Abstract: An adhesive tape applicator of the present invention comprises a first holding piece 2 and a second holding piece 3 for holding a door sash frame therebetween, the first holding piece 2 having at least one elastic rollers 5 for pressing the adhesive tape against an object face of the door sash frame, the second holding piece 3 having at least one guide rollers 6 being provided on the opposite side to the object face of the door sash frame, the guide rollers 6 having a groove 6a engaging with a rib 6 extending in the longitudinal direction of the door sash frame. The adhesive tape applicator is capable of applying the adhesive tape to the door sash frame of an automobile stably and accurately, and further provides an adhesive tape applicator which is capable of applying the adhesive tape with improved operability and speedily.

Abstract: The invention relates to a method and to a device for producing a corrugated sheet that has a corrugation and that is especially used for a catalyst substrate. According tot eh inventive method, a sheet of a predetermined thickness of less than 0.06 mm is passed through two intermeshing rolls. Each roll has a profile that is made up of profile sections. A flank clearance between two opposite flanks of the profile sections is larger than the thickness of the sheet which is passed through the intermeshing rolls.

Abstract: A tape handling system including a tape mount roller, a first accumulator movable between first and second positions, a printer for printing on tape, and a second accumulator movable between first and second positions. Movement of the second accumulator from the first position to the second position causes the printer to begin printing. An apparatus including the tape handling system and a tape applicator.

Abstract: There is disclosed a strip applying tool for applying strip material to substrates. The tool includes at least one cutting blade to slit cut the strip material from its exterior surface into its body to thereby facilitate the formation fo a corner while maintaining the strip in a continuous uninterrupted length. The tool further provides a channel extending therein to receive strip material which provides a guide surface to permit the application of the strip to the substrate while maintaining a lower surface of the tool above the substrate to prevent moving or scratching of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved taping apparatus which comprises a cam mechanism and a belt member disposed around the circumferential surface of the cam mechanism, whereby the belt member rotating along the periphery of the cam mechanism can continuously apply a tape around a peripheral surface of the object, in particular in the shape of a closed-loop, while the object is disposed within the central space of the cam mechanism, so that the tape can be automatically applied around the object and the productivity can be improved.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying an adhesive spacer material to a substrate such as a glass lite for the manufacture of insulated windows includes an infeed and an outfeed conveyor for advancing a glass lite, and a transverse beam on which is mounted a first travelling applicator head and a second stationary applicator head. A first and second feed reel are provided to supply spacer material to their respective applicator heads. The stationary applicator head is adapted to apply a length of spacer material in a straight pattern simultaneously with the travelling head as the substrate is advanced by the conveyor. The travelling applicator head applies spacer material to three sides of the substrate cutting notches or slits and rotating 90° at the corners. The stationary applicator head applies spacer to the fourth side. Cooperating pairs of grippers form accurate folds in the spacer.

Abstract: An edge banding device for panels includes an edge band applicator. The edge band applicator includes a motor-driven shaft that defines a vertical main axis and that mounts and drives a roller that contacts the edge of the panel. The contact roller turns freely about the vertical main axis. On opposite sides of the contact roller are located a glue feeder and at least one main pressure roller of the edge band. The glue feeder and pressure roller are adapted for oscillating about the shaft in accordance with the profile of the panel.

Abstract: The tape squeezing device has a grooved portion including a bottom wall portion and a pair of side wall portions, a pair of tilted surface portions arranged both end portions in longitudinal direction of a recessed portion and tilted in respect to the longitudinal direction of the recessed portion, a main body formed with the tilted surface portions and the recessed portion, an expandable elastic sheet arranged along the recessed portion and the tilted surface portion, a pair of squeezing levers held for reciprocal motion in opposing direction of a pair of the side wall portions, a bracket having a base end portion pivoted at a center portion of the main body via a pin for pivotal motion to project a tip end portion from any one side of both ends in the longitudinal direction of the recessed portion, and an adhesive tape guide roller rotatably mounted on the tip end of the bracket to contact to one side end portion of the work.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying adhesive spacer to a glass pane to produce an insulated glass window including a first applicator head for applying the spacer; a supporter for supporting the head a distance from the pane, an advancer for advancing the pane relative to the head; a feeder for feeding the spacer at a controllable speed to the head; and an applicator channel for guiding and positioning the spacer on the pane. The channel includes a cooperative pair of driven belts for positioning the spacer at a rate corresponding to the controllable speed where the belts are arranged in upstanding relation to the pane for compressing the spacer therebetween to from an application channel to position the spacer on the pane while the spacer is between the belts. The is also provided a driver for driving the belts and a pressure belt for pressing on the spacer to provide sealing contact between the spacer and the pane.

