Patent ID: 8435377
Filing Date: 2013-05-07
Classification: B65H,E04F,Y10T

Abstract:
1. A drywall tape dispenser assembly for dispensing joint tape and joint compound used in finishing joints in sheetrock or drywall, the drywall tape dispenser assembly comprising: a main body having a first side wall, a second side wall, a bottom wall, a front wall, and a rear wall, the first side wall, the second side wall, the bottom wall, the front wall, and the rear wall creating a mud receiving area; a first slot formed between the front wall and the bottom wall; a second slot formed between the rear wall and the bottom wall; a first strut extending from the first side wall, the first strut angling in a generally upward direction, the first strut connected only to the first side wall: a second strut extending from the second side wall, the second strut angling in a generally upward direction, the second strut connected only to the second side wall; and a non-pivoting, fixed center axle releasably positioned between the first strut and the second strut, the center axle holding a roll of joint tape; wherein the joint tape is dispensed from the center axle, through the second slot, through the mud receiving area, and through the first slot; wherein the center axle always being positioned above a top edge of the first side wall and the second side wall during dispensing of the joint tape regardless of the amount of joint positioned about the center axle; wherein an amount of joint compound is placed in the mud receiving area over a portion of the joint tape within the mud receiving area; and wherein a desired amount of joint tape is pulled through second slot, through the joint compound in the mud receiving area, and out of the first slot with a coating of joint compound thereon.