Hand held dual sided tape dispensing machine
OwnerThelbert David Hardyinventor
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Abstract
A hand held adhesive tape dispensing machine for joining tape strips originating from two tape rolls to form one tape strip of a desired length with partially exposed adhesive on both sides, which has an offset frame structure supporting guide members to maintain tape positions; roller that tape strips join on; spools that can accommodate varying widths of tape; cutting blade for severing tape; and handle for grasping.
Claims1
A hand-held and manually operable adhesive tape dispensing machine that can be utilized to join together separate tape strips with the end product being a singular tape strip that has partially exposed adhesive on both sides which can also be dispensed and cut to a desired length, the tape dispensing machine comprising:
- a) a sectioned frame structure with a plurality of the sections connected and aligned in a vertically offset manner so that dispensed tapes will overlap one another and the center of the tape overlap will align with the center of a roller surface as the tapes engage the roller surface;
- b) an upper forward frame section as one of said offset aligned sections;
- c) a lower forward frame section as one of said offset aligned sections, which is connected to the upper forward frame;
- d) a forward frame offset as connecting means common to the upper forward frame section and the lower forward frame section;
- e) a lower rear frame section as one of said offset aligned sections,
- f) an upper rear frame section which is connected to the lower rear frame section;
- g) a rear frame offset as connecting means common to the upper rear frame section and the lower rear frame section;
- h) a front spool rotatably attached to the lower forward frame section that faces outward from the tape dispensing machine as mounting means for an adhesive tape roll;
- i) a rear spool rotatably attached to the lower rear frame section as mounting means for an adhesive tape roll and facing in an opposite direction of said front spool;
- j) a front guide member attached to the lower forward frame section for maintaining the path direction of tape that is dispensed from a roll of tape mounted on the front spool wherein the front guide member is a tab that is separate from said roller;
- k) a rear guide member attached to the upper forward frame section for maintaining the path direction of tape that is dispensed from a roll of tape mounted on the rear spool wherein the rear guide member is a tab that is separate from said roller;
- l) said roller rotatably attached to the upper forward frame section for dispensed tapes from the front and rear guide members to merge on and become compressed together;
- m) a cutting blade support attached to the upper forward frame section;
- n) a curved bottom side of said blade support that remaining severed tape will adhere to;
- o) a cutting blade attached to the cutting blade support for severing the end product tape strip;
- p) a cutting blade guard attached to the end of the cutting blade support for safety;
- q) a handle for grasping by a person operating the adhesive tape dispensing machine that is also the common connecting part for the upper forward frame section and the upper rear frame section.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.