B - Operations – Transporting – 41 – L
Patent
B - Operations, Transporting
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B41L 47/32 (2006.01) B65C 9/42 (2006.01) B65H 23/04 (2006.01) B65H 26/00 (2006.01) B65H 35/00 (2006.01) G07B 17/00 (2006.01)
Patent
CA 2143555
An exit sequence for ejecting a cut tape segment which has been cut from a roll of tape is provided to avoid many of the problems associated with possible tape jams. The method attempts to assure that a cut tape has been ejected and to assure that all appropriate conditions are always met to allow the roll of tape to be positioned properly and the cut tape segment to properly eject. The method for sequencing the ejection of a cut tape from a roll tape feeding and ejecting apparatus of a mailing machine is particularly applicable to one having a roll tape drive and cut tape ejection means and in which a cut tape segment from the tape roll is ejected from the same side as the tape roll drive feeds the tape for printing. The method includes the steps of setting a predetermined time for travel of a length of tape, adding a trail edge margin to assure that the tape is not cut shorter than a minimum length, reversing the tape drive to unblock a sensor for determining a position of a leading edge of the tape from the tape roll, and in the event that the sensor fails to become unblocked, reversing the direction of the tape roll and for a predetermined time and thereafter retrying the exiting procedure. If a tape path sensor remains blocked an attempt is made for retrying the ejection procedure.
Gallagher Dennis M.
Nobile John R.
Macrae & Co.
Pitney Bowes Inc.
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