Polarized tape dispenser
AssigneeKitaru Innovations Inc.
InventorAshok Chandaria
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Abstract
A tape dispenser having a frame and a pair of opposed, unequal diameter hub mounts for rotatably mounting an adhesive tape roll thereon. The tape roll includes a hub about which the tape is wound and has first and second open ends with unequal diameter openings. Each of the hub mounts is compatible in diameter with a respective one of the hub open ends requiring the tape roll to be correctly mounted on the hub mounts to insure the adhesive side of the tape be properly oriented.
Claims20
A tape dispenser for dispensing adhesive tape from a roll, said tape dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a first tape retaining member;
- a second tape retaining member, said second tape retaining member being different in configuration to the first tape retaining member;
- and wherein said first and second tape retaining members cooperate to form a hub that is rotatably mountable within the housing;
- and wherein said hub is adapted to receive a roll of tape thereon and to orient said roll so that the tape is dispensed therefrom with an adhesive-side facing downwardly to contact an object being taped.
In combination, a tape dispenser and a roll of tape mounted therein, said combination comprising:
- a housing having a pair of opposed side walls;
- first and second hub mounts, each extending outwardly from an interior surface of one of the side walls and being aligned with each other;
- and wherein said first hub mount differs in configuration from the second hub mount;
- first and second tape retaining members forming a hub;
- and wherein said first tape retaining member differs in configuration from the second tape retaining member;
- and said hub is disposed between the first and second hub mounts;
- said roll of tape being received around the hub formed by the first and second tape retaining members.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.