Patent ID: 6651718
Filing Date: 2003-11-25
Classification: B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-held tape dispenser with tape positioning structure, comprising a main body with a handle, a tape reel connected to a rear end of said main body, and a holding-down plate, a blade, a front plate, and a roller sequentially assembled from top to bottom to a front end of said main body; said blade being located above and connected to said front plate via a spring so as to elastically move forward and backward relative to said front plate; said tape reel having a roll of tape wound therearound, such that a free end of said tape is guided to pass below said roller for attaching to a surface; and said tape positioning structure including two sideward projections near rear ends of two sides of said blade, and two generally L-shaped plates fixed to two sides of said blade; each of said two L-shaped plates being formed at a rear upper part with a fixing hole for engaging with said sideward projection of said blade; a lower front part of each said L-shaped plate extending forward by a predetermined length and having a hooked front end that is normally exposed from one side of said front plate below said blade; whereby when said holding-down plate is pressed against said tape applied onto said surface, it pushes said blade to move beyond said front plate and cut said tape, and said L-shaped plates connected to two sides of said blade move forward along with said blade to hook up two sides of a free end of said cut tape and prevent the same from depending from said roller, and when said holding-down plate is released from said tape applied on said surface, said blade is pulled backward by said spring to locate behind said front plate again, and said cut tape is held by said hooked front ends of said L-shaped plates to flatly attach to said front plate for use next time.