Patent ID: 6514585
Filing Date: 2003-02-04
Classification: C09J,G09F,Y10T

Abstract:
An article of commerce comprising:(a) a dispenser including: (i) a housing defining a retention chamber configured and arranged to hold a W-stacked pad of adhesive tape strips, and having a top with an opening configured and arranged for accepting passage of an adhesively bonded combination of a first longitudinal end portion of an overlaying adhesive tape strip and a second longitudinal end portion of an immediately adjacent intermediate tape strip, as the overlaying adhesive tape strip is dispensed through the opening, from a W-stacked pad of adhesive tape strips within the retention chamber; and (ii) a means for engaging the overlaying adhesive tape strip as the overlaying adhesive tape strip is dispensed through the opening so as to invariably provide a low peel angle between the overlaying adhesive tape strip and the immediately adjacent intermediate adhesive tape strip at the point of release of the second end portion of the intermediate adhesive tape strip from an adjacent underlying adhesive tape strip; and (b) a W-stacked pad of adhesive tape strips within the retention chamber.