Patent ID: 7819162

Claim:
A hand held masking machine for dispensing sheet and tape to a surface comprising: a frame having an outer side and an inner side, and a forward portion and a rearward portion; an offset section to the frame displaced in the direction of the outer side of the frame; a tape roll holder mounted on the outer side of the rearward portion of the frame for rotation about a first axis, the tape roll holder adapted to have a roll of tape mounted thereon; a reel mounted on the inner side of the offset section of the frame for rotation about a second axis, the reel adapted to have a roll of sheet having a hollow cylindrical bore mounted thereon for rotation about the second axis; an offset bracket mounted on the frame between the forward and rearward positions and extending in a direction substantially parallel to the second axis and away from the inner side of the frame; a handle secured to the offset bracket and depending from the handle bracket so that the hand of the user of the masking machine is spaced from the inner side of the frame; a mounting bracket mounted on the forward portion of the frame and extending inwardly from the frame in a direction substantially parallel to the second axis; a nose plate coupled to the mounting bracket, the nose plate having a locking mechanism; a guide bar including a blade slot having ends, the guide bar being adjustably coupled, in a continuous manner between the ends of the blade slot, to the nose plate using the locking mechanism.