Monday, November 9, 2009

Tape Dispenser Design Redux

I was feeling a little bad about my tape dispenser design being rather, well, bourgeois--so I decided to take another stab at it. This was also an excuse for me to play around with some of SolidWorks' sheet metal tools. Behold: a tape dispenser for the people!


This is a one-piece sheet metal design. The tape roll can be removed by squeezing together the protruding tabs. It comes in anodized aluminum and galvanized steel--mostly because these materials looked cool for the renderings. The drawing below includes the flat-pattern shape, in case you are wondering what the original cut-out would look like.

If anybody knows of an ongoing tape dispenser design contest, I would love to hear about it!
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  1. jonathanNovember 9, 2009 at 11:44 PM

    I dunno if your stamped piece would work... that's a lot of space wasted...

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  2. wwarnerNovember 10, 2009 at 8:27 AM

    Although I like this tape dispenser, I liked the super baller chrome one better. Maybe I have expensive taste :P

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  3. AnonymousNovember 17, 2009 at 5:16 AM

    I like that the dispenser is stamped and folded from one piece of metal--kind of like orgami. I wonder how it would look in translucent bright colored neon plastic? (Think "hello kitty ") Even the people have to have fun with their materials...

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