EP3812325A1

EP3812325A1 - A device for applying tape

Info

Publication number: EP3812325A1
Application number: EP20203736.2A
Authority: EP
Inventors: Antonio PERRI
Original assignee: Foresta Antonio; Franciosi Fabio
Current assignee: Foresta Antonio; Franciosi Fabio
Priority date: 2019-10-25
Filing date: 2020-10-24
Publication date: 2021-04-28
Also published as: US20210147171A1; CN112707198A; IT201900019810A1

Abstract

Is provided a device (1) for applying a tape (10) at least partially adhesive comprising a support (2) comprises handling means (20), a reel-holder (3) constrained to the support (2), configured to support in a compliant way a reel (100) including the tape (10) and defining a first axis of rotation (3c) around which the reel (100) rotates, a tensioner (4) constrained to one of the support (2) and the reel-holder (3) is configured to dispense the tape (10) in tension, wherein he support (2) separates the reel-holder (3) and the tensioner (4) from the handling means (20) in such a way that when the handling means (20) placed on at least one wall (11) and the tensioner (4) dispenses the tape (10) on to a surface (12), only the handling means (20) facing to the wall (11).

Description

The present invention relates to a device for applying of tape of the type specified in the preamble of the first claim.
In particular, the present invention relates to a device capable of facilitating the arrangement of adhesive tape along particular surfaces, such as those of skirting boards or baseboard, and making operations such as, for example, painting of walls faster.
Similar devices are described in patent documents WO-A-98/59115 e WO-A-2013/028732 .
As is known, in the context of workmanships such as, for example painting, it is necessary to preventively cover objects and any other surfaces with polymeric membranes and/or adhesive tape in order to avoid dirtying such objects and surfaces with the dye.
One of the most difficult operations, especially relates to the speed of execution, is the covering of the baseboard or skirting boards.
Normally, this operation is performed manually by an operator and requires the placement of adhesive tape on the upper surface of the baseboard in such a way to prevent the dye of the wall from dripping onto such surface. If necessary or if desired, the tape can also be folded in such a way that adheres also to the lateral surface of the baseboard.
The main drawback of this technique, as already mentioned, is the fact that, like any completely manual operation, is carried out in a long time, slowing down the work of operators.
It is known, however, some devices which facilitate this practice.
In particular, the patent application US-A-3871940 describes a tape holder device including a roller tensioner suitable for allowing the running of the tape and its arrangement along a substantially linear path. The device comprises, in addition, rollers suitable for being placed on a wall and for allowing the translation of the same device parallel to the wall.
The patent application US-A-6684926 describes a device similar to the previous one, but comprising, in particular, a grip suitable for allowing the running of the tape in a comfortable way. Also, in this case, the tape is being run by a roller tensioner and directed by tensioner and by a second roller along a substantially rectilinear direction and parallel to the upper surface of the baseboard.
The known technique just described comprises some important drawbacks.
In particular, both devices include a roller tensioner and a second roller suitable for allowing the arrangement of the tape and support the entire device on the upper surface of the baseboard.
Therefore, both devices are rather unstable since, although respectively equipped with rollers for wall support and for handling, they are supported vertically only by the upper surface of the baseboard which is very thin.
Therefore, although such devices facilitate the arrangement of the tape, they can anyway cause slowdowns due to falling of the device from baseboard or to the undesired oscillations of the support rollers that can cause incorrect contact between the tape and the baseboard.
In this situation the technical task at the base of the present invention is to design a device for applying tape, preferably at least partially adhesive, capable of substantially resolving at least part of the aforementioned drawbacks.
Within the scope said technical task, it is an important aim of the invention to obtain a device for applying tape which is stable and distributed in an optimal manner on thin surfaces such as those of the baseboard.
Another important aim of the invention is to make a device that allows of tape application on small surfaces in a very rapid way.
Consequently, a further task of the invention is to accelerate, for example, the painting operations of walls.
The technical task and the specified aims are achieved by a device of tape application as claimed in the annexed claim 1.
Preferred technical solutions are highlighted in the dependent claims.
The characteristics and the advantages of the invention are clarified below by the detailed description of preferred execution of the invention, with reference to the accompanying drawings, in which:

The Fig. 1 shows a perspective view of the preferred execution of a device for application of adhesive tape according to the invention during the laying of the tape on the top of a baseboard, or rather a first surface;
The Fig. 2 shows a perspective view of a second execution of a device for application of adhesive tape according to the invention during the laying of tape on the lateral wall of a baseboard or of a wall, or rather a second surface;
The Fig. 3 shows a perspective view of a further alternative execution of a device for application of adhesive tape according to the invention including cutting means and a limit lock; and
- The Fig. 4 shows a perspective view of a further alternative execution of a device for application of adhesive tape according to the invention including cutting means, a limit lock and a tape with paper reel attached and wherein the tensioner is almost entirely hidden.

In the present document, the measurements, values, shapes and geometric references (such as perpendicularity and parallelism), when associated with words like "about" or other similar terms such as "approximately" or "substantially", are to be considered as except for measurement errors or inaccuracies due to production and/or manufacturing errors, and, above all, except for a slight divergence from the value, measurements, shape, or geometric reference with which it is associated. For instance, these terms, if associated with a value, preferably indicate a divergence of not more than 10% of the value.
Moreover, when used, terms such as "first", "second", "higher", "lower", "main" and "secondary" do not necessarily identify an order, a priority of relationship or a relative position, but can simply be used to clearly distinguish between their different components.
The measurements and data reported in this text are to be considered, unless otherwise indicated, as performed in the International Standard Atmosphere ICAO (ISO 2533:1975).
With reference to the drawings, the device for application of adhesive tape according to the invention is globally indicated with the number 1.
The device 1 is configured to allow the laying of tape 10 on a surface 12. Preferably, the tape 10 is tape of at least partially adhesive type. Therefore, when the tape 10 comes into contact with an object, in particular the surface 12, along the adhesive side, it constrains directly to the object.
In this regard, a slight pressure is therefore sufficient, as it would be for laying of tape 10 manually.
Naturally, the tape 10 can be of various kinds; it can be of any material, paper, polymer, fabric or yet other, and can be figured with at least one entirely adhesive side, or with part, for example a strip, of a one side adhesive. Further, the tape 10 may include a strip of tape and reel of paper attached, as shown in Fig. 4.
The surface 12 can be of any type. For example, it can be part of a floor, for example an upper surface of a step, or part of a ceiling, or even a wall. Preferably, the surface 12 is the upper surface of a baseboard or skirting board. However, the surface 12 may also be the lateral surface of the baseboard or the skirting board. In this sense, the surface 12 is therefore distinguished in a first surface 12a and a second surface 12b.
The first surface 12a is preferably a surface 12 that is thin. Furthermore, it is preferably parallel to a wall 11.
The wall 11, if the surface 12 or 12a is a part of a baseboard, can be consist of the floor. Alternatively, if the surface 12 or 12b is an upper surface of a step, the wall 11 can be the upper surface of the step below.
The same applies for surfaces of beams with respect to the ceiling.
The second surface 12b can be even more extensive. It is preferably perpendicular to the wall 11.
Therefore, if the wall 11 is still defined by the floor, the surface 12 or 12b can be a side wall of a baseboard or skirting board or even a real wall perpendicular to the wall 11.
In any case, the device 1 comprises a support 2 and a reel-holder 3.
The support 2 is preferably adapted to support the reel-holder 3.
In particular, it preferably comprises handling means 20.
The handling means 20 are configured to allow the handling of the support 2 placed on at least the wall 11.
The handling means 20 can be various kinds. They can be rolling elements, for example spheres, constrained in a compliant way to support 2. Or they can be tracks. Preferably, the handling means 20 include wheels.
These wheels can be, therefore, rotatable along an axis perpendicular to the wall 11, when the device 1 rests on the wall 11, or they can be fixed.
