Abstract: An apparatus including a trough having an upstream end, a downstream end and opposing sidewalls, an applicator roller carried by the trough, an adjustable scraper bar carried by the trough upstream of and adjacent to the applicator roller, an adjustment assembly for adjusting the scraper bar for allowing a user to adjust the amount of paste removed from the surface of the wallpaper, a lid removably and hingedly coupled to the trough for movement between an open position and a closed position, and an outfeed roller carried proximate the trough upstream of the scraper bar.

Abstract: A hand held masking machine (10) for dispensing paper and tape, including a frame (41) having a handle (65) for being held by a human hand, a paper tensioning member (80, 100) movable between a normal first orientation for applying tension to a roll (60) of paper, and a second orientation for releasing tension from the roll (60) of paper, and a detent (91) engagable by the tensioning member (80, 100) for holding the tensioning member (80, 100) in the second orientation.

Abstract: In an apparatus for dispensing material from a roll having a frame and a shaft, improvements therein comprising a mandrel rotatably receivable upon the shaft and having an inner tapered lead, an outer tapered lead, and a raised contact portion for contacting portions the core of the roll.