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Adhesive tape dispenser for single hand operation

  • US 8,925,611 B2
  • Filed: 04/15/2011
  • Issued: 01/06/2015
  • Est. Priority Date: 04/23/2010
  • Status: Active Grant
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1. An adhesive tape dispenser comprising:

  • a lower housing having a perimeter, the lower housing comprising an inner edge, an inner wall, at least two alignment features, a forward tape press roller, a pivot post, a forward slide stop, a rear slide stop, a forward lateral ridge, and a rear lateral ridge, wherein the inner edge substantially surrounds the perimeter of the lower housing except for two noncoplanar sections that define a button opening and a forward opening respectively, and wherein the forward tape press roller, the pivot post, and the forward lateral ridge project inwardly from the inner wall of the lower housing;

    a back plate assembly that includes a back plate having an oblong opening and having a front side and a back side, the front side comprising;

    a tape unwind spool;

    a lower pin, an upper pin, and a wedge projecting from the front side of the back plate;

    a push button assembly attached to and projecting from the front side of the back plate;

    a forward and a rear guiding bracket that each slidably engage the forward lateral ridge and the rear lateral ridge of the lower housing, respectively;

    a tape spool bridge unit that has an inner part and a forward end, is semi-tubular, and comprises a rear slide stop opening that slidably engages the rear slide stop on the lower housing; and

    a coil spring located within the inner part of the tape spool bridge unit and contacts the forward end of the tape spool bridge unit and the rear slide stop, wherein the pivot post projects through the oblong opening in the back plate; and

    a blade assembly unit comprising;

    a cutting arm having a forward end and a backward end attached to a cutting blade at the forward end of the blade assembly unit;

    a lever arm having an outer edge and a lever foot projecting from the lever arm, the lever arm being attached to backward end of the blade assembly; and

    a semi-tubular opening at a juncture of the backward end of the blade assembly rotatably engaging the pivot post of the lower housing,wherein the outer edge of the lever arm slideably engages the wedge of the back plate assembly, wherein the lever foot slideably engages the back plate, andwherein the lever foot is located between the lower pin and the upper pin of the back plate.

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