The wheels allow, in any case, handling of the support 2, placed on the wall 11, along at least one direction. Preferably, the support 2 defines a handling plane 2a. The handling place 2a naturally comprises aforementioned direction, if the handling means 20 are wheels.
Preferably, the handling plane 2a along which the support 2 moves is parallel to the wall 11.
The support 2 may, furthermore, have any form or dimension.
In addition, advantageously, the support 2 includes a support portion 25.
The support portion 25 preferably defines a flat surface perpendicular to the handling plane 2a. In particular, the support portion 25 is suitable for being placed in contact with an auxiliary wall, for example the lateral surface of a baseboard or skirting board or a wall, substantially perpendicular to the wall 11, so as to further stabilise the handling of the support on a wall 11.
Therefore, the support portion 25 forms an edge suitable for guiding the support 2 along a predetermined direction parallel to said auxiliary wall.
Even more in detail, preferably, the support portion 25 includes a soft, a little porous surface, suitable for containing the friction between the auxiliary wall and the support surface 25 to facilitate the handling of the support 2.
Preferably, the support 2 comprises a plate 23. The plate 23 preferably extends parallel to the handling plane 2a. Therefore, it is preferably suitable for placing itself parallel to the wall 11 and the handling means 20 are preferably arranged between the plate 23 and the wall 11 when the device 1 is in use.
Basically, the support 2 preferably defines a trolley.
Conveniently, preferably, if the handling means 20 are wheels and the support 2 comprises the plate 23, the wheels are constrained to the plane 23 on the opposite side with respect to the reel-holder 3.
In fact, the reel-holder 3 is preferably constrained to the support 2. The reel-holder 3, moreover, is preferably configured for supporting a reel 100 in a compliant way. The reel 100 is substantially a roll including rolled-up tape 10. In this regard, therefore, the reel-holder 3 also defines a first axis of rotation 3c.
The first axis of rotation 3c is preferably the axis around which the reel 100 rotates. Furthermore, the rotation axis 3c substantially defines the running direction of the tape 10.
In a first embodiment, in particular, the handling means 20 are configured for allowing the handling, in a plane parallel to the first axis of rotation 3c, of the support 2 placed on the wall 11, while the device 1 is in use. This plane is, preferably, the handling planes 2a. In this case, preferably, the deice 1 is capable of positioning the tape on a surface 12 defining the characteristics, in particular, of the first surface 12a.
In a second embodiment, the handling means 20 are configured for allowing the handling, in a plane perpendicular to the first axis of rotation 3c, of support 2 placed on the wall 11, while the device 1 is in use.
In this case, preferably, the device 1 is suitable for positioning the tape on a surface 12 defining the characteristics, in particular, of the second surface 12b. The reel-holder 3, in particular, can be constrained in a fixed way to the support 2, for example at a predetermined distance with respect to the plate 23.
Or, preferably, the reel-holder 3 is constrained to the support 2 in such a way that the position of the reel-holder 3 with respect to the support 2 can be modified in a controlled manner. By this it is meant that, preferably, the reel-holder 3 is stably constrained on the support 2 and remains fixed during the use of the device 1, but it is removable with respect to the support 2 on command.
In this regard, preferably, the reel-holder 3 is constrained in a compliant way to the support 2 in such a way that can be moved, in a controlled manner, with respect to the support 2 along at least a first direction 3a.
The first direction 3a is preferably perpendicular to the handling plane 2a. In particular, in order to ensure the mobility of the reel-holder 3, the support 2 may include a first guide 21.
The first guide 21 can be a rail on which the reel-holder 3 can move. Alternatively, the first guide 21 can be a substantially tubular element, as shown in Fig. 1, on which the reel-holder 3 slides along the first direction 3a.
The reel-holder 3 can therefore include a cursor suitable for moving along first guide 21 so as to translate along the first direction 3a.
Guides and cursors of this type are well known in the current state of the art. Naturally, stops may be provided, for example on the cursor of the reel-holder 3, suitable for blocking the reel-holder 3 at heights predetermined by the user. Stops of this type are widely known and may consist, for example, of simple bolts screwable onto threaded screws suitable for producing sufficient friction to lock the reel-holder 3 with respect to the first guide 21.
