| 摘要 |
A carrier strip has pockets accommodating decorative rigid bodies, and right and left side rims, the right and/or left side rims having engagement features (3', 3") adapted to receive one or more bosses of a tractor mechanism. A method for transferring the decorative rigid bodies from the carrier strip onto the substrate includes moving a decorative rigid body accommodated by the carrier strip into a transfer position; exerting a mechanical force onto the decorative rigid body so as to expel it from the accommodating carrier strip; bringing the tractor mechanism into engagement with a corresponding feature of the carrier strip; and urging the carrier strip forward by means of the engaged tractor mechanism so as to move a next decorative rigid body accommodated by the carrier strip into the transfer position, wherein the motion of the tractor mechanism is reciprocating. |
