Dispenser for liner-wound adhesive tape

Claim 1

IN A DISPENSER FOR DISPENSING TAPE FROM A ROLL OF DOUBLE-COATED LINER-WOUND PRESSURE-SENSITIVE ADHESIVE TAPE, A FRAME, A SPINDLE MOUNTED THEREON FOR REVOLUBLY SUPPORTING A SUPPLY ROLL AT THE REAR OF SAID FRAME, A LINER TAKE-UP DRUM REVOLUBLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME FORWARDLY OF SAID SPINDLE, A DRIVE ROLLER REVOLUBLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME ABOVE SAID TAKE-UP DRUM, A GUIDE ROLLER REVOLUBLY MOUNTED ON THE FRAME REARWARDLY OF THE DRIVE ROLLER, A CUTTER BLADE MOUNTED ON THE FRAME FORWARDLY OF SAID DRIVE ROLLER, SAID SPINDLE, TAKE-UP DRUM, DRIVE ROLLER, GUIDE ROLLER AND CUTTER BLADE BEING COEXTENSIVE WITH EACH OTHER, THE TOP OF THE GUIDE ROLLER AND THE CUTTER BLADE BEING HIGHER THAN THE BOTTOM OF THE DRIVE ROLLER, THE GUIDE ROLLER BEING ADAPTED TO SUPPORT A RUN OF TAPE DRAWN THEREOVER WITH THE LINER LOWERMOST FROM THE SUPPLY ROLL ON THE SPINDLE, THE DRIVE ROLLER BEING ADAPTED TO BE UNDERRUN AND FRICTIONALLY TURNED BY THE TAPE LED THERETO FROM THE TOP OF THE GUIDE ROLLER AND LED THEREFROM TO THE CUTTER BLADE FOR SEVERANCE OF THE TAPE BY SAID BLADE, DRIVE MEANS CONNECTING THE DRIVE ROLLER WITH THE LINER TAKE-UP DRUM, SAID DRIVE MEANS IMPARTING PERIPHERAL TRAVEL TO SAID TAKEUP DRUM IN EXCESS OF THAT OF THE DRIVE ROLLER, SAID TAKE-UP DRUM BEING ADAPTED TO WRAP THEREON THE LINER OF THE ADVANCING TAPE, STRIPPING THE LINER FROM THE TAPE BY LEADING THE LINER ANGULARLY DOWNWARDLY AND REARWARDLY FROM THE TAPE AT A POINT ADJACENT THE DRIVE ROLLER BETWEEN IT AND THE IDLER ROLLER, THUS PULLING THE LINER IN A DIRECTION TENDING TO DRAW THE TAPE AWAY FROM THE DRIVE ROLLER AND REDUCE ITS AREA OF FRICTIONAL CONTACT THEREWITH, THEREBY TO FACILITATE COMPENSATING SLIPPAGE BETWEEN TAPE AND DRIVE ROLLER.