Patent ID: 8820382
Filing Date: 2014-09-02
Classification: B44D,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A hand-held, painting and caulking tape dispenser adapted for dispensing an adhesive tape on a tape roll, the tape having an adhesive side and a non-adhesive side, the tape dispenser is adapted for applying the tape to a horizontal surface, a vertical surface, and to a corner of an intersection of the horizontal and vertical surfaces, the tape dispenser comprising: a tape housing, the tape housing having a closed front portion and an open rear portion; a tape ring mounted inside the housing, the tape ring adapted for receiving the tape roll with the tape thereon; a handle formed in one end of the housing, the handle for gripping the housing and dispensing the tape in one direction therefrom; a semi-circular nose formed in an opposite end of the housing for receiving a portion of the tape thereon, the nose have a cutting blade opening therein, the cutting blade opening perpendicular to a length of the tape, the nose having a radius “R”; a flat first tape engaging surface disposed along one side of the housing and between the nose and the handle, the first tape engaging surface having a first tape opening therein and adapted for receiving the tape from the tape roll; a flat second tape engaging surface disposed along an opposite side of the housing and between the nose and the handle, a line along a length of the first tape engaging surface and a line along a length of the second tape engaging surface forming an acute angle “Δ” from the horizontal; and a tape cutting blade and blade actuator mounted inside of the housing, the blade actuator extending a cutting blade outwardly from the cutting blade opening for cutting the tape across its width, a length of the tape cutting blade disposed along a center line “C-C” through a center point in the semi-circular nose, the center line “C-C” at an angle of “½Δ” from the horizontal and the acute angle “Δ” is 65.40 degrees from the horizontal.