Tape dispenser

A dispenser, for use in holding and dispensing two tapes of substantially equal thickness each having a prepared surface operative to engage a correspondingly prepared surface of the other tape for adhesion thereto, comprising in combination, an elongated hollow container including two main walls spaced apart from each other and an encircling wall therebetween and connected thereto, said container being adapted to support on its interior said tapes in spaced relation each spirally wound with their prepared prepared surfaces externalized so that said prepared surfaces face one another but remain uncoupled, said encircling wall defining about midway of the length of the container an opening, portions of at least some of said walls establishing a tapered passage extending inwardly from said opening and terminating in a slot, said passage being adapted to receive the protruding end pieces of said tapes to facilitate the grasping of said end pieces by an operator from the exterior so that said tapes are releaseably coupled as they are pulled through said opening to insure that equal lengths of said two tapes are removed from said container.