Tape dispenser having printing means for printing the tape being dispensed

A tape dispenser comprising:

• a main body;
• a tape roll holder mounted on said main body for holding a tape roll thereon;
• a tape cutter mounted on said main body;
• a printing wheel fastened rotatably with said main body;
• an ink supply unit located on said main body for supplying ink to said printing wheel;
• wherein said printing wheel comprises a printing wheel body formed in integrity of hard material, said printing wheel body having a cylindrical base and a plurality of protruded portions raised from the periphery of said cylindrical base and directly forming a printing surface around the periphery of said cylindrical base, said printing surface being coaxial to said cylindrical base;
• wherein said ink supplying unit comprises a housing detachably mounted on said main body for receiving ink therein, a porous ink soaking layer mounted inside said housing and adapted to soak the ink, and a fabric ink applying layer covered on said porous ink soaking layer and being disposed in contact with the periphery of said printing wheel at one side thereof when said ink supplying unit is installed in said main body;
• and
• wherein said housing of said ink supplying unit is a box-like hollow member having a top opening in a top side thereof, and a round arch-like inner shell disposed on the inside and adapted to support said porous ink soaking layer and said fabric ink applying layer inside said housing and to keep a part of said fabric ink applying layer exposed to the outside of said housing through said opening;
• said ink supplying unit further comprises a top cover adapted to close the top opening of said housing.