In the first embodiment, the reel-holder 3, moreover, is preferably movable, in a controlled manner, with respect to the support 2 along the second direction 3b. The second direction 3b is parallel to the handling plane 2a. The reel-holder 3 can therefore be moved with respect to the support 2 along the first direction 3a, or along the second direction 3b, or along both directions 3a, 3b. Preferably, the reel-holder 3, in this configuration, can be moved with respect to both directions 3a, 3b. To allow the movement of the reel-holder 3 along the second direction 3b, preferably, the support 2 comprises a second guide 22.
The second guide 22 preferably is directly connected to the first guide 21. In fact, substantially, the reel-holder 3 moves along the first direction 3a on the first guide 21 and the first guide 21 moves along the second direction 3b on the second guide 22 in a manner such as to allow the movement of the reel-holder 3 along the second direction 3b with respect to the support 2.
Also, the second guide 22 may have mechanisms similar to the first guide 21. Therefore, substantially can comprise a rail within which a cursor can translate, preferably part of the first guide 21. Furthermore, also the second guide 22 may include stops for the constraint of the first guide 21.
In the second embodiment, shown in Fig. 2, the first guide 21 is preferably a tubular element around which the reel-holder 3 is constrained.
Therefore, the first axis of rotation 3c coincides with the first direction 3a and is substantially defined by the first guide 21.
The reel-holder 3 can therefore be constrained in a way that is fixed with respect to the first guide 21 and allow the rotation of the reel 100 around the reel-holder 3, or it may be constrained in a compliant way to the first guide 21 so as to rotate around the first axis of rotation 3c.
In any case, even if indirectly, the reel 100 is constrained, by the use of the reel-holder 3, to the first guide 21 in such a way to be rotatable around the first direction 3a coinciding, in this case, with the first rotation axis 3c.
Also, in this case there may be, and preferably are, provided cursors and stops suitable for allowing the controlled movement of the reel-holder 3 on the first guide 21 so as to be able to adjust the distance between the reel-holder 3 and the support in a controlled manner.
Naturally, the reel 100 can rotate with respect to the reel-holder 3 and, therefore, the reel-holder 3 can be integral with the first guide 21 and behave as a sort of bearing, or part of the reel-holder 3 can rotate integrally with the reel 100 and therefore it is rotatable with respect to the first guide 21.
The device 1 preferably also comprises a tensioner 4.
The tensioner 4 is preferably constrained to one between the support 2 and the reel-holder 3.
Advantageously, the support 2 separates the reel-holder 3 and the tensioner 4 with respect to the handling means 20 in such a way that when the handling means 20 are placed on at least the wall 11 and the tensioner 4 dispenses the tape 10 on the surface, exclusively the handling means 20 face said wall 11. Substantially, therefore, the reel-holder 3 and the tensioner 4 are arranged on opposite sides of the support 2.
The tensioner 4 is, in particular, configured to dispense tape 10 in tension. Therefore, preferably, the tape 10, when the device 1 is in use, is unrolled by the reel 100, passes in correspondence with the tensioner 4 and is situated preferably on the surface 12, either a first surface 12a or a second surface 12b. Substantially, therefore, the handling means 20 are configured to allow the movement, in a plane parallel or perpendicular to the first axis of rotation 3c, of the support 2 placed on at least one wall 11 while the tensioner 4 dispenses the tape 10 on the surface 12, parallel to wall 11 in case it is a first surface 12a and perpendicular to the wall 11 in case it is a second surface 12b.
This means that the support 2 moves stably on the wall 11 and avoids that the stability of the device 1 depends on the contact between the tensioner 4 and the surface 12.
The tensioner 4, in particular, preferably defines a second axis of rotation 4a.
The second axis of rotation 4a is preferably parallel to the first axis of rotation 3c, either in the first configuration wherein the first axis of rotation 3c is perpendicular to the first direction 3a, or in the second configuration wherein the first axis of rotation 3c coincides with the first direction 3a.
