Roll paper and tape dispensing equipment

A dispensing stand for supporting a roll of paper and a roll of tape having an adhesive coating on one face thereof which comprises four upright leg members, opposed roll supports on opposed ones of the leg members, roll of paper support means mountable in said roll supports to support said roll of paper, a tape support on another of the leg members, tape from the roll of tape on the tape support passing over an edge portion of the roll of paper to attach a first adhesive coated portion of the tape to the edge portion of the outer convolution of the roll of paper with another portion of the adhesive coated portion of the tape being exposed, a plate spanning leg members spaced from the opposed ones of the leg members, a paper web with attached tape extending from the roll of paper and passing adjacent the plate, tension spring means carried by the plate and extending crosswise of the paper web with attached tape and urging the paper web and the tape together and toward the plate to cause firm adherence of the first portion of the tape to the paper web, and second spring means mounted on the plate and engageable with an outer layer of the roll of paper to brake movement of the roll of paper supported on said roll of paper support means to preclude overrunning of the roll of paper and to retainingly urge the roll of paper support means in supported relation to said roll supports.