Tape dispenser

Claim 1

A TAPE DISPENSER COMPRISING A FRAME, A FIRST FEED ROLL MOUNTED THEREON FOR ROTATABLE MOVEMENT, AN ELECTRIC MOTOR FOR DRIVING SAID FIRST FEED ROLL, A SECOND FEED ROLL ROTATABLY AND SWINGABLY MOUNTED ON SAID FRAME FOR MOVEMENT TOWARD AND FROM A FEEDING POSITION IN WHICH SAID FIRST AND SECOND FEED ROLLS COOPERATE TO FEED A TAPE STRIP, FIRST ELECTRICAL MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND FEED ROLL TO THE FEEDING POSITION AND TO INITIATE A TAPE-FEEDING OPERATION UPON ENERGIZATION THEREOF, A MEASURING ELEMENT INDEPENDENT OF SAID FEED ROLLS AND ADAPTED TO ENGAGE THE MOVING TAPE AND BE MOVED THEREBY, A CONTROLLING MECHANISM DRIVABLE BY SAID MEASURING ELEMENT, MEANS RESPONSIVE TO A PREDETERMINED MOVEMENT OF SAID CONTROLLING MECHANISM TO DE-ENERGIZE SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL MEANS, A SEVERING BLADE SWINGABLY MOUNTED TO SAID FRAME AND COOPERATIVELY CONNECTED TO SAID SECOND FEED ROLL, SECOND ELECTRICAL MEANS FOR EFFECTING RELATIVE MOVEMENT OF SAID SECOND FEED ROLL TO A NON-FEEDING POSITION AND CONCURRENTLY EFFECT MOVEMENT OF SAID SEVERING BLADE TO A TAPE-SEVERING POSITION, AND MEANS FOR ENERGIZING SAID SECOND ELECTRICAL MEANS IN RESPONSE TO THE DEENERGIZATION OF SAID FIRST ELECTRICAL MEANS.