Severing by tearing or breaking – Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge – Blade mounted on hand-held wound package
Patent
1987-01-21
1987-12-08
Yost, Frank T.
Severing by tearing or breaking
Severing by manually forcing against fixed edge
Blade mounted on hand-held wound package
225 82, 225 91, B65D 85672
Patent
active
047113847
ABSTRACT:
An ergonomically shaped tape dispensing and cutting device adapted to snap over a roll of masking tape or the like and be retained on the roll, affording a convenient tearing edge for severing the tape. The device is preferably a one-piece molded plastic article comprising a top wall which rides over the outer periphery of the tape roll and two flexible side walls which depend from the top section and flank opposite sides of the roll of tape when the invention is positioned on a roll of tape. A cutting blade may be fixed to or integrally formed with the dispenser. Inwardly projecting shoulders are fixed to the front bottom surface of the side walls in opposing spaced relation and serve to spread the side walls apart as the tape dispenser and cutter is pressed down over a roll of tape. As the shoulders clear the inner core of the tape roll, the shoulders are snapped back beneath the core of the roll and serve to retain the invention on the roll of tape. The top wall includes a thumb-receiving control recess to enhance control and stability. The side walls taper downwardly along an arc of a circle so that the device fits comfortably and securely in the apex of thumb and forefinger.
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