Splicing tape assembly and dispenser therefor

Claim 2

A dispenser for a splicing tape carrier assembly, said assembly including a continuous base member, a plurality of splicing tape strips extending from one edge of said base member, and a plurality of tabs, each of said tabs extending from one of said strips, said dispenser including a plate, a core extending from said plate for supporting a roll containing a continuous length of said assembly, a clamp assembly supported adjacent to said plate, and guide means carried by said plate for guiding said length of carrier assembly from said core to said clamp assembly, said guide means extending outwardly of said plate such that the edge of said base member opposite said one edge will engage said plate and said one edge extends outwardly of said plate, said clamp assembly having a throat located to receive said base member and including a clamp plate, a clamp jaw selectively movable towards and away from said clamp plate for selectively engaging said base member.

Claim 3

A dispenser as claimed in claim 1, said clamp plate and said clamp jaw being connected together by a flexible bend, said bend serving to limit the width of said throat of said clamp assembly to restrict the positioning of said base member.

Claim 4

A dispenser as claimed in claim 2, and further including a pressure member carried by said clamp jaw for engaging material in said throat of said clamp assembly, said clamp jaw being so dimensioned that said pressure member will engage said base member in said clamp member below said strips.

Claim 5

A dispenser as claimed in claim 3, said clamp plate being so dimensioned as to receive said base member thereagainst substantially without engaging said tabs.

Claim 6

A dispenser as claimed in claim 4, said clamp assembly including a release plate fixed to said clamp jaw, said release plate extending away from said throat and being so arranged that pressure on said release plate will cause movement of said clamp jaw away from said clamp plate.

Claim 7

A splicing tape carrier assembly comprising a plurality of splicing tape strips having an adhesive side, said strips being disposed contiguously to one another in edge-to-edge relationship, a continuous base member having a release side so constructed and arranged that adhesive will stick temporarily to said release side and will release when pulled away, a first end of each of said strips being on said base member with said adhesive side of said strips engaging said release side of said base member, and a plurality of elongate tabs having one end in abutting relationship with said base member, a second end of each of said strips being releasably adhered to said one end of said one of said tabs, said strip acting to hold one of said tabs in said abutting relationship with said base member, each of said tabs being individually aligned with a corresponding one of said tape strips and being separate from said corresponding tape strip, each of said tabs being contiguous to one another, and each of said tabs having another end which is spaced apart from said corresponding separate tape strip, so that a tape strip can be removed from said base member by pulling the other end of the tab that is held to such tape strip.

Claim 8

A splicing tape carrier assembly comprising a plurality of splicing tape strips having an adhesive side, said strips being disposed contiguously to one another in edge-to-edge relationship, a continuous base member having a release side so constructed and arranged that adhesive will stick temporarily to said release side and will release when pulled away, a first end of each of said strips being on said base member with said adhesive side of said strips engaging said release side of said base member, and a plurality of elongate tabs having one end in abutting relationship with said base member, a second end of each of said strips being releasably adhered to said one end of said one of said tabs, said strip acting to hold one of said tabs in said abutting relationship with said base member, each of said tabs being individually aligned with a corresponding one of said tape strips and being separate from said corresponding tape strip, each of said tabs being contiguous to one another, and each of said tabs having another end which is spaced apart from said corresponding separate tape strip, so that a tape strip can be removed from said base member by pulling the other end of the tab that is held to such tape strip.

Claim 9

A splicing tape carrier assembly as claimed in claim 6, each of said tabs having a release side, said adhesive side of said strips engaging said release side of said tabs.

Claim 10

A splicing tape carrier assembly as claimed in claim 7, each of said strips having more than half its length on said base member and less than half its length on one of said tabs.

Claim 11

A splicing tape carrier assembly as claimed in claim 7, in which said base member and each of said elongate tabs form severed portions of a unitary web of base member material.