The tensioner 4 therefore allows the tape 10 to rotate around the rotation axis 4a in such a way that gets tensioned on the surface 12,12a or 12b.
The tensioner 4 can therefore comprise a smooth tubular element suitable for allowing the sliding of the tape 10. Preferably, in particular, the tensioner 4 comprises a roller 40.
The roller 40 is preferably rotating around the second axis of rotation 4a. Furthermore, it is spaced from the reel-holder 3 and configured to dispense tape 10 when put into rotation with respect to the surface 12.
In order to space the roller 40, the tensioner 4 preferably comprises a spacer 41. The spacer 41 may comprise a bar, or a pair of bars. It is, in general, configured to connect the roller 40 to the reel-holder 3. Even more in detail, the spacer 41 is connected to the reel-holder 3 by means of a hinge 42.
The hinge 42 preferably allows the spacer 41 to rotate with respect to the reel-holder 3 around the axis of the hinge 42. However, in addition, the tensioner 4 also includes opposition means 43
The opposition means 43 are preferably configured to oppose the mutual rotation, around the hinge 42, of the reel-holder 3 and of the spacer 41. Therefore, the roller 40 distributes the tape 10 by tensioning it and being able to oscillate slightly by means of the spacer 41 in opposition to the means of opposition 43.
Such opposition means 43 may include, therefore, a linear spring arranged between the reel-holder 3 and the tensioner 4, or they can also include other devices such as a torsional spring arranged, for example, in correspondence of the hinge 42.
Preferably, in this embodiment wherein the second axis of rotation 4a and the first axis of rotation 3c are perpendicular to the handling plane 2a, the support 2 also includes a stop 26.
The stop 26 is preferably configured to block the rotation of the tensioner 4 around the axis of the hinge 42. In this configuration, in particular, the spacer 41 is constrained in a compliant way to the first guide 21 so as to be rotatable with respect to the first axis of rotation 3c. Therefore, the blockage to rotation is achieved by the use the stop 26, alternatively or in addition by the use of opposition means. The opposition means 43, in this configuration, are not present if the reel-holder 3 rotates integrally with the reel 100.
In addition, the device 1 can comprise a grip 24.
Preferably, the grip 24 is configured to allow a user to drive the device 1.
Such grip 24 can be various kinds. It can, for example, be a handle, or a knob, and can be constrained, for example, to the plate 23.
Preferably, the handle 24 is substantially a handlebar arranged perpendicular to the plate 23 and constrained to it.
The grip 24 can, therefore, be fixed or mobile. Preferably, the grip 24 is constrained in a compliant way to the support 2. In particular, the grip 24 can be constrained by the use of a second guide 22 and be arranged in a sliding way on it.
Naturally, the device 1 can include also various auxiliary components, possibly are removable and mountable as desired on the support 2.
For example, as shown in Fig. 3, the device 1 can include cutting means 5.
The cutting means 5 are preferably configured to allow cut with a snatch, as occurs for common scotch-holders, of the tape 10. Preferably, therefore, the cutting means 5 include at least one blade 50.
The blade 50 is a cutting edge suitable for tearing the tape 10 in a precise manner. Preferably, the blade 50 is arranged in such a way that laps the tape 10, at the outlet of tensioner 4, perpendicular to the direction of the tape 10.
Moreover, in particular, preferably, the blade 50 is connected to the first guide 21 in such a way that is also adjustable. In this purpose, connection devices can be provided as already described, for example similar to the connector, and further cursors and clamps.
The cutting means 5 can also be independently constrained to the support 2, for example by the use of first guide 21, or can be constrained to the reel-holder 3 itself.
Preferably, in particular, the cutting means 5 are constrained, directly or not, to the support 2 in such a way that the blade 50 results opposite, with respect to the first guide 21, to the tensioner 4, and overlapping on the outlet direction of the tape 10 from the tensioner 4 itself.
In conclusion, the device 1 can comprise a limit lock 6.
The limit lock 6 is preferably configured to come into contact with an obstacle, for example a face of a wall in correspondence with a corner of a room, wherein the running of the device 1 may be interrupted, precisely, by the presence of a wall perpendicular to the driving direction of the device 1.
