Patent ID: 8297327
Filing Date: 2012-10-30
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hand-held and manually operable adhesive tape dispensing machine that can be utilized to join together separate tape strips with the end product being a singular tape strip that has partially exposed adhesive on both sides which can also be dispensed and cut to a desired length, the tape dispensing machine comprising: a) a sectioned frame structure with a plurality of the sections connected and aligned in a vertically offset manner so that dispensed tapes will overlap one another and the center of the tape overlap will align with the center of a roller surface as the tapes engage the roller surface; b) an upper forward frame section as one of said offset aligned sections; c) a lower forward frame section as one of said offset aligned sections, which is connected to the upper forward frame; d) a forward frame offset as connecting means common to the upper forward frame section and the lower forward frame section; e) a lower rear frame section as one of said offset aligned sections, f) an upper rear frame section which is connected to the lower rear frame section; g) a rear frame offset as connecting means common to the upper rear frame section and the lower rear frame section; h) a front spool rotatably attached to the lower forward frame section that faces outward from the tape dispensing machine as mounting means for an adhesive tape roll; i) a rear spool rotatably attached to the lower rear frame section as mounting means for an adhesive tape roll and facing in an opposite direction of said front spool; j) a front guide member attached to the lower forward frame section for maintaining the path direction of tape that is dispensed from a roll of tape mounted on the front spool wherein the front guide member is a tab that is separate from said roller; k) a rear guide member attached to the upper forward frame section for maintaining the path direction of tape that is dispensed from a roll of tape mounted on the rear spool wherein the rear guide member is a tab that is separate from said roller; l) said roller rotatably attached to the upper forward frame section for dispensed tapes from the front and rear guide members to merge on and become compressed together; m) a cutting blade support attached to the upper forward frame section; n) a curved bottom side of said blade support that remaining severed tape will adhere to; o) a cutting blade attached to the cutting blade support for severing the end product tape strip; p) a cutting blade guard attached to the end of the cutting blade support for safety; q) a handle for grasping by a person operating the adhesive tape dispensing machine that is also the common connecting part for the upper forward frame section and the upper rear frame section.