Hand-held handle dispenser

A method for dispensing a handle with a hand-held handle dispenser comprising a hand-held main frame having a handle, an adhesive tape roll provided at a rear side of the main frame for delivering an adhesive tape, an application roller provided at a front side of the main frame for applying the adhesive tape on a parcel and a cutting blade for cutting the adhesive tape, wherein the hand-held handle dispenser further comprises a cartridge for storing at least one insert strip and transport and affixing means for conveying said at least one insert strip from said cartridge to said application roller and affixing said at least one insert strip against the adhesive tape from a side of the parcel to an opposite side of the parcel such that two opposing ends of the adhesive tape attach to the side and the opposite side of the parcel, and wherein the remaining part of the adhesive tape between the attached side and the opposite side of the parcel in contact with the at least one insert strip form a handle for carrying the parcel, the method comprising the following steps:

• closing the parcel with a first adhesive tape,
• affixing a second adhesive tape onto the parcel to fasten a first side of the handle onto the parcel,
• dispensing at least one first insert strip,
• automatically affixing said at least one first insert strip onto said second adhesive tape by bringing said at least one first insert strip in contact with said second adhesive tape at the application roller,
• stopping the dispensing and affixing of said at least one first insert strip, and
• resuming the affixing of said second adhesive tape onto the parcel to fasten a second side of said handle onto the parcel.

A portable hand-held handle dispenser comprising:

• a hand-held portable main frame having:
• a front side;
• a rear side;
• a handle graspable by a hand of a user, the portable hand-held handle dispenser manually moveable by the user during operation;
• a tape roll holder to hold an adhesive tape roll, the tape holder provided at the rear side of the main frame to deliver an adhesive tape;
• a cartridge to hold insert material;
• an application roller provided at the front side of the main frame, positioned to simultaneously engage the adhesive tape dispensed from the adhesive tape roll held by the tape roll holder and the insert material dispensed from the cartridge as the insert material contacts the adhesive tape and as the adhesive tape is manually applied on a parcel;
• a cutting blade positioned relatively downstream of the application roller in a direction in which the adhesive tape is dispensed, to cut the adhesive tape dispensed from the adhesive tape roll held by the tape roll holder as the adhesive tape is manually applied on the parcel;
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• a single trigger or button positioned with respect to the handle to be selectively manually movable by a digit of the hand of the user while holding the handle with the hand and applying the adhesive tape to a parcel, and a total length of the insert material provided from the cartridge to the application roller to thereby affix the insert material against the adhesive tape to form a handle for the parcel set via the single trigger or button, the handle spaced inwardly from a first end of the adhesive tape attached to one side of the parcel and spaced inwardly from a second end the adhesive tape attached to an opposite side of the parcel, such that the first and second ends of the adhesive tape attach to the side and the opposite side of the parcel, wherein the remaining part of the adhesive tape between the attached side and the opposite side of the parcel are in contact with the insert material and forms the handle for the parcel.