Tape dispenser having two sided cutter blade and method of manufacture
AssigneeKitaru Innovations Inc.
InventorShernee Chandaria
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Abstract
A tape dispenser has a cutter or cutting blade that has at least two rows of teeth opposite each other relative to the cutter or cutting blade. The blade is to be installed on the tape dispenser in any of at least two orientations. By installing the blade in any of at least two orientations, at least one row of teeth will always project from the dispensing end to cut adhesive tape as it is unwound from a roll after being dispensed. This type of blade permits an easier manufacturing ability by reducing or eliminating the need to ensure proper alignment of the teeth to project outwardly from the tape dispenser housing.
Claims15
A tape dispenser comprising:
- a housing sized to dispense adhesive tape wound in a roll carried by the housing, the housing including a housing projection within the housing, wherein the housing projection is laterally aligned and cantilevered from a wall of the housing;
- a dispensing end of the housing;
- a blade adjacent the dispensing end of the housing to cut the adhesive tape after a portion of adhesive tape is unwound from the roll, the blade comprising a planar top first portion defining an upper end of the blade, a planar bottom second portion defining a lower end of the blade, and the blade comprising a bend between the first portion and the second portion, wherein the bend defines a channel extending laterally across the blade;
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- at least two rows of teeth on the blade;
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- wherein the housing projection is disposed within the channel adapted to retain the blade in an fixed position.
A method of manufacturing a tape dispenser comprising:
- aligning a blade with a dispensing end of a tape dispenser housing, wherein the blade includes a first row of teeth and a second row of teeth;
- sliding the blade laterally into a slot formed near the dispensing end of the housing;
- coupling the blade to a portion of the housing at the dispensing end of the housing, wherein the portion of the housing is a projection extending from a wall of the tape dispenser housing, and wherein coupling the blade to the portion of the housing is accomplished by disposing the projection within a channel defined in the blade and the channel located between a planar first portion and a planar second portion of the blade, wherein the projection is shaped complementary to the channel;
- securing the blade to the housing;
- exposing the first row of teeth adapted to cut adhesive tape that is unwound from a roll carried by housing;
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- orienting the second row of teeth in a direction that is adapted to remain unused when adhesive tape is cut.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.