Patent ID: 7014081

Claim:
A device for drawing off and cutting tape from a tape supply roll wound on a tubular core, the device comprising an arcuate elastically deformable bearing and guiding bracket being rotatably accommodated inside the tubular core; the bearing and guiding bracket having a first end and a second end; the first end of the bearing and guiding bracket accommodates a rotatable pin extending across the tubular core; a pair of parallel arms extend over the tape supply roll; the parallel arms having each a first end and a second end, the first end of each arm being disk-shaped with a toothed circumferential area along an outside edge and being pivotally mounted to the rotatable pin, the second end of each arm is connected by a transverse rib which supports a cutting blade, between the transverse rib and the tape supply roll a space is formed allowing an end of the tape to be guided through; the bearing and guiding bracket having a holding tooth located on each side of the bearing and guiding bracket at the first end, the toothed circumferential area being engaged with the holding tooth of the bearing and guide bracket; the the second end of each arm is wing-shaped such that the end piece of the threaded tape is guided away from the tape supply roll.