Integral Adhesive Tape Dispenser Holder Reducing Component Count
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Solution Overview
Problem
Conventional adhesive tape dispensers are complex and costly due to their numerous components, which is not in line with their intended use as a simple, inexpensive tool for applying adhesive tape.
Innovation Solution
A simplified adhesive tape dispenser design featuring a single integral holder with a built-in roller and pressing part, eliminating the need for additional connection means and reducing the number of components, allowing for direct retention of the roller within the holder.
Engineering Contradictions & Design Principles
Engineering Contradiction Analysis
1Ease of manufacture
If conventional adhesive tape dispensers use multiple separate components (frame, handle, carrier element, roller, cutting beam, pressing plate), then the device can perform complete adhesive tape dispensing and cutting functions, but the device complexity and manufacturing cost increase significantly
Solution Approach 1:
The patent merges the frame, handle, carrier element, roller, cutting beam, and pressing plate into a single integrated body. This unified structure eliminates the need for multiple separate components and their associated connection means, directly reducing device complexity and manufacturing cost while maintaining all essential functions of adhesive tape dispensing and cutting
2Ease of manufacture
If conventional adhesive tape dispensers use multiple separate components connected through connection means, then the device can be assembled, but the assembly process becomes more complex and time-consuming
Solution Approach 1:
By integrating all components into a single body, the patent eliminates the assembly process entirely. The unified structure requires no connection means and can be produced as one piece through manufacturing processes like injection molding, thereby eliminating assembly time and simplifying the manufacturing process
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AI summary
An adhesive tape dispenser (1 ) is composed of a minimal number of components, and comprises a holder (10) for receiving and accommodating an adhesive tape roll (2); a handle (20) extending from the holder (10); and a roller (40) rotatably mounted in the holder (10) for making contact to the outer periphery of an adhesive tape roll (2) received in the holder (10) and for guiding adhesive tape (2a) that is taken from an adhesive tape roll (2) during use of the device (1 ) and applied to a surface, outwardly from the device (1 ). The holder (10) is a single integral entirety and has a pressing part (16) with a free end (16a) for pressing the adhesive tape (2a) against the roller (40). The roller (40) is retained in the holder (10) exclusively on the basis of a direct connection to the holder (10).