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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Oct. 31, 2017
Filed:
Oct. 11, 2012
Applicant:
3m Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Inventors:
Michitomo Kugimiya, Kanagawa, JP;
Philipp H. Refior, Tokyo, JP;
Assignee:
3M Innovative Properties Company, St. Paul, MN (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Assistant Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/06 (2006.01); B65H 35/00 (2006.01);
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
B65H 35/06 (2013.01); B65H 35/0026 (2013.01); Y10T 225/246 (2015.04);
Abstract
The present disclosure provides improved tape dispensers that include a case featuring a pair of opposing main plates each coupled to two circumferential wall plates. The main plates, and corresponding circumferential wall plates, are rotatable relative to one another to expose a support structure for a tape roll. A cutting blade may be provided on one of the circumferential wall plates and may include a substantially arc shaped support surface.