Abstract: A tape dispenser, including: a main body, including a base and a reel member, the reel member being connected to the base and movable between a plurality of positions relative to the base; an installation portion, connected to the main body, configured for installation of a tape; and a control portion, mounted to the base; wherein the control portion operates to allow movement of the reel member so that the reel member is switched to and restricted to be in one of the plurality of positions.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric dispenser is provided with fixation elements attached to the body of the dispenser and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the dispenser. Nonwoven fabric stock is secured by the fabric engagement structures when the lid of the dispenser is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the nonwoven fabric stock of a desired length.

Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser and applicator which folds one or both edges of tape being applied over upon themselves is constructed with an edge folding guide having a planar surface, two inwardly converging edges and tape guides cooperating to fold the edges of the tape. A method of threading tape onto a folding tape dispenser is also described.

Abstract: A nonwoven fabric dispenser is provided with fixation elements attached to the body of the dispenser and a cutter assembly attached to a lid of the dispenser. Nonwoven fabric stock is secured by the fabric engagement structures when the lid of the dispenser is in a closed configuration and the cutter assembly is configured to separate a sheet of the nonwoven fabric stock of a desired length.

Abstract: The present invention relates to apparatuses and processes for forming tabs on adhesive backed products. Specifically, the apparatus of the present invention provides a sequential series of mechanisms to form a tab on an adhesive-backed product, such as adhesive tape, so that the same may be easy to remove from an article at a later date. More specifically, the apparatus of the present invention provides a sequential series of mechanisms to form a tab that is formed solely of the adhesive-backed product itself, which may be utilized for the subsequent removal thereof after placement on an article.

Abstract: A balancing weight dispenser has a balancing weight storage space for storing a belt of balancing weights on a reel, a belt guide, and a cutter at one end of and/or along a length of the belt guide. The cutter comprises a knife, which is fixedly attached to the balancing weight dispenser. For delivery of a required amount of balancing weight mass, the belt of balancing weights is pulled from the reel until the desired number of balancing weights has been obtained. In the next step, the belt of balancing weights is cut, preferably between two adjacent balancing weights, to separate the selected portion of balancing weights from the remaining belt of balancing weights. The remaining belt falls back to the guide and remains in a desired position for receiving the next portion of balancing weights. This manually operated balancing weight dispenser can be provided at significantly lower costs compared to the automated high performance balancing weight dispensers as known from the prior art.

Abstract: The problem addressed by the invention is that of ensuring simple handling in the case of a device for unrolling and cutting off a strip (2) on a strip roll (3), said device having a main body (4), wherein the main body (4) has: a top side (5), having a tear-off blade (9), a gap (12), a storage plate (13) for storing the strip (2), and a roller (22); two lateral guiding surfaces (6, 7); and an underside (8). This problem is solved in that the storage plate (13) can be lateral pivoted or the roller (22) arranged after the gap (12) as viewed against the unrolling direction (11) can be inserted and locked in order to store the strip (2), wherein the storage plate (13) or the roller (22) forms the gap (12) in the end position thereof together with a rear edge (14) of the top side (5).

Abstract: A container-unroller for film, aluminum sheet or similar material wrapped around a roll where the container-unroller has a tubular body for the accommodation of a roll to be contained and a means for control of one-way rotation of said roll. A means for making a hot electric cut and a means for making a tear cut are positioned on the same device where the means for making a tear cut are a metallic saw-toothed bar, connected to electric current. means for making a hot electric cut.

Abstract: A cutter assembly suitable for cutting BOPP adhesive tape and a tape dispenser incorporating the same. The cutter assembly has a row of plastic teeth where each tooth includes left and right front and rear faces, each face being disposed on a different plane, and where the planes intersect each other at the tip of the tooth. A front edge extends between the left and right front faces; a rear edge extends between the left and right rear faces; a left side edge extends between the right front and rear faces; and a right side edge extends between the left front face and the right rear face. The various edges are set at particular angles relative to each other. A protrusion for supporting the tape is provided rearwardly of the teeth and a braking mechanism is also provided on the dispenser.

