Patents by Inventor Philo Jefferson Pinto

Philo Jefferson Pinto has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Trigger operated brake for handheld tape dispenser including a barbed spool holder
    Patent number: 9670028
    Abstract: A handheld dispenser of pressure sensitive adhesive tape comprising a handle and a rotating spool holder including a brake plate and holding a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape on the tape spool holder, and a cutting blade, an idler pulley, and a finger activated trigger stopping the motion of the tape supply reel by engaging the brake plate through actuating a lever coupling the brake plate and the trigger, thus stopping the dispensing of tape when the trigger is pressed by a finger.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 24, 2014
    Date of Patent: June 6, 2017
    Inventor: Philo Jefferson Pinto
  • Trigger operated brake for handheld tape dispenser
    Patent number: 8893941
    Abstract: A mechanism to halt the dispensing of pressure sensitive adhesive tape from a handheld dispenser with a finger operated trigger (10) which forces lever (13) to engage brake plate (15) with cogs to mesh with the cogs on the cogged spool holder (16) to positively stop the dispensing of tape.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Date of Patent: November 25, 2014
    Inventor: Philo Jefferson Pinto
  • Trigger operated brake for handheld tape dispenser
    Publication number: 20120104067
    Abstract: A mechanism to halt the dispensing of pressure sensitive adhesive tape from a handheld dispenser with a finger operated trigger (10) which forces lever (13) to engage brake plate (15) with cogs to mesh with the cogs on the cogged spool holder (16) to positively stop the dispensing of tape.
    Type: Application
    Filed: October 27, 2010
    Publication date: May 3, 2012
    Inventor: Philo Jefferson Pinto