Patent ID: 7931342

Claim:
An apparatus for dispensing adhesive weighted tape, comprising: a controller adapted to receive a request for a desired number of connected segments of adhesive weighted tape, each segment spaced from another segment by a gap; at least one elongated track member having a first end and a second end and adapted to receive a supply of the adhesive weighted tape having a free end engageable with said first end of said at least one track member, the track member including a pivoting portion that pivots the track member and said weighted tape between alignment with a first axis and alignment with a second axis; a sensor mounted on said at least one track member, said sensor in communication with said controller and operable to transmit a signal to said controller representing a number of tape segments carried to the sensor on said track member; a motive apparatus in communication with said controller and adapted to selectively move tape segments from said first end to said second end of said at least one track member; a cutting member in communication with said controller and adapted to cut said weighted tape at a gap between weighted tape segments that is exposed when the track and tape are stopped at the cutting member and pivoted between said axes.