Portable wrapping film dispenser

A portable device for dispensing wrapping film from a roll comprising:

• (a) a roll-carrying bar;
• (b) a pair of roll plugs rotatably disposed on said bar, each plug comprising:
• (1). a first inner roll end insertion portion adapted to fit into the end of the roll to concentrically engage the inside surface thereof;
• (2). a second roll end abutting portion attached thereto of greater diameter than the inside diameter of the roll, adapted to abut the end of the roll;
• and,
• (3). a flat outer surface formed on the outboard surface of said plug perpendicular to the axis of said roll-carrying bar;
• (c) a pair of pins extending from said second roll end abutting portion toward the roll for penetration into the end of the cardboard roll to hold the roll in mating engagement with said plugs;
• (d) a first handle bounded at the ends thereof by a pair of arms extending toward the roll, the mutual ends of which are joined to a flat plate attached to said roll-carrying bar perpendicular thereto;
• (e) a second handle bounded at the ends thereof by a pair of arms extending toward the roll, the mutual ends of which are joined to a second flat plate threadably received on the other end of said roll-carrying bar perpendicular thereto adapted for rotation in an opposite direction with said first handle to cause said first and second end plates to advance toward each other;
• and,
• (f) at least one friction-producing, compressible washer slidably mounted on said roll-carrying bar between said flat plate, attached to said handle, and said outer surface of said adjacent roll plug to cause rotational friction therebetween when squeezed between said surface and said plate.

A portable device for dispensing wrapping film from a roll comprising a roll-carrying bar, means for rotatably mounting the roll of wrapping film about said bar, means for hand-carrying said bar at each end thereof and means activated by said hand-carrying means for restricting the rotation of the roll about said bar to provide tension to the film as it is being dispensed from the roll, wherein said hand-carrying means comprises:

• (a) a sleeve slideably received on one end of said roll-carrying bar and held thereon by a nut threaded on the end of said bar;
• (b) a first arm extending from said sleeve;
• (c) a cross handle extending from the free end of said first arm;
• (d) a second arm pivotally anchored to the other end of said roll-carrying bar and extending therefrom;
• (e) a cross handle extending from the free end of said second arm;
• and,
• (f) a brake cam formed on said second arm for contact with said means for restricting rotation of the roll to provide tension to the film when one said cross handle is rotated with respect to the other said cross handle.