Dispenser for adhesive-coated tape

Claim 1

AN APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING SELECTED LENGTHS OF CONVOLUTED TAPE ONE SIDE OF WHICH IS COATED WITH AN ADHESIVE SUBSTANCE AND FOR FORMING A LOOP ADJACENT TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE, COMPRISING A HOUSING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A SUPPLY OF CONVOLUTED TAPE AND HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE TAPE MAY BE EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSING; A TRANSFER ROLLER ARRANGED TO WITHDRAW TAPE FROM SUCH SUPPLY AND TO ADVANCE THE TAPE TOWARD SAID OPENING; A FEED ROLLER ADJACENT TO SAID OPENING AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE THE TAPE FROM SAID TRANSFER ROLLER, SAID FEED ROLLER INCLUDING AXIALLY SPACED DISKS WHICH DEFINE BETWEEN THEMSELVES ANNULAR GROOVES; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROLLERS IN A DIRECTION TO EXPEL THE TAPE FROM SAID HOUSING; AND SHUTTER MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING AND ARRANGED TO MOVE BETWEEN A FIRST AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT RESPECTIVELY EXPOSES AND CLOSES SAID OPENING, SAID SHUTTER MEANS HAVINGA SET OF TEETH EXTENDING INTO THE GROOVES OF SAID FEED ROLLER IN THE SECOND POSITION OF SAID SHUTTER MEANS SO THAT, WHEN SAID ROLLER ROTATES AND THE SHUTTER MEANS ASSUMES SAID SECOND POSITION, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE ABUTS AGAINST THE SHUTTER MEANS AND A SECTION ADJACENT TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE BULGES TO FORM A LOOP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ADHESIVE-COATED SIDE CONSTITUTES THE INNER SIDE OF THE LOOP, SUCH LOOPED SECTION OF THE TAPE BEING FREE TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING WHEN THE SHUTTER MEANS THEREUPON ASSUMES SAID FIRST POSITION.

Claim 2

AN APPARATUS FOR DISPENSING SELECTED LENGTHS OF CONVOLUTED TAPE ONE SIDE OF WHICH IS COATED WITH AN ADHESIVE SUBSTANCE AND FOR FORMING A LOOP ADJACENT TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE, COMPRISING A HOUSING ARRANGED TO RECEIVE A SUPPLY OF CONVOLUTED TAPE AND HAVING AN OPENING THROUGH WHICH THE TAPE MAY BE EXPELLED FROM THE HOUSING; A TRANSFER ROLLER ARRANGED TO WITHDRAW TAPE FROM SUCH SUPPLY AND TO ADVANCE THE TAPE TOWARD SAID OPENING; A FEED ROLLER ADJACENT TO SAID OPENING AND ARRANGED TO RECEIVE THE TAPE FROM SAID TRANSFER ROLLER, SAID FEED ROLLER INCLUDING AXIALLY SPACED DISKS WHICH DEFINE BETWEEN THEMSELVES ANNULAR GROOVES; MEANS FOR ROTATING SAID ROLLERS IN A DIRECTION TO EXPEL THE TAPE FROM SAID HOUSING; AND SHUTTER MEANS SUPPORTED BY SAID HOUSING AND ARRANGED TO MOVE BETWEEN A FIRST AND A SECOND POSITION IN WHICH IT RESPECTIVELY EXPOSES AND CLOSES SAID OPENING, SAID SHUTTER MEANS HAVINGA SET OF TEETH EXTENDING INTO THE GROOVES OF SAID FEED ROLLER IN THE SECOND POSITION OF SAID SHUTTER MEANS SO THAT, WHEN SAID ROLLER ROTATES AND THE SHUTTER MEANS ASSUMES SAID SECOND POSITION, THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE ABUTS AGAINST THE SHUTTER MEANS AND A SECTION ADJACENT TO THE LEADING EDGE OF THE TAPE BULGES TO FORM A LOOP IN SUCH A WAY THAT THE ADHESIVE-COATED SIDE CONSTITUTES THE INNER SIDE OF THE LOOP, SUCH LOOPED SECTION OF THE TAPE BEING FREE TO PASS THROUGH SAID OPENING WHEN THE SHUTTER MEANS THEREUPON ASSUMES SAID FIRST POSITION.