With Coil Supporting Hub Patents (Class 242/588.6)
  • Patent number: 6796355
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering, or colored material from a backing tape onto a substrate, having a housing in which a supply reel and a take-up reel for the backing tape are rotatably mounted. The backing tape extends from the supply reel, loops around an application member protruding from the housing, and extends to the take-up reel. A rotating member is arranged in the drive connection between the supply reel and the take-up reel. The rotating member is connected to the take-up reel by a first gearing and has a rotational axis which is radially offset in relation to the rotational axis of the supply reel. The rotational axis of the supply reel is radially offset relative to the rotational axis of the rotating member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 28, 2004
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventors: Winfried Huthmacher, Georg Semmler, Roland Schneider
  • Patent number: 6776209
    Abstract: The present invention relates to an adhesive tape dispenser which receives an adhesive tape coated with coating substance such as bonding substance in order to stick the same to a surface of a sheet. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a guide tip pivotally mounted on a leading end of a tape-supporting frame in such a manner as to be rotated at a predetermined angle so that a tape can be easily used and coating substance of the tape can adhere well to a wide area of the sheet surface while maintaining a proper degree of elasticity.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 12, 2003
    Date of Patent: August 17, 2004
    Inventor: Kwang Ho You
  • Publication number: 20040149798
    Abstract: The present application discloses a dispenser system with a plurality of dispensers in a linear array. The present application also discloses a modular approach to making dispensers.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 22, 2004
    Publication date: August 5, 2004
    Applicant: XYRON, INC.
    Inventors: Ronald J. Hoffman, Cory W. Worth
  • Patent number: 6769470
    Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and each mark is composed of a mark and an overwriting blank space. A bodily sensing recess for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks, and a positioning bump to be engaged with the bodily sensing recess is provided in the transfer head, and a hooking phenomenon of running motion of mark transfer tape by engagement of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a correction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 3, 2004
    Assignee: Seed Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
  • Publication number: 20040124305
    Abstract: A tape dispenser comprises a main body, a cutter mounted on the main body, a tape roll mount disposed on the main body to mount a tape roll thereon for rotation and six friction devices around the tape roll mount device. Each of the friction devices has a flexible arm and a block. The arm is disposed on the main body closing to the tape roll mount and the block is disposed on the arm to be in contact with the tape roll. The arm has a proximal end, which connects to the main body, and a distal end, which is suspended, and an orientation of the arm from the proximal end to the distal end is along a rotating orientation of the tape roll while user draws a tape of the tape roll out.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 30, 2002
    Publication date: July 1, 2004
    Inventor: Harrison Huang
  • Publication number: 20040118967
    Abstract: A container is reconfigurable between a shipping configuration in which a roll of material is enclosed therein and a dispensing configuration in which an access passageway is exposed. A free edge portion of the roll may be withdrawn through the passageway in the dispensing configuration. A container sidewall door portion is pivotally attached to the container body and pivots between an open position to expose the passageway in the dispensing configuration and a closed position in the shipping configuration to close off the passageway. The door portion enclosing the passageway is substantially horizontal in the open position and supported by at least one leg, whereby forming a worktable. The free end of the roll may be drawn across the worktable and scored at an appropriate location. The side wall portion and the support leg may be pivoted against the container in storage positions when the container is transported between field sites.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 18, 2002
    Publication date: June 24, 2004
    Inventors: Pedro Emilio Rengifo, Robin Bovair Steven, Bruce Charles Dorstewitz, James Lee Coldiron
  • Patent number: 6745808
    Abstract: A film transfer apparatus capable of carrying out a transfer tape replacement operation easily. In an apparatus body formed by separably combining a main case member (4) and a covering case member (5) with each other to a body, a boss (14) of a feed gear (12) is fitted in a pressure contacting state around an inner cylinder of an intermediate connecting member (22) which has a double cylindrical portion of the inner cylinder and an outer cylinder, and the intermediate connecting member is engaged with and rotatably supported on a support shaft (28) having a locking portion (31), which is provided on an inner surface of the main case member with a feed reel fitted around the outer cylinder so that the feed reel can be engaged with the same. The covering case member (5) is provided on an inner surface thereof with a support shaft (25) on and with which the feed reel and a take-up reel are supported rotatably and engaged.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 20, 2002
    Date of Patent: June 8, 2004
