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US 10,882,711 B2Granted
Brake assembly for a tape dispenser
AssigneeKitaru Innovations Inc.
InventorJohn Gordon Murphy
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Abstract
A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
Claims20
A method of dispensing and braking wound adhesive tape comprising:
- dispensing adhesive tape wound around a hub from a tape dispenser having at least one brake spoke including a terminal end wall defined by a tapered side wall extending inwardly in a cantilevered manner from one of two opposing side members;
- flexing the opposing side members inwardly towards each other along a hub axis;
- narrowing a gap defined between the terminal end wall and the adhesive tape;
- wherein the gap is narrower near a radially distal portion of the gap relative to the hub axis and the gap is wider near a radially proximal portion of the gap relative to the hub axis;
- and
- contacting a flat portion of the terminal end wall of the at least one brake spoke with one of (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) both the adhesive tape and the hub, to effectuate braking of the adhesive tape wound around the hub.
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A method dispensing and braking wound tape comprising:
- dispensing adhesive tape wound around a hub from a tape dispenser having at least one brake spoke extending inwardly in a cantilevered manner from one of two opposing side members;
- flexing the opposing side members inwardly towards each other;
- and
- contacting an arcuate profile of the at least one brake spoke with one of (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) both the adhesive tape and the hub, to effectuate braking of the adhesive tape wound around the hub.
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A method of dispensing and braking wound adhesive tape comprising:
- dispensing adhesive tape wound around a hub from a tape dispenser having at least one brake spoke including a terminal end wall defined by a tapered side wall extending inwardly in a cantilevered manner from one of two opposing side members;
- flexing the opposing side members inwardly towards each other;
- contacting a flat portion of the terminal end wall of the at least one brake spoke with the adhesive tape to effectuate braking of the adhesive tape wound around the hub;
- and
- contacting a radial proximal end of the flat portion of the terminal end wall on the at least one brake spoke with a sidewall defined by the adhesive tape.
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A method of dispensing and braking wound adhesive tape comprising:
- dispensing adhesive tape wound around a hub from a tape dispenser having at least one brake spoke including a terminal end wall defined by a tapered side wall extending inwardly in a cantilevered manner from one of two opposing side members;
- flexing the opposing side members inwardly towards each other;
- contacting a flat portion of the terminal end wall of the at least one brake spoke with the adhesive tape to effectuate braking of the adhesive tape wound around the hub;
- and
- effecting, during braking, the flat portion of the terminal end wall to contact only the adhesive tape, wherein the flat portion of the terminal wall has a radial length that contacts only the adhesive tape during braking.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.