller to separate the second film attached to the separation cohesive layer from the cohesive layer of the first film while moving along the separation roller, and an attachment unit configured to reattach the second film separated from the cohesive layer of the first film to the cohesive layer of the first film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 7, 2021
    Date of Patent: July 19, 2022
    Assignee: NPS CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Seong Ho Bae
  • Patent number: 11370627
    Abstract: A house wrap dispenser apparatus for use by a single user to use with a roll of house wrap in installation of house wrap on an exterior wall(s) of a stable structure. The house wrap dispenser apparatus includes a house wrap dispenser having a lower house wrap bracket operational with an upper house wrap bracket, a bag, removable fasteners, and a driver. In another embodiment, a water-resistive barrier wrap dispenser apparatus includes a water-resistive barrier wrap dispenser, a multiplicity of threaded dowels, removable fasteners, a bag, and a driver. In an embodiment, a house wrap dispenser apparatus kit, includes a house wrap dispenser apparatus carrying case to contain the house wrap dispenser apparatus. In an embodiment, a water-resistive barrier wrap dispenser apparatus kit includes a water-resistive barrier wrap dispenser apparatus carrying case to contain the water-resistive barrier wrap dispenser apparatus.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 2, 2021
    Date of Patent: June 28, 2022
    Inventor: Bruce Reikow
  • Patent number: 11155067
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems disclosed herein relate to the application of a protective film on a surface of an electronic device that instantly reduces air bubbles and eliminates the waiting time usually required when using a wet fluid solution. In one embodiment, a flange may be configured to couple to the protective film. The flange may aid in the accurate application of the protective film to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 30, 2019
    Date of Patent: October 26, 2021
    Assignee: Superior Communications, Inc.
    Inventors: Shraddha Patel, Charlie LaColla, Vivian Chou
  • Patent number: 10994962
    Abstract: A manual device for applying a coating to a support by means of tape, in which a first angle formed between the median plane of the applicator tip and the half-line extending from the middle of the application edge of the applicator tip and passing through the point arranged at the intersection of the outer periphery of the first winding and the radius of the first winding perpendicular to the median plane, is between ?1° and 10°, whereas a second angle formed between the median plane and the half-line extending from the middle of the application edge and passing through the point arranged at the intersection of the outer periphery of the second winding and the radius of the second winding perpendicular to the median plane, is between 1° and 10°.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 17, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Assignee: Société BIC
    Inventor: Arnaud Bez
  • Patent number: 10994884
    Abstract: A portable film packing apparatus includes a main body including a holding-and-drawing rod at the middle portion of the main body, a first combining rod is at a one end, and a second combining rod is disposed at the other end of the main body; a first roller unit having a first roller having its opposite ends respectively fixed with a pair of a first roller unit gears; and a second roller unit having second roller having its opposite ends respectively fixed with a pair of a second roller unit gears, wherein the first roller unit and the second roller unit are provided with the pair of the first roller unit gears and the pair of the second roller unit gears to mesh with each other, wherein a diameter of the first roller is smaller than a diameter of the second roller.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 9, 2018
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2021
    Inventor: Ming Chu Voo
  • Patent number: 10981746
    Abstract: A coating film transfer tool may include a casing that houses a feeding reel around which a transferable tape is wound and a winding reel; and a transfer head having a main body portion arranged in a front side which is one side of a front-rear direction of the casing to extend in a left-right direction perpendicular to the front-rear direction in a front end portion and provided with a pressing edge portion adapted for transferring the coating film to a transfer target surface. The casing or a base member housed in the casing may have a protruding tip that extends to the transfer head side and is connected to the transfer head. The protruding tip may press a part of an area including a center of the left-right direction of the main body portion to the transfer target surface side in the event of a transfer.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 3, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 20, 2021
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 10961006
