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US 11,297,984 B2Granted
Automatic napkin dispenser
AssigneeGPCP IP Holdings LLC
InventorsAbby C. Case, David James Gennrich, Kent J. Kallsen, Stephen Andrew Latham, Christopher Timothy Strahm
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Abstract
The present application provides a napkin dispenser for dispensing a number of folded napkins from a sheet material to an end user. The napkin dispenser may include a loading station for loading the sheet material, a folding station for folding a napkin from the sheet material, and a presentation station for presenting one or more of the folded napkins to the end user.
Claims17
A buckle fold assembly for folding a sheet of material, comprising:
- a first pair of pinch rollers;
- a second pair of pinch rollers downstream and spaced apart of the first pair of pinch rollers;
- and
- a buckle tray;
- the buckle tray comprising a mouth;
- wherein the mouth is adjacent to the second pair of pinch rollers such that a tail of the sheet of material travels a distance between the spaced apart first and second pinch rollers, is then driven into the buckle tray by the first pair of pinch rollers, and then a fold in the sheet of material is forced through the second pair of pinch rollers.
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A buckle fold assembly for folding a sheet of material, comprising:
- a first pair of pinch rollers;
- a second pair of pinch rollers downstream of the first pair of pinch rollers;
- a buckle tray adjacent to the second pair of pinch rollers such that a tail of the sheet of material enters the buckle tray and then a fold in the sheet of material is forced through the second pair of pinch rollers;
- and
- a multi-slot presentation tray downstream of the second pair of pinch rollers;
- wherein the multi-slot presentation tray comprises a maneuverable presentation tray with a vertical drive mechanism.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.