Abstract: A film clamping and cutting device of a film wrapping machine is revealed. A connecting plate of a film clamping and cutting unit is located by a braking part. Moreover, by moment of a rotating machinery before stopping, a film clamping and cutting unit main body assembled on the rotating machinery is driven to continue moving. Under the movement of the unit main body, a pulling force is generated by a pull cord arranged between the connecting plate and a vertical-wheel of the unit main body. The pulling force rotates the vertical-wheel so that both a film clamping and cutting rod assembled with the vertical-wheel and a clamp fall toward a blade block to clamp and cut off a film. The film is also pulled and cut by an elastic recovery force of the film clamping and cutting rod. Therefore automatic film clamping and cutting is carried out.

Abstract: An apparatus, device and method for wafer dicing is disclosed. In one example, the apparatus discloses: a wafer holding device having a first temperature; a die separation bar moveably coupled to the wafer holding device; and a cooling device coupled to the apparatus and having a second temperature which enables the die separation bar to fracture an attachment material in response to movement with respect to the wafer holding device. In another example, the method discloses: receiving a wafer having an attachment material applied to one side of the wafer; placing the wafer in a holding device having a first temperature; urging a die separation bar toward the wafer; and cooling the attachment material to a second temperature, which is lower than the first temperature, until the attachment material fractures in response to the urging.

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.

Abstract: An apparatus for one handed dispensing paper sheet segments from a roll of paper sheet segments connected end-to-end along transverse serration lines including a base member, a support connected to a base for holding a roll of paper sheet segments and a frictional gripping member connected to the base with a high friction outer surface. The frictional gripping member may also contain an arcuate inner surface for pivotal movement and contact with respect to a roll of paper sheet segments.

Abstract: A tape dispenser for two or more tape rolls installed therein includes a housing having a first casing and a second casing coupled with each other in which a chamber is formed and a roll mount is provided in the chamber, wherein the housing has an outlet and a cutter mount at where a cutter is mounted. Three disks are installed on the roll mount between each two of the tape rolls, wherein the disk has flexible arms with blocks thereon to be against the neighboring tape rolls respectively such that the disks serve as separators to keep the tape rolls from each other. A button is movably installed on the second casing having four driving to pressing the tape roll, whereby the disks serve as brakes to keep the tape rolls still.

Abstract: An electro-mechanical roll towel dispenser includes a housing with a roll carrier disposed therein to rotationally support a roll of towel material. An electro-mechanical feed mechanism is disposed in the housing to dispense measured sheets of the towel material. The feed mechanism operates in a first mechanical operational mode wherein the towel sheets are dispensed by a user grasping and pulling on a tail of the towel material extending from the housing, and a second electrical operational mode wherein a measured length of a next sheet is automatically and electrically fed out of the housing to define the tail for the next user.

Abstract: An electro-mechanical roll towel dispenser includes a housing with a roll carrier disposed therein to rotationally support a roll of towel material. An electro-mechanical feed mechanism is disposed in the housing to dispense measured sheets of the towel material. The feed mechanism operates in a first mechanical operational mode wherein the towel sheets are dispensed by a user grasping and pulling on a tail of the towel material extending from the housing, and a second electrical operational mode wherein a measured length of a next sheet is automatically and electrically fed out of the housing to define the tail for the next user.

Abstract: A dispenser for holding and dispensing rolls of flexible material. A box or cabinet includes mounts for holding one or more rolls of flexible material. The front wall of the box has a blade fixedly mounted thereto and is recessed within a pressure plate contactable against a portion of the sheet to be removed and held on an anvil stop surface formed by roughed edges.

Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser is comprised of a dispensing body that provides for the loading of a roll of tape at its rear portion and a blade mounted on the dispensing body. A roller, a guide wheel, and a pawl are respectively pivotally mounted in the dispensing body. The roller has a plurality of protrusions arranged around one end thereof. The pawl has a pressing member capable of positioning against the circumferential face of the roller as well as an engaging portion capable of becoming engaged between two protrusions of the roller, and the pawl is postured to the rear by an elastic member. Tape is inserted between the roller and the pawl and then routed pass the guide wheel to the area of the blade and when it is applied forward, the roller correspondingly rotates forward in the same direction and the protrusions allow the engaging portion to slide over them.

