Tape dispenser with hand brake

• US 3,374,139 A
• Filed: 05/10/1965
• Issued: 03/19/1968
• Est. Priority Date: 05/10/1965
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: George H. Fritzinger
• Original Assignee: George H. Fritzinger
• Inventors: Fritzinger, George H.
• Application Number:
  US04/454,514
• Time in Patent Office: 1,044 Days
• US Class Current: 156/523
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1348 Work traversing type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply

Claims

1. A TAPE DISPENSER COMPRISING AN ELONGATE HOUSING HAVING AN INTERMEDIATE PORTION ADAPTED TO SERVE AS A HANDLE, A REAR END PORTION ADAPTED FOR CARRYING A SUPPLY ROLL OF TAPE AND A FORWARD HEAD PORTION PROVIDED WITH AN APPLICATOR ROLLER FOR APPLYING TAPE DRAWN FROM THE SUPPLY ROLL VIA THE INTERMEDIATE HANDLE PORTION;

A MECHANISM IN SAID HEAD PORTION FOR CUTTING THE TAPE AT SAID ROLLER;

A PROJECTING TRIGGER BELOW THE HANDLE PORTION ADAPTED TO BE DEPRESSED BY CLOSING THE GRIP TO THE SECOND AND THIRD DIGITS OF THE HAND HOLDING THE DISPENSER FOR OPERATING SAID CUTTING MECHANISM;

AND A TAPE BRAKE IN SAID HANDLE PORTION INCLUDING AN ANVIL AT THE NON-ADHESIVE SIDE OF THE TAPE, A COOPERABLE BRAKE ELEMENT AT THE ADHESIVE SIDE OF THE TAPE AND A FINGER PIECE AT THE BOTTOM OF THE HANDLE PORTION DIRECTLY BEHIND SAID TRIGGER IN POSITION TO BE DEPRESSED BY THE FOURTH AND FIFTH DIGITS OF THE HAND HOLDING THE DISPENSER TO CLOSE SAID BRAKE ELEMENT