Abstract: A hand tool for applying adhesive strip material to a glass sheet has a manually graspable body with a channel extending through it to receive the strip material. A positioning member adjacent the channel guides the tool along the edge of the glass sheet. The body includes a punch selectively operable to notch the strip material to facilitate corner formation, and a cutter selectively operable to sever the strip when application of the strip to the glass sheet has been completed. Actuators for the punch and for the cutter are accessible on the exterior surface of the hand tool in locations where they can be operated by the user in a number of different holding positions.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for automatically applying self-adhesive protective sheeting to surface parts of vehicle bodies, a specific rectangular piece of protective sheeting in the form of stock roll is grasped on its non-adhesive side, using a robot-controlled tentering frame with suction legs, is drawn off and is cut off. Before the sheeting blank is laid on to the body, in the freely stretched-out state tear-off lines are perforated, preferably from the non-adhesive sheeting side, in the region of accessory parts by means of a perforating device guided along definite contour lines. Thereafter the protective sheeting, which is thus prepared and stretched out so as to be free of creases in the tentering frame, is lowered in the correct position onto the associated part by the handling robot and laid onto the surface part so as to be free of bubbles. The sheetings are subsequently pressed down in a brushing manner under an elastic brushing bar extending over the entire vehicle width.

Abstract: A tool for applying strip material to a major face of a substrate including a tool body having a lower surface and a channel extending therethrough and a substrate positioning member adjacent the channel for guiding the tool along the edge of the substrate. The substrate positioning member includes spaced apart front and rear guide members contiguous with the edge. The rear guide member is mounted to a frame pivotally mounted to the tool body and includes two spaced apart rollers. The tool also includes an elevating means for elevating the lower surface of the tool from the major and a cutting means for cutting a slit into the strip material to a selected depth extending by part way into the strip material to permit the strip material to be bent about a corner of the substrate.

Abstract: The present invention relates to an improved taping apparatus which comprises a cam mechanism and a belt member disposed around the circumferential surface of the cam mechanism, whereby the belt member rotating along the periphery of the cam mechanism can continuously apply a tape around a peripheral surface of the object, in particular in the shape of a closed-loop, while the object is disposed within the central space of the cam mechanism, so that the tape can be automatically applied around the object and the productivity can be improved.

Abstract: An improved tape wrapping machine is provided which includes a tape slack device for creating a predetermined amount of untensioned slack in the tape web at the end of each cycle of operation to prevent the need for the operator to pull the tape from the supply roll at the beginning of the next taping cycle. The tape slack device includes a slack arm mounted for pivotal movement between tension and slack positions to create the necessary slack without movement of the tape supply roll. A tape feed support/slide and a retractable knife operate to effectively cut the web of tape during each cycle while creating an end portion of the tape for contact by the article during the next taping operation. The knife device is positioned to cut the nonadhesive side of the tape thereby permitting uninterrupted taping operations. A tape wrap collet includes elastomer fingers ensuring the tape conforms to the outer surface of the article thereby creating a tight tape wrap.

Abstract: A carton sealer using paper tapes includes a work table, an elevator, two tape machines, and a contact wheel unit. When a carton is placed and moved on the table, it touches a following wheel of an upper tape machine and is adhered with a paper tape. The carton and the following wheel continue to move forward until a micro switch separates from a projection of a turning member of the following wheel and an air cylinder. Then a spring pulls back the following wheel and a press wheel to their original position, finishing one round of tape sealing operation.

