Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture – Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor – With work feeding or handling means
Reexamination Certificate
1999-06-11
2001-07-17
Osele, Mark A. (Department: 1734)
Adhesive bonding and miscellaneous chemical manufacture
Surface bonding means and/or assembly means therefor
With work feeding or handling means
C156S579000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06260599
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
1. Field of the Invention
The present invention relates to a correction tape roller device, and more particularly, to a correction tape roller device for covering an incorrect typography on paper with an adhesive correction material by pressing the tape coated with the correction material over the typographical errors on paper, and correcting the portion covered with the adhesive correction material in the necessary form.
2. Description of the Prior Art
A general correction tape roller device includes a predeterminately shaped case having an opening, at least one pair of rollers which are rotatably installed in the case, a tape wound on the rollers, and a tape guide which is installed in the opening, for guiding movement of the tape and allowing the correction material-coated tape to be pressed on paper.
A conventional correction tape roller device will be described with reference to
FIGS. 1 and 2
, in connection with the above correction tape roller device.
FIG. 1
is an exploded perspective view showing one example of a conventional correction tape roller device.
FIG. 2
is an exploded perspective view showing the internal structure of the correction tape roller device of FIG.
Referring to
FIG. 1
, a correction tape roller device
100
is disclosed in U.S. Pat. No. 5,792,263, which includes a case
110
, a first roller
130
around which the tape
120
coated with the correction material is wound, a second roller
140
around which the tape
120
from which the correction material has been peeled is wound, and a tape guide
150
in which at least one side thereof protrudes outward from the case
110
to allow the tape
120
coated with the correction material to be pressed on paper needed to be corrected, for guiding movement of the tape
120
. Also, the correction tape roller device
100
further comprises an internal supporter
160
installed in the case
110
, for stably supporting the first roller
130
, the second roller
140
, and the tape guide
150
, a first gear
170
for rotating the first roller
130
, a second gear
180
rotatably installed while being engaged with the first gear
170
, for supporting the second roller
140
, and a cap
190
combined with the front end of the case
110
.
That is to say, when the tape
120
is pulled in one direction by an operation for coating the correction material on paper at the assembly state, the first roller
130
rotates and thus the second roller
170
rotates. Then, the second gear
180
engaged with the first gear
170
rotates, and the second roller
140
which is combined with the second gear
120
rotates. Naturally, the second roller
140
rotates in the reverse direction to the first roller
130
. Thus, the correction tape
120
is released from the first roller
130
and moves along the tape guide
150
to be wound around the second roller
140
. In this situation, the correction material is coated on the paper.
When the correction tape
120
moves, the moving path of the correction tape
120
should be properly adjusted so that the correction tape
120
smoothly moves. Such a play is performed by a first guide pole
112
and a second guide pole
114
. The first guide pole
112
guides the tape
120
released from the first roller
130
and the second guide pole
114
guides the tape
120
from which the correction material has been peeled off to be wound around the second roller
140
. Here, the first guide pole
112
always contacts an inner surface
120
a
of the tape
120
, that is, a smooth surface, which does not prevent the tape
120
from proceeding. Meanwhile, the second guide pole
114
does not prevent the tape
120
form moving in a general situation, that is, in the case that the tape
120
is supplied at the state that the correction material has been completely peeled off from the tape
120
. However, in the case that the tape
120
is supplied at the state that the correction material has not yet been removed from the tape
120
, the tape
120
does not smoothly move due to a relatively large frictional force generated between the correction material and the second guide pole
114
. To alleviate the above shortcoming, a guide rod
116
is further fitted on the outer circumferential surface of the second guide pole
114
. The guide rod
116
includes a throughhole
117
into which the second guide pole
114
is inserted and a head
118
for preventing the tape
120
from seceding upwards from the guide rod
116
.
That is, when the tape
120
is supplied at the state that the correction material has not been completely removed and thus the frictional force between the tape
120
and the guide rod
116
becomes larger, the guide rod
116
rotates to provide an advantage that the tape
120
from which the correction material has not been completely removed is comparatively smoothly passed. However, during correction, when the tape
120
from which the correction material has not been completely removed is instantaneously supplied toward the guide rod
116
, it may occur that the guide rod
116
does not rotate. In this situation, the tape
120
is not supplied toward the second roller
140
. Thus, the phenomenon that the tape
120
between the guide rod
116
and the end of the tape guide
150
becomes loose occurs often. If the tape guide
150
is kept apart from the paper at the state that the tape
120
between the guide rod
116
and the end of the tape guide
150
becomes loose, the whole tape
120
remaining between the first roller
130
and the second roller
140
becomes loose, and thus the portion where the correction material has been coated may freely move at the end of the tape guide
150
. It is difficult to perform a correction work at the state that the tape
120
freely moves. In particular, a correction work of the minute portion cannot be accurately performed. Accordingly, the correction work should be performed after applying a sufficient tension to the tape
120
between the first roller
130
and the second roller
140
by reversely rotating the first roller
130
or the second roller
140
by force by means of a predetermined tool. This is a very cumbersome process. In addition, as being the case, it frequently occurs that the second guide pole
114
is broken during assembly or disassembly, in which case the whole case
120
cannot be used.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
To solve the above problems, it is an object of the present invention to provide a correction tape roller device in which tape is smoothly supplied and taken up between a first roller and a second roller, to thereby improve inconvenience in use that the tension of the tape should be adjusted during use.
To accomplish the above object of the present invention, there is provided a correction tape roller device having a predeterminately shaped case, a first roller rotatably installed in the case and around which tape coated with a correction material is wound, a second roller, adjacent the first roller, around which the tape released from the first roller and from which the correction material has been peeled off while passing through a predetermined path is wound, a fixing pole installed protrudingly in the inner surface of the case along the tape movement path, for guiding the correction material coated tape to move, and a tape guide installed protrudingly outward from one side of the case, for guiding the tape to move and press the correction material coated tape over predetermined paper to allow the correction material to be peeled off, the correction material roller device comprising: a first cog wheel installed on the lower side of the first roller and rotating according to a release degree of the tape wound around the first roller; a second cog wheel installed on the lower side of the second roller, and rotating according to a rotational degree of the first cog wheel while being engaged with the first cog wheel, with a result that the tape from which the correction material has been peeled off is wound around the first roller; and a third cog wheel rotatably installed in one side o
Anderson Kill & Olick P.C.
Osele Mark A.
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