    Abstract: A film wrap dispensing device for ergonomically wrapping articles includes a base, a first tube, and a handgrip assembly. The first tube is coupled to and extends perpendicularly from the base and is configured to be inserted into a tubular core of a roll of film wrap. The handgrip assembly is selectively couplable to an upper end of the first tube and is configured to retain the roll of film wrap on the first tube. The handgrip assembly also is configured to be grasped in hands of a user, positioning the user to move the base and the first tube around an object so that the roll of film wrap rotates around the first tube while dispensing film from the roll onto the object.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 16, 2019
    Date of Patent: March 30, 2021
    Inventor: Clinton Young
  • Patent number: 10954092
    Abstract: A manual device for applying a coating on a substrate by means of a tape has an applicator endpiece assembled to a casing and projecting from the casing. The applicator endpiece extends along a longitudinal direction and a lateral direction. The applicator endpiece has an attachment portion for assembling it to the casing, an applicator portion for applying the coating on the substrate, and a stem extending along the longitudinal direction between the attachment portion and the applicator portion. The stem is elastically deformable in such a manner that the applicator portion is movable between a rest position and an application position. The stem is an iso-stress stem.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 12, 2017
    Date of Patent: March 23, 2021
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Franck Rolion, Samuel Malinverni
  • Patent number: 10815093
    Abstract: A protective tape dispenser includes a mounting unit, a handle, a guide unit and a cutting unit. The guide unit has a tape pressing member and a turning member. The tape pressing member is located between the mounting unit and the turning member. The cutting unit includes an operation member and a fixing seat. One side of the fixing seat is provided with a blade holder. The tape pressing member and the turning member are configured to increase the tension of the protective tape and facilitate cutting. By pressing the operation member, the operation member drives a linking member to actuate the blade holder so as to extend or retract a blade, thereby increasing the smoothness of operation and achieving the purposes of labor-saving operation and easy force application.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2020
    Date of Patent: October 27, 2020
    Assignee: YANG BEY INDUSTRIAL CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Teng-Chi Yu
  • Patent number: 10766730
    Abstract: Invention includes a non-enclosed tape dispensing apparatus and system that is adapted to communicate with spools of tape or spooled material and allow the material to pass through the middle of the apparatus and then to be cut to a desired length by a cutting surface. The apparatus may also be made of different types of material and can be varied in size and shape to communicate with rolls of tape or spooled material of varying widths.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 12, 2019
    Date of Patent: September 8, 2020
    Inventor: Nathan Pratt
  • Patent number: 10633209
    Abstract: A tape dispenser is disclosed. The tape dispenser may include a pair of spools that are configured to carry tape and a spring disposed between the spools. The spring is preferably arranged to form a claw having two distal ends biased towards each other. The distal ends may each include a roller rotatably attached thereto. The spring may be configured to open responsive to a force on the roller resulting from a shaft coming between the rollers such that the rollers rotate to travel around the shaft to apply the tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2017
    Date of Patent: April 28, 2020
    Assignee: Ford Global Technologies, LLC
    Inventor: Mark Caye
  • Patent number: 10526159
    Abstract: A dispenser for a construction string, cord, or wire contains: an end member, a handle member, and a fixer. The end member includes a first stem formed on a first end thereof, a second stem arranged on a second end thereof and separated from the first stem by a shoulder, a disposable spool fitted on the second stem on which two opposite first ribs extend away from the shoulder, a fitting part defined between the two opposite first ribs, a notch defined on a top of the fitting part, and inner threads formed on an inner wall of the notch. The handle member is rotatably connected with the first stem. The fixer includes a body and a threaded post extending outward from the body, wherein the threaded post has outer threads arranged on an outer wall thereof so as to screw with the inner threads of the notch.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: January 7, 2020
    Inventors: Cheng-Tsung Chen, Chao-Hui Lin
  • Patent number: 10501277
    Abstract: A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 1, 2016
    Date of Patent: December 10, 2019
    Assignee: Kitaru Innovations Inc.
