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US 2020/0071115 A1Published application
Brake assembly for a tape dispenser
AssigneeKitaru Innovations Inc.
InventorJohn Gordon Murphy
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Abstract
A tape dispenser housing wound adhesive tape includes a brake spoke tapering (i.e., narrowing) from a distal radial end to a proximal radial end relative to a tape rotational axis, wherein the brake spoke effectuates the braking of wound adhesive tape on a hub by contacting the wound adhesive tape, the hub, or both simultaneously.
Claims17
A tape dispenser comprising:
- a first side member and an opposing second side member;
- an axle extending between the first and second side members defining a hub axis;
- a hub carrying wound adhesive tape therearound configured to be unwound and dispensed, and the hub positioned concentric around the axle to rotate about the hub axis;
- a first brake spoke extending from a first inner surface on the first side member and a free end wall on the first brake spoke, wherein when the first side member is flexed, and the end wall effectuates braking of the adhesive tape and the hub by contacting one of the following (i) the adhesive tape, (ii) the hub, and (iii) the adhesive tape and the hub simultaneously;
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- an imaginary radial line extending radially from the hub axis, wherein the imaginary radial line intersects the first brake spoke at two points.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.