Adhesive tape dispenser

• US 20060151119A1
• Filed: 03/10/2006
• Published: 07/13/2006
• Est. Priority Date: 09/10/2003
• Status: Abandoned Application

• Current Assignee: Henkel KGaA (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Original Assignee: Henkel KGaA (Henkel AG & Co KGaA)
• Inventors: Steinel, Heinrich W., Klauck, Wolfgang, Moosmann, Werner
• Application Number:
  US11/372,855
• Publication Number:
  US 20060151119A1
• Time in Patent Office: Days
• US Class Current: 156/577
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0026 for delivering pressure-sensitive adhesive tape
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0073 Details
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply

Abstract

An adhesive tape dispenser with a holder for a coiled adhesive tape rotatable about an axis and with an outer part connected with the holder and disposed radially from the tape roll. The outer part is suitable for detaching or fixing, or for detaching and fixing, the free end of the tape roll and being movably connected with the holder or with a bearing core of the holder, on which an adhesive tape roll is received and rotatable.

Claims

1. An Adhesive tape dispenser (1) with a holder (2) for reception of a coiled adhesive tape roll to be rotatable about an axis (5) and with an outer part (4) connected with the holder (2) and disposed radially outwardly of an inserted or insertable adhesive tape roll, the outer part (4) being suitable for fixing and/or detaching the free end of an inserted adhesive tape roll and being movably connected with the holder (2), wherein the adhesive tape dispenser (1) comprises at least one resilient means (3) by which the outer part (4) is loaded in a direction in which the spacing thereof from the axis (5) reduces, wherein the adhesive tape dispenser comprises two resilient means (3), wherein each resilient means (3) is effective at a respective one of the two end faces of the outer part (4) or an inserted adhesive tape roll and wherein the resilient means is formed by a bent spring arm (3) by way of which the holder (2) is connected with the outer part (4), the bend of the spring arm (3) being resiliently reducible.

3. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer part (4) can be brought by the resilient means (3, 3a) resiliently into contact with the outer circumferential surface of an inserted adhesive tape roll (23).

5. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the resilient means (3) comprises a compression spring pressing the outer part (4) from outside against an adhesive tape roll.

7. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the spring arm (3) is bent substantially parabolically or in U-shape, one end region (12) of the spring arm (3) extending at least approximately tangentially from a region of the holder (2) disposed between the axis (5) and an inserted adhesive tape roll and the other end region (13) of the spring arm (3) terminating at least approximately tangentially on the diameter of the outer circumferential surface of an inserted adhesive tape roll.

8. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 7, wherein a respective spring arm (3) is arranged on each of the two sides axially adjacent to an inserted adhesive tape roll, the two spring arms (3) being interconnected at the end regions (12, 13) thereof at one end by the holder (2) and at the other end by the outer part (4).

9. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 8, wherein the two spring arms (3) are interconnected in an intermediate region by an additional connecting web (14) disposed radially outwardly of an inserted adhesive tape roll and arranged to preferably project outwardly, the intermediate region preferably being disposed between the outer part (4) and the centre of the spring arms (3).

10. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 8, wherein the two spring arms (3) each have in the end region (13) thereof connected with the outer part (4) a respective inwardly projecting projection (18) placeable as guide means axially against the end face of an inserted adhesive tape roll.

11. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer part (4) comprises a tape holding region with an outwardly facing roughened or grooved surface (9) to which the free end (33) of an adhesive tape roll (23) can be adhered to be easily detachable.

13. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer part (4) comprises a detaching device (10, 11, 31), particularly a pointed edge (10), a toothed strip (31) or a knife, for detaching a piece of tape withdrawn from the adhesive tape roll (23).

15. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the outer part (4) has a tear-off edge (11) radiussed about an axis extending parallel to the axis (5).

17. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein the holder (2) has a grip recess (8) on at least one of its two outwardly disposed side walls (6).

19. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it comprises means (19, 20) acting in mechanically positively locking and/or frictionally locking manner to prevent or hinder return rotational movement opposite to rotational movement in the direction (A) of unrolling an inserted or insertable adhesive tape roll (23).

21. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 19, wherein the holder (2) comprises means (19, 20), particularly resilient means (19, 20), co-operating with the core reel (24) of an adhesive tape roll (23).

22. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 21, wherein at least one spring tongue (20) aligned in the circumferential direction of a core reel (24) to be received, or a received core reel (24), of an adhesive tape roll (23) is arranged at the holder (2), the free end (22) of the at least one spring tongue (20) pointing in the desired direction (A) of unrolling of the adhesive tape roll (23) and resiliently protruding axially inwardly in order to resiliently engage in recesses provided at the end face of the core roll (24).

23. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 8, wherein at least one spring arm (3) has in an axial and/or radially flexibly resilient region, which bears or can bear against a toothing of the core roll (24) of an inserted or insertable adhesive tape roll or directly against a toothed end face of an inserted or insertable adhesive tape roll, a projection, particularly a lug protruding in wedge shape, for engagement in the corresponding toothing.

24. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it is made integrally of plastics material formed to be transparent.

25. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 24, wherein the resilient means or spring arms (3) contain a permanently resilient plastics material, particularly polycarbonate.

29. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it is constructed as a disposable dispenser with an inserted adhesive tape roll (23), the side edges of the adhesive tape roll (23) being formed to be grooved, serrated or corrugated.

30. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it is constructed as a repeat-use reusable dispenser into which an adhesive tape roll (23) is insertable.

33. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 29, wherein the resilient means comprise a leg spring (3a) pivotably mounted on the pivot axle (27) of the bearing core (26) and supported by one leg (3a) at the inner wall (39) of the cavity (38) and by the other leg at the projection (35), the projection (35) protruding through the opening (36) into the cavity (38).

34. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it is constructed as a disposable dispenser with an inserted adhesive tape roll (23), the side edges of the adhesive tape roll (23) being formed to be grooved, serrated or corrugated.

35. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 1, wherein it is constructed as a repeat-use reusable dispenser into which an adhesive tape roll (23) is insertable.

2. An adhesive tape dispenser (1) with a holder (2) for reception of a wound adhesive tape coil (23) to be rotatable about an axis (5) and with an outer part (4) connected with the holder (2) and disposed in a region lying radially outwardly of an insertable adhesive tape roll (23), the outer part being suitable for fixing and/or detaching the free end (33) of an insertable adhesive tape roll (23), wherein the holder (2) comprises a bearing core (26) on which an adhesive tape roll (23) is receivable to be rotatable and the outer part (4) being movably connected with the bearing core (26) of the holder (2), wherein the adhesive tape dispenser (1) comprises at least one resilient means (3, 3a) by which the outer part (4) and/or the bearing core (26) is loaded in a direction in which the spacing between the outer part (4) and the bearing core (26) reduces, wherein the bearing core (26) is eccentrically pivotable about a pivot axis (27) and is mounted between the side walls (6) of the holder (2) to be loaded by the resilient means (3a) and wherein the bearing core (26) is formed by a hollow cylinder and the resilient means (3a) is arranged in the cavity (38) of the cylinder, the outer part (4) being fixedly connected with side walls (6) of the holder (2).

4. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the outer part (4) can be brought by the resilient means (3, 3a) resiliently into contact with the outer circumferential surface of an inserted adhesive tape roll (23).

6. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the resilient means (3) comprises a compression spring pressing the outer part (4) from outside against an adhesive tape roll.

12. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the outer part (4) comprises a tape holding region with an outwardly facing roughened or grooved surface (9) to which the free end (33) of an adhesive tape roll (23) can be adhered to be easily detachable.

14. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the outer part (4) comprises a detaching device (10, 11, 31), particularly a pointed edge (10), a toothed strip (31) or a knife, for detaching a piece of tape withdrawn from the adhesive tape roll (23).

16. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the outer part (4) has a tear-off edge (11) radiussed about an axis extending parallel to the axis (5).

18. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the holder (2) has a grip recess (8) on at least one of its two outwardly disposed side walls (6).

20. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein it comprises means (19, 20) acting in mechanically positively locking and/or frictionally locking manner to prevent or hinder return rotational movement opposite to rotational movement in the direction (A) of unrolling an inserted or insertable adhesive tape roll (23).

26. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 2, wherein the bearing core (26) is eccentrically pivotable about a pivot axis (27) and is mounted between the side walls (6) of the holder (2) to be loaded by the resilient means (3a).

27. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 26, wherein the bearing core (26) is formed by a hollow cylinder, the resilient means (3a) being arranged in the cavity (38) of the cylinder.

28. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 26, wherein the resilient means comprise a leg spring (3a) pivotably mounted on the pivot axle (27) of the bearing core (26) and supported by one leg (3a) at the inner wall (39) of the cavity (38) and by the other leg at the projection (35), the projection (35) protruding through the opening (36) into the cavity (38).

31. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 28, wherein the holder (2) comprises abutment means (35, 36) for limiting the pivot range of the bearing core (26).

32. The adhesive tape dispenser of claim 31, wherein the abutment means comprises at least one projection (35) projecting axially inwardly from a side wall (6) of the holder (2) and engaging in an arcuate recess or opening (36) in an end face of the bearing core (26).