Tape cutter

• US 4,097,328 A
• Filed: 09/06/1977
• Issued: 06/27/1978
• Est. Priority Date: 03/09/1977
• Status: Expired due to Term

• Current Assignee: Sakae Urushizaki
• Original Assignee: Sakae Urushizaki
• Inventors: Urushizaki, Sakae
• Primary Examiner(s): Drummond, Douglas J.
• Application Number:
  US05/830,793
• Time in Patent Office: 294 Days
• Field of Search: 156/523, 156/577
• US Class Current: 156/523
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0086 using movable cutting elements
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1348 Work traversing type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply

Abstract

A tape cutter used to apply a cellophane adhesive tape and cut it automatically. It includes a spring-loaded swing member, a tape press roller mounted on the bottom of the swing member, a blade carrying disc mounted to be rotatable as the swing member is pivoted up and down.

Claims

1. A tape cutter for adhesive tape comprising:

a body,

a swing member pivoted on said body to be pivotable about one end thereof, urged upwardly by a spring, to hold an adhesive tape roll rotatably,

a tape press roller rotatably pivoted on the bottom of said swing member at the other end thereof, said tape press roller and the leading edge of said adhesive tape adapted to protrude through an opening in the bottom of said body when said swing member is pivoted down,

a disc rotatably pivoted on said body to be disposed between the side plates of said body and of said swing member and to be rotatable as said swing member is pivoted up and down, and

a blade mounted on said disc to cut the adhesive tape when the swing member is released to pivot up.