Patent ID: 6481607
Filing Date: 2002-11-19
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A dispenser for a roll of tape having a leading end portion, an outer peripheral surface defining an outer diameter and a roll core defining an inner diameter; said dispenser comprising:a housing formed of a single-piece blank of stiff and foldable sheet of plastic material and including: a central wall; a first and second opposite side walls foldably joined to and extending from opposite end edges of said central wall, each of said side walls having an outer periphery and holes; roll mounting members integrally formed on said side walls opposite to each other and extending inwardly therefrom, said members being axially aligned with each other, said members adapted for rotatably supporting said roll within said frame, said members and said side walls being made of one-piece material, each of said members comprising a pair of roll mounting flaps partially cut out of said side walls symmetrically peripherally spaced around said holes, and folded inwardly therefrom, each of said roll mounting flaps having an arcuate shape; a tape cutting means provided on said center wall; and a side wall retaining means extending through said holes between said side walls within the core of the roll for positioning and retaining said side walls spaced and substantially parallel to each other, said side wall retaining means being removably secured to said side walls and including an elongated pin having an elongated body provided with internal threads and a head, end member an externally threaded body and a head threadedly secured to said pin so that said pin engaging said fir side wall between one pair of said flaps and said end member engaging said second side wall between another pair of said flaps.