Package making – Partial cover application – Band or tube
Reexamination Certificate
1999-07-19
2001-05-22
Gerrity, Stephen F. (Department: 3721)
Package making
Partial cover application
Band or tube
C053S389200, C100S008000, C100S026000, C100S029000, C242S597800
Reexamination Certificate
active
06233910
ABSTRACT:
CROSS REFERENCE TO RELATED APPLICATION
This application claims priority benefits under 35 USC Section 119 of Japanese Patent Application Serial No.11-63609, the disclosure of which is incorporated by reference.
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The forward travel of the tape in expanding a small loop to a large loop while pulling the tape out of the tape roll and the backward travel of the tape in tightening the large loop to bind the material to be bound are performed by pressing the surface of the tape against a peripheral surface of the roller which rotates.
At the time of tightening the loop, the tape having a relative amount of length enters a slack state once between the tape roll and the roller.
This type of binding machine is used with it being put on a desk or the like in many cases. In at least a case where the binding machine is not used, it is preferable that the binding machine is as small in size as possible in that a space on the desk can be made effective use of.
From such a relationship that the direction in which the tape travels by the roller is parallel to a front surface of a machine frame, the axis of the tape roll is arranged so as to be perpendicular to the front surface of the machine frame. Generally, the outer diameter of the tape roll (for example, 15 cm) is significantly larger than the width of the tape (for example, 5 cm). Therefore, the machine frame is long in the transverse direction, as viewed from the front, so that the binding machine is increased in size.
Therefore, it is also considered that the tape roll is arranged such that the axis of the tape roll is perpendicular to a side surface of the machine frame. In such a case, however, the tape pulled out of the tape roll is supplied to the roller after the direction thereof is changed by being twisted halfway. Moreover, it is necessary to provide slack to the tape once in a section where twist is necessary between the tape roll and the roller. In order to ensure a good operation of the tape in the section, a tape supporting structure in the section becomes complicated.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
The present invention has been made in view of the above-mentioned problem, and has for its object to provide a binding machine with a tape, whose space can be saved in its simple construction.
In order to attain the above-mentioned object, a preferred mode of the present invention is characterized in that a binding machine with a tape, in which the tape pulled out of a tape roll is caused to travel in a direction parallel to a front surface of a machine frame by roller means respectively having axes perpendicular to the front surface of the machine frame, to bind a material to be bound, comprises a door provided on a side surface of the machine frame and opened or closed by rotating around a predetermined axis of rotation, and tape roll supporting sections for supporting the tape roll on a reverse surface of the door in a state where a center line of the tape roll is perpendicular to the reverse surface of the door, the center line of the tape roll being made parallel to the axes of the roller means by opening the door when the binding machine is used to enter a state where the door is parallel to the front surface of the machine frame.
In this mode, when the binding machine is not used, the door is closed to enter a state where the door is along the side surface of the machine frame, and the tape roll is contained inside the machine frame. Accordingly, the transverse width of the machine frame, as viewed from the front, can be decreased. As a result, it is possible to achieve space saving when the binding machine is not used. On the other hand, when the binding machine is used, the door is opened to enter a state where the door is parallel to the front surface of the machine frame, thereby making the respective centers of the tape roll and the roller means parallel to each other. Consequently, the tape can be caused to smoothly travel by the roller means without particularly providing a complicated tape supporting mechanism between the tape roll and the roller means.
The foregoing and other objects, features, aspects and advantages of the present invention will become more apparent from the following detailed description of the present invention when taken in conjunction with the accompanying drawings.
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Gerrity Stephen F.
Rabin & Champagne PC
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