US 12,454,433 B2
Tape dispenser
Daniel Woolman, London (GB); Stuart Woolman, Charlotte, NC (US); and Heidi Carrion, Avon, OH (US)
Assigned to SHURTECH BRANDS, LLC, Avon, OH (US)
Appl. No. 17/787,867
Filed by SHURTECH BRANDS, LLC, Avon, OH (US)
PCT Filed Dec. 22, 2020, PCT No. PCT/US2020/066567
§ 371(c)(1), (2) Date Jun. 21, 2022,
PCT Pub. No. WO2021/133780, PCT Pub. Date Jul. 1, 2021.
Claims priority of provisional application 62/952,674, filed on Dec. 23, 2019.
Prior Publication US 2023/0032801 A1, Feb. 2, 2023
Int. Cl. B65H 35/00 (2006.01); B25F 1/04 (2006.01); B65H 23/08 (2006.01)
CPC B65H 35/0033 (2013.01) [B25F 1/04 (2013.01); B65H 23/085 (2013.01); B65H 2301/41369 (2013.01); B65H 2301/5154 (2013.01); B65H 2701/377 (2013.01)] 18 Claims
OG exemplary drawing
 
1. A tape dispenser comprising a handle, a base plate disposed at an end of said handle, a rotatable tape mount engaged on said base plate, a nose member disposed on said base plate, a cylinder rotatably engaged on said nose member near a cutter which is fixed on said nose member and a guide element slidingly engaged on said base plate, said guide element being adjustable between a loading position which is slid toward the base plate to provide a space between a tape engaging end of the guide element and the nose member, said space allowing an end of a tape mounted on the cylinder to hang freely between the guide element and the nose member, and a loaded position where the end of the guide element is located adjacent the nose member with the tape resting upon the guide element.