Tape dispenser

• US 3,187,968 A
• Filed: 10/11/1963
• Issued: 06/08/1965
• Est. Priority Date: 10/11/1963
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Edward A. Favre
• Original Assignee: Edward A. Favre
• Inventors: Favre, Edward A.
• Application Number:
  US04/315,501
• Time in Patent Office: 606 Days
• US Class Current: 225/56
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10S 206/815 Finger opening
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1365 Fixed cutter
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/257 Blade mounted on hand-held wound package
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 225/263 Blade carrier supports hollow spool for rotation

Claims

1. A TAPE DISPENSER HAVING, IN COMBINATION, A TAPERECEIVING CONTAINER PROVIDED ALONG AN EDGE WITH AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE TAPE MAY BE WITHDRAWN, ONE SIDE OF THE OPENING HAVING A CUTTER AND THE OUTER SIDE SERVING AS A STOP, A RESILIENT CYLINDRICAL ROLLER MOUNTED WITHIN THE OPENING BETWEEN THE CUTTER AND THE STOP AND EXTENDING OUTWARD BEYOND THE SAID CONTAINER EDGE, THE TAPE EXTENDING OUTWARD THROUGH THE SPACE BETWEEN THE STOP AND THE ROLLER IN ORDER TO ENABLE THE AUTOMATIC DISPENSING OF THE TAPE AS THE CONTAINER IS MOVED OVER A SURFACE WITH THE ROLLER PRESSING THE SAID OUTWARD EXTENDING TAPE AGAINST THE SAID SURFACE AND A PAIR OF INWARDLY EXTENDING PADS DISPOSED IN THE OPENING BETWEEN THE ROLLER AND THE CUTTER TO RETAIN THE OUTWARDLY EXTENDING TAPE IN POSITION FOR AUTOMATIC DISPENSING.