Patent ID: 7040370

Claim:
A hand tool for holding first and second spools of tape used to wrap the threaded end of a pipe, each of said spools comprising a tubular core with a core longitudinal axis and opposed edges, spaced annular inner and outer side walls attached to said opposed edges transverse to said core longitudinal axis, and tape wound around said core between said side walls, said tool comprising: a) an elongated handle having a opposed first and second ends and a handle longitudinal axis, said handle including spool retainers adjacent its first and second ends to prevent said first and second spools from sliding onto said handle; b) a first spool carrier with a first diameter attached to the first end of said handle for rotatably supporting a first spool of tape with given core dimensions with the first spool core longitudinal axis aligned with said handle longitudinal axis, said first spool carrier including an outer retainer to hold said spool onto said roll support; and c) a second spool carrier with a second diameter different from said first diameter attached to the second end of said handle for rotatably supporting a second spool of tape having core dimensions different from said given core dimensions with the second spool core longitudinal axis aligned with said handle longitudinal axis, said second spool carrier including an outer retainer to hold said spool onto said roll support, said first and second spool carriers having cylindrical outer walls formed of a plurality of radially aligned, spaced sections having inner ends attached to said handle and free outer ends, said outer ends including outwardly extending spool retainer flanges.