Film dispenser guard and positioning device

Claim 1

A DISPENSER FOR THERMOPLASTIC FILM, COMPRISING A FRAME HAVING SIDE MEMBERS, A PAIR OF PARALLEL SUBSTANTIALLY HORIZONTAL ROLLERS ON SHAFT JOURNALLED ROTATABLY MOUNTED AT THE SAME LEVEL BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS, A ROD EXTENDING BETWEEN THE SIDE MEMBERS AND SUBSTANTIALLY ON A LEVEL WITH AND AT ONE SIDE OF SAID ROLLERS, A FILM LOCATOR MEMBER ROTATABLY MOUNTED ON SAID ROD AND DEPENING DOWNWARDLY, A HIGH RESISTANCE WIRE EXTENDING BETWEEN SAID SIDE MEMBERS AT APPROXIMATELY THE LEVEL OF SAID ROLLERS AND ON THE OTHER SIDE OF SAID LOCATOR MEMBER, A GUARD MOUNTED ABOVE SAID WIRE, SAID GUARD HAVING A BRACKET PORTION AND A SHIELDING PORTION, SAID SHIELDING PORTION SUBSTANTIALLY ENCOMPASSING SAID WIRE WHEN THE GUARD IS IN THE LOWER POSITION, THE EXTERMITY OF SAID BRACKET PORTION REMOTE FROM SAID SHIELDING PORTION ENGAGING THE SHAFT OF THE ADJACENT HORIZONTAL ROLLER AND SAID GUARD IN SAID LOWER POSITION OUT OF CONTACT WITH SAID WIRE, SAID GUARD BEING BIASED INTO SAID LOWERMOST POSITION AND BEING SHIFTABLE INTO SAID UPPER POSITION WITH SAID WIRE EXPOSED, WHEREBY A ROLL OF FILM SUPPORTED ON SAID ROLLERS AND HAVING ITS FREE END HANGING DOWNWARDLY BETWEEN A ROLLER AND SAID LOCATOR MEMBER MAY BE READILY GRASPED, A DESIRED LENGTH PULLED FROM SAID ROLL AND THE FILM RAISED, THEREBY CAUSING THE FILM LOCATOR AND THE GUARD TO LIFT, WHEREBY THE FILM ENGAGES THE HOT WIRE AND IS THEREBY SEVERED.