Abstract: A tape dispenser dispenses rolled adhesive tape spirally wound on a hub having an inner cylindrical wall, and an outer cylindrical wall, and a wide “I” cross-section. The dispenser has first and second side members, and a cutter member. Each of the side members has a first major side portion which overlies a roll of adhesive tape within the tape dispenser. The cutter member is mounted between second minor side portions of the side members. A cylindrical axle is formed centrally on the inside surface of the first major side portion of at least one of the side members. There is at least one brake spoke upstanding from the inside surface of that side member, radially extending and spaced away from the cylindrical axle. At least the first side member is flexible in the region of the first major side portion.

Abstract: A device for dispensing tickets from a continuous strip of paper (1), each ticket being constituted by an end segment of the strip suitable for being grasped by a recipient of the ticket and detached by applying traction to said end, the device comprising a mechanism for pinching the paper along a line (3) extending transversely across the strip (1), and downstream from this mechanism, a cutting blade (4) extending substantially transversely across the strip, with the strip bearing against the cutting edge (5) of the blade when the above-mentioned traction is applied, wherein the cutting edge (5) of the blade is formed by a straight-line segment that intersects the plane of the strip of paper (1) in contact with the blade (4) prior to cutting and containing the pinch line (3), with the projection (7) of the blade onto said plane converging towards the pinch line (3) from the point (6) where the paper first comes into contact with the blade (4).

Abstract: A device for dispensing tickets from a continuous strip of paper, the device comprising a mechanism for pinching the paper, a cutter blade extending substantially across the strip and having a cutting edge against which the strip bears, the cutting edge of the blade intersecting the plane of the strip of paper coming into contact with the blade before cutting starts, and a support element for supporting the strip between the pinch mechanism and the cutter blade. In the device, the support element also comprises a flap hinged about a fixed axis, the surface of the flap being of a shape such that after about half of the cut has been achieved, the zone of contact between the flap and the strip remaining to be cut moves away from the blade as cutting progresses.

Abstract: An adhesive tape dispenser is comprised of a dispensing body that provides for the loading of a roll of tape at its rear portion and a blade mounted on the dispensing body. A roller, a guide wheel, and a pawl are respectively pivotally mounted in the dispensing body. The roller has a plurality of protrusions arranged around one end thereof. The pawl has a pressing member capable of positioning against the circumferential face of the roller as well as an engaging portion capable of becoming engaged between two protrusions of the roller, and the pawl is postured to the rear by an elastic member. Tape is inserted between the roller and the pawl and then routed pass the guide wheel to the area of the blade and when it is applied forward, the roller correspondingly rotates forward in the same direction and the protrusions allow the engaging portion to slide over them.

Abstract: An apparatus and method for batch processing semiconductor lasers producing substantially contamination free laser bar end surfaces for optimal growth of end surface layers are provided. The method includes loading a laser cell comprising a plurality of laser bars and an empty cassette capable of holding a plurality of laser bars into a cleaving chamber and pumping the cleaving chamber down to a desired pressure. Next, a cleaving cycle is performed in which an end laser bar is cleaved off the laser cell. The laser bar is deposited in the cassette, while the laser cell is positioned for a subsequent operation. The cleaving cycle repeats until a plurality of laser bars are cleaved off the laser cell and loaded into the cassette. The cassette is then moved into a deposition chamber where a layer of material is deposited on at least one end surface of all of the laser bars in the cassette.

Abstract: A device for severing and restraining dental floss that has a blade with a restraining side and a cutting side, which can be formed by slanting the blade or otherwise providing a narrow pinching portion on one side of the blade to restrain the floss.

