| 摘要 |
A semi-automatic tube clip fastener application machine transfers document holding tube clips sequentially and discretely to backing sheets of folders, such as medical records folders, business folders and the like. A continuous release liner is arranged in a continuous carrier, such as a wound roll or a stacked array of connected discrete fan fold sheets. A user operable starter, such as a foot pedal or hand operable starter commences movement of an advancing means which advances tube clips. A lifter, such as a vacuum block, sequentially and discretely lifts each tube clip reaching the roller from the release liner and transfers each tube clip to a backing sheet of the folder. The vacuum block transports the lifted tube clip to a point above the backing sheet which is located on a platform, and the tube clip is pushed against the backing sheet for attaching the lifted tube clip to the backing sheet, whereupon the vacuum block releases the tube clip upon temporary cessation of the vacuum.
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