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US 10,934,122 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.
Claims13
A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed, and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points;
- wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the brake spoke at first and second ends;
- wherein the imaginary radial line does not intersect an intermediate portion of the brake spoke.
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A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed, and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points;
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- a plurality of brake spokes, wherein the first brake spoke is one brake spoke forming the plurality of brake spokes, wherein the imaginary radial line only intersects the first brake spoke.
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A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed, and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points;
- a second brake spoke adjacent the first brake spoke, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the second brake spoke at least once;
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- wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the second brake spoke twice.
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A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points
- a first set of brake spokes extending in a cantilevered manner from an inner surface on first side member;
- a second set of brake spokes extending in a cantilevered manner from an inner surface on the second side member;
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- wherein brake spokes in the first set and in the second set are non-linear when viewed from the side.
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A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed, and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points
- a first set of brake spokes extending in a cantilevered manner from an inner surface on first side member;
- a second set of brake spokes extending in a cantilevered manner from an inner surface on the second side member;
- a first length of one brake spoke in the first set;
- a second length of one brake spoke in the second set;
- wherein the first and second lengths correspond to a distance that contacts the adhesive tape and hub simultaneously during a braking action.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.