Abstract: A dispensing aid is disclosed for attachment to an annular roll of tape that has an inside radial surface and an outer radial tape surface, such as a roll of masking tape for example. A pair of side risers each have at a lower end thereof an opposing, inwardly-projecting tab that is configured for sliding along the inside radial surface of the roll of tape. A top platform laterally spans the outer radial tape surface width and is fixed with an upper end of each riser. The distance between each riser may be adjustable to accommodate different tape roll widths. A cutting blade projects away from the top platform at a forward end of the platform. One of the risers may include a central slot wherein the riser is slidably engaged within the slot. The riser may include a pivot mechanism such that the riser may pivot from a vertical closed position to a horizontal open position, thereby facilitating the attachment and removal of the aid with the tape roll.

Abstract: A film dispenser includes a housing configured to receive and hold a roll of film. The housing has a dispensing opening through which a section of film can pass. The housing also has a lid that is movable between an open position where the dispensing opening is open and a closed position in which the dispensing opening is substantially closed. The lid has a film presentation member that is positioned to contact and hold a portion of the film when the lid is in the closed position and to present the portion of film within the dispensing opening for grasping when the lid is moved to the open position.

Abstract: The invention relates to a packing unit to store and tear or cut strip-like products, mainly wrap film on roll, said unit comprising an openable or dismountable housing provided with closing elements bearing the roll, an opening for pulling out the product and means for helping to cut or tear the product. According to the invention, the housing (1) is a cylindrical body provided with a slot (2) and the ends of the cylindrical body are closed by said closing elements (3) bearing the roll (4). Preferably, there is an adherent area (11) on the surface of the housing (1) for helping to cut or tear the product (6) on the surface of the cylindrical body at least in a section beside the slot (2). The closing elements (3) bearing the roll (4) may be discs or polygonal plates provided with annular groove (9) for receiving the ends of the cylindrical body (1) and with a pipe stub (8) fitting inside the roll (4).

Abstract: A wrapping film container, including: an elongated container body for housing therein a rolled self-tacky wrapping film, an opening provided to the container body along a longitudinal direction of the container body for pulling out a portion of the wrapping film therethrough, cutting means for cutting the pulled-out portion of the wrapping film and a film-holding section provided on a front face of the container body for preventing re-winding to an inside of the container, wherein the film-holding section comprises a laminate structure including a pressure-sensitive adhesive layer, a substrate layer, an adhesive layer and a self-tacky film layer, disposed sequentially from the container body side.

Abstract: An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines including a base member, a support connected to a base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments and a frictional gripping member connected to the base with a high friction outer surface. The frictional gripping member may also contain an arcuate inner surface for pivotal movement and contact with respect to a roll of paper sheet segments.

Abstract: A tape dispenser has first and second half-shells, with a dispensing end and a cutter end, and a first cutter member formed in and integral with the first half-shell, and having a plurality of upwardly directed serrations which define serrated cutting teeth at the top ends. First and second cutter retainer walls are provided; and a removable second cutter member is adapted to overlie the serrated cutting teeth of the first cutter member, and having a plurality of serrated cutting teeth of the same size and depth as those of said first cutter member.

Abstract: A multiple roll tape dispenser consists of a spool unit and a spool housing assembly. The spool unit consists of a first end cap connected to a second end cap by at least one inner tape roll supporting cross member for rotatably supporting a first tape roll having a first inner diameter and a plurality of outer tape roll supporting cross members for rotatably supporting a second tape roll having a second inner diameter being greater than the inner diameter of the first tape roll.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of plastic film wrap material, comprising a grooved base (22) defining an elongated trough and having a partial cylinder shaped roll top cover (52), said roll top cover being augmented by a saw tooth cutter (62) and a cutter safety guard (66). The roll top cover (52) is pivotably positioned between parallel end walls, which are constructed of furniture like material and support a space saver shelf (30). An inclined plane (40) stabilizes the roll of plastic wrap, and a static bar (36) holds the loose end of said plastic wrap.

