Patent ID: 6681830
Filing Date: 2004-01-27
Classification: B65D,B65H,Y10T

Abstract:
A hand-held adhesive tape dispenser comprising a partial shell, said shell having a support face and a peripheral wall extending outwardly from said support face to form an open face housing, a core in said housing having adhesive tape wound thereon, mounting structure on said shell rotatably detachably mounting said core to said shell, said mounting structure including spring fingers which snap over said core, said shell having an applicating end, said peripheral wall having an open space, a cutter in said open space extending externally of said wall, a guide in said open space disposed adjacent to said cutter, said guide having a guide surface externally of said wall, said guide being spaced from said wall to create a discharge passage for a segment of said tape to extend from said core through said passage and around said guide surface for being cut by said cutter from the remainder of said tape, including a carrier board, said mounting structure mounting said carrier board to said open face of said housing, each of said spring fingers extending through a slot in said carrier board for detachably mounting said carrier board to said housing, a further spring finger mounted to said support face located remote from said mounting structure spring fingers, and said further spring finger extending through a slot in said carrier board to cooperate with said mounting structure spring fingers in mounting said carrier board to said housing.