Tape dispenser

A tape dispenser with a two piece longitudinally split segmented housing having two housing parts, a holder for a roll of tape, a discharge opening, a guide applicator fitted to the housing in close vicinity to the discharge opening whereby the tape can be applied onto a substrate, and a blade with a cutting edge situated downstream of the guide applicator, characterized in that the housing has a guide cheek disposed adjacent to and along each side the blade, the guide cheeks being rounded in shape, the blade being recessed from the outermost extremity of the guide cheeks, the cutting edge of the blade being equipped with a plurality of teeth, the guide applicator being a rotatable roller, the discharge opening being located near the guide applicator, the distance between the discharge opening and the cutting blade being in the range of about 0.25 to about 0.75 inches, the two housing parts being detachably mounted together, the housing being of elongated form whereby the housing can be surrounded by the fingers of an almost closed hand, one end of the housing being of semi-circular shape where the tape is located and the housing tapering in shape at its opposite end whore the guide roller and blade are located, the housing having a length approximately twice as long as its width, the housing having a length of about 3 inches, the holder for the roll of tape including a hollow lug mounted to each housing part, the lugs being of non-circular complementary shape, one of the lugs being telescoped into the other lug to form a telescoped lug assembly, the roll of tape being mounted around the lug assembly, each of the guide cheeks being mounted to a different one of the housing parts, and aligned ridges on each of the housing parts extending across the assembled housing hoar the blade for accommodating a user's finger during dispensing of the tape.