Combination lint removing, tape dispensing, and personal grooming device

Claim 1

A COMBINATION LINT-REMOVING, TAPE-DISPENSING, AND PERSONAL GROOMING DEVICE, COMPRISING: A BODY INCLUDING A PAIR OF PLATES; A PLURALITY OF HOLLOW TAPE-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS ABOUT WHICH AN ANNULARLY CONNECTED PIECE OF TAPE MAY TRAVEL, SAID ELEMENTS BEING PERPENDICULARLY ARRANGED AND INTERCONNECTING SAID PLATES, AND HAVING OPEN ENDS; AN ANNULARLY CONNECTED TAPE BELT SLIDABLY MOUNTED ON SAID TAPE-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS; A TAPE ROLL SUPPORT CONNECTED TO SAID BODY AND DISPOSED INWARDLY OF SAID TAPE-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS; A ROLL OF TAPE ON SAID TAPE ROLL SUPPORT SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS OF WHICH EXTEND BETWEEN SAID TAPE ROLL SUPPORT AND SAID TAPE BELT; A TAPE CUT-OFF KNIFE ELEMENT CONNECTED TO SAID BODY AND ARRANGED GENERALLY TRANSVERSELY OF THE DEVICE, AND HAVING A CUTTING EDGE DISPOSED BETWEEN THE TAPE ROLL SUPPORT AND ONE OF SAID TAPT-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS, AND LYING IN THE PATH OF SUCCESSIVE SEGMENTS OF TAPE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID ROLL AND SAID TAPE BELT; SAID TAPE HAVING AN OUTWARDLY EXTENDING ADHESIVE SURFACE; WHEREBY, WITH THE TAPE END ADHESIVELY CONNECTED TO ITSELF, MOVEMENT OF THE BELT IN A DIRECTION TO CAUSE UNWINDING OF THE TAPE OFF OF THE TAPE ROLL SUPPORT PRODUCES TENSION IN THE TAPE PORTION BETWEEN THE ROLL AND THE SAID ONE OF THE TAPE-BELT SUPPORT ELEMENTS TO PRODUCE SEVERANCE OF THE TAPE AT SAID CUTTING EDGE IN AN AUTOMATIC MANNER; AND MEANS TO CLOSE THE SAID OPEN ENDS OF THE HOLLOW TAPE-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS; WHEREBY SAID HOLLOW TAPE-BELT SUPPORTING ELEMENTS MAY ACT AS CONTAINERS FOR ARTICLES USEFUL IN CONJUNCTION WITH SAID DEVICE.