Dispenser for tape wound on three inch cores

In a tape dispenser comprising a frame including a tape guide portion having inner and outer ends, oposite edges extending between said ends, and a generally planar tape guide surface;

• side wall portions attached to said opposite edges of said guide portion and including parts projecting past the inner end of said guide portion;
• and arcuate hub portions having an axis attached to and projecting inwardly from said parts of said side wall portions in oposed positions spaced from said guide portion, said hub portions being adapted to support a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive coated tape for rotation about said hub portions with the periphery of said roll spaced from the inner end of said guide portion;
• and means for cutting the tape disposed along the outer end of said guide portion;
• the improvement wherein said hub portions are adapted to suport a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive coated tape having a three inch diameter central opening, one of said hub portions has a rib projecting at generally a right angle to said axis, and the other of said hub portions includes walls defining a slot adapted to receive said rib in a close fitting relationship, said rib and said walls defining said slot being disposed only along parts of said hub portions diametrically opposite parts of said hub portions adjacent said tape guide portion, and said hub portions and said parts of said side wall portions being resiliently bendable to facilitate positioning said rib in said slot to restrict relative movement of said hub portions in a direction parallel to said axis during use of the dispenser, and to facilitate removing said rib from said slot to change the roll of tape.