Abstract: A dispenser is disclosed for dispensing and separating plastic bags from a roll of bags rolled on an axle which projects beyond the ends of the roll. The dispenser comprises a container which includes a surface which frictionally engages the roll to apply a braking force thereto. The braking surface includes an upper section and a lower sloped section which engages the roll when its diameter has decreased to a value which is such that the roll does not engage the upper section. The container includes opposing tracks extending from the upper portion of the container to a lower portion for supporting the projecting ends of the axle so that the roll will fall gradually in the tracks to the lower portion of the container as the articles are dispensed. The container also includes spring biased surfaces for applying an additional braking force to the ends of said roll.

Abstract: A tape dispenser including spaced side walls, inner sides on the side walls, first and second end portions on the side walls, a hub member mounted on each of the inner sides of the side walls in spaced facing relationship to each other, a block fastened between the side walls at the second end portion of the side walls, a groove in the upper surface of the block, and a roller spring-biased into the groove.

Abstract: The invention relates to a paper roll holder with a brake for dispensing use of paper rolls or the like. The paper roll holder comprises a heavy base to which two column-like parts are fixed, against which the paper roll rests and in between which the paper runs and which at their ends have suitably shaped cutting edges or serration, if the paper web is not perforated. A split ring member including ring and wedge-shaped parts as well as a cover with a spring fixed to it are mounted in bearings to the column-like parts and a spring fixed to the base are all pressing the paper roll against the column-like parts. The form, roughness and weight of the cover and column-like parts the split ring member and the the spring forces of the springs are chosen so that by pulling the paper it easily unwinds but the paper breaks off with a little jerk using only one hand.

Abstract: A suture-material-dispenser system for a supply of dry or wet suture material includes the supply of such material and a housing which defines a cavity for containing the supply. The housing includes a top region that has an opening formed in it, and a bottom region with a semi-circular bearing positioned in it. A reel fits within the cavity on the bearing, and has wound on it the supply. An anti-contaminant, flip-top cover is pivotably attached to the top region, and is constructed for releasable closure over the top region substantially to prevent contaminants from entering the cavity. A gas-permeable, resilient member is also included and has a body that fits sealingly within the opening, which body has formed in it a suture-material-dispensing port to allow dispensing of suture material therethrough. The body is preferably formed from a substance with a hardness in the range of about 40-80 on a Shore A durometer.

Abstract: An improved adhesive tape dispenser is provided with a holding piece capable of being acted on by a spring to hold the adhesive tape securely to the surface of a rolling wheel so as to permit a user of the dispenser to locate easily the end of the adhesive tape. The dispenser is further provided with a pressing member capable of causing the holding piece to move away from the rolling wheel to release the adhesive tape at such time when the pressing member is pressed with a finger.

Abstract: A convenient, contamination-free dental floss dispenser assembly having a housing and at least one roll of dental floss mounted for rotation therein. The housing having a dental floss dispensing orifice and cut-off means for cutting off pieces of the dental floss. The floss being free from engagement with the housing and spaced away by at least one-half inch from the housing when the floss extends from the orifice to the cut-off means. Accordingly, the floss free of retaining means, may be gripped by the fingers without touching or contaminating any other part of the housing. The dispenser may also incorporate a means for securely holding the assembly against movement without engagement of the housing by either hand during the dispensing and cutting off of the floss.

Abstract: A device for cutting and clamping dental floss includes a cutting element and a clamping element. The cutting element has a portion thereof formed and adapted to sever dental floss when it is pulled thereacross. The clamping element is adjacent the cutting element and cooperates with it to accessibly hold the dental floss supply cut end after severing.

Abstract: A dispensing hopper fastened in a paper roll holder at the bottom for dispensing a paper roll, the improvement comprising a hopper body having a rotary seat revolvably secured thereto at the bottom to hold an oscillating member permitting it to oscillate on an axle disposed in radial direction through said rotary seat, wherein said oscillating member has an opening vertically through the center thereof which is consisted of two opposed tapered holes with a small hole connected therebetween, and two V-shaped retaining notches on the top edge thereof at two opposite locations at right angles to said axle. The leading end of the crepe paper of the paper roll is inserted through the tapered hole on the hopper body and lead out of the opening on the oscillating member. Pulling the crepe paper from the paper roll causes the oscillating member to oscillate to a matched angle permitting the crepe paper to be firmly retained in either V-shaped retaining notch for easy splitting.