The limit lock 6, if present, is preferably configured, furthermore, to separate the obstacle and the cutting means 5 by at least a predetermined minimum distance in order to facilitate any cutting operations.
Preferably, therefore, in this regard, the limit block 6 preferably includes a contact surface 60.
The contact surface 60 is preferably perpendicular both to the handling plane 2a, and to the supporting portion 25.
In this way, when the device comes close to an obstacle, the contact surface 60 stops the device itself so that the blade is separated from the obstacle by a predetermined distance.
Naturally, the limit lock 6, like any other component, can be compliant to the support 2 , or to the reel-holder 3, or to the cutting separated means 5 itselves in such a way that can be adjusted according to the requirements.
Thefore, the contact surface 60 can be moved on command to vary the predetermined distance between the contact surface 60 itself and the blade 50 along the driving direction of the device 1.
Either the cutting means 5 or and the limit lock 6 are, naturally, compatible with any embodiment, either the first or the second, by adapting simply the directions of the blade 50 rather than the contact surface 60 with respect to the support 2 or to the reel-holder or, in the second case, to the cutting means 5 themselves.
The operation of the device 1 previously described in structural terms is as follows. The device 1, resting on the floor, can be placed side by side with a baseboard. Furthermore, the height of the reel-holder 3 can be adjusted and, consequently, the height of the tensioner 4. In this way the arrangement of the tape 10 can be correctly guaranteed regardless of the height of the baseboard.
Once the first adhesive strip of tape 10 is placed on the surface 12 of the baseboard, in particular on the first surface 12a or on the second surface 12b, the support can be moved, by the use of the grip 24, along the extension of the baseboard. Naturally, regardless of the configuration adopted on the device 1, the grip 24 allows to move the device 1 itself substantially against the baseboard in one direction or in the opposite direction. The roller 40 of the tensioner 4, relatively rotating to the surface 12, pulls the belt 10 under tension constraining, with a slight pressure, to the surface 12. In this way, the procedure for placing the tape 10 is considerably speeded up.
The device 1 for applying tape according to the invention achieves important advantages.
In fact, the device 1 is configured in such a way that separates the deposition tools from the tape 10, or rather the reel-holder 3 and the tensioner 4, with respect to the handling means 20 so that the device 1 results always adjustable, for example by adjusting the distance between reel-holder 3 and the support 2, according to any surface 12, and eventually easily convertible between the various embodiments, considering that each component is removable, although of a considerable stability.
The support portion 25, furthermore, stabilizes the device 1 by creating a sort of guide which allows to ulteriorly speed up the handling of the support 2.
It was found that, substantially, the device 1 allows to reduce the laying of tape 10 by at least five or six times compared to common devices.
The deposition of tape 10 also takes place in an optimal way since the support is made between the support 2 and the wall 11 and does not depend on the surface 12 alone and on the tensioners 4 or rollers for depositing the tape 10. Furthermore, a further advantage is the fact that the obtained stability allows to increase the positioning accuracy and avoid defects, such as gluing errors, which can lead to undesired dripping of paint for example during the painting phases of the walls.
In addition, a further advantage of the invention is given by the fact that it allows to obtain the aforementioned advantages in the face of a high simplicity and constructive cost-effectiveness.
In fact, the device 1 is preferably composed exclusively of support 2, reel-holder 3 and tensioner 4 without further complicated components.
The invention is susceptible of variants falling within the scope of the inventive concept defined by the claims.
For example, the limit lock 6 may be arranged on the opposite side with respect to the cutting means 5. Furthermore, the cutting means 5 may also be placed in the opposite direction with respect to what is shown in Fig. 3.
The Fig. 1-3 are, in fact, only examples of embodiments which do not limit the making of alternative devices 1 wherein the various auxiliary components are located in different positions.
In this context, all the details can be replaced by equivalent elements and the materials, shapes and dimensions can be any.

