Abstract: A new and improved adhesive tape dispenser is adapted to dispense tape wound upon a tape core and includes a frame, an application roller, a cutter assembly, and handle mounted on the frame. The adhesive tape dispenser includes a core support assembly secured to the frame and having a first axis. The core support assembly comprises a shaft secured to the frame, and an axle assembly disposed about at least a portion of the shaft. A spindle adapted to support the tape core is rotatably mounted on the axle assembly. The axle assembly includes a hub having an outer surface with a second axis adjacent the first axis, at least one flange extending radially from the hub, and a cam rotatably mounted on the hub. The spindle freely rotates in a first direction. Wherein rotation of the spindle in a second direction rotates the cam about the second axis in the second direction whereby the cam engages the spindle preventing further rotation of the spindle in the second direction about the axle assembly.
Type:
Grant
Filed:
January 5, 2006
Date of Patent:
March 2, 2010
Assignee:
ShurTech Brands, LLC
Inventors:
Curt J. Bailey, Kristen W. Chupa, Dominic J. Daunter, Noah E. A. Dingler, James K. Hawley, Michael B. Lean, Scott A. Sommers
Abstract: A modular container system for storing and dispensing labels, the container system including a plurality of individual container modules configured for mutual coupling. Each container module having a first engagement element on a first wall and a complementary second engagement element on a second wall and each container module further including a receptacle configured for receiving a roll of labels and an opening for dispensing the labels.
Inventors:
Thomas Wien, James R. Yurchenco, Joseph Li-Hsing Hei, Christopher M. Flink, Kocheng Michael Wu, Anthony Piazza, IV, Chase Tyler Thompson, Donald E. Banks, Charles Richard Lewis, Jr., Dana Robert Nicholson, Jerry G. Hodsdon
Inventors:
Christopher R. Kokaisel, Gerald E. Mueller, Byron E. Trotter, Pasquale Cirulli, Peter J. Newbould, Sandro Pizzi, Mauro Porcini, Gabriel F. Zangari