PURPOSE: To obtain a fixed length of a tape piece easily and continuously by providing a tape cutter which is adapted to cut out a fixed length of a tape piece only by picking and drawing out the draw-out end of a cellophane tape on the markets with fingers.
CONSTITUTION: When a switching lever is switched to the "fixed size" side, and a switching rod 15 that is a rotary shaft of the lever is rotated to be disengaged from a pivotal plate 9, a stopper 11 is pressed against a stop plate 6 by force of a spring 13 to be engaged with a step portion 7. When in such a condition, the draw-out end 21 of a tape 20 is picked and lifted upward, the forward end portion 12 of the pivotal plate 9 is pulled up by adhesive power of the tape 20, to detach the stopper 11 from the step portion 7. When the tape 20 is drawn forward, a fixed size roller 5 is rotated with the stop plate 6 by adhesive power of the tape 20, and when the stopper 11 is again engaged with the step portion 7, the tape 20 is stoppped to be drawn. In such a condition, the tape end is pressed downward to cut the tape to a fixed length with a cutter 3.