Patent ID: 6102323
Filing Date: 2000-08-15
Classification: B65B,B65H

Abstract:
A tool for manually dispensing and applying a web of elongated flexible stock material from a roll of the stock material having a shaft that supports the roll and extends beyond the end of the roll, the tool comprising:a flexible gripper including a cylindrically shaped body defining an open center, an open upper end and a closed lower end, anda relatively rigid cylindrical sleeve having a hollow center received in the open center and positioned in a lower portion of the gripper said sleeve adapted to be supported on the shaft for relatively frictionless rotation and having a length less than the length of the gripper, thereby defining a braking portion on the gripper body between the upper end of the sleeve and the upper end of the gripper, the braking portion directly engageable with the shaft, and further defining a bearing portion on the gripper below the braking portion along the length of the sleeve;whereby one can compress the braking portion of the gripper inwardly onto the shaft with a thumb and forefinger when the gripper and cylindrical sleeve are mounted on the shaft to provide braking friction to the shaft while at the same time applying a firm, tight grip with the palm of the hand and other fingers to the bearing portion of the gripper without affecting the frictional resistance between the sleeve and the shaft.