Abstract: An apparatus for applying an adhesive spacer material to a substrate, such as a glass lite, for the manufacture of insulated windows. The apparatus includes an infeed and an outfeed conveyor for advancing a glass lite, and a transverse beam on which is mounted a first travelling applicator head and a second stationary applicator head. A first and second feed reel are provided to supply spacer material to their respective applicator heads. The travelling applicator head is adapted to move transversely across the conveyor, rotationally through 180.degree., and vertically above the substrate. The stationary applicator head is adapted to apply a length of spacer material in a straight pattern simultaneously with the travelling head as the substrate is advanced by the conveyor. The travelling applicator head applies spacer material to three sides of the substrate, cutting notches in the spacer material and rotating 90.degree. at the corners of the substrate.

Abstract: A method of applying a film, preferably of PET, to a surface, preferably the front surface of the panel of a CRT. Resin is first applied to the surface in a predetermined pattern. The film is then pressed against a part of the surface near one edge of it by a roller. The roller is then moved across the surface to press the film onto the resin. The pressure exerted by the roller is reduced in the middle of the surface as compared with that exerted at the edge. Two different pressures may be used in the middle part.

Abstract: The inventive labeling device employs a vacuum belt transport having a motor-driven endless belt, for conveying a label from a proximal end to a distal end of the transport. Initially, a chute is disposed between the label dispenser and the vacuum belt transport, which is capable of receiving a label dispensed by the label dispenser and holding it until the vacuum belt transport returns to a label receiving position and can accept the new label. This combination of a vacuum belt transport and a chute allow the labeler to dispense a new label while the previous label is still being applied to an article, thereby greatly increasing the labeling capacity of the labeler.

Abstract: As tape drawer rollers are driven for intermittent rotation, a continuous tape is intermittently fed along a tape traveling path with a leading end portion of the tape inserted through a ring at a tape folding section. When the continuous tape has been fed by a predetermined length, the feeding of the tape is stopped and then the lower end portion of the tape inserted through the ring is bent about the ring by a first bending member. Then a cutting device severs a predetermined length of tape strip off the continuous tape, whereupon the an upper half of the severed tape strip is bent about the ring by a second bending member, thus providing a folded tape strip having a laminate portion. Finally the folded tape strip is discharged out of a machine after part of its laminate portion is fused by a fusing device.

Abstract: A machine comprising a supporting base for boxes to be sealed, a mechanism for moving the boxes, a head that can be displaced vertically with respect to the supporting base, and at least one unit for feeding gum-coated paper sections that is removably disposed in a seat of the vertically displaceable head. The feed unit comprises a plurality of individual units that can be taken apart separately. The feed unit includes a unit for supporting a roll of gum-coated paper, a tape control unit, a tape centering unit, a tape feed unit, a contrast unit cooperable with the tape feed unit, a tape shearing unit, a tape moistening unit, and a unit for applying the moistened tape to the box to be sealed.

Abstract: A tape applying mechanism employs a puller having a gripper that grips the free end of a tape and then pulls it from a pickup position along a path into an extended position. A pressure bar then moves across the path and forces the tape against the surface of an article, preferably the pressure bar will include a pair of end wipers to wipe end sections of the tape along a pair of sides of the article in a direction substantially perpendicular to the first or major surface of the article. The device is particularly suited for applying a sealing tape to a carton wherein the side of the tape facing the article or carton has an adhesive surface.

Abstract: A tape applying apparatus adjustable to accommodate various width taping heads. The apparatus includes a base, left and right bed portions separated by a central open portion, and left and right filler plates mounted in the central open portion. The distance between the filler plates can be adjusted to adjust the width of the central open portion and accommodate lower taping heads of different widths. Replaceable front and rear guards are placed on the front and rear of the bed across the ends of both filler plates. The apparatus can also include an upper frame for supporting an upper taping head. The upper frame includes two support members. A rear spacer connecting the two support members, a front support plate, and a top cover can be replaced or adjusted to accommodate an adjustable upper taping head width.

Abstract: A mechanism of a band attaching device of a case sealing machine for preventing the band from falling down. A fourth band guiding wheel is disposed under the band stopper boards and movable on the front band pressing wheel support. When the fourth band guiding wheel is positioned at a lowest position, the front edge of the outer surface of the fourth band guiding wheel intersects the band stopper boards and the band is forced to move downward and linearly contact with the band stopper boards on the adhesive face. At this time, the band is urged to forward project into an arch state so as to enhance the upright standing ability of the band without falling down.

