Case for a tape
OwnerKiyoshi Ogurainventor
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Abstract
A case for a tape includes a base sheet, a cover fixed onto the base sheet and enclosing a roll of tape therein, and a guide extending from the cover and having an open end for dispensing the tape therethrough. The guide has a bent portion between the cover and the open end, the guide being shaped for first guiding the tape tangentially to the roll of the tape, and then changing its course toward the open end. When the case is for a bias tape it has the guide tapering toward the open end, and a slit extending from the open end toward the cover beyond the bent portion along the guide, thereby further folding down the tape longitudinally as the tape is pulled forward and passed through the guide.
Claims5
A package comprising:
- a base sheet;
- a cover fixed on said base sheet;
- a roll of tape enclosed within said cover;
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- a guide on said base sheet having a tangential portion extending from said case in a direction tangent to said roll, an end portion extending from the free end of said tangential portion and adjacent said cover and being open at the free end thereof, and a bend joining said tangential portion and said end portion, said end portion having a top wall inclined toward said base sheet from said bend to said open end, the tape extending tangentially from the roll through said tangential portion to said bend in the condition as drawn off said roll and having the inner face bent around said bend and having the portion extending along said end portion folded with the edges facing away from said roll, whereby when the tape is pulled from said open end, it is folded with the opening of the fold facing away from the roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.