JP6874249B2 - Tape dispenser - Google Patents

Description

The present invention relates to a tape dispenser that cuts tape.

Adhesive tapes such as cellophane tapes and film cloth tapes, and tape dispensers in which roll-shaped tapes such as correction tapes are held in a tape holder are known. This tape dispenser is provided with a cutter, and the user cuts the tape to a predetermined length.

The blade of a conventional cutter is a saw blade type and has a sharp tip (see Patent Document 1), and can easily cut the tape, but when the cuffs of clothes come into contact with the tape cutter, it tears. It may be torn or torn, and if the user's fingertips or other body comes into contact with the tape cutter, it may be cut and injured. Therefore, it is also known that the blade of the cutter is not a saw blade type but has a flat tip (see Patent Document 2).

Jikkai Sho 57-141952 Japanese Unexamined Patent Publication No. 2010-030031

However, the cutter described in Patent Document 2 may not be able to cut the tape well depending on the type of tape, and it is necessary to press the tape against the cutter with a strong force to cut the tape.

Therefore, the present invention has been made in view of the above problems, and an object of the present invention is to provide a tape dispenser capable of easily cutting a tape.

(1) One aspect according to the present invention is a tape dispenser including a holder body for holding a roll-shaped tape and a cutter for cutting the pulled-out tape, and the holder body is a tape dispenser. It has a tape holder portion for holding the rolled tape and a cutter holder portion for holding the cutter, and the main surface of the cutter is parallel to the drawn tape and is described as described above. The cutting edge of the cutter is inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the holder body when viewed from the longitudinal direction connecting the tape holder portion and the cutter holder portion.
(2) In the aspect of (1) above, the cutter holder portion may be formed with a tape receiving surface that comes into contact with the drawn tape when the tape is cut.
(3) In the aspect of (1) or (2) above, the tape holder portion may have a holder cover that can be attached and detached along the direction of the central axis of the rolled tape.
(4) In any one of the above (1) to (3), the holder body may have a non-slip sheet on the bottom surface.
(5) In any one of the above (1) to (4), the holder body may have a magnet on the bottom surface.
(6) In any one of the above (1) to (5), when the tape dispenser is arranged with the cutter holder portion facing downward in the vertical direction, the holder body is in the vertical direction. A recess or an opening may be formed on the upper side surface.

According to the present invention, it is possible to provide a tape dispenser capable of easily cutting a tape.

It is (a) side view and (b) front view which shows the tape dispenser which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a top view which shows the tape dispenser which concerns on embodiment of this invention. It is a perspective view which shows the cutter. It is a perspective view which shows an example of the use state of a tape dispenser. It is a rear view which shows the holder main body.

Hereinafter, embodiments of the present invention will be described in detail with reference to the drawings. In the embodiment of the present specification, the same members are designated by the same reference numerals throughout.
FIG. 1 is a side view (a) and a front view (b) showing a tape dispenser 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 2 is a plan view showing a tape dispenser 1 according to an embodiment of the present invention. FIG. 3 is a perspective view showing the cutter 40. FIG. 4 is a perspective view showing an example of a usage state of the tape dispenser 1. FIG. 5 is a rear view showing the holder main body 10.

As shown in FIG. 1, the tape dispenser 1 includes a holder body 10 and a cutter 40, and is shaped like a snail when viewed from the side. The holder body 10 has a tape holder portion 20 and a cutter holder portion 30. The holder body 10 is made of a plastic resin such as ABS.

The tape holder portion 20 holds the tape 50 wound in a roll shape, and the tape 50 can be rotated by the reel 20a integrally formed on the holder body 10 and the reel 21a formed on the holder cover 21. keeping.

Each of the reels 20a and 21a is formed as a hollow cylinder having a substantially semicircular cross section, and the tip of the reel 21a on the holder cover 21 side is fitted and integrated inside the tip of the reel 20a on the holder body 10 side. It is configured to be. In other words, the holder cover 21 is detachably attached to the holder body 10 along the direction of the central axis C of the tape 50 (or reels 20a, 21a) (see FIG. 2).

