Abstract: A roll retaining means for retaining a roll of sheeting material in a dispensing box comprising a rod having two end segments with one of the segments being provided with a piercing means and a sleeve mounted thereon adjacent to the piercing means, the sleeve, upon being inserted through an end wall of the dispensing box, retains the roll in position when the other of the end segments is secured to the box.

Abstract: A dispensing container formed of molded plastic and paperboard includes a pair of integral, molded plastic cylindrical supporting members bonded by the insert injection molding process to opposing surfaces of end walls of housing structure and is adapted for cooperation with each other to support a roll containing material to be dispensed from the roll. At the same time the supporting members are formed, an integral, molded plastic cutting member is also bonded by the insert injection molding process to the housing and extends between the end walls thereof for cutting material dispensed from the roll.

Abstract: A dispensing apparatus for tissue rolls has a body member with a base portion, and a cover which is movable between a closed operating position and an open loading position. The base portion has sidewalls with bearing portions for a cylindrical tissue roll support and a front wall with an opening through which the free end of a tissue roll can be grasped by a finger of the user, pulled out of the opening and severed by engagement with a cutting edge extending across the opening. A lower guide plate member has an outer edge pivotally supported on the base portion for swinging movement around an axis parallel and close to the cutting edge inwardly above the roll support to rest on the tissue roll and support the outermost layer of tissue from the roll toward the cutting edge.

Abstract: A dispenser for rolled sheet goods, such as wax paper, aluminum foil, etc., comprises a housing receiving and enclosing a plurality of rolls of sheet goods in vertical orientation, the housing defining a vertical exit slot for each of the rolls of sheet goods, and stop means at the top of the housing which, upon application of pressure, clamps at least a selected one of the rolls of sheet goods against turning. A desired amount of sheet goods is pulled from the dispenser, pressure applied to the stop means, and the sheet goods tensioned and torn off at the slot. In one embodiment, the housing comprises a square base, four vertical sidewalls upstanding from the base and defining slots therebetween at the corners of the housing, and a lid which rests on the ends of the rolls of sheet goods and can be pressed down to stop the rolls of sheet goods from turning.

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: In a film material dispenser, generally formed from paperboard, and formed having front, back and bottom panels that are foldably connected together, a top panel also foldably connected to the back panel, and is capable of being opened or closed as desired; a slot is provided through the top panel for dispensing of the leading edge of the film material therethrough, and a front flap, foldable in half, and having a cutting edge provided at its forwardmost edge, is insertable contiguously against the inner surface of the front panel, while one of the front flap folded parts extends the cutting edge upwardly for use in severing of the film material during dispensing.

Abstract: A spool of thread, such as dental floss, is housed in a holder, preferably made of plastic. The thread or floss is wound on a bobbin having a hollow, cylindrical hub area. A clutch for controlling the bobbin rotation comprises a split post having an enlarged cross section near the center thereof. The split post fits into the hollow, cylindrical hub area of the bobbin with the post squeezed slightly to provide a desired amount of friction between the central post and the cylindrical hub walls. The friction keeps the bobbin from unwinding; however, the friction is not so great that it keeps the thread or floss from pulling smoothly and evenly from the bobbin.

Abstract: This block-shaped container is characterized by a spring means which maintains cover of the container above serrated cutter in its inoperative condition thus preventing the hands of the user from accidentally coming in contact with the cutter.

Abstract: This invention relates to a filter paper dispenser so designed that with ease of attachment to a Spot Smoke Tester, a ready supply of clean, indexed, and calibrated filter paper is quickly available for smoke spot testing. SUBACKGROUND OF THE INVENTIONParticular difficulty has been found in the present method of spot testing the smoke content in the flu pipe of an oil burner. Namely, that the filter paper in common use today is in strip form and obtained by the technician tearing off a useable piece of paper from a serrated sheet to form a useable strip. Herein lies one of the difficulties. Usually the technician making the test has either serviced the oil burner or had made an inspection. As a result has hands are quite often covered by a quantity of soot, oil dust, and etc,. inherent with and generally found around an oil burner. Hence, the moment he selects a filter strip he imparts a print or smudge from his hands onto the filter paper even before he makes a test.

Abstract: Dispenser for web material in roll form comprises a box or like container in which the roll is rotatably received, and which defines a web path which extends between first and second members, the first member being a severing member pivotally mounted for rocking movement about an axis transverse to said path and having a serrated or other tearing edge across an outer part of the path against which an outer end part of the web can be pulled at an angle for severance from the roll and a ridged or other clamping portion inwardly of said axis for cooperation with the second member so that when the web is pulled against said tearing edge an inner part of the web is automatically clamped against outward movement.The dispenser is particularly useful for domestic paper towelling, plastics film or foil.

Abstract: There is disclosed a dispenser for masking tape capable of dispensing indefinite lengths of tape in a straight line immediately adjacent to a molding or the like, which dispenser includes a base plate with a straight edge for contacting the molding to be abutted with tape and a rounded edge at an obtuse angle to the molding-contacting edge with the rounded edge having a terminal lip in the plane of the molding-contacting edge so that the tape can pay out over the rounded edge but cannot slide over the molding-contacting edge. The device is also provided with means to hold a spool of tape with the circular edge of the spool that is nearer the molding-contacting edge lying in a plane that includes that edge.

Abstract: A dispenser for one or more rolls of pressure sensitive adhesive coated tape. The dispenser includes a core support having an arcuate surface adapted to support the rolls of tape for rotation about the surface. The core support is fixed at one end to a radially projecting member slidably mounted on a base for the dispenser to afford manual movement of the core support between a dispense position at which a roll of tape is retained around the core support by walls of the dispenser adjacent the side surfaces of the roll of tape as tape is pulled from the roll; and a load position at which empty cores can be removed and full rolls of tape applied over an unrestricted end of the core support.

Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser provided with finger gripping openings for mounting the dispenser on the back of the hand so as to enable holding the dispenser on one hand while pulling the tape from the dispenser with the other hand and severing it so that the fingers of both hands can be employed to apply the severed tape.

Abstract: A tape dispenser comprising a front part including a cutting edge and two side parts including core members, respectively, the former being pivotally connected to the front part by living hinges. The core members include releasable snap locking parts for holding the core members together in a substantially parallel position of the two side parts.

Abstract: An apparatus for laying down a strip of flexible tape from a roll supply including an elongated dispensing portion adapted to dispense the tape from a distal end thereof so as to lay down the tape on a subjacent surface by a rearward movement of the apparatus with the dispensed portion of the tape being held to the surface.

Abstract: This invention relates to a filter paper dispenser so designed that with ease of attachment to a smoke spot tester, a ready supply of clean, indexed, and calibrated filter paper is quickly available for smoke spot testing.