Abstract: A label applicator for applying a label to an article comprising a supporting structure, a label carrier adapted to receive and releasably retain a label and a carrier mount. The label carrier is mounted for rotation on the carrier mount. The carrier mount mounts the label carrier on the supporting structure for bodily movement between a label receiving position in which the label carrier can receive and releasably retain a label and a label applying position in which the label carrier can apply the label to the article.

Abstract: Sheet delivery device in a printing press having stops and sheet pushers or sliders for forming a sheet pile on a changeable sheet-pile carrier, and a conveyor system for transporting sheets successively to a location above the sheet pile includes a stabilizing device actuatable, upon the occurrence of a pile change, for stabilizing the sheets forming the sheet pile, the stabilizing device forming a releasable adhesive connection of sheet edges at least at one side of the pile and in an upper region of the pile.

Abstract: In a method and apparatus for decorating articles having at least a generally conical surface portion with a decoration on a stamping foil, the foil passes around a guide roller as it is fed towards the stamping roller for applying a decoration on the foil to the surface portion of the article. The guide roller is displaced by a drive means along an arcuate guide means into a position adapted to the respective rotary angular position of the article to be decorated. The drive means for driving the stamping roller is inoperable to drive same during the stamping operation so that the stamping roller is only driven by frictional engagement during the stamping operation.

Abstract: A label applicator applies adhesive labels to opposite surfaces of a piece of stock. The labels are affixed to a backing sheet having turning strips on a leading edge thereof. The backing sheet is advanced along a label tray in a manner that peels a first portion of a label from the backing sheet and feeds the peeled portion to a transfer point. A piece of stock is placed on a stock tray such that the area to which the label is to be applied is under the transfer point. The stock tray is tilted to bring the first surface of the piece of stock into contact with the first portion of the label at the transfer point. Continued tilting of the stock tray causes the label to be squeezed between the stock and a plate and to peel a second portion from the backing sheet. The plate is linked to a wrapping roller by bars and levers.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying sealing tape to a stationary rectangular carton. As the carton is introduced into the taping area, a tape applicator applies a pre pulled tape length from the tape supply to the carton front vertical panel and extends the tape down into the main frame. A cutter severs a tape length inside the main frame. A wiping member that follows the cutter, wipes the severed tape length around the corner formed by the front vertical panel and onto horizontal panel for the length between the corner of the carton and the cutter. On the return stroke a pre pull member pre pulls the next tape length from the tape supply to be applied on the next carton.

Abstract: A machine for applying gummed paper tape to boxes to be sealed comprises a supporting unit adapted to support a roll of gummed paper tape, a control unit, a tape centering unit, a contrast unit, a feeding unit for moving the tape through the machine, a cutting unit for cutting the tape into strips to be applied to the boxes to be sealed, and a diverting unit including at least two guide portions defining a space therebetween for directing the tape into a substantially vertical path of travel. The guide portions are separable from one another to increase the space therebetween and thereby facilitate access to the tape at the space. A moistening unit moistens the tape before the tape is applied to the boxes to be sealed, and an application unit applies the tape to the boxes to be sealed after the tape has been directed into the substantially vertical path of travel by the diverting unit and moistened by the moistening unit.

Abstract: The present invention provides an apparatus for applying an adhesive handle to a load, both if it is a pack of items kept together by a unitizing means such as heat-shrunk wrapping or if it is a single article such as a box. More specifically, the apparatus for applies adhesive handles to loads that as they are driven along a path, the apparatus in its preferred embodiment being characterized by a rotatable lever having two opposing arms, either of the arms being in turn positioned within the path. A holding means is provided on the lever for carrying a handle to lay on a surface of the two arms of the lever with its non-adhesive side against the surface of the lever and its adhesive side exposed. Additionally a lever driving means is provided to controllably rotate the lever by about 180.degree. after a load that is driven along the path hits an arm of the lever that is positioned within the path.

