Patent ID: 7975876

Claim:
A system for dispensing tabs from a carrier substrate, each of the tabs having an adhesive backing for securing the tabs in spaced-apart relation to the carrier substrate, the tabs and carrier substrate defining a web of tab stock, the device comprising: an input mechanism operative to supply an input stream of the tab stock; an output mechanism operative to accept and take away an output stream of carrier substrate from the tab stock supplied by the input mechanism; a peeler bar having a peripheral surface and interposed between the input and output streams such that the underside surface of the carrier substrate slideably engages the peripheral surface, the peripheral surface effecting an abrupt directional change with respect to the input and output streams and defining an arcuate shape along an elongate axis of the peeler bar, the peripheral surface having a first peripheral surface defining a concave curvature and a second peripheral surface defining a convex curvature.