    Inventor: John Gordon Murphy
  • Patent number: 10479631
    Abstract: A stretch film dispenser with a moving device includes a frame. The frame includes a bottom seat and a coupling seat. A tubular member is connected between the bottom seat and the coupling seat. The tubular member is provided with a telescopic rod. The bottom seat is provided with a moving unit. A bottom surface of the moving unit is provided with at least two first moving members. When in use, the telescopic rod is pulled to a height suitable for holding, and then the user holds the telescopic rod to pull the stretch film dispenser. The stretch film dispenser can be moved through the moving unit, thereby achieving the effect of moving the stretch film dispenser easily and conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10479632
    Abstract: A stretch film dispenser with a lifting device is disclosed. The lifting device includes a first operating unit. The first operating unit has a first through hole. The first through hole is provided with a first fixing member. The first operating unit further has a first opening. The first opening is provided with a first control member. The first operating unit is connected with an accommodating unit. The accommodating unit includes a telescopic rod therein. An outer peripheral wall of the telescopic rod is formed with a plurality of spaced first positioning holes corresponding to the first fixing member. The first fixing member is engaged in one of the plurality of first positioning holes for positioning the telescopic rod. Thereby, the telescopic adjustment of the telescopic rod is controlled by the first operating unit for articles of different heights, and the packing process is more smooth and convenient.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10479635
    Abstract: A stretch film dispenser with a tension adjustment device includes a frame. The frame is provided with a film dispensing unit and the tension adjustment device. The tension adjustment device includes an adjustment rod. One end of the adjustment rod is threadedly connected with an adjustment unit. An elastic unit is connected between the frame and the film dispensing unit. When the adjustment unit rotates along the adjustment rod to generate downward axial displacement, the adjustment unit pushes the frame and the elastic unit to press the film dispensing unit, so that the film dispensing unit can be quickly adjusted in a different tension state when the film of the film roll is stretched.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 26, 2018
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2019
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Patent number: 10399315
    Abstract: Devices, methods and systems disclosed herein relate to the application of a protective film on a surface of an electronic device that instantly reduces air bubbles and eliminates the waiting time usually required when using a wet fluid solution. In one embodiment, a flange may be configured to couple to the protective film. The flange may aid in the accurate application of the protective film to the electronic device.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2018
    Date of Patent: September 3, 2019
    Assignee: SUPERIOR COMMUNICATIONS, INC.
    Inventors: Shraddha Patel, Charlie LaColla, Vivian Chou
  • Patent number: 10266294
    Abstract: A pallet wrapping device includes an elongated shaft having a fixed handle along a first end, and a diameter for slidingly receiving the hollow central channel of a roll of stretch film. A stopper is positioned along the second end of the elongated shaft, and includes a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the central channel of the roll of stretch film. A sliding handle unit having a first handle segment, a second handle segment and a hollow interior channel is slidingly positioned along the elongated shaft, and functions as a guide for dispensing the stretch film. A ring shaped member having a high friction material along one surface is disposed between the handle segments, and each handle segment includes an outside dimension that is positionable within the central channel of the roll of stretch film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 16, 2018
    Date of Patent: April 23, 2019
    Inventors: Ryan Malin, Rebecca Malin
  • Patent number: 10245879
    Abstract: The invention relates to the field of manual applicators, and in particular a manual applicator for applying a material on a substrate such as a sheet of paper. The manual applicator comprises a housing, an applicator endpiece projecting beyond a front opening of the housing, and a C-shaped handle. In a first section plane and in at least one section plane different from the first section plane and not parallel with the first section plane, the housing presents the same external outline adapted to be pressed into an internal outline of the handle, thereby enabling the handle to be fastened in a first orientation and alternatively in at least one second orientation different from the first orientation, the handle being oriented in the first section plane in the first orientation and in the second section plane in the second orientation. The first and second section planes are substantially in alignment with a longitudinal axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 21, 2014
    Date of Patent: April 2, 2019
    Assignee: SOCIETE BIC
    Inventors: Franck Vadenne, Arnaud Bez
  • Patent number: 10086560
    Abstract: A tape applicator assembly for securing tape to a surface includes a body and may include a centering and locking assembly configured to automatically center and lock a tape assembly within the body for dispensing. The tape applicator assembly may further be configured for securing tape to at least one cable and a surface, wherein the body includes a tape-receiving cavity defined for receiving a tape assembly having tape with a tape center longitudinal axis. A tape applying assembly may be defined within the body that is configured to adhere the tape to both the at least one cable and the surface. A cable alignment assembly may also be defined within the body that is configured to receive at least one cable positioned against the surface and substantially align the at least one cable with the tape center longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 25, 2016
