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.
Claims20
A cutter blade comprising:
- a first major surface opposite a second major surface;
- a first side edge and a second side edge bounding the first and second major surfaces;
- a planar first portion and a planar second portion, wherein the planar first portion and the planar second portion are approximately coplanar with each other;
- a first row of teeth that extends laterally between the first side edge and the second side edge, wherein the first row of teeth defines a first end of the cutter blade bounding the first and second major surfaces;
- a second row of teeth that extends laterally between the first side edge and the second side edge, wherein the second row of teeth defines a second end of the cutter blade bounding the first and second major surfaces;
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- a bend defining a channel that extends laterally across the cutter blade between the planar first portion and the planar second portion;
- wherein the cutter blade is adapted to fit within a dispensing end of a dispenser housing via a housing projection nested within the channel in the cutter blade.
A cutter blade comprising:
- a first major surface opposite a second major surface;
- a first side edge and a second side edge bounding the first and second major surfaces;
- a planar first portion and a planar second portion;
- a first row of teeth that extends laterally between the first side edge and the second side edge, wherein the first row of teeth defines a first end of the cutter blade bounding the first and second major surfaces;
- a second row of teeth that extends laterally between the first side edge and the second side edge, wherein the second row of teeth defines a second end of the cutter blade bounding the first and second major surfaces;
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- a semi-circular bend defining a channel that extends laterally across the cutter blade between the planar first portion and the planar second portion;
- wherein the cutter blade is adapted to fit within a dispensing end of a dispenser housing via a housing projection nested within the channel in the cutter blade.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.