MASKING TAPE APPLICATOR

摘要

A hand held tape dispenser and applicator 10 having a lightweight material plastics housing (12, 13) with a hollow hub (18) at one end mounting an exposed roll of pressure sensitive adhesive tape (R) and a hand grasped hollow finger (11) extending from the gub (18) to a dispensing outlet where a feed roll (53) receives the adhesive side of the tape and directs the opposite side of the tape to a press roll (62) for applying the tape to a surface. A thumb operatable slidable trigger (60) on the top of the finger selectively rocks a cutter head (60c) over the press roll (62) to sever the dispensed tape. The housing is longitudinally split with the two mating components (12, 13) snap fitted together and easily pulled apart to insert the tape roll (R) and thread the tape over the feed roll. A belt clip (70) receives the hollow hub permitting the applicator to be releasably suspended from the waist belt of a user.