Patent ID: 6550515
Filing Date: 2003-04-22
Classification: B05B,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispensing apparatus for dispensing a masking apron, the apparatus comprising:a frame structure; a shaft supported on the frame structure arranged to support a roll of apron material on the shaft for rotation about the shaft; a tape support mounted on the frame structure spaced radially outward from the shaft, the tape support being arranged to rotatably support a roll of adhesive tape on the tape support; and a retainer member mounted on the frame structure having a loading portion spaced radially outward from the shaft and a flexible portion spaced radially inwards towards the shaft in relation to the loading portion; the flexible portion of the retainer member being flexible between a relaxed position adjacent the shaft and a flexed position spaced radially outward from and biased towards the shaft for engaging the roll of apron material between the retainer member and the shaft in the flexed position; the retainer member extending in a longitudinal direction of the shaft from the loading portion to the flexible portion of retainer member such that the flexible portion of the retainer member is displaced into the flexed position by a roll of apron material as the roll is loaded onto the shaft.