The tape 50 to be attached to the tape holder portion 20 is wound around the winding core 51 in a roll shape, but may be coreless. The width of the tape 50 is typically 15 mm, 18 mm, 25 mm, etc., and the inner diameter (nominal diameter) of the core 51 (core) of the tape 50 is 25 mm, etc.

The tape 50 is, for example, an adhesive tape in which an adhesive (or an adhesive) is applied to one surface of a cellophane tape, a film cloth tape, a cloth tape, or the like, but is a masking tape, a mending tape, or the like. May be good.

Next, the cutter holder portion 30 holds the cutter 40 and is provided at a position separated from the tape holder portion 20.

First, the cutter 40 will be described. The cutter 40 cuts the drawn tape 50, and has a plurality of unit blades 41 as shown in FIG. The unit blade 41 has an upper end corner portions 42, 44 that lock the lower surface (back surface) of the tape 50 to make a cut, an edge portion 43 that guides the cut line by the upper end corner portion 42 in a direction to be cut, and an edge. A unit thereof is composed of a recessed portion 45 continuous from the end of the portion 43.

Then, the cutter 40 arranges the plurality of unit blades 41 on one end edge side of the thin plate member having the main surface 40a so that the edge portions 43 of the plurality of unit blades 41 are located in a straight line to form the cutting edge 40b. ing. Further, the main surface 40a is bent on the blade edge 40c side at a position parallel to the blade edge 40b, and further, the area from the bent portion to the blade edge 40c is curved so as to be convex toward the blade edge 40b side. The R portion 40d is formed.

The cutter 40 is manufactured using stainless steel or spring steel, which is a thin plate having a thickness of about 0.2 mm to 0.5 mm, but the cutter 40 is not limited to this, and may be made of plastic. The length of the unit blade 41 is about 0.2 mm to 1.0 mm, and the depth of the recessed portion 45 is about 0.03 mm to 0.50 mm, preferably about 0.05 mm to 0.15 mm. Is. Since the details of the manufacturing method and the like are as described in Patent Document 2, the description thereof will be omitted.

Here, returning to FIG. 1, the cutter holder portion 30 will be described. When the cutter holder portion 30 is viewed from the longitudinal direction Y connecting the tape holder portion 20 and the cutter holder portion 30 (hereinafter, “front view””. The cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 is held so as to be inclined with respect to the bottom surface 10a of the holder body 10, and the main surface 40a of the cutter 40 is parallel to the drawn tape 50. It is held (see FIG. 1 (b)). When viewed from the bottom surface 10a side of the holder body 10, the cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 is parallel to the central axis C of the tape 50 wound in a roll shape.

At this time, the inclination angle θ of the cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 with respect to the bottom surface 10a of the holder body 10 is rising to the right by 20 °, but rising to the right or right by about 15 ° to 30 ° depending on the width of the tape 50. It may be lowered.

Further, in the cutter holder portion 30, a tape receiving surface 31 that comes into contact with the drawn tape 50 when the tape 50 is cut is formed on the blade edge 40c side of the cutter 40. The tape receiving surface 31 protrudes about 1 mm to 3 mm from the main surface 40a of the cutter 40 when viewed from the front, and the tape holder portion 20 side is inclined so as to be connected to the main surface 40a and is smoothly curved. It is a surface (see FIG. 1 (a)).

The tip of the holding surface 32 of the cutter holder portion 30 is chamfered so that the cutting edge 40b slightly protrudes along the longitudinal direction Y, and the cutter holder portion 30 has a groove-shaped notch 30a at a position corresponding to the central portion of the cutter 40. Is formed.

Further, in the cutter holder portion 30, guide pieces 33 are formed on both sides of the cutter 40 when viewed from the front, so that the drawn tape 50 can be easily guided to the cutter 40.

In addition, the cutter holder portion 30 has an elongated opening 34 formed between the tape receiving surface 31 and the holding surface 32. By inserting the cutter 40 into the opening 34 from the blade edge 40c side and press-fitting the R portion 40d, the cutter 40 can be held by the cutter holder portion 30. The cutter 40 may be held by the cutter holder portion 30 by using fixing means such as screwing, caulking, and gluing.

