James A Lemmon

US Patent:

41380487, Feb 6, 1979

Filed:

May 31, 1977

Appl. No.:

5/802243

Inventors:

James A. Lemmon - Boise ID

International Classification:

B65H 1722

US Classification:

226152

Abstract:

A body is provided defining an elongated handgrip and an elongated support projecting angularly outwardly of one end portion of the handgrip. A motor is carried by the body and a pair of generally parallel peripherally engaged side-by-side rollers are journaled from the end of the support remote from the handgrip for rotation about axes extending transversely of the support and disposed on opposite sides of a plane extending longitudinally of the support. The end of the handgrip remote from the support rotatably mounts a spool of ribbon therefrom and the handgrip includes guide structure for guiding a ribbon being unwound from the spool along the handgrip and, at the end of the handgrip remote from the spool, toward the rollers. The motor is drivingly connected to one of the rollers and trigger control structure is supported from the body in the included angle defined between the handgrip and the support and the trigger is shiftable between first and second positions with the motor actuated and deactivated, respectively.