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kenji Kobayashi
  • Patent number: 6739369
    Abstract: A small-sized coating film transfer tool is provided, in which a transfer head is capable of turning relative to a casing. A bearing hole extends widthwise through the main body of a transfer head, and an insertion member, provided at the end of the casing, is inserted into the bearing hole. In the assembly of the tool, the insertion member is inserted into the bearing hole of the transfer head, and, when the casing is united with its cover, an end of the insertion member is engaged with a part of the cover. The inside of the bearing hole of the transfer head comes into line contact with the insertion member, allowing the transfer head to turn smoothly relative to the casing about the contact location.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 28, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 25, 2004
    Assignee: Fujicopian Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Kazuya Watanabe
  • Patent number: 6732781
    Abstract: A hand-held device for transferring a film of, for example, an adhesive, a covering, or colored material, from a supply tape onto a substrate. The device has a base body, in which the supply and an application member are provided, and a cover for the application member. The cover is movable between a covering position, covering the application member, and a release position, exposing the application member. The cover is pivotably attached to the base body and to maintain the overall compactness of the device, the cover substantially follows the circular outline defined by the outer contour of the base body with minimal clearance gap between the cover and the base body.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventor: Jeanne-Antide Bouveresse
  • Patent number: 6732782
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering, or colored material from a backing tape onto a substrate, having a housing in which a supply reel and a take-up reel for the backing tape are rotatably mounted, and comprising an application member arranged on the housing around which the backing tape loops. The application member is mounted so as to be moveable between a retracted non-use position and a pushed forward use position in which the application member is biased towards the non-use position by elastic pull-back force. The device has an actuation member which is disposed such that it is accessible from outside and, when moved with manual actuating force, enables the application member to move into its use position in which it is pressed against the substrate to transfer the film.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 23, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 11, 2004
    Assignee: Societe Bic
    Inventor: Franck Rollion
  • Patent number: 6730186
    Abstract: An object of the present invention is to provide a coating film transfer tool which is made smaller to provide superior portability and which can implement the replacement of a used up coating film transfer tape with fewer operations. According to the invention, there is provided a coating film transfer tool which can facilitate the replacement of coating film transfer tapes markedly by constructing such that when the main body is divided to be opened for supply of the refill for replacement the head automatically rotates to the tape replacement position, whereas when the main body is closed after the replacement with the refill has been completed the tape is automatically taken up to be wrapped around the distal end portion of the head whereby transfer work becomes possible.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 17, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Plus Stationery Corporation
    Inventor: Katsuaki Takahashi
  • Patent number: 6729377
    Abstract: The invention relates to a hand-held device for transferring a film of adhesive, covering or colored material onto a substrate. The invention has a housing in which a film supply is arranged and an application member which extends from the interior of the housing to the outside through an opening in the housing and consists of a bearing section pivotably mounted about a swivelling axis in the housing and an application end, the film extending from the supply to the application member. To achieve a smaller construction, the application end extends from the bearing section, wherein the application end and the bearing section enclose an obtuse angle therebetween which is open towards the film approach side of the application member.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: May 4, 2004
    Assignee: Societe BIC
    Inventor: Winfried Huthmacher
  • Patent number: 6694667
    Abstract: Disclosed is a storage container enclosing a plurality of spools for receiving filament such a fishing tippet line. The spools are positioned adjacent to each other on separate shafts and rotate independently. Each spool may be removed from its shaft in the container, and a length of tippet line may be conveniently wound around each spool outside of the container. The spools are then returned to their respective shafts in the container. The free end of each spooled tippet line is threaded through an access hole in the side of the container and extends across the outside of the storage container to a structure that conveniently holds and cuts the tippet line. A desired length of tippet line may be withdrawn through the access hole and cut. The storage container is preferably relatively thin and compact. It may be small enough to fit within an average-sized pocket in a fisher's clothing. When the lid of the storage container is closed, the lines on the spools are protected from tangling and unwinding.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2001
    Date of Patent: February 24, 2004
    Inventor: Scott B. Davis
