Patent ID: 6923358
Filing Date: 2005-08-02
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A tape dispenser comprising: a housing having a tape roll-retaining end and a tape culling end, the housing being generally U-shaped in cross-section having an upper wall with an inner surface and an outer surface and having opposed spaced apart side walls extending downwardly from the upper wall; a blade connected to the cutting end of the housing and having a cutting edge extending outwardly beyond an outermost edge of the upper wall of the housing; the cutting edge including a plurality of teeth each having a tip and a trough; and an immobile shield mounted to the housing adjacent the blade and below the upper wall of the housing, the shield having a front edge which lies rearwardly of the tips of the teeth and forwardly of both the troughs of the teeth and the outermost edge of the upper wall; whereby the shield reduces the exposure of the cutting edge during operation of the dispenser.