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US 2007/0176041 A1Published application
Automated toilet paper dispenser
AssigneeGlobal Plastics, Inc.
InventorsJohn Friesen, Brad Friesen, Matthew Friesen
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Abstract
A toilet paper dispenser is provided that is operable in an automatic dispensing mode and a manual dispensing mode. The dispenser comprises a housing for containing a toilet paper roll; a drive roller engagable with the roll; a motor; and a one-way coupling that couples the motor to the drive roller in a first direction to automatically dispense paper from the dispenser and decouples same in an opposite second direction, thereby enabling toilet paper to be manually dispensed in the first direction.
Claims15
A toilet paper dispenser comprising
- (a) a housing for containing a toilet paper roll;
- (b) a drive roller engagable with the roll;
- (c) a motor;
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- (c) a one-way coupling that couples the motor to the drive roller in a first direction to automatically dispense paper from the dispenser and decouples same in an opposite second direction, thereby enabling toilet paper to be manually dispensed in the first direction.
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