Dispenser for web paper product
AssigneeFort James Corporation
InventorsBruce T. Boone, John J. Diggins
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Abstract
A powered dispenser for dispensing a perforated web of sheet material includes an internal well which holds a dispensed segment of the paper web for separation by a user. The well may include a concave portion attached to an elongated upwardly inclined portion that extends to a discharge opening. A separating member in the well is provided so that the dispensed segment can be pulled against it to separate the segment at the tear lines with a substantially reduced pull force. The separating member may have a symmetrical configuration and an asymmetrical configuration. The separating member is pivotally configured so as to rotate towards or away the discharge opening for actuating the feed mechanism when a force is applied to a portion of a dispensed segment.
Claims29
A dispenser for a continuous web of sheet material having spaced tear lines defining individual removable segments of the sheet material in which a leading removable segment has a free edge and an opposing tear line, comprising:
- a housing having a discharge opening;
- a support within the housing for supporting the web;
- a powered feed mechanism configured to advance a leading removable segment of the sheet material towards the discharge opening;
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- a gravity well configured to hold the leading removable segment therein under a slidable condition away from the discharging opening, and the gravity well sized for retaining the leading removable segment therein in which the free edge of the leading removable segment is accessible from the discharge opening for application of a pull force thereon.
A dispensing apparatus for an absorbent paper product of sheet material having spaced tear lines defining individual removable segments of the sheet material in which a leading segment has a free edge and an opposing tear line, comprising:
- a housing having a discharge opening;
- a support for supporting the sheet material;
- a feeding system for advancing a leading segment of the sheet material towards the discharge opening and generally aligning the opposing tear line of the leading segment;
- a separating component configured to be generally aligned with the opposing tear line of the leading segment for separating the leading segment from the web of sheet material when a force is applied to the free edge of the leading segment;
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- a holding portion for retaining the leading segment of the sheet material therein such that the leading segment is prevented from buckling therein in which the free edge of the leading segment is accessible from the discharge opening for application of the force thereon.
A dispensing apparatus for a continuous web of sheet material having spaced tear lines defining individual removable segments of the sheet material in which a leading removable segment has a free edge and an opposing tear line, comprising:
- a housing having a discharge opening;
- a support within the housing for supporting the web;
- a powered feed mechanism configured to advance a leading removable segment of the sheet material towards the discharge opening;
- a severance element having an peripheral portion adapted to separate the leading removable segment from the web and the severance element having a control component configured to pivot so as to actuate the feed mechanism responsive to a force applied to the free edge of the leading removable segment;
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- a dispensing cavity sized for retaining the leading removable segment therein in which the free edge of the leading removable segment is accessible from the discharge opening for application of the force thereon.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.