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: GaffTech, LLC
    Inventors: Jonathan D. Harkless, Daniel T. Kretz, Jason P. Covey
  • Patent number: 10087032
    Abstract: Provided is a coating film transfer tool in which a coating film can be transferred onto a transfer-target surface in a straight manner without the coating film meandering, even if the coating film transfer tool meanders when the coating film is being transferred. The coating film transfer tool includes a feeding portion; a transfer press portion; and a winding portion. The transfer press portion is provided with a transfer head that transfers the coating film, the transfer head can move in a width direction of the transfer tape independent of the feeding portion and the winding portion. The transfer head is provided with a pair of guide walls that use their inner surfaces to restrict movement of the transfer tape. The pair of guide walls and a tip portion of the transfer head can press against the transfer-target surface at the same time.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 24, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 2, 2018
    Assignee: FUJICOPIAN CO., LTD.
    Inventor: Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 10023342
    Abstract: A pallet wrapping device includes an elongated shaft having a fixed handle along a first end, and a diameter for slidingly receiving the hollow central channel of a roll of stretch film. A stopper is positioned along the second end of the elongated shaft, and includes a dimension that is greater than the dimension of the central channel of the roll of stretch film. A sliding handle unit having a first handle segment, a second handle segment and a hollow interior channel is slidingly positioned along the elongated shaft, and functions as a guide for dispensing the stretch film. A ring shaped member having a high friction material along one surface is disposed between the handle segments, and each handle segment includes an outside dimension that is positionable within the central channel of the roll of stretch film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2017
    Date of Patent: July 17, 2018
    Inventors: Ryan Malin, Rebecca Malin
  • Patent number: 9969590
    Abstract: A horizontal-pull coating film transferring tool may include a supply reel, a transfer head, a take-up reel, and a power transmitting mechanism. The tool may also include a base member, wherein a transfer head is attached and a rotation locking member having a supply reel engaging pawl able to lock rotation of the supply reel is disposed. The base member may be supported so as to be able to rotate. Through an elastic return mechanism, a rotational lock of the supply reel is released through rotation of the base member when the transfer head is pressed and the rotation of the supply reel is locked through the base member returning to an original position. A rotation supporting shaft for the supply reel and the take-up reel is disposed so as to be substantially perpendicular to the direction of a pressing edge portion on the front end in the transfer head.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 4, 2017
    Date of Patent: May 15, 2018
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiromichi Fujisawa
  • Patent number: 9790049
    Abstract: To provide a device for transferring a coated film in which a transfer unit can be protected well enough, a lid is not obstructive during the use of the device, and costs of production can be kept low. The device for transferring a coated film includes a hollow case having an opening formed therein. The case contains a sliding member 200 on which a first spool 300 for feeding a length of tape and a second spool 400 for taking up the tape are supported by their respective shafts, the sliding member 200 including a transfer unit 250 for transferring the tape. A control piece 220, which is a part of the sliding member 200, is exposed outside of the case through a guide slot formed in the case. The opening is opened and closed using a lid 500. When the control piece 220 is pushed ahead, the lid 500 is rotated and housed in the case. The transfer unit is moved to the outside of the case through the opening which is not covered with anything.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 29, 2015
    Date of Patent: October 17, 2017
    Assignee: PLUS Corporation
    Inventor: Yoshihiko Kobashi
  • Patent number: 9486985
    Abstract: A method for sealing a vent includes coupling a film including an adhesive surface to an applicator, applying the film onto the vent using the applicator adhering the adhesive surface to at least one of the vent and a portion of a structure surrounding the vent, and decoupling the film from the applicator during or after the applying the film. An applicator for applying a sealing film to a vent for sealing the vent includes a first elongate member, a second elongate member having a bore extending along its length and receiving the first member within the bore, where the first elongate member is longer than the second elongate member and where a first end portion of the first elongate member extends beyond a first end of the second elongate member and a second end portion of the first elongate member extends beyond a second end of the first elongate member, and where the second elongate member is rotatable to various orientations relative to the first elongate member about a longitudinal axis.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 17, 2013
    Date of Patent: November 8, 2016
    Assignee: Mintie Technologies, Inc.
