Dispenser for roll of flexible strip

In combination, a dispenser and a roll of strip:

• A. said roll of strip comprising a plurality of diagonal slits formed along predetermined locations of said roll of strip, said diagonal slits being alternately oppositely directed;
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• B. said dispenser comprising:
• (a) a container in which said roll of strip is disposed, said container being formed with a strip exit location;
• (b) means projecting from said container at said strip exit location for defining a passage through which the free end of the roll of strip advances;
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• (c) an indexing member disposed in said passage for entering the diagonal slit of the free end of the roll of strip advancing through said passage, said indexing member being formed to sever the free end of the roll of strip along the diagonal slit entered by said indexing member by the application of a force applied by an operator to the free end of the roll of strip, said indexing member being arranged to retard the egress of the strip trailing the free end of said roll of strip from said container during the severing of the free end of the roll of strip from the roll of strip by obstructing the path of travel of the strip trailing the slit entered by said indexing member, said indexing member entering alternately oppositely directed diagonal slits during successive severing of the free ends of the roll of strip, said successive free ends of said roll of strip alternately advancing in said passage along opposite walls of said indexing member, said indexing member comprising a tip formed with oppositely directed sloping sections for entering successive, alternately oppositely directed diagonal slits during successive severing of the free end of said roll of strip.

A dispenser for removing successively the free end of a roll of strip, said roll of strip being formed with slits at predetermined locations therealong, said dispenser comprising:

• (a) a container in which is disposed the roll of strip, said container being formed with a strip exit location;
• (b) means projecting from said container at said strip exit location for defining a passage through which the free end of the roll of strip advances;
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• (c) an indexing member disposed in said passage for entering the slit of the free end of the roll of strip advancing through said passage, said indexing member being formed to sever the free end of the roll of strip along the slit entered by said indexing member of the application of a force applied by an operator to the free end of the roll of strip, said indexing member being arranged to retard the egress of the strip trailing the free end of said roll of strip from said container during the severing of the free end of the roll of strip from the roll of strip by obstructing the path of travel of the strip trailing the slit entered by said indexing member, said indexing member comprises a tip formed with oppositely directed sloping sections for entering alternately successive slits along said roll of strip.

In combination, a dispenser and a roll of strip:

• A. said roll of strip comprising a plurality of diagonal slits formed along predetermined locations of said roll of strip, said diagonal slits being alternately oppositely directed;
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• B. said dispenser comprising:
• (a) a container in which said roll of strip is disposed, said container being formed with a strip exit location;
• (b) downwardly directed means projected from said container at said strip exit location for defining a downwardly directed passage through which the free end of the roll of strip advances;
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• (c) an elongated upwardly directed indexing member disposed in said passage, said indexing member being formed with a tip for entering the diagonal slit of the free end of the roll of strip advancing downwardly through said passage, said indexing member being formed with downwardly and outwardly directed sloping surfaces below said tip, said indexing member being arranged to sever the free end of the roll of strip along the diagonal slit entered by said indexing member by the application of a force applied by an operator to the free end of the roll of strip, said indexing member being arranged to retard the egress of the strip trailing the free end of said roll of strip from said container during the severing of the free end of the roll of strip from the roll of strip by obstructing the path of travel of the strip trailing the slit entered by said indexing member.