Abstract: An adhesive-tape support device of an adhesive-tape holder includes an adhesive-tape holder provided at one end with plural rotatable wheels preset in number for tape rolls to be mounted thereon and fitted at the other end with a blade base. Plural horizontal support rods preset in number are provided between the blade base and the rotatable wheels, respectively having one end secured at a proper interval on an inner side of the adhesive-tape holder and the other end dangling without support. The support rods are of different lengths and positioned at different heights for different-sized adhesive tapes to be fitted and supported thereon, needless to take much space for storing the adhesive tapes, able to match with different-sized adhesive tapes and convenient in use.

Abstract: A tape dispenser has first and second half-shells, with a dispensing end and a cutter end, and a first cutter member formed in and integral with the first half-shell, and having a plurality of upwardly directed serrations which define serrated cutting teeth at the top ends. First and second cutter retainer walls are provided; and a removable second cutter member is adapted to overlie the serrated cutting teeth of the first cutter member, and having a plurality of serrated cutting teeth of the same size and depth as those of said first cutter member.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for dispensing adhesive tape which includes a mechanism for preventing roll back of tape on the roll after dispensing thereon through the use of a roller biased or configured to rotate in one direction or otherwise to prevent the tape being dispensed from reattaching to the roll or providing the roll itself with unidirectional operation.

Abstract: An interconnecting structure for connectable tape stands formed with a plurality of resilient fingers extending axially from the free end of a hollow cylinder which extends from the inner face of a side wall, and the free ends of the resilient fingers being formed with radially outwardly facing flanges. Through holes penetrating onto the wall of the supporting cylinder are formed in alignment with the resilient fingers on the outer face of the side wall. As a result, when the resilient fingers of one tape stand are inserted into the corresponding through holes on another tape stand, the flanges on the respective resilient fingers will enter the through holes and rest on the inner face of the side wall, thus to complete the interconnection of the tape stands. In addition, grooves are formed axially inwardly in the hollow cylinder on both sides of the resilient fingers for increasing the flexibility of the resilient fingers such that a tape roll is easy to replace.

Abstract: A tape dispenser holds a stock roll of tape (3) which has adhesive on one or both sides. A section of tape (4) is played out around an idle roller (7), which at times also translates to form a surplus tape loop (16), and around two or more cutter bars (2) mounted in a drum (1) which is powered to turn by a gearmotor (55). The cutter bars can also rotate individually in their bearings (61), and are powered to do so by a cam action inside the drum. When the drum advances, the differential rotation of the cutter bars creates tension in a section of tape, thus tearing it into a segment (5). The length of the tape segment may be preselected by means of an adjustment disk (100).The object of the invention is to sequentially cut and then present each tape segment to a convenient dispensing position. When a user grasps and lifts the tape segment from the cutter bar, the gearmotor automatically restarts to cut and present a new tape segment.

Abstract: A one-piece, core mounted tape dispensing and cutting device wherein the free end of the tape is restrained against being withdrawn onto the roll of tape. The cutter preferably includes a blade which is elevated above the plane of the tape. The tape is withdrawn tangentially from the tape roll between tape tabs, which support the tape, and a tape trap, which presses the tape against the tabs. The tape trap preferably is a spring loaded projection connected to the body of the cutter at the base of the elevated blade. The tape trap is hingedly connected to the base of the blade so that it presses against the tape tabs with a spring action.

Abstract: A connective tape stand which is characterized by a ring tenon and a ring mortise separately provided on the outside of two side walls of the tape stand. A plurality of single-unit tape stands may be connected one another by engaging their ring tenons and ring mortises with corresponding ring mortises and ring tenons on adjoining tape stand. With a series of connected tape stands, tapes of diverse colors and patterns may be conveniently provided for the users to choose freely. The connective tape stand is also characterized by two flanges extended from the rear half circumference of two tape support rings inside the side walls to an adequate width. With these extended flanges, tape reel mounted thereon may be more steadily held without slipping off the tape support rings when the tape is pulled.