  • Patent number: 6691946
    Abstract: The invention described herein relates to a medical bowl adapted to accommodate and retain a coiled medical device comprising: generally smooth cylindrical sidewall portion; a generally planar circular bottom portion; and a plurality of retention tabs extending upward from said bottom portion and positioned thereon to provide a space between said sidewall portion and said retention tabs. The retention tabs are structured and positioned to facilitate the handling and grippability of a coiled device placed within the bowl.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 30, 2002
    Date of Patent: February 17, 2004
    Assignee: Allegiance Corporation
    Inventors: Bruce Dannecker, Doug Cundieff, John Holland
  • Patent number: 6681827
    Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and each mark is composed of a mark and an overwriting blank space. A visual recognition line for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks, and the leading edge of the transfer head is a visual recognition positioning part, and the coincidence of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a transfer area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 5, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Seed Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
  • Patent number: 6681830
    Abstract: A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser is in the form of a partial shell which has a support face and a peripheral wall to form an open face housing. A spool of adhesive tape is mounted to the support face through the use of mounting structure on the shell which rotatably and detachably mounts the core of the spool to the shell. The mounting structure includes spring fingers which snap over the core. An applicating end of the shell has a passage in its peripheral wall located near a fixed guide and a cutter at the applicating end so that tape removed from the core would pass through the passage around the guide to be applied to a substrate and then to be cut by the cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: January 27, 2004
    Assignee: Henkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.
    Inventors: Brian A. Vulpitta, Timothy S. Ferguson
  • Patent number: 6675856
    Abstract: In a coating film transfer tool, a tape is unwound from a supply reel, fed over a transfer head, and wound onto a take-up reel driven from the supply reel by a drive mechanism having slippage. Instead of setting the average slipping torque at a high value, or minimizing its variations, to prevent it from falling below the winding threshold, the initial slipping ratio is set at a value of at least 34%. This avoids slackening of the tape without the need for close manufacturing tolerances or lubricants, and without causing a condition in which excessive force is required to wind the tape onto a take-up reel in the later stages of the tool's useful life.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 13, 2004
    Assignee: Fujicopian Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroshi Kozaki
  • Patent number: 6672532
    Abstract: A tape dispenser. The dispenser includes a main body having a connecting board, two side arms at opposite ends of the connecting board respectively, two roll mounts at interior sides of the side arms respectively, four guiding pieces at interior sides of the side arms and below the connecting board and a cutting portion at exterior side of the side arm. A tape roll can be installed at between the side arms by inserting the roll mounts into a central hole of the tape roll. Each roll mount is provided with two stop arms extended substantially parallel to the rotating axis of the tape roll, which has a free end and a block on the exterior side thereof. The blocks are pressed by the tape roll to make the stop arms bent so that they will provide a friction to the tape roll, and a cutter is mounted on the connecting board for cutting a tape of the tape roll off.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 22, 2002
    Date of Patent: January 6, 2004
    Inventor: Harrison Huang
  • Patent number: 6663041
    Abstract: A device for storing, transporting and feeding a roll-forming web of printing material for a machine for processing the material. The device has a housing that surrounds and includes a receptacle for the roll. The housing is manipulatable in a manner analogous to a pallet, and is disposed for receiving and surrounding the roll, from which the web of printing material is unwindable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 26, 2001
    Date of Patent: December 16, 2003
    Assignee: Heidelberger Druckmaschinen AG
    Inventors: Rainer Buschulte, Erich Zahn
  • Patent number: 6651857
    Abstract: A multi-use tape dispenser includes a housing with an open upper side, and a tape dispenser body pivotally connected to the housing to swing up and down on the housing. Small stationery items can be stored in a hollow space in the housing and may be taken out for use when the tape dispenser is swung up. The bottom of the housing has four suction discs to secure the tape dispenser on a table.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 19, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2003
    Inventor: Ching Tsung Tsai
  • Patent number: 6629552
    Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip onto a substrate includes a housing having a supply reel and an empty reel. A film coated carrier strip is guided over an applicator foot where a clip-type slide element is provided in the region around which the carrier strip is looped. The clip-type slide element is made of a friction-reducing material secured to the applicator foot. The slide element has an elliptical cross-sectional shape so that on transfer of the film onto the substrate the contact pressure region of the slide element bears over an area adjacent to the substrate with interposition of the carrier strip.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 28, 2001
