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US 10,806,306 B2Granted
Rolled product dispenser
AssigneeCascades Canada Ulc
InventorMichel Morand
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Abstract
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product, comprising: a housing; and a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing and interacting with the web of rolled product and including a dispensing roller having a rotation center and a peripheral wall with an upper section. The dispensing assembly can comprise an upper tensioning assembly and/or a lower tensioning assembly and/or a variable tension return assembly.
Claims18
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product, the rolled product dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- and
- a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing and interacting with the web of rolled product, the dispensing assembly comprising:
- a dispensing roller having a rotation center and a peripheral wall with an upper section and a lower section;
- an upper tensioning assembly including an upper tensioning member slidably mounted to the housing, the upper tensioning assembly urging the web of rolled product against the upper section of the peripheral wall of the dispensing roller when engaged with the dispensing assembly;
- a lower tensioning assembly including a lower tensioning member mounted to the housing and urging the web of paper against the lower section of the dispensing roller;
- and
- at least one finger stripper connected to the upper tensioning assembly and the lower tensioning assembly and extending rearwardly of the peripheral wall of the dispensing roller, the at least one finger stripper defining a web path with the peripheral wall of the dispensing roller, the web of the rolled product at least partially contouring the upper tensioning member and the lower tensioning member and extending in the web path when engaged with the dispensing assembly.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.