Patent ID: 8156989

Claim:
An adhesive applicator, comprising: a housing; a primary spool mounted to the housing, the primary spool adapted to receive an adhesive roll including a wound supply of liner carrying an adhesive; a secondary spool mounted to the housing, the secondary spool adapted to collect portions of the liner advanced from the adhesive roll; and a circular rotatable advancement member for advancing indefinite amounts of liner from the adhesive roll, the rotatable advancement member mounted on the housing in a position that is non-axial with the primary and secondary spools and the rotatable advancement member partially extending from an opening in the housing such that the rotatable advance member is adapted to be contacted and rotated by a user to advance a desired amount of the liner from the adhesive roll; the rotatable advancement member being movable from a disengaged position wherein the advancement member is disengaged from one of the primary spool and the secondary spool to an engaged position wherein the rotatable advancement member is engaged with one of the primary spool and the secondary spool, and wherein the advancement member is biased toward the disengaged position.