Abstract: A tape dispenser for use in winding tape about a rotating body generally includes a frame mounted on a base with adhesive tape mounted on a reel on the frame. The tape is run from the reel to a holding means which in the preferred form is a vacuum surface which holds the tape thereon but permits it to slide along the surface. The tape is fed in a manner in which the adhesive side faces outward from the vacuum surface. The dispenser has displacement means which pivots the frame and moves it toward the rotating body until the body touches the adhesive of the tape at or near the vacuum surface. The rotation of the rotating body causes tape to be payed from the reel until a predetermined length of tape is wound around the body. Thereafter, it is cut between the body and the vacuum surface.