TRADUCTION NON-DISPONIBLE

PARTIALLY WALL ABUTTING CANTILEVER MOUNTING TWIN BLADED TAPE DISPENSER

Abrégé anglais

ABSTRACT OF THE DISCLOSURE
A dispenser for adhesive tape, and the like, has a spool arrange-
ment supported by a base member and disposed for receiving a roll of tape.
A cap including a head portion and a plug portion removably retains a roll
of tape on a spindle partially forming the spool arrangement, which spindle
has a recess in an end surface thereof for selectively receiving the plug
portion of the cap. The base member is selectively mountable on a wall
surface, and the like, as by suitable fasteners or by an adhesive, and the
like. Also provided on the base member, in addition to the spool arrangement,
is a double-edge cutting arrangement disposed for severing tape wound in
either tangential direction from a roll journaled on the spindle of the spool
arrangement.

Revendications

HE EMBODIMENTS OF THE INVENTION IN WHICH AN EXCLUSIVE
PROPERTY OR PRIVILEGE IS CLAIMED ARE DEFINED AS FOLLOWS:
1. A dispenser for adhesive tape, and the like, comprising
in combination:
(a) spool means for receiving a roll of tape;
(b) mounting means supporting the spool means; and
(c) cutting means provided on the mounting means for
severing tape wound from a roll arrangeable on the spool means,
the spool means including a spindle affixed to the mounting
means, the spindle having a substantially cylindrical bearing
surface, which receives the roll of tape, the spindle further
having an end surface spaced from the mounting means and pro-
vided with a recess, and the spool means further including a
tape roll retaining cap including a roll restraining head
portion and a plug portion extending away from the head portion,
with the plug portion being removably arrangeable in the recess
provided in the end surface of the spindle for positioning the
head portion to retain the tape roll on the spindle, the mount-
ing means including a base member having a pair of spaced,
planar faces arranged coverging toward one another, the cutting
means and spindle being disposed on one of the faces, and the
faces converging toward one another from the cutting means toward
the spindle for making a pull on tape being dispensed slightly
away from the plane of the other of the faces of the base member.
2. A structure as defined in claim 1, wherein attachment
means are provided on the base member for mounting the base mem-
ber on a wall member, with the other of the faces of the base
member being arrangeable abutting the wall member.
3. A structure as defined in claim 2, wherein the cutting
means includes a cutting platform cantilever mounted on the base
member and provided with two spaced, oppositely directed cutting

edges arranged for selectively severing tape in dependence on
the orientation of the roll of tape on the spool means.
4. A dispenser for adhesive tape, and the like, comprising
in combination:
(a) spool means for receiving a roll of tape;
(b) mounting means supporting the spool means; and
(c) cutting means provided on the mounting means for
severing tape wound from a roll arrangeable on the spool means,
the mounting means including a base member having a pair of
spaced, planar faces arranged converging toward one another,
the cutting means and spool means being disposed on one of the
faces, and the faces converging toward one another from the
cutting means toward the spool means for making a pull on tape
being dispensed slightly away from the plane of the other of the
faces.
5. A structure as defined in claim 4, wherein the spool
means includes a spindle affixed to the mounting means, the
spindle having a substantially cylindrical bearing surfaces,
which receives the roll of tape.
6. A structure as defined in claim 5, wherein the spindle
further has an end surface spaced from the mounting means and
provided with a recess, and the spool means further including a
tape roll retaining cap including a roll restraining head por-
tion and a plug portion extending away from the head portion,
with the plug portion being removably arrangeable in the recess
provided in the end surface of the spindle for positioning the
head portion to retain the tape roll on the spindle.
7. A structure as defined in claim 4, wherein attachment
means are provided on the base member for mounting the base
member on a wall member, with the other of the faces of the
base member being arrangeable abutting the wall member.

8. A structure as defined in claim 4, wherein the
cutting means includes a cutting platform cantilever mounted
on the mounting means and provided with two spaced, oppositely
directed cutting edges arranged for selectively severing tape
in dependence on the orientation of the roll of tape arrange-
able on the spool means.

