摘要 |
A tape guide for deflecting a print-receiving portion of a tape upwardly at the exit of a printing machine of the postage meter type so it can be grasped and torn by the machine operator. The guide consists of interstaggered rollers which have conical cross-sections to present a knife edge or line contact only to the adhesive backing on the tape to preclude adhesive from building up a substantial deposit on the guiding surface. The rollers may increase in diameter in the path of travel of the tape so it is deflected upwardly.
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