    Date of Patent: October 7, 2003
    Assignee: Pritt Produktionsgesellschft mbH
    Inventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Wolfgang Bauersachs, Christoph Manusch, Hartmut Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6622768
    Abstract: The present invention relates to a correction tape roll device to be used for correcting erroneous or omitted letters and the like wherein securing the lateral distance between shafts for at least a pair of rolls is unnecessary, so that the spatial availability can be increased and thus the size of the device can be reduced, as compared to the conventional device in which the corresponding distance was relative large and so the device became voluminous.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 27, 2001
    Date of Patent: September 23, 2003
    Inventor: Kwang Ho You
  • Patent number: 6616087
    Abstract: A rotary tape dispenser comprises a container including an inlet, an outlet, and a pin; a circular rotary plate having a portion exposed at the inlet and including a center hole, a plurality of cylinders around the center, a plurality of pairs of adjacent guide posts along the periphery wherein the number of the pairs of adjacent guide posts is equal to that of the cylinders, and a central sleeve put on and rotatable about the pin; a plurality of rolls of adhesive tapes wound on the cylinders, each roll having an open end pulled through the gap between the pair of guide posts; and a blade adjacent the outlet. The exposed portion of the rotary plate is counterclockwise rotatable to turn the rolls until one desired roll has turned to a position at the outlet. In response the roll can be pull and cut by the blade.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 26, 2002
    Date of Patent: September 9, 2003
    Inventor: Shyue Jinn Chern
  • Patent number: 6612515
    Abstract: A ribbon cable storage spool, tray and method of use. The spool comprising a center post and a plurality of radially extending top and bottom fins. The spool may also comprise a guide wall, a ribbon retention tab, a channel wall defining a channel and a ledge, and an oblong shape. The tray comprising a bottom plate and a sidewall which act together to define a spool chamber for receiving the spool. The bottom plate may also define holes such that the bottom fins of the spool are coplanar with the bottom plate when the spool is placed in the tray. The bottom plate may also include a column to be received by the channel of the spool. The channel and column may include a tongue and groove arrangement for preventing rotation of the spool relative to the tray. The column may also include a flexible clip for retaining the spool in the tray.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 2, 2003
    Assignee: ADC Telecommunications, Inc.
    Inventors: Thomas C. Tinucci, John C. Holman, Trevor D. Smith
  • Patent number: 6601631
    Abstract: The invention features dispensers for applying a material, e.g., a tape, to a surface. For example, the invention features a dispenser for applying a material to a surface, including a housing, at least a major portion of which is substantially cylindrical; within the housing, a supply spool rotatable about an axis and a quantity of material stored on the supply spool in a plurality of widths wide; and, at one end of the housing, an applicator head about which the material is passed, the head being constructed to press the material against the surface, the head having an edge, over which the material passes, that is disposed at an angle of greater than 5 degrees relative to a plane that is perpendicular to the longitudinal center axis of the housing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 10, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: Berol Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin M. Miller, Jean L. Spencer
  • Patent number: 6601632
    Abstract: The invention relates to a manual device for transferring a film consisting for example of adhesive, covering or coloured material from a backing strip to a substrate, with a housing in which a supply reel and a take-up reel for the backing strip are mounted so that they can rotate via a pivot bearing, which is formed by two coaxially arranged bearing components, engaging in each other like sleeves in the region of an annular or hollow cylindrical bearing joint, of which one bearing component is held on the housing so that it cannot rotate and the other bearing component is a part of the relevant reel support and in the course of which a return stop is provided for both reels with a locking pawl which meshes with a gear ring. To guarantee a compact design and economical fabrication, the locking pawl is arranged on the one bearing component against a spring force so that it yields elastically and the gear ring is arranged on the other bearing component.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 4, 2002
    Date of Patent: August 5, 2003
    Assignee: BIC Deutschland GmbH & Co.
    Inventors: Jeanne-Antide Bouveresse, Winfried Huthmacher, Hans-Peter Melahn, Scott Poore, Georg Semmler
  • Patent number: 6595260
    Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and a visual recognition line for showing the division position of transfer marks are disposed between the transfer marks. Corresponding to this configuration, the leading edge of the transfer head of the mark transfer tool is a visual recognition positioning part, and the coincidence of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a correction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 4, 2001
    Date of Patent: July 22, 2003
    Assignee: Seed Co., Ltd.