Abstract: A dispensing carton containing film wound cylindrically includes an adhesive retaining device which retains the leading edge of the film left after the film pulled out from a carton box has been cut by a cutter. The retaining device includes a base member, a sticking layer mounted on one surface of the base member to fix the base member on the surface of the front panel and an adhesive layer mounted on the other surface of the base member. The adhesive layer is formed of grafted copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer with copolymer of ethylene and vinylacetate. Preferably, the adhesive layer is formed of grafted copolymer obtained by graft-polymerizing vinyl chloride monomer having weight ratio of 80-20 with copolymer of ethylene and vinylacetate having weight ratio of 20-80 in which the weight ratio of ethylene and vinylacetate is 20-70 to 80-30.

Abstract: A tape dispenser of the type where the tape passes over the cutter that has the means to allow a tab to be formed on the end portion of the tape that will not accidentally bond back to the tape roll. The means comprises three different embodiments. First, a raisable lifting member, with a horizontal projection and an opening, is located between the tape roll and cutter and below the outstretched tape. When the lifting member is raised it forms a hump in the outstretched tape. The hump is then pinched, in the opening under the projection, to form a tab. The second embodiment consists of a stationary tab-forming structure, consisting of a generally horizontal projection, located between the tape roll and cutter, but above the normal axis of the outstretched tape. To form the tab, the tape is lifted and draped over the elevated horizontal projection, and then pinched in the opening under the projection to form the tab.

Abstract: A tab-forming apparatus for forming a tab on the end of the outstretched tape on a tape dispenser, the tape dispenser being of the type where the outstretched tape passes from the tape roll and under the tape cutter, with the adhesive side of the tape facing down. A joint allows the outer end of the cutter to swing down and onto the tape causing the tape to fold back on itself creating a tab where the two adhesive surfaces contact each other. Two short positioning projections hold the tape in contact with the swinging cutter. The positioning projections located under the adhesive side of the tape having rotating surfaces to reduce the interference with the tape passing over them.

Abstract: A dispenser for concatenated pressure sensitive adhesive coated abrasive discs disposed in a supply roll comprising a container having opposite side walls each having inner and outer layers with their inner layers having aligned slots extending from top edges of the side walls to inner ends positioned generally central of said side walls, and a shaft rotatably supporting the supply roll having ends supported on support edges defining the inner ends of the slots.

Abstract: An apparatus dispenses an elongate tape product, with a leading end portion tab. The tape product is drawn along a feeding path to a dispensing end at which a cutting edge is disposed. A stationary touch element is positioned just upstream of the cutting edge, and a movable touch element is disposed in the feeding path upstream of the stationary touch element. The movable touch element translate along the feeding path toward the stationary touch element and into juxtaposition therewith and away from the stationary touch element to a position remote therefrom.

Abstract: Presented is a device for supporting and facilitating the dispensing of sheet material contained on rolls. The device is provided with three separate center-forming roll support structures on each of which may be separately supported a roll of sheet material to be dispensed. Each of the roll support structures is spring pressed to impose an axial force on the roll to thus retain it engaged with the roll support. Additionally, each of the roll support structures is manipulable to enable an increase of the space within which a roll is to be supported to thus facilitate placement and removal of a roll of material or removal of an empty roll.

Abstract: A wire marker dispenser including a plurality of chambers to receive tape rolls therein. A retaining member adjacent each chamber engages a portion of the tape extending from the roll and prevents the tape extent from rolling back onto the tape roll. The tape dispenser also includes an interconnection means for connecting plural dispensers together.

