Tape dispenser

• US 5,472,560 A
• Filed: 02/01/1995
• Issued: 12/05/1995
• Est. Priority Date: 02/01/1995
• Status: Expired due to Fees

• Current Assignee: Lin Shu Hua Horng
• Original Assignee: Horng, Lin S. H.
• Inventors: Horng, Shun-Jei
• Primary Examiner(s): ENGEL, JAMES J
• Application Number:
  US08/382,189
• Time in Patent Office: 307 Days
• Field of Search: 156/523, 156/527, 156/574, 156/577, 156/579, 156/540, 156/541
• US Class Current: 156/577
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 35/0033 and affixing it to a surface B65H35/004 takes precedence
• CPC Class Codes: B65H 37/007 Applicators for applying coatings, e.g. correction, colour or adhesive coatings
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1348 Work traversing type
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1705 Lamina transferred to base from adhered flexible web or sheet type carrier
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/1795 Implement carried web supply
• CPC Class Codes: Y10T 156/18 Surface bonding means and/or assembly means with handle or handgrip

Abstract

A tape dispenser including a casing covered with a cover, a loading wheel mounted on a rear seat inside the casing to hold a double-sided adhesive tape, a cutter blade mounted at one side of a front outlet on the casing for cutting the double-sided adhesive tape, a driven wheel mounted around a shaft inside the casing and turned by the loading wheel through a gear mechanism, and a take-up wheel mounted on the driven wheel and turned to take up the backing paper of the double-sided adhesive tape.

Claims

1. A tape dispenser comprising:

a casing having a front seat, a shaft raised from the said front seat, a rear seat, a front outlet, a guide rod adjacent to said front outlet, a cutter holder disposed by one side of said front outlet, a cutter blade fastened to said cutter holder, a mounting groove, around the border, and a plurality of mounting holes spaced along said mounting groove;

a cover mounted on said mounting groove and covered over said casing, said cover having a plurality of retainer rods respectively fitted into said mounting holes on said casing, and at least one opening;

a loading wheel mounted on said rear seat to hold a double-sided adhesive tape;

a driven wheel mounted on said front seat and turned on said shaft by said loading wheel; and

a take-up wheel mounted on said driven wheel for taking up the backing paper of the double-sided adhesive tape being loaded on said loading wheel, said take-up wheel having a finger rod extended out of said cover through said at least one opening for turning said take-up wheel by fingers.

2. The tape dispenser of claim 1 wherein said shaft of said casing comprises a plurality of longitudinal splits and a plurality of hooked portions spaced by said longitudinal splits and stopped outside said driven wheel.

3. The tape dispenser of claim 1 wherein said rear seat comprises a first annular flange and a second annular flange surrounding said first annular flange to support said loading wheel above said casing.

4. The tape dispenser of claim 1 wherein said loading wheel comprises a gear at one side, said driven wheel comprises a gear at one side meshed the gear on said loading wheel.

5. The tape dispenser of claim 1 wherein said loading wheel comprises a wheel face, which supports said double-sided adhesive tape, and a plurality of triangular flanges equiangularly raised from the wheel face of said loading wheel to hold down said double-sided adhesive tape on said loading wheel.

6. The tape dispenser of claim 1 wherein said take-up wheel comprises a wheel face and a plurality of hooked portions engaging the periphery of said driven wheel.