TAPE DISPENSING APPLICATOR AND REPLACEABLE TAPE CARTRIDGE

WIPO Patent Application WO1997008087

A3

An applicator for dispensing tape, with the tape having an adhesive on at least one face. The applicator includes a shell with a pivotably attached door. A tape cartridge is received within the door. The cartridge supports a roll of the tape, and a leading edge of the tape extends outwardly from the roll. A partial cylindrical cover member is connected to the first end of the shell for pivotable movement thereabout along a predetermined path to cover the a first passageway. A slider having a first end which is pivotally connected to the cover member and having a button which extends through a first slot in the shell is movable between a first position, in which the cover member covers the first passageway, and a second position, in which the cover member is removed from the first passageway. A cutter actuator is located on the slider and is movable in response to inward pressure on the button when the slider is in the second position. A cutting tool is pivotally connected to the shell. The cutting tool is movable from a first position to a second position, in which the cutting instrument extends through the first passageway, by the application of inward pressure to the button on the slider.

MENDELOVICH ISAAC
BRESSLER PETER W
COLEMAN JOHN D
WILLIAMS JASON L

PCT/US1996/013136

April 17, 1997

August 13, 1996

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TAPELICATOR INC (US)

B65H16/06; B43K8/00; B65H35/00; (IPC1-7): B65H/

US4238271A	1980-12-09
US5076883A	1991-12-31
US5512128A	1996-04-30

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