US 12,351,996 B2
Road taping machine
Roland M. Bedard, Lindstrom, MN (US); John M. Bryce, Andover, MN (US); Todd B. Hillukka, Clearwater, MN (US); Dennis Kemmetmueller, Rogers, MN (US); August F. Legatt, Maple Lake, MN (US); Joshua Roden, Dayton, MN (US); Daniel D. Rohling, Corcoran, MN (US); and Anthony J. Shakal, Rogers, MN (US)
Assigned to Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed by Graco Minnesota Inc., Minneapolis, MN (US)
Filed on May 24, 2024, as Appl. No. 18/673,742.
Application 18/673,742 is a continuation of application No. 17/441,624, granted, now 11,993,899, previously published as PCT/US2020/023614, filed on Mar. 19, 2020.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/822,176, filed on Mar. 22, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2024/0309595 A1, Sep. 19, 2024
Int. Cl. E01C 23/18 (2006.01)
CPC E01C 23/185 (2013.01) 19 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A road taping machine configured to carry and apply road marking tape to pavement, the road taping machine comprising:
a spool mount disposed to receive a spool of the road marking tape;
a tamping roller configured to receive the road marking tape from the spool, and force the road marking tape into the pavement;
a blade assembly disposed between the spool mount and the tamping roller, the blade assembly configured to cut the road marking tape;
a plurality of positioning rollers disposed between the blade assembly and the tamping roller and configured to retain one side of the road marking tape between the blade assembly and the tamping roller; and
a pivot arm disposed to support a subset of the positioning rollers, thereby permitting at least one of the plurality of positioning rollers to deflect while the blade assembly cuts the road marking tape, such that a tape path along the plurality of positioning rollers to the tamping roller is reduced.