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
  • Patent number: 6575220
    Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and a bodily sensing recess for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks. Corresponding to this configuration, a positioning bump to be engaged with the bodily sensing recess of the mark transfer tape is provided in the tape traveling part of the transfer head, and by reference to the hooking phenomenon in the traveling motion of the mark transfer tape by engagement of the two, the transfer mark on the mark transfer tape can be correctly transferred on the correction area.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 21, 2001
    Date of Patent: June 10, 2003
    Assignee: Seed Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shitani, Kouhei Koyama
  • Patent number: 6564847
    Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip a substrate comprises a supply reel for the film coated carrier strip and an empty reel for receiving the de-coated carrier strip. The carrier strip is guided over an applicator base and over deflector rollers. The effective working edge of applicator base is arranged to be inclined at a fixed angle between 40° and 50° relative to the reel axes.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 2, 2001
    Date of Patent: May 20, 2003
    Assignee: Pritt Produktionsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Christoph Manusch, Wolfgang Bauersachs
  • Publication number: 20030089818
    Abstract: A reel for paying out elongate elements for interior cabling of buildings.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 28, 2002
    Publication date: May 15, 2003
    Inventors: Anne-Cecile Reau, Alain Petit, Daniel Lecoq, Jean-Luc Campion
  • Publication number: 20030085317
    Abstract: A reel for holding and dispensing wire that is used for tying reinforcing steel comprises a spool that rotates within a housing. The spool has a cover that covers one side of the housing and the wire that is contained on the spool. The cover is retained in place over the spool by a retaining member, which is positioned over the cover. The retaining member holds the cover in place relative to the spool by other than threaded means, so that the retaining member does not unscrew and separate from the spool or cover during use.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 8, 2001
    Publication date: May 8, 2003
    Inventors: John Martin, Otis Norris, Thomas Plyler
  • Patent number: 6554218
    Abstract: A cable management spool for storing a length of cable includes first and second rigid outer members that are movable relative to each other and define a gap of variable size therebetween. An intermediate member has at least one flexible flap, and the intermediate member is disposed between the first and second rigid outer members. The spool includes a spooling portion between the first and second outer members, wherein the spooling portion is adapted to have a length of cable wound about the spooling portion. The intermediate member is movable relative to at least one of the first and second rigid outer members, and the at least one flap substantially occupies the gap and is adapted to substantially conceal the length of cable.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 11, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Steelcase Development Corporation
    Inventors: Douglas D. Buyce, Joseph D. Ruedinger, Jason E. Begin
  • Patent number: 6554045
    Abstract: A film-tape eraser with normally retracted dispensing head includes an upper case, a lower case, and a dispensing mechanism pivotally connected to and located in the lower case. The upper case is also pivotally connected to the lower case to shield an upper part of the latter, while the dispensing mechanism is partially exposed from a top of the upper case. A downward push at a top of the dispensing mechanism would sink the dispensing mechanism and bring the dispensing head to a position exposed from a lower front of the lower case. When the dispensing mechanism is released from the downward push, an elastic strip at the bottom of the dispensing mechanism springs the dispensing mechanism up and brings the dispensing head to a retracted position in the lower case.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 29, 2003
    Assignee: Chong-Z International Co.
    Inventor: James Lee
  • Patent number: 6550518
    Abstract: A film-tape eraser with retractable dispensing head mainly includes a case, a dispensing mechanism, and a movable strip. The dispensing mechanism is forward and backward movably fitted in the case and includes a dispensing head normally projected from a dispensing opening at a lower front of the case for dispensing an erasing film-tape. The movable strip is set in a guide way provided below a curved top of the case with a rear end of the movable strip engaged with a rear end of the dispensing mechanism. When the movable strip is moved forward, it pulls the dispensing mechanism backward to retract the dispensing head into the case and closes the dispensing opening with a front section thereof; and when the movable strip is moved backward, the dispensing opening is opened and the dispensing mechanism is pushed forward to project the dispensing head from the dispensing opening.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 18, 2001
    Date of Patent: April 22, 2003
    Assignee: Chong-Z International Co.
