Tape dispenser and applicator

Claim 1

In a tape dispenser for applying pressure sensitive adhesive tape on a flat surface, the combination comprising: (a) a housing having a tape storage chamber, including a tape roll supporting means for rotatably supporting a roll of paper lined pressure sensitive adhesive tape in said chamber; (b) a roll of pressure sensitive adhesive having a paper liner covering the adhesive tape rotatably mounted on said tape roll supporting means; (c) said housing having an outward extension on one side thereof through which is formed a tape dispensing path, and which extension has on its outer face a tape discharge opening for discharging the tape from the housing and applying it to a flat surface; (d) a pressure means operatively carried on said housing extension in a position over said opening for pressing said tape on a flat surface as it is discharged from the housing extension opening; (e) a V-shaped stripper means mounted in said housing for engagement with the paper liner on the tape for stripping the paper liner from the tape as it is unrolled and discharged from the dispenser housing; (f) discharge passage means between said housing and said outward extension for discharging from the housing the paper liner stripped from the tape; (g) said pressure means comprising an elongated pressure pad mounted radially to the axis of rotation of a roll of tape on said tape roll supporting means, and having a tapered outer end face which bears against the adjacent face of the tape discharged from the housing through the tape discharge opening for exerting pressure on the tape to apply it to a flat surface as the tape dispenser is pulled over said flat surface; and, (h) a guide roller operatively mounted on said outward extension adjacent said pressure pad for guiding the tape under the pressure pad as the tape emerges from the tape discharge opening in the housing.