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Tape dispenser

  • US 5,174,850 A
  • Filed: 03/24/1989
  • Issued: 12/29/1992
  • Est. Priority Date: 03/24/1989
  • Status: Expired due to Fees
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1. Adhesive tape dispenser comprising:

  • a) frame, adapted for holding a roll of tape and for being grasped by hand, and having a hub portion with a cylindrical surface for receiving the circular core of said roll of tape for rotation thereon, and said hub portion having a central finger-receiving aperture therein;

    b) support wall extending radially, relative to said cylindrical surface, from a first side of said hub portion;

    c) arcuate flange extending axially from the outer periphery of said support wall and lying spaced from a minor segment of said cylindrical surface, and cooperating with said central aperture to provide means to grasp said frame without grasping said roll of tape mounted on said cylindrical surface;

    d) swinging arm, having a first end that is pivotally mounted to the first side of said hub at a location generally radially opposite said flange, with respect to said cylindrical surface and said arm being pivotable about an axis parallel to the axis of said cylindrical surface;

    e) applicator roller, mounted at the other end of said swinging arm, for rotation about an axis parallel to the axis of said cylindrical surface, and said roller held in alignment with, and opposed from, said cylindrical surface; and

    f) means for limiting the pivoting of said swinging arm, so that it is rotatable in one direction to a first position in which further rotation is prevented and being rotatable in the other direction so as to bring said roller towards a position adjacent said cylindrical surface, whereby said roller may be brought into rolling contact with the outer surface of said roll of tape mounted on said cylindrical surface.

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