    Inventor: James Lee
  • Publication number: 20030066612
    Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip onto a substrate such as a sheet of writing or drawing paper comprises a housing in which a supply reel and an empty reel are arranged. The film-coated carrier strip is guided over an applicator foot which is looped around by the carrier strip with a clip-type slide element of a friction-reducing material secured to the applicator foot. The applicator foot comprises a pivotally hinged extension arm having an end in the end portion for receiving a profile member for the slide element.
    Type: Application
    Filed: November 15, 2002
    Publication date: April 10, 2003
    Inventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Wolfgang Bauersachs, Christoph Manusch, Hartmut Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6536707
    Abstract: A device for holding and dispensing moistened tissue from a roll includes a housing having a cylindrical wall, a fixed end wall and an opposite removable end wall to allow placement of the tissue roll on an integral tubular dowel in the housing. A hinged door moves between a normally closed, sealed position and an open position to facilitate removal of individual sheets of the moistened tissue through an access opening. Pegs extending outwardly from the opposite end walls are keyed to fit within congruently configured recesses of a holder for securing the housing to the holder without rotating. An ejection control urges one of the pegs inwardly against a spring to release the housing from the holder to facilitate refilling of tissue when needed. In one embodiment, the holder accommodates both a roll of dry tissue and a roll of moistened tissue.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: March 1, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 25, 2003
    Inventor: Olufemi Adelakun
  • Publication number: 20030024651
    Abstract: A conventional adhesive tape adhering device has a problem that the adhering device can not stably move straightly for adhering operation, and there is an adverse possibility that reliably adhering operation can not be carried out if there are small bumps and dips on the adherend surface or if pressing roller is worn, or due to assembling precision of the adhering device.
    Type: Application
    Filed: July 30, 2002
    Publication date: February 6, 2003
    Inventor: Sakae Urushizaki
  • Patent number: 6510884
    Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser has a lower compartment 10 with a bottom aperture 12 and a cutting blade 13 at one side of the aperture. Tape is dispensed through the aperture 12 and chosen length severed by the blade 13. The figure shows the situation where an end of a desired length is about to be severed by continuing to move the dispenser to the right. During dispensing, a pressure roller 18, mounted adjacent the aperture, is pressed down to press the tape firmly against an external surface and to space the tape away from the cutting blade 13 during dispensing.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: April 12, 2001
    Date of Patent: January 28, 2003
    Assignee: C. C. & L Company Limited
    Inventor: Sik-Leung Chan
  • Patent number: 6499524
    Abstract: A dispenser for applying a material to a surface includes a supply spool rotatable about an axis, a quantity of unused tape stored on the supply spool, and an applicator head about which the tape is passed. The head presses the tape against a surface to deposit a transfer layer of the tape onto the surface. A take-up spool stores a backing layer of the tape after the transfer layer has been deposited on the surface. The take-up spool is also rotatable about the axis. A housing surrounds at least a majority of the tape, a substantial portion of the housing being substantially cylindrical in shape. The tape is guided from the supply spool to the head and from the head to the take-up spool. The applicator head is located substantially along the axis, and the spools are movable along the axis. The tape causes movement of the spools along the axis as the spools are rotated about the axis. The-tape is stored on each spool in a plurality of tape layers thick and a plurality of tape widths wide.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 7, 1999
    Date of Patent: December 31, 2002
    Assignee: Berol Corporation
    Inventors: Crispin M. Miller, Jean L. Spencer, John M. Fritz, William Baird Shambley, Vitaly Pesikov
  • Publication number: 20020170684
    Abstract: A mark transfer tool making use of a coat film transfer technology about various marks composed of characters, codes, patterns or their combination. A mark transfer tape is composed of pressure-sensitive adhesive transfer marks disposed and held on the surface of a base tape continuously and peelably at specific intervals, and each mark is composed of a mark and an overwriting blank space. A bodily sensing recess for showing the division position of transfer marks is disposed between the transfer marks, and a positioning bump to be engaged with the bodily sensing recess is provided in the transfer head, and a hooking phenomenon of running motion of mark transfer tape by engagement of the two is recognized as the standard for transfer, so that the transfer mark of the mark transfer tape can be accurately transferred on a correction area.
