Adhesive tape cutter

An adhesive tape cutter comprising:

• a tape-supporting member for supporting a wound body of adhesive tape made by winding adhesive tape, one side of which is an adhesive surface, in a roll, in such a manner that the wound body of adhesive tape can rotate;
• a cutting member for cutting the adhesive tape drawn from the wound body of adhesive tape supported by the tape-supporting member;
• and
• an overlapping-area-forming mechanism located between the tape-supporting member and the cutting member to form an overlapping area of the adhesive tape, along at least one margin in its lengthwise direction, said overlapping area made by folding under a margin of a specified width of the adhesive tape toward the adhesive surface side;
• wherein the overlapping-area-forming mechanism comprises:
• a first support member located near an adhesive-tape-unwinding position of the wound body of adhesive tape, that supports a non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape;
• a fold-starting member that is located downstream of the first support member, supports the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape except for a specified folding width along the margin of the adhesive tape, and folds the folding width area;
• a main folding member that is located downstream of the fold-starting member and folds under, at an acute angle, the area of the adhesive tape folded by the fold-starting member;
• and
• an attaching member that is located opposite the main folding member, supports the non-adhesive surface of the adhesive tape, and presses and attaches the area folded under by the main folding member to the adhesive surface of the adhesive tape.