Abstract: A label applicator for applying a label to an article comprising a supporting structure, a label carrier adapted to receive and releasably retain a label and a carrier mount. The label carrier is mounted for rotation on the carrier mount. The carrier mount mounts the label carrier on the supporting structure for bodily movement between a label receiving position in which the label carrier can receive and releasably retain a label and a label applying position in which the label carrier can apply the label to the article.

Abstract: A method and apparatus for securing an enlarged sheet-like fabric to a side face of a panel which is provided with edge frame elements having retaining channels extending therealong. Each retaining channel has a film or bead of a solid adhesive therein. An edge portion of the fabric is positioned to extend over the mouth of the groove, and is then folded over an inserting member which inserts the fabric edge portion into the groove. Substantially simultaneously the adhesive film or bead is heated, as by an induction heater, and the inserting member presses the folded fabric edge portion into the melted adhesive. This contact is maintained and the adhesive is subjected to cooling to effect resolidification thereof and fixed securement of the inserted fabric portion to the channel part. The insertion preferably involves an inserting device having a plurality of blade-like rollers which insert the fabric into the channel as the edge frame of the panel relatively moves longitudinally along the set of rollers.

Abstract: A back pasting apparatus which uses a back pasting adhesive tape and is intended to make the apparatus compact and to improve back pasting quality. A guide rail (16) movable back and forth with respect to a frame (14) is provided. A paper table (15) arranged opposite to the guide rail (16) is biased by a spring or the like in the direction of the guide rail (16). The guide rail (16) and a clamp (22) are driven by a drive mechanism. First, a back pasting adhesive tape (30) is fed by a tape feeder into the guide groove (19) of the guide rail (16). As the clamp (22) lowers, the cover of papers (17) is pressed against the adhesive tape (30). The guide rail (16) is moved down along the grooves (20, 20) before being moved forward. As a result, only the paper table (15) is pressed down and moved back so that the adhesive tape (30) is pressed against the back and back cover of the papers (17).

Abstract: A sealing machine for sealing parallelpiped boxes with down-turned flaps, comprises a lower supporting and containment structure defining a supporting plane for the boxes; a lower sealing unit normally contained within the supporting and containment structure; means for advancing the boxes along the supporting plane; a vertically movable upper supporting structure; and an upper sealing unit fixed to the upper supporting structure. The lower supporting structure includes a control unit operable externally from the sealing machine for enabling upward movement of the lower sealing unit to a position wherein at least a portion of the lower sealing unit is disposed above the supporting plane of the boxes.

Abstract: Taping apparatus (27) has a body (3) with a mouth (3a) opening to one side radially of an axis (A). A head (1, 5, 16) having a mouth (3a) radial of the axis (A) is mounted for rotation about the axis (A) on the body (3) and has a gear disposed around the head in meshing engagement with two gears (17) mounted on the body. The gears (17) are both in mesh with a gear (9) rotated by a gear (11) driven by motor (12) thus to rotate the head. A tape reel (28) is carried by chuck (6) rotatably disposed on an axle (8) on the head for rotation about an axis (B) parallel with the axis (A). A counterbalance (4) is mounted on the head (1, 5, 16) opposite the chuck (6) on axle (8) comprising a weight (2) movable towards and away from the axis (A) and a roller (26) urged by a spring (24) against the outermost layer (28a) of the tape on reel (28) thereby detecting the diameter of tape carried by the reel (28) thus to move the weight (2) to a position to substantially counterbalance the reel as it rotates.

Abstract: A tape applicator for application of a double-sided adhesive tape to a member which can be cut and assembled to form a frame for glazing for a skylight, a window or a door. The tape applicator includes a spindle for accepting a plurality of rolls of tape and apparatus for guiding the frame member past the roll of tape to permit accurate and dependable application of the tape to the frame member. A spring mounted block urges the tape into tight, adhesively bonded relation with the frame member at the desired location. The guiding apparatus is removable to allow selection and installation of an appropriate guiding apparatus configured to accept the cross-sectional size and shape of the particular frame member to which it is desired to apply tape. A wall acts as a stop to align the tape with the frame member. When the tape from a particular roll has been exhausted, the remaining core can be pushed past the wall into a recess to allow advancement of the next available roll into position.