    Inventors: James M. Mintie, Jose Guadalupe Munoz, Christopher Foltz
  • Patent number: 9327486
    Abstract: This invention generally relates to a tape dispenser with automatic backing removal more particularly including a spindle rotatably mounted for receiving said supply of tape; a pinch roller set in tension having an adjustment to set the drag for the tape supply passing through the pinch rollers that convert a pull of the tape to a rotary motion; a take-up spindle for spooling the protective backing layer when separated from the tape; a set of drag washers to maintain an pre-set tension as the protective backing is spooled onto the take up spindle; a first gear responsive to the rotary motion of the pinch roller set and a second gear responsive to the motion of the first gear and axially attached to the take-up spindle for spooling the protective backing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 2, 2013
    Date of Patent: May 3, 2016
    Assignee: THE MIDSUN GROUP, INC.
    Inventors: John Poplawski, Herbert Kleinegger, James Ferro
  • Patent number: 9220586
    Abstract: A surgical repair device is provided and includes a roll of surgical mesh material and an applicator for applying the roll of surgical mesh material to tissue. The applicator has a generally cylindrical body portion defining a chamber for receipt of the roll of surgical mesh material and longitudinally extending edges defining a gap therebetween for exposing the roll of surgical mesh material to the tissue. The surgical mesh material has a non-adhering surface and an adhering surface for engaging the tissue and securing the surgical mesh to the tissue. The roll of mesh material is oriented within the chamber with the adhering surfacing outward. A method of using the surgical repair device to repair a tear in tissue is also provided.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 11, 2013
    Date of Patent: December 29, 2015
    Assignee: Covidien LP
    Inventor: Stanislaw Kostrzewski
  • Patent number: 9205686
    Abstract: A printer includes a first case and a second case, a paper containing portion is formed in the first case and contains a paper roll, a paper holder is provided in the paper containing portion and hold the paper roll, a pair of supporting members are provided in the paper holder and hold both ends of the paper roll, with each of the supporting members holding one of the ends, a contacting portion is provided in the paper holder and is thicker than are the supporting members, and a first projection projects in the paper containing portion from the first case toward the paper holder and is positioned, in the axial direction of the paper roll, between the contacting portion and a wall surface of the first case located on the side of the contact portion and is able to come into contact with the contacting portion.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: December 8, 2015
    Assignee: BROTHER KOGYO KABUSHIKI KAISHA
    Inventors: Hiroaki Kita, Minoru Yamamoto
  • Patent number: 9199758
    Abstract: An automatic label stripping machine includes a base, a reel shaft rod, a label stripping unit, a control unit and a sensing unit. Labels can easily be stripped for use and a label reel can conveniently be assembled, replaced and reclaimed by means of the control unit and the sensing unit. In addition, the members of the automatic label stripping machine of this invention can be replaced and repaired conveniently.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2014
    Date of Patent: December 1, 2015
    Inventor: Hsiu-Man Yu Chen
  • Publication number: 20150136329
    Abstract: An adhesive tape application placement device for applying an elongated adhesive material to an adherend is disclosed. In preferred embodiments, the device comprises: an elongated connection rod having a first end and a second end configured to pass through a plurality of connection rod receiving apertures; a spool having a connection rod receiving aperture positioned on the elongated connection rod; a first spool retainer having a connection rod receiving aperture positioned on the elongated connection rod proximate to the spool; and an adjustable offset bumper having a connection rod receiving aperture and an offset bumper guide arm positioned on the elongated connection rod proximate to the first spool retainer. Adhesive tape may be pressed onto an adherend by the spool while the movement of the spool over the adherend may be guided by an offset bumper guide arm contacting and moving over the object with a surface comprising an adherend.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 20, 2014
    Publication date: May 21, 2015
    Inventor: Robert Rolph Masecar
  • Patent number: 9027624
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a tape guiding mechanism (10) of a tape device (100). The tape device (100) comprises a strip of tape (20) having supply tape (22) and take up tape (24); a spool portion (130); a supply spool (40) disposed at the spool portion (130) for winding the supply tape (22); a take up spool (50) disposed at the spool portion (130) for winding the take up tape (24); an application tip (12); and a spool mechanism (70) for allowing the supply and the take up spools (40 & 50) to rotate such that the tape travels from the supply spool (40), around the applicator tip (120), and to the take up spool (50).
