Tape dispenser
AssigneeSNJ Patents, LLC
InventorsCharles S. Theofilos, Stefan C. Theofilos, Krutik Chaten Shah
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Abstract
A device for dispensing rolled items, such as tape. The hand-held or mounted tape dispensing device is designed to accommodate variously sized or shaped rolls of tape. The tape dispensing device for dispensing a tape may comprise a support structure and one or more tape holder sliders configured to be moveable from a first position to at least one second position. The tape dispensing device may also include one or more tape holder sliders, which may move simultaneously in a single direction. The tape dispensing device may also include a tape dispenser blade having a cutting edge and configured to be moveable from a first position to at least one second position and to rotate to a position along the cutting edge at different angles.
Claims19
A device for dispensing at least a portion of a rolled item wound around a core, the device comprising:
- a rigid support structure including a first surface;
- a mount projecting outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, said mount comprising a plurality of rolled item holder sliders, each of the plurality of rolled item holder sliders includes an arm projecting outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, at least one of the plurality of rolled item holder sliders is slidably engaged within a slider slot extending through a thickness of the rigid support structure from the first surface to a second surface opposite to the first surface, wherein the mount is transitionable between an expanded configuration that frictionally engages the core and a retracted configuration that enables the core to be disengaged from the mount;
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- a blade having a cutting edge, wherein the blade projects outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, and wherein the blade is slidably and rotatably engaged relative to the support structure.
A method for operating a device for dispensing at least a portion of a rolled item wound around a core, the method comprising:
- operating an actuating system to cause a mount to achieve at least a partially retracted configuration;
- inserting at least a portion of the mount through the core of the rolled item when the mount is in the at least partially retracted configuration, wherein the mount projects outwardly from a first surface of a rigid support structure;
- expanding the mount to cause the mount to assume at least a partially expanded configuration from the at least partially retracted configuration, wherein the at least partially expanded configuration frictionally engages an inner surface of the core;
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- unrolling a length of the rolled item towards a blade having a cutting edge, wherein the blade projects outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, and wherein the blade is slidably and rotatably engaged to the support structure.
A device for dispensing at least a portion of a rolled item wound around a core, the device comprising:
- a rigid support structure including a first surface;
- a mount projecting outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, wherein the mount is transitionable between an expanded configuration that frictionally engages the core and a retracted configuration that enables the core to be disengaged from the mount;
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- a blade having a cutting edge, wherein the blade projects outwardly from the first surface of the support structure and is slidably mounted within an elongated blade slot, wherein the blade is slidably and rotatably engaged relative to the support structure.
A device for dispensing at least a portion of a rolled item wound around a core, the device comprising:
- a rigid support structure including a first surface;
- a mount projecting outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, wherein the mount is transitionable between an expanded configuration that frictionally engages the core and a retracted configuration that enables the core to be disengaged from the mount;
- a blade having a cutting edge, wherein the blade projects outwardly from the first surface of the support structure, and wherein the blade is slidably and rotatably engaged relative to the support structure;
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- an actuator configured to transition the mount between the retracted configuration and the expanded configuration.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.