    Type: Application
    Filed: March 19, 2002
    Publication date: November 21, 2002
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Masatoshi Shintani, Kouhei Koyama
  • Patent number: 6481607
    Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of tape that is suitable for dispensing material such as transparent pressure-sensitive adhesive, and method for making thereof are disclosed. The dispenser includes a single-piece housing comprising a first side wall and a second side wall extended from a central wall substantially parallel to each other. Each of the side walls is provided with roll mounting flaps cut out of the side walls opposite to each other and folded inwardly therefrom. The mounting flaps are axially aligned with each other and are adapted for rotatably supporting the tape roll within the frame. The housing is made of any appropriate stiff, but foldable material, such as a sheet of plastic or metal. The two side walls of the housing are retained in a substantially parallel position by a retaining member extending between the side walls within the core of the tape roll. A serrated cutting edge may be provided on an outer edge of the central wall.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: May 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Traffic Works Inc.
    Inventor: Tanya H. Van Cott
  • Patent number: 6481485
    Abstract: A device for transferring a film from a carrier strip onto a substrate such as a sheet of writing or drawing paper comprises a housing in which a supply reel and an empty reel are arranged. The film-coated carrier strip is guided over an applicator foot which is looped around by the carrier strip with a clip-type slide element of a friction-reducing material secured to the applicator foot. The applicator foot comprises a pivotally hinged extension arm having an end in the end portion for receiving profile member for the slide element.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: February 20, 2001
    Date of Patent: November 19, 2002
    Assignee: Pritt Produktionsgesellschaft mbH
    Inventors: Wulf Herrmannsen, Wolfgang Bauersachs, Christoph Manusch, Hartmut Rudolf
  • Patent number: 6453968
    Abstract: A dispensing device for double-face adhesive tape includes: a casing; a driving reel having a tape coil mounted thereon for dispensing a double-face adhesive tape outwardly; a follower reel rotatably coupled with said driving reel for recovering a releasing strip as separated from the adhesive tape as unwound from the driving reel and guided by a guiding stem; a pressing roller rotatably mounted on a front end portion of the casing for pressing and applying the double-face adhesive tape on an adhering surface; and a cutter fixed at a front end of the casing for cutting the adhesive tape at a desired length; characterized in that a rewinding mechanism is provided in the driving reel and the follower reel for rewinding a loosening tape for its tightening or for retracting the tape adhered on the releasing strip for peeling the adhesive tape to be well separated from the releasing paper.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: September 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Inventor: Tsang-Hung Hsu
  • Patent number: 6453969
    Abstract: The invention relates to a reel assembly for a tape dispenser that includes a supply reel and a take-up reel. The reel assembly incorporates a clutch in the form of a viscous material disposed between a portion of the supply reel and a portion of the take-up reel. The viscous material serves to couple and provide controlled drag between the supply reel and take-up reel in order to properly tension a correction tape as it is dispensed from a correction tape dispenser. The invention also relates to a tape dispenser that utilizes a reel assembly having a viscous clutch and a tape cartridge. The reel assembly is preferably used in a correction tape dispenser for applying a correction film to a substrate.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 28, 2000
    Date of Patent: September 24, 2002
    Assignee: BIC Corporation
    Inventor: Daniel A. Ferrara
  • Patent number: 6435248
    Abstract: An applicator for transferring a transfer material like a correction paint or paste from a transfer tape to a substate surface comprises an elastic tongue piece 8 having a tip 8′ as part of a transfer head 7. The tip 8′ has a curved discharge or downstream surface 10 whose radius of curvature is between 0.75 and 1.5 mm and a curved transfer or upstream surface 11 whose radius of curvature is between 1.5 and 2.5 mm. Both of these curved surfaces 10 and 11 are connected with each other to provide a large transferring surface 12 which ensures that the transfer material can properly be transferred onto a substrate surface over a wide range and that the transfer tape can pass the tip in a smooth and continuous manner.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: November 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: August 20, 2002
    Assignee: Tombow Pencil Co., Ltd.