Abstract: A tape head apparatus for applying sealing tape to cartons moving thereunder on a conveyor has rollers as part of roller assemblies for rolling the tape under pressure onto the leading face, top surface, and trailing face of the carton. The rollers, assemblies, which are carried on a support frame, and are biased toward their extended position, with the biasing force creating the pressure of the rollers on the tape and the carton. The biasing force is augmented by a pressure enhancer which is actuated while the rollers are applying the tape to the top surface, and the augmented force remains until the tape has been applied to the trailing face of the carton. A cutter cuts the tape prior to its application to the trailing face, leaving a length of unapplied tape sufficient to apply to the trailing face.

Abstract: A carton taper machine that folds an end of the tape over on itself to produce a pull tab, cuts a length of tape, applies a first section of the length of tape to a first surface of a carton and a second section of the length of tape to a second surface of the carton which is at right angles to the first surface.

Abstract: A chuck (4) grasping the front edge of a tire component material (S) which is supplied from a material feeder (3) generates a motional locus through an initial ascending motion and through a forward motion toward the former and through a subsequent descending motion to the former to lay the front edge onto the carcass (T). A pressing mechanism (6) operates to press the introduced material (S) on the carcass (T), and concurrently the former (2) rotates by a predetermined rotation angle to adhere the tire component material (S) onto the carcass (T). Thereafter a cutter assembly (5) operates to cut the tire component material (S) in a length corresponding to the sum of a required length for joint and a full circumferential length of the carcass. The former (2) rotates again to adhere the tire component material (S) onto the full circumference of the carcass (T), and the front edge and a last edge of the tire component material are jointed by the pressing mechanism (6) so that the adhesion is completed.

Abstract: A tape winding device having a rotating plate rotating around the circumference of a bundle of wires for a wiring harness or the like, and a driving device. A notched portion for insertion of a bundle of wires is formed in the rotating plate and the device main body, respectively, so as to extend from the outer edge to the rotating center thereof. A tape holder for holding a roll of adhesive-backed tape, and feeding and cutting devices for the tape are provided on the rotating plate. An arc-like collar is provided on the rotating plate concentrically with the rotating center thereof, and the driving device is constituted by a plurality of driving and guide rollers for sandwiching the collar. At least two pairs of the driving and guide rollers are disposed in the vicinity of each side of the notched portion. The feeding device has guide rollers supported on the rotating plate, and a feeding arm and a driving lever which are both supported on the rotating plate in a swiveling manner.

Abstract: This invention has for its object to provide an apparatus for connecting a paper web with a paper web threading member wherein during the stand-by period of a retaining device the adhesive surface of an adhesive material in the retaining device is covered up by a movable cover so that paper dust or the like may be prevented from depositing thereon. The apparatus comprises a paper web retaining member connected to the upstream end of the paper web threading member and adapted to be located at a predetermined position along a paper web threading path where it is allowed to stand by; a retaining device for retaining a paper web, which has been advanced to the predetermined position along the path, onto the paper web retaining member through the intermediary of an adhesive material; and a movable cover provided in juxtaposition with the retaining device and adapted to be moved so as to selectively cover up or expose at least the adhesive surface of the adhesive material.

Abstract: A device for applying tape to a box driven past the device in which the initial impact force of the device on the leading surface of the box is attenuated.

Abstract: A preferred embodiment of a corrugated carton sealing apparatus 10 is illustrated in the Figs. having tape application heads 32 and 34 for applying adhesive tape strips 36 to the top and bottom surfaces of the carton to seal the carton. Each of the tape application heads 32 and 34 have a leading application roller 62 and a trailing application roller 68 that are moved in unison with each other from extended positions as illustrated in FIGS. 1 and 2, to retracted positions as illustrated in FIGS. 4 and 5. The leading application roller 62 travels in a path shown by the curve illustrated in FIG. 7 to apply pressure to a beginning leading edge 38 of the tape to firmly affix the tape edge 38 to the leading surface 14 of the carton. The tape application head 32 includes a tape feed 84 for feeding adhesive tape through the tape application head for application to the container.