Abstract: A dispenser comprising a casing (1) of a general internal cylindrical form with a bottom wall (1a) for fixing (1b) to any support surface and a front wall forming a loading door (2), the latter being provided with an axial opening (2f) for the passage and outlet of a strip (R) of material unwound from the inside and separated by a cutting device (12) associated to the opening, the strip coming from a roll of material (R) positioned in the casing with its horizontal axis of symmetry, the roll of material, regardless of its degree of use, being retained without any risk of deformation and collapsing at the end of unwinding, by one or several devices associated to the casing acting by applying pressure to all or part of the sides of the roll.

Abstract: A holder, e.g., for rolls of paper is configured such as to dispense a paper web from the holder via a web braking element (14, 15, 17), which may have alternative forms. The web braking (14, 15, 17) prevents paper from being dispensed uncontrollably from the holder as a result of inertia forces or some other circumstance. The holder is comprised preferably of two major parts, namely a back plate (1) and a causing (2), which houses the roll (4) and roll support means (8, 9). When the roll (4) is placed horizontally in the casing the roll is supported on two shafts (8). When the roll extends vertically in the casing, it is supported by a shelf (9). The shelf has formed therein an aperture (10) through which the paper web passes.

Abstract: A wire marker dispenser including a plurality of chambers to receive tape rolls therein. A retaining member adjacent each chamber engages a portion of the tape extending from the roll and prevents the tape extent from rolling back onto the tape roll. The tape dispenser also includes an interconnection means for connecting plural dispensers together.

Abstract: An ergonomically shaped tape dispensing and cutting device adapted to snap over a roll of masking tape or the like and be retained on the roll, affording a convenient tearing edge for severing the tape. The device is preferably a one-piece molded plastic article comprising a top wall which rides over the outer periphery of the tape roll and two flexible side walls which depend from the top section and flank opposite sides of the roll of tape when the invention is positioned on a roll of tape. A cutting blade may be fixed to or integrally formed with the dispenser. Inwardly projecting shoulders are fixed to the front bottom surface of the side walls in opposing spaced relation and serve to spread the side walls apart as the tape dispenser and cutter is pressed down over a roll of tape. As the shoulders clear the inner core of the tape roll, the shoulders are snapped back beneath the core of the roll and serve to retain the invention on the roll of tape.

Abstract: A dispenser for a roll of flexible material has been described. A housing supports the roll for rotation about an axis, and a braking and severing device is mounted to the housing. The braking and severing device provides a lever and a contacting element. The lever includes a cutting edge so that as the flexible material is pulled against the cutting edge, the lever causes rotation of the contacting element against the roll to thereby prevent further rotation of the roll. In the preferred embodiment, the braking and severing device comprises two thin, flat elements secured together with a spacer to provide a gap for passage of the flexible material.

Abstract: An improved tape dispenser/receptacle having complimentary oblong-shaped top and bottom portions adapted to mate with each other, wherein the improvement consists of: first and second spool-dispensing axes, each axes composed of ten pegs; longitudinally-oriented inner and outer sets of ridges, extending downward from underneath the device's top portion; a plurality of tape exist and flattening apertures; resilient tabs extending outward from the device's side walls, in one-to-one correspondence with the exit/flattening apertures; and a cutting surface. The spool-dispensing axes hold rolls of tape or other material which may be marked with identifying indicia. The inner ridges touch the radial surface of the tape rolls to keep the rolls from wobbling during dispensing, while the outer ridges act as means to keep the tape straight en route through the exit/flattening apertures.

Abstract: A surveyor's ribbon or tape dispenser which is designed to be carried on a person's belt which includes a reel from which a ribbon tape may be selectively dispensed by urging the ribbon or tape outwardly beyond the end of and against the pressure of a spring biased retention arm and which also includes a fixed U-shaped cutter element mounted along an intermediate portion of the retention arm at a point spaced from the end thereof for use in severing a selected portion of the ribbon or tape from the reel.