Description

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This invention relates generally to tape dispensers,
and particularly to a tape dispenser especially suited for being
mounted on a substantially vertical wall surface, such as the
side of a cash register, and the like.
It is an object of the present invention to provide a
tape dispenser particularly suited for dispensing tape when
mounted on a substantially vertical surface.
It is another object of the present invention to pro-
vide a tape dispenser which can be mounted in either opposite
direction relative to an operator without affecting the efficien_
cy of the dispenser to perform its intended function.
Yet another object of the present invention is to
provide a tape dispenser which can ~e readily affixed to, for
example, suitable vertical surfaces, and the like~
These and other objects are achieved according to the
present invention by providing a dispenser for adhesive tape,
and the like, comprising in combination: (a) spool means for
receiving a roll of tape; (b~ mounting means supporting the
spool means; and ~c~) cutting means provided on the mounting
means for severing tape wound from a roll arrangeable on the
spool means, the mounting means including a base member having
a pair of spaced, plana~ faces arranged converging toward one
another, the cutting means and spool means being disposed on
one of the faces, and the faces converging toward one another
from the cutting means toward the spool means for making a pull
on tape being dispensed slightly away from the plane of the
other of the faces,
The spool arrangement may include a spindle affixed to
the mounting arrangement, with the spindle having a substantial-
ly cylindrical bearing surface which receives the roll of tapeto be dispensed, The spindle further has an end surface spaced
; from the mounting arrangement and provided with a recess, The
spindle arrangement further includes a tape roll retaining cap
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~o~prising a roll restraining head portion and a plug portion
attached to and oriented extending from the head portion, with
the plug portion being removabl;y arrangeable in the recess pro-
vided in the end surface of the spindle for retaining the tape
roll on the spindle,
Figure l is a fragmentary, perspective view showing a
tape dispenser according to the present invention mounted on a
vertical wall surface.
Figure 2 is a fragmentary, sectional view taken gen-
erally along the line 2-2 of Fig, 1,
Figure 3 is a sectional view taken generally along
the line 3-3 of Fig, 2,
Referring now more particularly to the figures of the
drawinq, a dispenser 10 for adhesive tape, and the like, of
conventional construction comprises a spool 12 arranged for
receiving a roll 14 of suitable tape, A mounting arrangement
16 supports spool 12, wh~le a cutting assembly 18 provided on
mounting arrangement 16 severs tape 20 would from roll 14~
Spool 12 includes a spindle 22 affixed to mounting
arrangement 16, with spindle-22 having a substantially cylindri-
cal bearing surface 24 arranged for receiving the roll 14 of
tape. Spindle 22 further has an end surface 26 spaced from
the mounting arrangement 16 and provided with a recess 28 there-
in, The spool 12 further includes a tape roll retaining cap 30
comprising a roll restraining head portion 32 and a plug portion
34, with the latter being removably arrangeable in recess 28
for permitting head portion 32 to retain roll 14 on spindle 22
Mounting arrangement 16 includes a base member 36
having a pair of
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spaced, planar faces 38 and 40 arranged converging toward one another. The
cutting assembly 18 and spindls 22 are dispo~ed on face 40, and faces 38 and
40 converge toward one another fram the cutting as~embly 18 toward 3pindle 22
for making the pull on tape 20 slightly aw~y from the plane of face 38. This
slight pull away from the attachment of base member 36 makes it easier to
handle tape 20 during a dispensing operation.
Base member 36 can be unted on 8 vertical surface as by provision
of a plurality of holes 42, four such holes 42 belng shown, 90 as to permit
base member 36 to be attached to a suitable wall 44 with ~ace 38 abutting same
as by the use of t~e illus~rated nails 46J or screw fasteners (not shown~, or
the like. Alternatively, base member 36 could be provided with a, for example,
conventlonal double-faced adhesive tape (not shown) and adhered to wall 44.
Cutting assembly 18 includes a cutting platform 48 cantilever mounted
on face 40 of base member 36, and provided with two spaced, oppositely directed
cutting edges S0 and 50' arranged for selectively severing tape 20 depending
on the orientation of the roll 14 of tape on the spindle 22 of spool 12. Th~t
is, i~ the roll 14 were reversed from the orientation seen in Figs. 1 and 2
; of the drawing, edge 50 would be severing tape 20 instead of edge 50' as ~-
illustrated.
As can be readily under~tood i'ron the above description and irom the
drawing, a tape dispenser according to the present invention can be readily
affi~ed to a convenlent location and tape dispensed therefrom. Further, the
dispenser is not llmited to a particular orientation on the vertical or other-
wise oriented surface on which it is unted.