Patent Application
20220332537
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This invention relates generally to the field of tape roller accessories and more specifically to tape roller accessory that allows a person to use any standard tape in a GaffGun™ type tape roller.
There are occasions where it is necessary to hold down cables onto the floor so that people will not accidentally trip over the cables.
To this end, it is common for people to apply adhesive tape to the cable to adhere it to the ground plane thereby minimizing the possibility of tripping over the cable. In recent times, a special tool has been developed in which a person can insert a roll of tape into a carriage and, using an extension handle, roll the tape out over the cable without bending down.
However, there is a deficiency in this prior technology in that the special tool mentioned above only accepts adhesive tape made by the manufacturer of the tool. It would be advantageous to be able to modify to tool so that it can take other commonly available tapes, and tapes of different widths.
The primary object of the invention is to provide a tape roller accessory that allows a person to install a variety of commonly available adhesive tapes into a GaffGun™ tape roller. Currently only CoreLock™ tapes made by Gafftech can be used with a GaffGun™ tape roller.
Other objects and advantages of the present invention will become apparent from the following descriptions, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, wherein, by way of illustration and example, an embodiment of the present invention is disclosed.
In accordance with a preferred embodiment of the invention, there is disclosed a tape roller accessory comprising: a metal shaft, a first right truncated cone member, a second right truncated cone member, a bearing, a washer, a spacer, a thumbnut member, the metal shaft having a standard right handed thread on one end and a left handed thread on the opposite end, the metal shaft having an enlarged diameter in the space between the right handed thread and the left handed thread, the metal shaft also having a centrally located aperture penetrating perpendicularly , the right handed thread capable of threadebly inserting into the female threaded shaft aperture of a standard GaffGun™ tape roller, the bearing centrally inserted into a recess in the thumbnut member, the washer located between the bearing and the first truncated cone member, the second truncated cone member abutting the right hand thread portion of the metal shaft, the spacer capable of being inserted onto the metal shaft for accommodating three inch wide tape, the spacer capable of being removed from the metal shaft for accommodating two inch wide tape, the truncated cone members each having a central aperture slightly larger than the enlarged diameter of the metal shaft, the first truncated cone slid onto the metal shaft so that the edges of the truncated cone slant inward towards the center of the metal shaft, the second truncated cone slid onto the metal shaft so that the edges of the second truncated cone member are a mirror image of the first truncated cone member, the thumbnut capable of being threaded onto the left handed thread of the metal shaft enabling the first and second truncated cone members to be secured onto the metal shaft, and the first and second truncated cone members capable of acting as a rotatable retainer for a standard two or three inch wide roll of tape.
The drawings constitute a part of this specification and include exemplary embodiments to the instant invention, which may be embodied in various forms. It is to be understood that in some instances various aspects of the instant embodiments may be shown exaggerated or enlarged to facilitate an understanding of the instant embodiment.
“GaffGun™” tape roller.
Detailed descriptions of the preferred embodiment are provided herein. It is to be understood, however, that the present invention may be embodied in various forms. Therefore, specific details disclosed herein are not to be interpreted as limiting, but rather as a basis for the claims and as a representative basis for teaching one skilled in the art to employ the present invention in virtually any appropriately detailed system, structure or manner.
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While the invention has been described in connection with a preferred embodiment, it is not intended to limit the scope of the invention to the particular form set forth, but on the contrary, it is intended to cover such alternatives, modifications, and equivalents as may be included within the spirit and scope of the invention as defined by the appended claims.
In the claims, the word ‘comprising’ does not exclude the presence of other elements or steps then those listed in a claim. Furthermore, the terms “a” or “an,” as used herein, are defined as “one, or more than one.” Also, the use of introductory phrases such as “at least one” and “one or more” in the claims should not be construed to imply that the introduction of another claim element by the indefinite articles “a” or “an” limits any particular claim containing such introduced claim element to inventions containing only one such element, even when the same claim includes the introductory phrases “one or more” or “at least one” and indefinite articles such as “a” or “an.” The same holds true for the use of definite articles. Unless stated otherwise, terms such as “first” and “second” are arbitrarily used to distinguish between the elements such terms describe. Thus, these terms are not necessarily intended to indicate temporal or other prioritization of such elements. The mere fact that certain measures are recited in mutually different claims does not indicate that a combination of these measures cannot be used to advantage.
