Tape dispenser

Claim 1

IN AN ADHESIVE TAPE DISPENSING DEVICE A SPINDLE FOR SUPPORTING ROLLS OF TAPE, MEANS FOR SUPPORTING SAID SPINDLE AT EACH END THEREOF IN TAPE DISPENSING POSITION, SAID MEANS HAVING NOTCHES FOR CONTAINING SAID SPINDLE ENDS WHEN SAID SPINDLE IS IN TAPE DISPENSING POSITION, SAID NOTCHES BEING OPEN AT THE TOP TO PERMIT DROPPING OF SAID SPINDLE ENDS INTO SAID NOTCHES WHEN PLACING SAID SPINDLE IN TAPE DISPENSING POSITION AND TO PERMIT REMOVAL OF SAID SPINDLE FROM SAID NOTCHES BY LIFTING SAID SPINDLE UPWARDLY OUT OF SAID NOTCHES, SAID NOTCHES BEING SO SHAPED AS TO MAINTAIN SAID SPINDLE IN SAID NOTCHES DURING UNROLLING AND WITHDRAWAL OF TAPE SECTIONS FOR CUTTING, A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING CUTTER GUIDE SPACED FORWARD OF SAID SPINDLE WHEN IN ITS TAPE DISPENSING POSITION, A PORTION OF SAID CUTTER GUIDE BEING ADAPTED TO HAVE UNWOUND TAPE ADHESIVELY SECURED THERETO WHILE SAID TAPE IS BEING CUT, CUTTING MEANS MOVABLE ON SAID CUTTER GUIDE FOR CUTTING SAID UNWOUND TAPE WHILE SO HELD AND A LONGITUDINALLY EXTENDING ROLL SUPPORT POSITIONED ABOVE SAID CUTTER GUIDE FOR SUPPORTING AND ALIGNING TAPE ROLLS WHILE THE SAME ARE BEING PLACED ON SAID SPINDLE, SAID ROLL SUPPORT WHEN IN ROLL SUPPORTING POSITION BEING SPACED WITH RESPECT TO SAID SPINDLE WHEN SUPPORTED BY SAID SPINDLE SUPPORTING MEANS IN TAPE DISPENSING POSITION AND SPACED WITH RESPECT TO SAID CUTTER GUIDE SO THAT BOTH ENDS OF SAID SPINDLE CAN BE REMOVED FROM SAID SPINDLE SUPPORTING MEANS AND SAID SPINDLE WITH ROLLS OF TAPE THEREON CAN BE MOVED FORM ITS TAPE DISPENSING POSITION AND PLACED ONTO SAID TAPE SUPPORT WITHOUT THE FURTHER UNROLLING OF TAPE OR REMOVAL OF SEVERED TAPE ENDS FROM SAID CUTTER GUIDE, AND SAID ROLL SUPPORT BEING PIVOTALY MOUNTED SO THAT IT CAN BE MOVED OUT OF THE WAY WHEN SAID CUTTING MEANS IS MOVED ALONG SAID CUTTER GUIDE FOR CUTTING SAID TAPE.