| US RE40,631 E1 | ||
| Correction tape dispenser | ||
| Christopher John Stevens, Reading (United Kingdom) | ||
| Assigned to Berol Corporation, Freeport, Ill. (US) | ||
| Filed on Sep. 30, 1997, as Appl. No. 8/940,815. | ||
| Application 08/940815 is a reissue of application No. 08/192471, filed on Feb. 07, 1994, now 5,393,368, filed on Feb. 28, 1995. | ||
| Claims priority of application No. 9302589 (GB), filed on Feb. 10, 1993; application No. 9310715 (GB), filed on May 25, 1993; and application No. 9401594 (GB), filed on Jan. 27, 1994. | ||
| Int. Cl. B32B 37/00 (2006.01); B65H 16/02 (2006.01) | ||
| U.S. Cl. 156—577 [156/540; 156/574; 156/579; 118/76; 242/588.3; 242/588.6] | 22 Claims |
| 1. A correction tape dispenser comprising [ :]
a tape comprising a carrier ribbon with correction composition thereon
supply and take-up spools for the tape
a tip having an edge for pressing the tape against a surface, a portion of the tape between the supply and take-up spools
being guided to extend around said edge, wherein the edge is inclined to a feed direction which is the direction of travel
of the tape leaving the supply spool
wherein ] the tip includes guide means on either side of the edge which operate in conjunction with the shape of the tip for twisting
the tape so that the path of the tape around the edge between the guide means is in a plane substantially perpendicular to
said edge and inclined to the feed direction.
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