Abstract: A tape device which provides for the stripping, dispensing and applying of an adhesive tape onto a work surface, which tape device comprises a rack and pinion gear to drive a pair of spools between stripping and dispensing positions, a unidirectional first spool adapted to strip the tape from a tape roll, the unidirectional second spool, in conjunction with the groove roller, adapted to dispense a longitudinally creased rigidized piece of strip tape, the first and second spools characterized by tape-repellant surfaces, and a cutting blade within a flexible elongated snout, the cutting blade adapted to cut the stripped and dispensed tape after application of the tape by the snout to the work surface.