Abstract: A device includes a pair of taping units disposed symmetrical to a conveying line, along which containers advance spaced out from one another by a spacing suited to allow insertion of the taping units therein at a taping station. Each taping unit has an operating head, movable in a direction transversal to the conveying line, and a pair of rocker means articulated to the operating head, suited to intercept a strip of adhesive tape, which extends from a longitudinal wall of the container located downstream of the taping station, and to diverge elastically in phase of insertion into the spacing, while cutting means, associated with the operating head are suited to cut the strip held by the rocker means and means for driving the cutting means are actuated when the operating head is inserted in the spacing.

Abstract: A device and method for applying a length of pressure-sensitive adhesive tape to an object that is moved along a path past the device is described. The device includes a frame and a mechanism for applying the length of tape to the periphery of the object that is attached to the frame. The mechanism for applying the length of tape is movable between a first tape dispensing position and a second tape dispensing position and wherein the mechanism dispenses the tape along a forward and a rearward portion of the object while in the first position and dispenses tape at the second position between the forward and rearward portions of the object. A retaining mechanism restricts movement of the means for applying toward the object while in the second position.

Abstract: An apparatus for bending a laminated thermoplastic sheet without displacing the lamina relative to one another includes a clamp which functions to hold the sheet during the bending procedure. A support is disposed adjacent the clamp and has a curved surface for forming a bend in the sheet and a flat surface which constitutes an abutment for the part of the sheet being bent. The support is adjustable to vary the angle of bending. A bending device for the sheet comprises a carriage having a bending roller, and a ram whose size approximates that of the flat abutment surface. The sheet is clamped with a portion thereof projecting freely above the flat abutment surface and heated. The bending roller thereupon forces the sheet against the curved surface to bend the sheet and then moves across the projecting portion of the sheet to urge such portion into engagement with the flat abutment surface.

Abstract: A device for attaching gummed tear strips to flip top cigarettes packets includes a feed system, by which packets are directed toward a station where the strips are affixed, and a unit by which the strips themselves are fed to the station, typically by a drum revolving substantially tangentially to with the station and incorporating peripheral suction bosses by which the individual strips are held in position on a cylindrical surface. Each single strip affixed is folded and flattened by a blade, associated with the corresponding suction boss and reciprocated radially by a respective mechanical linkage between an inactive position, fully retracted from the cylindrical surface of the drum and an extended operating position assumed upon arrival at the affixing station.

Abstract: Apparatus for applying wrap-around labels to containers, such as bottles, where the label is wrapped around the container and a vertical heat seal seam is formed as the containers are moved in a linear path on a conveyor. The containers are held in engagement with the conveyor surface with one side of the containers being beyond the edge of the conveyor on the side where heat seal bars are brought into contact with the overlap to form a heat sealed seam. The containers are also held down against the conveyor during the period of movement of the containers to the exit end of the conveyor.

Abstract: A tire sheet component is cut and applied to a drum with a retractable applier having a cutter and anvil member for cutting the sheet component at a first position spaced from the drum. Vacuum means are provided for holding the cut leading end on the anvil as it is moved to a second position where the anvil is moved towards the drum to press the leading end portion of the sheet component against the drum with a stitcher roll. The anvil is then moved in a sweeping motion to stitch the leading end against the drum. The drum is rotated a predetermined amount and the sheet is stitched to the drum with a second stitcher roll. The sheet component is cut at the first position providing a trailing end which is then stitched to the drum as it is rotated the final amount.

Abstract: An automatic machine for fitting seals, especially window or glazing unit seals, comprises a window frame feed, referencing and measuring mechanism, a support gantry, a system for paying out the seal and a seal fitting and cutting device. The seal fitting and cutting device comprises a frame, a gantry movable in translation on the frame and a carriage movable in translation on the gantry. A vertical shaft on the carriage is rotatable relative to the carriage. A manipulator head carried by this shaft carries a seal guide system, a seal cutting system and a seal fitting systems. A support plate is rotatable about a horizontal axis relative to the shaft and carries two units in turn carrying the seal guide, cutting and fitting systems. These two units are movable up and down in translation relative to the support plate.