Severing by tearing or breaking – Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge – With housing for work supply
Reexamination Certificate
1997-07-03
2001-09-25
Rachuba, M. (Department: 3724)
Severing by tearing or breaking
Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
With housing for work supply
C225S041000, C225S042000
Reexamination Certificate
active
06293452
ABSTRACT:
BACKGROUND OF THE INVENTION
The present invention concerns a dispensing box for tape, in particular for adhesive tape.
Dispensing boxes for adhesive tapes are known which generally comprise a cover attached removably to the box body. To centre the reel of tape in the box, the body of the box bears on its base a tubular axial projection on which the reel of tape rests. In the same way the cover comprises a tubular axial projection complementary to the projection of the boxed body to penetrate into this and into the reel thus held in order to support the reel in the box and allow its rotation.
In practice, an attachment to the box body is associated with a slot for holding and dispensing the adhesive tape outside the box. Usually a serrated extremity of the attachment supports and cuts the tape.
In our modern society of communications it is increasingly important and necessary to identify, mark or personalise products or articles for general distribution with selected wording or information.
At present this type of dispensing box has little or no flat clear space to hold easily inside the box paper sheets or similar means able to bear inscriptions, in particular due to the tubular projections supporting the reel of tape which occupy the base of the box body and lid.
A known solution is to use display panels outside the box. However such a solution requires an operation of gluing the panels which is costly to implement.
OBJECTS OF THE INVENTION
The present invention provides a solution to this problem by making it possible to hold paper sheets inside the box without gluing, by the introduction and support of these sheets in an appropriate manner.
It concerns an dispensing box for tape, in particular for adhesive tape, the box comprising parallel main first and second faces, means of support of the tape reel inside the box during dispensing, an outlet slot for supplying the tape outside the box and means for cutting the tape.
SUMMARY OF THE INVENTION
According to a general definition of the invention, the support means are arranged such that when the reel is in the box, at least the inner surface of one of the first and second main faces is totally clear to hold a first sheet of paper or similar means able to bear the selected information.
The arrangement of the box with a single sheet of paper placed on the main face corresponds to reel support means of one piece with the other main face.
The phrase totally clear here means the absence of projection on the main faces of the box.
According to an important characteristic of the invention, the means of supporting the reel are also arranged such that when the reel is in the box, the inner surface of the other of the first and second main faces is totally clear to hold a second sheet of paper or similar means able to bear selected information.
According to a first design mode of the invention, the support means comprise a removable platform with at least one approximately flat face parallel to the first and second main faces and of which one of the sides is intended to rest on the transparent inner surface of one of the first and second main faces, and of which the other side comprises a reel core support, the said support having a first extremity of one piece with the platform and a second free extremity to position the reel core.
In practice the box also has four side faces to form a box of approximately parallelepipedic form. In this case the platform advantageously also comprises a second flat face perpendicular to the first flat face, the shape and dimensions of which are selected to form one of the side faces of the box.
According to a second design mode of the invention, the support means comprise a removable platform with approximately flat first and second faces parallel to the first and second main faces and separated from each other by a reel core support, each flat face of the platform being intended to rest on the inner surface of the first and second main faces respectively.
The reel core support may be made of one part or replaced by two protrusions on each face of the platform which act as a core support.
In a third design mode of the invention, the support means comprise a removable platform with an approximately flat face parallel to the first and second main faces, one of the sides of the flat face of the platform comprising a first core support for a first tape reel, the said first core support having a first extremity of one piece with the platform and a second free extremity, and the other side of the flat face of the platform comprising a second core support for a second tape reel, the second core support having a first extremity of one piece with the platform and a second free extremity.
In practice the box comprises means of assembly of the first and second main faces with the possibility of opening and closure.
The box is formed either by arrangement of the box body and an attached lid or by a box open on one its four side faces, the face then forming part of the reel support platform, or with an opening and closing flap articulated about a hinge axis.
Preferably at least one of the first and second main faces and the platform are arranged to delimit the outlet slot.
Advantageously the cutting device is housed in one of the side faces of the box close to the outlet slot.
In the two reel variant, the first and second main faces and the platform are arranged advantageously to delimit two outlet slots, one for the first reel and another for the second reel.
In this case too the box also comprises two cutting elements housed respectively in one of the side faces of the box close to their respective outlet slots.
Other characteristics and advantages of the invention will appear in the light of the detailed description below and the attached drawings.
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Dennison, Scheiner Schultz & Wakeman
Rachuba M.
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