Dispenser for sheet products and operating method

A method of operating a dispenser for sheet products, the dispenser comprising:

• a housing having a space inside for accommodating a stack of sheet products, wherein the products are stacked in a direction from a front towards a back of the stack, and wherein the housing includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet product from a front of the stack;
• an electronic controller;
• and
• a pull-out detector for detecting the removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening,
• wherein the pull-out detector is configured to contact a product from the front of the stack,
• and further wherein:
• if a product is removed from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening as detected by the pull-out detector, the controller receives a pull-out signal indicating a removal of the product, and
• upon receiving said pull-out signal, the controller sends out a drive signal to an actuator, and the actuator activates a transfer device to transfer a number of sheet products from the front of the stack into a presentation position.

A dispenser for sheet products, comprising:

• a housing having a space inside for accommodating a stack of sheet products, wherein the housing includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet product from a front of the stack;
• an electronic controller, the controller being configured to receive a pull-out signal indicating a removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening and, upon receiving said pull-out signal, to send out a drive signal to transfer a number of sheet products from the front of the stack into a presentation position, and
• a pull-out detector for detecting the removal of a product from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening and for providing the pull-out signal to the controller,
• wherein the dispenser further comprises a user interface which is connected to the controller for pre-selecting the number of sheet products to be transferred into the presentation position in response to said pull-out signal.

A method of operating a dispenser for sheet products, the dispenser comprising:

• a housing having a space inside for accommodating a stack of sheet products, wherein the products are stacked in a direction from a front towards a back of the stack, and wherein the housing includes a dispensing opening for dispensing a sheet product from a front of the stack;
• and
• an electronic controller;
• wherein:
• if a product is removed from the front of the stack through the dispensing opening, the controller receives a pull-out signal indicating a removal of the product, and
• upon receiving said pull-out signal, the controller sends out a drive signal to an actuator, and the actuator activates a transfer device to transfer a number of sheet products from the front of the stack into a presentation position,
• and further wherein the method comprises the step of:
• pre-selecting the number of sheet products to be transferred into the presentation position via a user interface which is connected to the controller.