Patent ID: 7946328

Claim:
An easily and quickly removable tape application roller assembly for use within a carton or case sealing machine, comprising: a roller shaft defined around an axis; an application roller rotatably disposed upon said roller shaft and also slidably disposed upon said roller shaft so as to be capable of being disposed upon said roller shaft and of being slidably removed from said roller shaft; a bore defined within said roller shaft; and a detent pin assembly comprising a detent pin which is disposed within said bore of said roller shaft for movement between a first position at which said detent pin projects outwardly from said bore of said roller shaft so as to engage said application roller and thereby effectively block and prevent said application roller from being removed from said roller shaft, and a second position at which said detent pin is moved inwardly into said bore of said roller shaft so as to be disengaged from said application roller and thereby permit said application roller to be slidably removed from said roller shaft.