Tape dispenser

Claim 1

A HAND APPLICATOR FOR WIDE HEAVY ROLLS OF INDUSTRIAL PRESSURE SENSITIVE TAPE COMPRISING A HOUSING HAVING TWO LATERALLY SPACED SIDE WALLS MERGING INTO AN EXTENDING HANDLE AT ONE END JOINED AT THE TOP BY A CROSSBAR AT THE OTHER AND WITH OPEN END SPACE BETWEEN THE WALLS BELOW SAID CROSSBAR AND WITH OPEN SPACE AT THE TOP BETWEEN THE CROSSBAR AND HANDLE, SAID HOUSING BEING ADAPTED TO BE MANIPULATED BY GRIPPING THE HANDLE WITH ONE HAND AND BY PLACING THE PALM OF THE OTHER HAND ON SAID CROSSBAR, A CORE FOR SUPPLY ROLL OF TAPE JOURNALED BETWEEN THE UPPER PORTION OF SAID SIDE WALLS MIDWAY BETWEEN SAID HANDLE AND CROSSBAR, AN APPLICATOR ROLLER JOUNALED BETWEEN SAID SIDE PLATES AT THE BOTTOM OF SAID OTHER END THEREOF FOR ROLLING TAPE LEAD FROM SAID SUPPLY ROLL ON TO A SURFACE TO BE COVERED WITH WITH TAPE, A MECHANISM IN SAID HOUSING FOR CUTTING THE TAPE LEADING FROM SAID SUPPLY ROLL ON A LINE JUST BACK OF SAID APPLICATOR ROLLER, AND A ROCKER MECHANISM PIVOTED BETWEEN SAID SIDE WALLS AND COUPLED TO SAID CUTTING MECHANISM, SAID ROCKER BEING BIASED INTO AN UNOPERATED POSITION AND BEING ADAPTED TO ELONGATE THE PATH OF THE FREE TAPE FROM THE SUPPLY ROLL TO SAID APPLICATOR ROLLER AND THEREUPON TO OPERATE SAID CUTTING MECHANISM AS THE ROCKER IS SWUNG UPWARDLY TOWARDS SAID CROSSBAR FROM ITS UNOPERATED POSITION, SAID ROCKER MECHANISM INCLUDING MEANS FOR RELEASABLY GRIPPING THE TAPE AT A DISTANCE BACK FROM WHERE IT IS CUT BY SAID CUTTING MECHANISM WHEN SAID CUTTING MECHANISM IS OPERATED WHEREBY TO PRESENT A STARTING LENGTH OF TAPE PAST SAID APPLICATOR ROLLER WHEN THE ROCKER MECHANISM IS RETURNED TO UNOPERATED POSITION, AND SAID ROCKER MECHANISM HAVING A TRIGGER IN SAID OPEN END SPACE AT A DISTANCE BELOW SAID CROSSBAR ENABLING THE USER TO ACTUATE THE ROCKER MECHANISM BY LIFTING MOTION OF THE FINGERS OF SAID OTHER HAND AS THE PALM OF THE HAND IS RESTING ON SAID CROSSBAR.