Abstract: A manually operable power unit for paint scraping and the like comprising a casing with a longitudinal axis having a handle to enable portable use by the operator, an electro-magnetic motor mounted within the casing including a stator and an armature mounted relative to the stator for movement parallel to the longitudinal axis, a bladeholder connected to the armature reciprocally movable in unison together, the bladeholder extending generally parallel to the longitudinal axis of the casing and the direction of movement of the reciprocating armature to provide contemporaneous colinear movement of the bladeholder and the armature to substantially eliminate bending forces on the bladeholder imposed by the electromagnetic drive forces of the motor, the motor being operable on energization to move the armature and the bladeholder from a starting position to an extended position, and a spring connected to the bladeholder which is compressed when the bladeholder is moved to its extended position and the spring opera

Abstract: A hand held tape dispenser and applicator having a light weight plastics material housing with a hollow hub at one end mounting an exposed roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape and a hand grasped hollow finger extending from the hub to a dispensing outlet where a feed roll receives the adhesive foil of the tape and directs the opposite face to a press roll for applying the tape to a surface. A thumb operated slidable trigger on the top of the finger selectively rocks a cutter head over the press roll to sever the dispensed tape. The housing is longitudinally split with the two mating components snap fitted together and easily pulled apart to insert the tape roll and thread the tape over the feed roll. A belt clip receives the hollow hub permitting the applicator to be releasably suspended from the waist belt of a user.