Center feed roll dispensing apparatus
AssigneeAmazon Technologies, Inc.
InventorsHarald Giesen, Christina Kraft, Volker Dirk Mowitz, Peter Schmidt, Eduard Zimmermann
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Abstract
A center feed roll dispensing apparatus including: a roll support that extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end; an end wall located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support, the end wall comprising a dispensing aperture; and a roll stop located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support and spaced from the end wall.
Claims20
A center feed roll dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a roll support that extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end;
- a planar end wall located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support and being arranged substantially perpendicular to the roll support,
- the end wall comprising a dispensing aperture,
- the center of the dispensing aperture located at a distance from a bottom of the roll support that is less than half the width of the roll support;
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- a roll stop located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support and spaced from the end wall by a distance of between 60 mm and 100 mm.
A center feed roll dispensing apparatus comprising:
- a roll support that extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end;
- an end wall located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support,
- the end wall comprising a dispensing aperture, wherein a center of the dispensing aperture is located at a distance from a bottom of the roll support that is less than half the width of the roll support;
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- a roll stop located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the roll support, wherein the roll stop is spaced from the end wall in a second direction that is opposite the first direction.
A method of dispensing web material from a center-feed roll of web material having an axial center, the method comprising:
- supporting the center-feed roll in a support structure that extends in a first direction from a first end to a second end and having two roll support surfaces each extending in the first direction and defining a partially V-shaped cross-section relative to one another perpendicular to the first direction;
- locating the center-feed roll against a roll stop located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the support structure;
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- passing material from the center-feed roll through a dispensing aperture formed in a planar end wall that is located in the first direction with respect to the first end of the support structure and is spaced from the roll stop by a distance of between 60 mm and 100 mm;
- wherein the locating step comprises locating the center-feed roll such that the distance of the axial center of the center-feed roll from a bottom of the support structure is greater than a distance of the dispensing aperture from the bottom of the support structure.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.