A hand-held handle dispenser

A method for dispensing a handle on a parcel with the hand-held handle dispenser that includes a main frame having a handle, an adhesive tape roll provided at a rear side of the main frame for delivering an adhesive tape, an application element provided at the front side of the main frame for applying the adhesive tape on a parcel and a cutting blade for cutting the adhesive tape, an insert strip roll cartridge for storing an insert strip roll and transport and affixing elements for conveying the insert strip from said cartridge to said application element and affixing it against the adhesive tape to form a handle, the transport and affixing elements including a pulling roller, the method:

• affixing the adhesive tape delivered from the adhesive tape roll provided at the rear end of the main frame of the hand-held dispenser onto the parcel to fasten a first side of the handle onto the parcel,
• by the rotation of the pulling roller continuously in contact with said insert strip, dispensing said insert strip from the insert strip roll cartridge towards an adhesive surface of the adhesive tape until automatically affixing said insert strip onto said adhesive tape,
• continuing the automatic affixing said insert strip onto said adhesive tape by pulling said adhesive tape out of the hand-held tape dispenser,
• stopping the affixing of said insert strip, and
• resuming the affixing of said adhesive tape onto the parcel to fasten the second side of said handle onto the parcel.

A hand-held handle dispenser comprising:

• a hand-held portable main frame having:
• a front side;
• a rear side;
• a handle graspable by a hand of a user during operation, the portable hand-held handle dispenser manually movable by the user during operation;
• a tape roll holder to hold an adhesive tape roll, the tape roll holder provided at the rear side of the main frame to deliver a course of adhesive tape from an adhesive tape roll when the adhesive tape roll is held by the tape roll holder;
• a cartridge to hold an insert strip roll comprising a plurality of insert strips;
• an applicator positioned at the front side of the main frame to apply the course of adhesive tape on a parcel during operation;
• a cutting blade positioned to selective cut the course of adhesive tape, and
• a pulling roller continuously in contact with the insert strip roll and rotatable to pull at least a leading one of the insert strips of the insert strip roll towards an adhesive surface of the course of adhesive tape when the pulling roller enters in contact with the adhesive tape roll, the dispensing of the course of adhesive tape which then drives the rotation of the pulling roller in synchronization therewith.