    Inventor: Hiroaki Masumoto
  • Publication number: 20020096597
    Abstract: A device for holding and dispensing moistened tissue from a roll includes a housing having a cylindrical wall and opposite end walls. At least one of the opposite end walls is removable to allow placement of the tissue roll in the housing. The cylindrical wall, extending between the opposite end walls, includes an access opening with a hinged door which moves between a normally closed position and an open position to facilitate removal of individual sheets of the moistened tissue from the roll. An air tight seal protectively encapsulates the roll within the housing when the door is closed in order to prevent drying of the moistened tissue. A tubular dowel, integral with an inside face of one of the end walls, extends axially through an interior of the housing for rotatably supporting the roll of tissue thereon. Pegs extending outwardly from the opposite end walls fit within congruently configured recesses of a holder for securing the housing to the holder.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: July 25, 2002
    Inventor: Olufemi Adelakun
  • Patent number: 6422284
    Abstract: The invention relates to a device for transferring to a surface correcting material supplied on a tape-like carrier, provided with a housing comprising a rotatable supply reel for the carrier with the correcting material, a rotatable take-up reel for the carrier after transfer of the material, a transfer member for placing on the surface and along which the carrier with the material is guided, and displaceable means for covering the transfer member. Inadvertent transfer of material when the device is not in use is hereby prevented. The covering means is operable by an operating member which protrudes out of a wall of the housing. The covering means can comprise a displaceable slide, which can take an at least partially flexible form.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: August 1, 2000
    Date of Patent: July 23, 2002
    Assignee: Henkel KGaA
    Inventors: Johannus Hubertus Jozef Maria Kelders, Roy Edwin Van Swieten
  • Patent number: 6418997
    Abstract: In a refill type coat film transfer tool for use in horizontal drawing, a small, simple and inexpensive tape cartridge is presented, in which the coat film transfer tape can be replaced easily, quickly and securely, and it can be held and used like a writing tool corresponding to the manner of holding a writing tool by the user. On a support board, a rotatable feed reel winding a coat film transfer tape thereon, a rotatable take-up reel for recovering the coat film transfer tape after use, and a coat film transfer head for pressing the coat film transfer tape to a transfer area are provided. The support board rotatably supports the opposite side ends of the rotary shafts of both reels detachably and rotatably supported on the rotary support shafts of the case of the coat film transfer tool, and the coat film transfer head is supported on the head holding portion of the support board rotatably about the head axial center.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: July 6, 1999
    Date of Patent: July 16, 2002
    Assignee: Seed Rubber Company Limited
    Inventors: Shigeru Tamai, Kouhei Koyama, Masatoshi Shintani
  • Patent number: 6398619
    Abstract: A party streamer dispenser for decorating a room. The dispenser includes a body which holds a roll of crepe paper, a roll of adhesive tape, and an adjustable handle that selectively attaches to an elongated pole. The body comprises a cap and a frame that are disposed and compressed against opposite sides of the roll of crepe paper. A threaded bolt extends transversely between the cap and frame and through the center bore on the roll of crepe paper. Integrally formed on the frame is a laterally extending neck around which a roll of adhesive tape is placed. Extending laterally from the distal end of the neck is an extension. During assembly, an end cap is pivotally attached to the lateral extension. An elongated pole may be placed into the end cap so that the user may use the elongated pole to elevate the dispenser to a desired elevated location in the room.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: June 15, 2000
    Date of Patent: June 4, 2002
    Inventor: Walter L. Webb
  • Publication number: 20020050541
    Abstract: A wire-winding machine for forming coils (20) on individual magnetic pole teeth (11a) of a core member (13) which is produced by joining a plurality of core segments (11), each of the core segments (11) having a yoke portion (11c) and a magnetic pole tooth (11a) projectingly formed on an inside surface (11d) of the yoke portion (11c), comprises a core member positioner including a rotating roller (14), large-diameter guide rollers (21) and small-diameter guide rollers (22) which together serve to bend the core member (13) and hold it in a position where the core segments (11.3, 11.5) adjacent to the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound do not project in the direction of its magnetic pole tooth (11a) beyond a boundary surface (S) of the yoke portion (11c) of the core segment (11.4) on which the coil (20) is currently wound.
    Type: Application
    Filed: August 7, 2001
    Publication date: May 2, 2002
    Inventors: Hiroyuki Akita, Yuji Nakahara, Nobuaki Miyake, Kazuya Omura, Keiji Takai, Kazunari Tomita, Naoki Kawasugi