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US 9,517,908 B2Granted
Spindle and dispenser for roll products and methods for making and using same
Assignee3M Innovative Properties Company
InventorThomas C. Meier
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Abstract
Spindles (10) adapted to receive a tape roll having a core opening thereof and comprising an elongate body (12) and at least one spacing member (14a, 14b, 14c) comprising a protuberance (18a, 18b, 18c) wherein the protuberance is configured such that it can be configured in a first protruding position and in a second non-protruding position. Also, dispensers comprising such spindles, methods of assembling such dispensers, and methods of dispensing tape from tape rolls mounted on such spindle.
Claims20
A spindle adapted to receive a tape roll having a core opening which has an inner diameter,
- wherein said spindle comprises an elongate body having a longitudinal axis and defining a cross sectional profile perpendicular to said longitudinal axis, the cross sectional profile of the elongate body being smaller than the inner diameter of the core opening, and
- wherein the at least one spacing member can be configured in a first position extending from the body perpendicular to the longitudinal axis to define a dimension which is larger than the cross sectional profile of the elongate body and in a second position defining a dimension perpendicular to the longitudinal axis which is less than the dimension defined in the first configuration and which is small enough to permit the tape roll to be positioned thereover while the tape roll is received on the spindle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.