Systems, methods, and apparatuses for dispensing sheets of material
AssigneeThe Tranzonic Companies
InventorsKenneth F. Vuylsteke, Michael Duane Blanchard, Atilla Rist, Hans Van Reenen
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Abstract
Systems, methods, and apparatuses for dispensing sheets of material are provided. In one embodiment, a sheet material dispensing apparatus is provided, the apparatus comprising: a cover; a rear wall connected to the cover; a mounting plate operatively connected to the cover; a shaft, wherein the shaft is connected to the mounting plate; a supply roller connected to the shaft, wherein the supply roller has a radiused portion and at least one truncated portion; and a retracting roller connected to the shaft, wherein the retracting roller has a radiused portion, and at least one truncated portion.
Claims28
A sheet material dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a cover;
- a rear wall connected to the cover;
- a mounting plate operatively connected to the cover;
- a shaft, wherein the shaft is connected to the mounting plate;
- a supply roller connected to the shaft, wherein the supply roller has a radiused portion and at least one truncated portion;
- a retracting roller connected to the shaft, wherein the retracting roller has a radiused portion, and at least one truncated portion;
- and
- a supporting plate engaged and disengaged by the retracting roller during operation;
- wherein, the radiused portion of the supply roller is directed in a first direction and the radiused portion of the retracting roller is directed in a second direction, the first direction being different from the second direction;
- further wherein, the disengagement of the retracting roller from the supporting plate causes the supply roller to translate toward the rear wall.
A sheet material dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a cover;
- a rear wall connected to the cover;
- a flexible mounting plate operatively connected to the cover;
- a shaft, wherein the shaft is connected to the mounting plate;
- a motor operatively connected to the shaft;
- a supply roller connected to the shaft, wherein the supply roller has a radiused portion and at least one truncated portion;
- and
- a retracting roller connected to the shaft, wherein the retracting roller has a radiused portion, and at least one truncated portion;
- and
- a supporting plate engaged and disengaged by the retracting roller during operation;
- wherein, the disengagement of the retracting roller from the supporting plate causes the supply roller to translate toward the rear wall.
A sheet material dispensing apparatus, comprising:
- a cover;
- a rear wall connected to the cover;
- a mounting plate operatively connected to the cover;
- a shaft, wherein the shaft is connected to the mounting plate;
- a supply roller connected to the shaft, wherein the supply roller has a radiused portion and at least one truncated portion;
- a retracting roller connected to the shaft, wherein the retracting roller has a radiused portion, and at least one truncated portion;
- and
- a supporting plate engaged and disengaged by the retracting roller during operation, wherein the disengagement of the retracting roller from the supporting plate causes the supply roller to translate toward the rear wall.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.