Roll dispenser
View Patent ↗An adhesive tape or label roll dispenser is disclosed. The dispenser is preferable manufactured from a single piece and includes a front panel with connected adjacent side panels. Each side panel includes a protruding pin. The user centers the adhesive tape or label roll on one protruding pin and bends the front panel and the other side panel around the label, centering the other protruding pin through the roll. The distal end of each pin includes an engaging clip enabling the distal ends of each pin to fixedly engage and secure the roll within the dispenser. The dispenser also includes a hook on each side panel at the edge opposite the front panel, enabling the user to suspend the dispenser from a utility shelf or wall bracket.
1. A single piece roll dispenser for dispensing a roll of labels having a tape portion and a label portion comprising:
a single piece comprising:
a first panel;
a front panel having first and second substantially parallel edges and attached along said first edge to said first panel;
a second panel attached to said front panel along said second edge of said front panel, said first panel having a protruding pin generally proximate the center of said front panel, said second panel having a protruding pin generally proximate the center of said second panel, wherein the distal end of said protruding pin of said first panel and the distal end of said protruding pin of said second panel fixedly engage providing support for the roll,
said first panel having a hook along one edge of said first panel generally distal the edge of said first panel attached to said front panel, and an open region below said hook of said first panel, said second panel having a hook along one edge of said second panel generally distal the edge of said second panel attached to said front panel, and an open region below said hook of said second panel, wherein each of said regions are adapted to engage a support offering lateral resistance to the dispenser prohibiting rotation of the dispenser about said hooks;
an aperture defined by said front panel; and
an angled dispensing bar centrally supported within said aperture, said dispensing bar allowing the label to be separated from the tape at the edge of said dispensing bar.
2. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the single piece dispenser is injection molded.
3. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the first and second substantially parallel edges of said front panel are scored edges.
4. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the protruding pin of said first panel, and the protruding pin of said second panel are generally conical in shape.
5. The dispenser of claim 1 , wherein the dispensing bar divides said aperture into a first and second region and the tape portion of the roll of labels is threaded through said first and second regions, allowing the label to be separated from the tape at the edge of said dispensing bar.