Shipping and packing tape dispenser and mount
First Claim
1. A tape dispenser of the type having a dispenser body with a spool for rotationally mounting a roll of tape on the dispenser body, and a cutting element separably fixed within the dispenser body and spaced from the spool for cutting a leading end of tape dispensed from the spool, a press plate having a planar pressing surface bounded by an end edge and side edges of the plate and extending transverse to the cutting element for applying tape to a working surface and a gripping handle for one-handed application and cutting of tape from a roll of tape rotationally mounted on the tape dispensing body;
- wherein the press plate is mounted in the dispenser body for selective movement between a first position for applying the pressing surface of the press plate against a portion of the dispensed tape onto the working surface prior to cutting the tape and a second position wherein the press plate is positioned substantially within the tape dispensing body to permit tape to be dispensed directly from the roll across the cutting element without contacting the press plate;
wherein the press plate is selectively secured in the first position wherein the pressing surface of the press plate can firmly hold the leading end of a tape against a work surface; and
is selectively retained in the second position for selective dispensing of discrete segments of tape from the roll without use of the press plate.
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Abstract
A shipping and packing tape type dispenser having a handle and a dispenser body for mounting a roll of tape for one-handed application to work surfaces. The dispenser includes a retractable press plate, tape retainer, spool anti-reverse and rotation-tensioning mechanism and exterior rails. A storage bracket has supports for mounting the dispenser through the exterior rails for a one-handed dispensing mode, a quick storage mode, and a more-secure quick storage mode. The handle has storage for pens, box-cutters, replacement cutting blades, a retractable tape measure and/or a retractable weigh scale. A cutting blade is frictionally mounted in an open-ended slot through a sidewall portion of the dispenser.
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10 Claims
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1. A tape dispenser of the type having a dispenser body with a spool for rotationally mounting a roll of tape on the dispenser body, and a cutting element separably fixed within the dispenser body and spaced from the spool for cutting a leading end of tape dispensed from the spool, a press plate having a planar pressing surface bounded by an end edge and side edges of the plate and extending transverse to the cutting element for applying tape to a working surface and a gripping handle for one-handed application and cutting of tape from a roll of tape rotationally mounted on the tape dispensing body;
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wherein the press plate is mounted in the dispenser body for selective movement between a first position for applying the pressing surface of the press plate against a portion of the dispensed tape onto the working surface prior to cutting the tape and a second position wherein the press plate is positioned substantially within the tape dispensing body to permit tape to be dispensed directly from the roll across the cutting element without contacting the press plate; wherein the press plate is selectively secured in the first position wherein the pressing surface of the press plate can firmly hold the leading end of a tape against a work surface; and
is selectively retained in the second position for selective dispensing of discrete segments of tape from the roll without use of the press plate. - View Dependent Claims (2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7, 8)
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9. A tape dispenser of the type having a dispenser body with a spool for rotationally mounting a roll of tape on the dispenser body, and a cutting element spaced from the spool for cutting a leading end of tape dispensed from the spool, a press plate for applying tape to a working surface and a gripping handle for one-handed application and cutting of tape from a roll of tape rotationally mounted on the tape dispensing body;
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wherein the press plate is mounted in the dispenser body for movement between a first position for holding tape against the working surface prior to cutting the tape and a second position wherein the press plate is retracted substantially within the tape dispensing body to permit tape to be dispensed directly from the roll across the cutting element without contacting the press plate; and wherein the press plate has indentations in the edges thereof and the tape dispensing body has side walls with detents that are releasably received in the press plate indentations to selectively retain the press plate in the first and second positions. - View Dependent Claims (10)
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