Here, the height position of the cutter 40 in the side view of the tape dispenser 1 will be described. Is the cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 higher than the central axis C of the tape 50 and the same as the apex of the maximum winding diameter of the tape 50? It is held in a higher position. By holding the cutter 40 in such a position, the pulled out tape 50 can be brought into contact with the tape receiving surface 31, and the force of pulling the tape 50 toward the bottom surface 10a is utilized for efficiency. The tape 50 can be cut well. Further, by bringing the tape 50 into contact with the inclined tape receiving surface 31, the tape 50 is naturally twisted (twisted) and can be easily cut by the cutter 40.

By the way, when the tape dispenser 1 is placed on a desk or the like, the holder body 10 is prevented from slipping on the bottom surface 10a so as not to be displaced (moved) or toppled by the force when cutting the tape 50. It has a sheet 11. The non-slip sheet 11 is made of a rubber sheet such as chloroprene.

Further, as shown in FIG. 4, the holder body 10 has three holder bodies 10 so that the tape dispenser 1 can be attached to the vertical side surface P (vertical surface) having the metal housing R such as a refrigerator or the back side of the top surface. The magnet 12 is provided on the bottom surface 10a. The magnet 12 is made of a ferrite magnet with a yoke or the like, and the magnetic force of the magnet 12 is preferably about 30 N so as not to fall off due to the force when cutting the tape 50.

Further, the holder body 10 is shown in the figure so that the tape dispenser 1 can be used as a pen stand when the tape dispenser 1 is attached to the vertical side surface P, particularly when the cutter holder portion 30 is attached toward the downward side in the vertical direction. As shown in FIG. 5, a recess 13 or an opening is formed on the back side surface 10b, that is, the upper side surface in the vertical direction (see also FIG. 2). As a result, a pen or the like can be directly inserted into the recess 13 or the opening, or a pen holder or the like can be attached to the recess 13 or the opening.

(Example)
In order to obtain the optimum tilt angle θ of the cutter 40, the cutter holder portion 30 holds the cutter 40 so that the tilt angles θ are 0 °, 10 °, and 20 °, and cuts at each tilt angle θ. A sexual sensory test was performed. As a result of this sensory test, if the inclination angle θ is set to 0 ° or 10 °, the tape 50 may be wrinkled at the time of cutting and may not be cut well, or the tape 50 may need to be actively twisted. There was an opinion, but when the inclination angle θ was set to 20 °, such a problem did not occur.

Further, in order to confirm the effect of the tape receiving surface 31, a cutter holder portion 30 having no tape receiving surface 31 was prepared, and a sensory test of cutability and skidding was also performed. As a result of this sensory test, the tape 50 contacts (sticks) to the tape receiving surface 31 at the time of cutting, so that even if the tape 50 is twisted, the tape 50 does not skid.

As described above, the tape dispenser 1 according to the embodiment of the present invention is a tape dispenser 1 including a holder main body 10 for holding the tape 50 wound in a roll shape and a cutter 40 for cutting the drawn tape 50. The holder body 10 has a tape holder portion 20 for holding the tape 50 wound in a roll shape and a cutter holder portion 30 for holding the cutter 40, and the main surface 40a of the cutter 40 is pulled out. The cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 is parallel to the tape 50 and is inclined with respect to the bottom surface 10a of the holder body 10 when viewed from the longitudinal direction Y connecting the tape holder portion 20 and the cutter holder portion 30. There is.

As a result, the tape 50 can be guided to twist with respect to the cutter 40, so that even a tape 50 having a high base material strength such as a cloth tape can be easily cut. Further, since the cutting edge 40b of the cutter 40 is not oriented toward the face of the user of the tape dispenser 1, there is no fear.

In the embodiment, the cutter holder portion 30 is formed with a tape receiving surface 31 that comes into contact with the drawn tape 50 when the tape 50 is cut. As a result, the tape 50 can be reliably brought into contact with the tape receiving surface 31 even if the tape 50 has a firm base material or the adhesive strength is not so high. The phenomenon that the tape 50 floats from the cutting edge 40b does not occur, and the side slip of the tape 50 does not occur.