Abstract: A roll holder includes a base plate and two yokes pivotally supported on the base plate. One of the yokes is a suspension yoke having a free arm for holding a roll with a tape material thereon and another yoke is a braking yoke for braking the rotation motion of the roll when a portion of the material is to be torn-off from the roll. The braking yoke also has a free arm which overlaps the free arm of the suspension yoke and has a U-shaped cross-section so that the free arm of the suspension yoke without the roll thereon can be inserted into the free arm of the braking yoke and the roll holder can be folded.

Abstract: A dispensing carton is provided with a tab in its front wall for cooperation with a downwardly extending lip on the carton lid to clamp therebetween a sheet of household wrapping material dispensed from a roll within the carton, while the sheet is drawn along a serrated edge or cutter bar on an adjacent wall of the carton. This provides a length of the wrapping material for subsequent withdrawal from the interior of the carton during the next cutting operation by precluding the cut wrapping material from retracting onto the roll within the interior of the carton after it is cut. The clamp arrangement also results in a positive hold on the sheet as it is cut.

Abstract: A mailing machine including a postage meter for printing postage impressions on tape, a removable tape dispensing module, and a device for receiving the removable tape dispensing module. The removable tape dispensing module includes a support housing, a shaft translatably mounted in the housing, an advance roller slidably mounted on the inner end of and rotatably with the shaft, a paddle pivotably mounted on the housing and biased downwardly onto the advance roller to thereby clamp the tape, a cam fixedly mounted on the interior portion of the shaft, the cam being engagable with the paddle to lift the paddle away from the advance roller, a rotatable knob mounted on the outer end of the shaft and capable of rotating the advance roller, and a device for effecting translation of the cam in the direction of the axis of the shaft.

Abstract: A wallpaper preparation board made of low cost rigid sheet material such as cardboard, paperboard, thin wooden, metal, or plastic sheets, etc., is formed from a plurality of substantially flat panels of the sheet material which are hingedly attached end-to-end to form an elongate board which can be folded in accordion style into a compact unit. A pair of hooks 11 and 12 are provided at the top of the board, with the hooks being adapted to engage the top of a door or the edge of the top landing of a ladder, so that the board can hang downwardly from the door or the top of the ladder. A pair of ears project upwardly at opposite sides of the upper end of the board to receive the opposite ends of a rod which is inserted through a roll of wallpaper. A knife edge extends across the board near the roll of wallpaper to aid in cutting lengths of wallpaper which are withdrawn from the roll.

Abstract: A chiropractic table comprising a cushioned platform upon which a patient is positioned pronely for treatment, a strip of sanitary paper in rolled supply and covering a portion of the face cushions transversely, and a manually releasable paper retainer clamping the full width of the free end of the rolled strip. The free end of the paper strip is clamped between an elongate, tubular clamping member normally urged by suitable springs towards bearing upon a matching elongate surface of a base member, which is secured to a side of the base of the face cushions opposite the paper supply roll. A handle is provided by which the springs are manually overridden to release the paper, to allow the used portion of the paper to be drawn through the retainer off the cushions to be replaced by a fresh portion, the handle then being released so that the paper is again clamped. The table may be of the tilting or stationary type.

Abstract: A tape package for a roll of adhesive tape having a cover element joined to a base member. The cover element is formed to have a housing portion including a circular wall. A friction ring is carried on the circular wall and engages the inner core surface of the roll of tape.

Abstract: A dispenser for flexible material, wherein the material is disposed in a roll in a housing having a dispensing opening therein, and the material is dispensed by pulling thereon to thereby rotate the roll in the housing, detents being afforded on the roll and housing that are effective to periodically releasably resist further dispensing rotation of the roll during each rotation of the roll.

Abstract: A leader dispenser having separable top and bottom sections housing multiple spools of leader therein. Multiple spool mounting posts provided within each section for rotatably mounting the spools are dimensioned to frictionally engage the spools, preventing the spools from freely unwinding. The spools in the dispenser form two tiers, with end faces of the spools in the bottom housing section facing end faces of the spools in the top housing section.