Tape dispensing system

A longitudinally extending adhesive tape wound into a roll, and mounted on a tape dispenser having a transverse cutting edge supported by a cutting edge support, the tape being unwindable progressively from the roll so as to be cut off into a plurality of tape segments, each of which has a pair of longitudinal edges extending along the longitudinal extension of the tape and a pair of transverse edges extending transversely to the longitudinal extension of the tape, the roll is mounted on the tape dispenser in such a manner that the cutting edge extends generally transversely across the tape, the tape comprising:

• a first side which is adhesive free;
• a plurality of longitudinally separated indicia positioned longitudinally along the tape;
• and
• a second side which has a plurality of longitudinally separated and transversely extending coating bands of low tack pressure sensitive adhesive, the coating bands being in corresponding relation to the indicia, the coating bands having leading and trailing edges transverse of the tape and being separated by portions of the second side of the tape which are substantially adhesive free;
• the indicia being so located relative to the coating bands such that one of the indicia is aligned to the transverse cutting edge on the tape dispenser and a tape segment is cut off using the cutting edge, the cut off tape segment has a single one of the coating bands, the coating band on the cut off tape segment being located adjacent to a transverse edge of the tape segment.