In the embodiment, the tape holder portion 20 is attached to a holder body 10 having a holder cover 21 that can be attached and detached along the direction of the central axis C of the tape 50 wound in a roll shape. As a result, the tape 50 can be replaced by attaching and detaching the holder cover 21.

In the embodiment, the holder body 10 has a non-slip sheet 11 on the bottom surface 10a. As a result, even if the tape 50 is cut while the tape dispenser 1 is placed on a table such as a desk, it is possible to suppress the displacement or tipping of the tape dispenser 1 due to the force at the time of cutting.

In the embodiment, the holder body 10 has a magnet 12 on the bottom surface 10a. As a result, the tape dispenser 1 can be not only placed on a horizontal surface on a table such as a desk, but also attached to a vertical side surface P having a metal housing R such as a refrigerator or the back side of a top surface by magnetic force (magnetic force). ..

In the embodiment, when the tape dispenser 1 is arranged with the cutter holder portion 30 facing downward in the vertical direction, the holder main body 10 has a recess 13 or an opening formed in the back side surface 10b on the upper side in the vertical direction. .. As a result, the tape dispenser 1 can have a pen stand function by directly inserting a pen or the like into the recess 13 or the opening, or by attaching a pen holder or the like.

(Modification example)
In the above embodiment, the tape dispenser 1 is attached with only one tape 50 wound in a roll shape, but the width of the cutter 40 or the like is widened, and two or more tapes 50 are attached to the tape holder portion 20. It may be configured to be worn.

In the above embodiment, the holder cover 21 is attached to the holder body 10 from the left side when viewed from the front, but may be configured to be attached from the right side.

In the above embodiment, the tape dispenser 1 directly holds the tape 50 on the fixed reels 20a and 21a, but the tape 50 is attached to a circular or polygonal rotatable reel having a rotation axis, and the tape holder is attached to the tape holder 1. The unit 20 may be configured to hold the reel rotatably.

Although the preferred embodiments of the present invention have been described in detail above, the present invention is not limited to the above-described embodiments, and various modifications and modifications are made within the scope of the gist of the present invention described in the claims. It can be changed.

1 Tape dispenser 10 Holder body, 10a Bottom, 10b Back side (side)
11 Non-slip sheet 12 Magnet 13 Recess 20 Tape holder, 20a Reel 21 Holder cover, 21a Reel 30 Cutter holder,
31 Tape receiving surface 32 Holding surface 33 Guide piece 34 Opening 40 Cutter, 40a Main surface, 40b Cutting edge, 40c Blade edge, 40d R part 50 Tape, 51 Winding core Y Longitudinal direction C Central axis

Claims (6)

The holder body that holds the rolled tape and
A tape dispenser comprising a cutter for cutting the drawn tape.
The holder body has a tape holder portion for holding the roll-shaped tape and a cutter holder portion for holding the cutter.
The cutter holder portion is formed with a tape receiving surface that comes into contact with the pulled out tape when the tape is cut.
The main surface of the cutter is parallel to the tape in a state of being pulled out and inclined with respect to the bottom surface of the holder body when viewed from the longitudinal direction connecting the tape holder portion and the cutter holder portion. With
The cutting edge of said cutter when viewed from the longitudinal direction connecting the said tape holder section and the cutter holder part is inclined relative to said bottom surface,
The tape dispenser is characterized in that the tape receiving surface is inclined in the same direction as the main surface of the cutter when viewed from the longitudinal direction connecting the tape holder portion and the cutter holder portion. The tape dispenser according to claim 1, wherein the tape receiving surface protrudes from the main surface of the cutter when viewed from the longitudinal direction connecting the tape holder portion and the cutter holder portion. The tape dispenser according to claim 1 or 2, wherein the tape holder portion has a holder cover that can be attached and detached along the direction of the central axis of the rolled tape. The tape dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 3, wherein the holder body has a non-slip sheet on the bottom surface. The tape dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 4, wherein the holder body has a magnet on the bottom surface. When the tape dispenser is arranged with the cutter holder portion facing downward in the vertical direction,
The tape dispenser according to any one of claims 1 to 5, wherein the holder body is formed with a recess or an opening on an upper side surface in a vertical direction.

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