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 30, 2010
    Date of Patent: May 12, 2015
    Assignee: Widetech Manufacturing SDN. BHD.
    Inventors: Tong Shan Wong, De Yi Quah
  • Publication number: 20150122424
    Abstract: A double sided tape applicator can include a quick release head to facilitate, for example, cleaning and tape threading.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 15, 2015
    Publication date: May 7, 2015
    Inventors: Brian Maus, Thomas Truman
  • Patent number: 8978731
    Abstract: A stationery tool has a body, a pushbutton, a working element, and a push-proof device. The pushbutton is pushably and rotatably mounted on an end of the body. The working element is mounted in the body and is connected to and driven by the pushbutton. The push-proof device is mounted between the body and the pushbutton and has a blocking protrusion and a blocking segment. The blocking protrusion is disposed on the pushbutton. The blocking segment is disposed on the body, selectively abuts the blocking protrusion and has a passage defined in the blocking segment to allow the blocking protrusion to pass the blocking segment. Accordingly, a push-proof capability is provided to the pushbutton to prevent the working element from extending out of the body unintentionally.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 24, 2012
    Date of Patent: March 17, 2015
    Assignee: SDI Corporation
    Inventor: Chien-Lung Wu
  • Patent number: 8955572
    Abstract: A trigger-operated adhesive dispenser includes a rack, a handle affixed to the rack, a swing frame pivotally mounted at the rack, a cutter blade fixedly mounted at the rack, a stopper member pivotally mounted at the rack, and a trigger mounted at the handle. When the trigger is not pressed, the swing frame is stopped by the stopper member and prohibited from being biased, allowing the adhesive tape to be pulled out and adhered to the object to be packed. When pressing the trigger, the trigger will push the stopper member to release the swing frame, enabling the swing frame to be biased, and thus the cutter blade can forced to cut off the applied adhesive tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 5, 2013
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventor: Harrison Huang
  • Patent number: 8955573
    Abstract: The present invention resides in an apparatus for use with a plaster taping device, the apparatus comprising a base for removably attaching the apparatus to the plaster taping device and a frame having a first end coupled to the base and a second end for supporting a wheel member rotatably connected thereto, wherein the wheel member facilitates application of a tape material along an internal corner joint.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2011
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2015
    Inventors: Eamonn Oliver Owens, Daniel Luke Owens
  • Patent number: 8951381
    Abstract: A double sided tape applicator can include a quick release head to facilitate, for example, cleaning and tape threading.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 20, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 10, 2015
    Assignee: First Solar, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian Maus, Thomas Truman
  • Patent number: 8944131
    Abstract: The invention is directed to an adhesive tape dispenser adapted for use with adhesive tape having a releasable backing such as wax paper, foil or vinyl often used in HVAC applications. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a handgrip for holding the tape dispenser in one hand during use, a finger switch provided on the handgrip and activated to operate a motorized gearing system for automatically removing and storing the releasable backing simultaneously while applying the adhesive tape to a surface, and a light source for illuminating dark or low lit surface areas.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 17, 2012
    Date of Patent: February 3, 2015
    Inventor: Jerry Williams