# US 10,863,873 B2 · Refill device for a dispensing system

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- Number: US 10,863,873 B2
- Document ID: US10863873B2
- Status: Granted
- Kind: B2
- Application number: 16/684,026
- Filed: 2019-11-14
- Published: 2020-04-02
- Granted: 2020-12-15
- Earliest claimed: 2012-02-21
- Applicants: Hans Georg Hagleitner
- Inventors: Hans Georg Hagleitner
- Web page: https://patentgrep.com/patent/US10863873B2

## CPC

- A47K 10/38: the web being rolled-up
- A47K 10/3845: {with devices preventing the use of non-authorised paper rolls}
- A47K 2010/3206: {Coreless paper rolls}
- A47K 2010/3233: {Details of the housing, e.g. hinges, connection to the wall}
- A47K: SANITARY EQUIPMENT; ACCESSORIES THEREFOR, e.g. TOILET ACCESSORIES

## Abstract

A dispensing system has a dispenser for sections of a material web wound onto a roll. A support bar is provided, on each end, a bearing journal protruding out from the roll. At least one of the two bearing journals has a mating surface which is not designed as a rotational surface. The dispenser has a guide for each bearing journal that extends to a dispensing position. A counter surface for the mating surface is provided at the beginning of the guide for each bearing journal that has the mating surface. The insertion of the roller into the dispenser is only possible if the mating surface coincides with the counter surface, which extends to in the dispensing position. The roller is rotatably arranged about the central area of the supporting rod, which does not rotate in the dispensing position.

## Claims

### Claim 1

A refill device for a dispensing system comprising:
a material web wound to form a roll;
a support bar having a central region and two bearing journals each forming an end part of said support bar respectively projecting on both sides from said roll, said central region having a substantially cylindrical outer contour;
at least one of said two bearing journals having a mating surface, said mating surface being configured to not be a rotation surface; and
said roll of said material web being rotatably disposed on said central region of said support bar,
wherein a winding of said material web encloses said central region of said support bar to cause a breakaway torque of at most 0.2 Nm to be introduced for drawing off the material web, and
wherein a follow-on torque for unwinding the material web effective after overcoming the breakaway torque lies between 0.0025 Nm and 0.1 Nm.

### Claim 2 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein said roll of said material web is a coreless roll.

### Claim 3 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein the breakaway torque required for drawing off the material web is at most 0.1 Nm.

### Claim 4 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein the follow-on torque for unwinding the material web effective after overcoming the breakaway torque is substantially 0.05 Nm.

### Claim 5 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein said mating surface is formed in an end-side groove of said bearing journal.

### Claim 6 (depends on 5)

The refill device according to claim 5, wherein said groove is configured in a dove-tail shape.

### Claim 7 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein a first one of said two bearing journals is provided with said mating surface, and wherein a diameter of a second one of said bearing journals is smaller than a diameter of said central region of said support bar.

### Claim 8 (depends on 7)

The refill device according to claim 7, which comprises a conical transition region formed between said central region of said support bar and said second bearing journal.

### Claim 9 (depends on 1)

The refill device according to claim 1, wherein said bearing journal provided with said mating surface and said central region of said support bar have the same diameter.