Appeal No. 95-2598
Application 08/021,230
APPENDED CLAIM
1. A machine for sealing foldable flaps of parallel-
epiped boxes with gum-coated paper tape, comprising:
a supporting base adapted to support boxes to be
sealed;
means for moving said boxes along said supporting base;
a head having a mounting seat and being vertically
movable with respect to said supporting base; and
at least one tape feed assembly constructed and
arranged to apply sections of said gum-coated paper tape to said
parallelepiped boxes and comprising a plurality of components
including a unit for supporting a roll of gum-coated paper tape,
a tape control unit, a tape centering unit, a tape feed unit, a
contrast unit, a tape shearing unit, a tape moistening unit, and
a unit for applying the moistened tape to said boxes,
said tape feed assembly being i) removably mounted on
said mounting seat of said vertically movable head and ii) dis-
assembleable into its individual constituent components including
said unit for supporting said roll of gum-coated paper tape, said
tape control unit, said tape centering unit, said tape feed unit,
said contrast unit, said tape shearing unit, said tape moistening
unit, and said unit for applying the moistened tape to said
boxes.
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