Abstract: A dispensing container (10, 52) is illustrated for dispensing clinging type plastic film wrap material which includes a front dispensing face (16, 50) having a dispensing opening (36, 60) from which plastic film wrap material (W) is dispensed. A cutting edge (32, 60) is carried adjacent a lower portion of the front face. An elongated adherence strip (40) is carried between the dispensing opening and cutting edge across the front face of the container. As the plastic film wrap material (W) is torn across the cutting edge for dispensing, the material is held by adherence and the remaining free end of the film wrap material (W) is left adhering to the adherence strip so that the film wrap material (W) is readily available to be grasped for dispensing of a next piece of material.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for an agricultural/industrial environment having wind and dirt dispenses tape adhesive side upwardly exposed. Centrally of the dispenser there is placed a roll of tape conventionally wound in a spiral. The roll of tape has an outwardly exposed adhesive release surface and an inwardly exposed adhesive coated surface and is wound in a first direction. In the dispenser, the tape is threaded from the first direction of its spiral wound path to a reversed path around the roll in a second and opposite direction. Typically, the reversed path is defined over the surfaces of four rollers with the adhesive release side inwardly exposed to the rollers and the adhesive coated side outwardly exposed. The roll and reverse path are encased within a housing to prevent the outwardly exposed adhesive from adhering either to ambient dust or nearby objects. The tape passes free from the housing along a dispensing path to a convention severing tape knife.

Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a frame having a tape guide portion with a cutter blade at its outer edge, side wall portions attached to opposite edges of the guide portion and projecting past an inner end of the guide portion, and opposed arcuate hub portions attached to and projecting inwardly from the side wall portions in positions spaced from the guide portion. The hub portions are adapted to support a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive coated tape having a three inch diameter central opening and are adapted to mechanically interlock to rigidify the dispenser when tape is pulled from the roll along the guide portion and the cutter blade is used to cut the tape.

Abstract: A tab-forming device for adhesive tape dispensers which provides for variable length tabs by incorporating a ratchet spool and pawl in a flexible spring for expanding the spacing between two attached diverging tab-forming struts. The device may be attached to existing tape roll dispensers or molded as an integral part with the dispenser.

Abstract: This relates to a carton for dispensing plastic film wherein the carton is provided on a front wall of the bottom thereof with adhesive to hold the projecting portion of the plastic film in place after a preceding portion had been severed from the roll. In lieu of the customary adhesive spot, there is a printed, registered, continuous film coating of adhesive on the front wall. There is also a resist coating applied to the opposite face of the front wall so that when the carton is in a blank form and recently coated cartons overlie one another, the front panel of one carton not stick to the rear surface of the front panel of the next carton. The release or resist coating is in a pattern whereby when a reinforcing flap carried by the front panel is reversely turned and glued in place, it will stick to the rear surface of the front panel.

Abstract: A multiple unit tape dispenser having a plurality of juxtaposed, generally hollow plastic housings, each of which contains a roll of tape. Each housing has a front dispenser wall which has a slot across the width of the housing which is dimensioned to permit withdrawal of tape longitudinally from the roll of tape within the housing. A tape support shelf extending outwardly from the front dispenser wall of each housing is situated adjacent the slot and is positioned to underly a length of tape when withdrawn from the housing. To aid removal of the tape, the under side of the shelf is provided with a series of spaced, lateral ribs. A spindle is situated within each housing for mounting of the roll of tape. Adjacent housings are attached to one another via a pin-and-aperture arrangement and an extension of each spindle which engages a socket in an adjacent housing. An end plate is shaped to cover the otherwise open side of a housing of the dispenser.

Abstract: A tape dispenser with a tab forming device which includes a pair of upwardly extending forward and rearward struts joined at lower extremities within a cylindrical slotted spring which limits maximum separation of the struts. Upper extremities of the struts are terminated in two wings which, when brought together, cause a tape loop to be made, forming a tape tab. The rearward strut is adapted with a downwardly extending leg and foot for being secured within a tape roll holder, while the forwardly extending strut is adapted with an inverted hook over the wing at the upper extremity of the strut. The hook includes a forward serrated edge for tearing tape. The entire construction may be molded as a unitary article.