Claims

A device (1) for applying at least partially adhesive tape (10) comprising:
- a support (2) comprising handling means (20),

- a reel-holer (3) attached to said support (2), configured to loosely support a reel (100) including said tape (10) and defining a first rotation axis (3c) around which said reel (100) rotates,

- a tensioner (4) configured to dispense said tape (10) under tension, defining a second rotation axis (4a) parallel to said first rotation axis (3c) and including:
- a roller (40) rotating around said second rotation axis (4a), spaced with respect to said reel-holder (3) and configured to dispense said tape (10) when rotated with respect to said surface (12) and

- a spacer (41) configured to connect said roller (40) and said reel-holder (3),

- said support (2) separating said reel-holder (3) and said tensioner (4) from said handling means (20) in such a way that when said handling means (20) rest on at least one wall (11), and said tensioner (4) dispenses said tape (10) on a surface (12), only said handling means (20) face said wall (11),
and said device (1) being characterized in that said spacer (41) is attached to said reel-holder (3) by means of a hinge (42) and opposing means (43) configured to oppose the reciprocal rotation of said coil-holder (3) and said spacer (41), around said hinge (42).
The device (1) according to claim 1, wherein said handling means (20) are configured to enable the handling, on a plane parallel to said first rotation axis (3c), of said support (2) resting on at least said wall (11) while said tensioner (4) dispenses said tape (10) on a first surface (12a) parallel to said wall (11).
The device (1) according to claim 1, wherein said handling means (20) are configured to enable the handling, on a plane perpendicular to said first rotation axis (3c), of said support (2) resting on at least said wall (11) while said tensioner (4) dispenses said belt (10) on a second surface (12b) perpendicular to said wall (11).
The device (1) according to at least one previous claim, wherein the position of said reel-holder (3) with respect to said support (2) can be modified in a controlled manner.
The device (1) according to at least one previous claim, wherein said support (2) defines a handling plane (2a) and said reel-holder (3) is loosely attached to said support (2) in such a way as to be able to be handled, in a controlled manner, with respect to said support (2) along at least one first direction (3a) perpendicular to said handling plane (2a).
The device (1) according to at least one of the claims 1-2, wherein said reel-holder (3) can be handled, in a controlled manner, with respect to said support (2) along a second direction (3b) parallel to said handling plane (2a).
The device (1) according to at least the previous claim, wherein said support (2) comprises a first guide (21) and a second guide (22) - said reel-holder (3) moving along said first direction (3a) on said first guide (21) and said first guide (21) moving along said second direction (3b) on said second guide (22) - in such a way as to enable the handling of said reel-holder (3) along said second direction (3b) with respect to said support (2).
The device (1) according to at least claim 5, wherein said support comprises a plate (23) extending parallel to said handling plane (2a) and a support portion (25) defining a flat surface perpendicular to said handling plane (2a) and configured to be positioned in contact with an auxiliary wall perpendicular to said wall (11) in such a way as to make an edge adapted for guiding said support (2) along a predetermined direction parallel to said auxiliary wall.
The device (1) according to at least the previous claim, wherein said support portion (25) includes a soft, non-porous surface, suitable for containing the friction between said auxiliary wall and said support surface (25) to facilitate the handling of said support (2).
The device (1) according to at least one previous claim, including a grip (24) configured to enable a user to drive said device (1).
The device (1) according to claim 8, comprising cutting means (5) configured to enable said tape (10) to be cut and including a blade (50) that is attached to said support (2) in such a way as to be opposite said tensioner (4), with respect to said first guide (21); is placed over the outlet direction of said tape (10) by said tensioner (4); and is configured to graze said tape (10) perpendicularly to said outlet direction of said tape (10).
The device (1) according to claim 11, comprising a limit block (6) adapted for separating said blade (50) from an obstacle positioned along the direction of travel of said device (1) and including a contact surface (60) configured to come into contact with said obstacle, thus stopping said device (1), and able to be handled, on command, with respect to said support (2) or said coil-holder (3) or said cutting means (5) in such a way as to be able to adjust the predetermined mutual distance between said blade (50) and said contact surface (60).