A47K 10/422
With means for urging the whole stack upwards towards the dispensing opening
Official title: {with means for urging the whole stack upwards towards the dispensing opening, e.g. a spring, a counterweight}
A47K10/422 (With means for urging the whole stack upwards towards the dispensing opening) appears on 62 US grants and 76 published applications in this corpus.
Search patents in A47K- Granted patents
- 62
- Published applications
- 76
- Assignees
- 29
- Inventors
- 157
- Latest grant
- 7 Jul 2026
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| 2026 | 2 | 1 |
By publication year. Applications have been published since 2001. 2026 runs to 8 Oct.
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Most cited
By later US patents
- Dispenser for adhesive coated sheet material113US 4,416,392 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1983
- Mechanism for automatically pushing up tissues81US 5,197,631 A1993
- Stack of sheet material77US 4,781,306 AMinnesota Mining and Manufacturing Company · 1988
- Warming device for disposable towel dispenser50US 4,694,973 AWarmwipes, Inc. · 1987
- Single fold toilet tissue dispensing container46US 4,913,312 A1990