Abstract: A dispenser for tapes packaged in a roll and having an adhesive on one side thereof has a pair of spaced parallel sidewalls upstanding from the base and a mounting disk is rotatably positioned upon a shaft extending between the centers of the sidewalls. A roll of tape is mounted on the mounting disk. There is a cutter edge at an upper corner of the housing between the sidewalls and there is a rotatable roller positioned below and inwardly of the cutter edge but above a radius extending from the center shaft to the cutter edge. The roller has a helical thread thereon so as to provide a moving point contact for the adhesive surface of the tape moving thereover. As the adhesive side of the tape passes over the roller and below the cutter edge, the tape can be pulled out to a desired length and then cut along its non-adhesive surface by being moved upwardly against the cutter edge.

Abstract: A roll dispenser carbon for dispensing sheet material, e.g., food wrap type sheet material. A unique cutting edge structure on the carton permits tearing off a length of the sheet material after that length has been withdrawn from the roll inside the carton. In the case of certain type sheet materials, the cutting edge structure retains the remaining free edge of the sheet material on the cutting edge after the desired sheet length has been torn from the roll. The cutting edge structure is comprised of a series of punched buds, each bud having at least two petals, that are formed in a metal sheet by punching that sheet with a piercing punch.

Abstract: A roll dispenser carton for dispensing sheet material, e.g., food wrap type sheet material. A unique cutting edge structure on the carton permits tearing off a length of the sheet material after that length has been withdrawn from the roll inside the carton. In the case of certain type sheet materials, the cutting edge structure retains the remaining free edge of the sheet material on the cutting edge after the desired sheet length has been torn from the roll. The cutting edge structure is comprised of a series of punched buds, each bud having at least two petals, that are formed in a metal sheet by punching that sheet with a piercing punch. The points of each bud's petals are turned inwardly toward the bud's axis, thereby minimizing the cutting edge's ability to scrape or scratch a user's hands or the like.

Abstract: An improved dispensing carton for dispensing materials, such as polymeric films, which are commonly supplied in roll form. The carton type is known to those skilled in the art as a "trunk lid" style carton.

Abstract: A multiple tape dispenser for wire marker tape consisting of a plurality of identical tape dispensers secured together coaxially. Each tape dispenser is generally cylindrical and has an arcuate hinged door which in its closed position forms part of the circumferential edge wall of the housing. Tape wound on a core in the housing has its free end folded back over an arcuate area beneath the free end of the arcuate door with the adhesive side of the tape adhering to the underside of the door such that when the door is opened the tape peels from the back side of the door and stands up for easy access by the user.

Abstract: A gang tape dispenser for a multiplicity of dissimilar rolls of pressure sensitive tape selectively usable at the user's option. Each roll may bear a roll of distinctive symbols dissimilar from those on the other rolls enabling the user to employ strips alone or in any of a profusion of combinations for coding and identifying and the like purposes. The tape rolls are housed in aligned storage cells having dispensing ports facing a common severing blade. The dispenser can be bench mounted or suspended on a workman's belt.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of coated abrasive discs having a front face including a cutter bar, a guide means at one side of said cutter bar for positioning a disc edge at the cutter bar, and a recess on the other side of said cutter bar to permit manual access to said roll.

Abstract: Disclosed herein is a device for dispensing different types of tape such as masking, duct and electrician's tape which is adapted to be secured to the user's apparel and operated with a single hand. The device is comprised of a body member defining belt loops, a tape roll support and a tape end support. A cutting edge is mounted in the tape end support for severing a desired length of tape from the roll and a locking tab is provided for holding the roll on the tape roll support while allowing the roll to be freely turned thereon.

Abstract: An improved foldably erected dispensing carton particularly for household wrapping materials such as polymeric film, wax paper, metal foil, and the like, wherein the carton embodies a double ply panel having a pressure sensitive adhesive layer interposed between and securing such plies. An aperture is die-cut or otherwise formed in the outer ply to expose a select area of the adhesive, and thereby present a recessed tack spot to which the leading end of the roll can be lightly adhered, and thus prevented from withdrawing into the carton. The double ply panel structure also makes available a folded edge about which the roll material can be dispensed with minimum chance of snagging or binding due to the smooth quality of such edge.