Hand-held adhesive tape dispenser
AssigneeHenkel Consumer Adhesives, Inc.
InventorsBrian A. Vulpitta, Timothy S. Ferguson
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Abstract
A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser is in the form of a partial shell which has a support face and a peripheral wall to form an open face housing. A spool of adhesive tape is mounted to the support face through the use of mounting structure on the shell which rotatably and detachably mounts the core of the spool to the shell. The mounting structure includes spring fingers which snap over the core. An applicating end of the shell has a passage in its peripheral wall located near a fixed guide and a cutter at the applicating end so that tape removed from the core would pass through the passage around the guide to be applied to a substrate and then to be cut by the cutter.
Claims19
A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser comprising a partial shell, said shell having a support face and a peripheral wall extending outwardly from said support face to form an open face housing, a core in said housing having adhesive tape wound thereon, mounting structure on said shell rotatably detachably mounting said core to said shell, said mounting structure including spring fingers which snap over said core, said shell having an applicating end, said peripheral wall having an open space, a cutter in said open space extending externally of said wall, a guide in said open space disposed adjacent to said cutter, said guide having a guide surface externally of said wall, said guide being spaced from said wall to create a discharge passage for a segment of said tape to extend from said core through said passage and around said guide surface for being cut by said cutter from the remainder of said tape, including a carrier board, said mounting structure mounting said carrier board to said open face of said housing, each of said spring fingers extending through a slot in said carrier board for detachably mounting said carrier board to said housing, a further spring finger mounted to said support face located remote from said mounting structure spring fingers, and said further spring finger extending through a slot in said carrier board to cooperate with said mounting structure spring fingers in mounting said carrier board to said housing.
A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser comprising a partial shell, said shell having a support face and a peripheral wall extending outwardly from said support face to form an open face housing, a core in said housing having adhesive tape wound thereon, mounting structure on said shell rotatably detachably mounting said core to said shell, said mounting structure including spring fingers which snap over said core, said shell having an applicating end, said peripheral wall having an open space, a cutter in said open space extending externally of said wall, a guide in said open space disposed adjacent to said cutter, said guide having a guide surface externally of said wall, said guide being spaced from said wall to create a discharge passage for a segment of said tape to extend from said core through said passage and around said guide surface for being cut by said cutter from the remainder of said tape, and said mounting structure comprising a boss having a wall which is slotted at two different locations to create said spring fingers and to allow for any shrinkage of said tape.
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