Dispenser For Sheet Material
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Worldwide, Inc.
InventorsPaul Francis Tramontina, Gerald L. Clark
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Abstract
A dispenser adapted to vertically dispense sheet material therefrom is provided. The dispenser includes a housing, configured to support a sheet material product therein, a platform with an opening, and an exit plate. The exit plate is adapted to reposition when the sheet material is dispensed by the user at a deflection angle relative to the vertical dispensing axis of the dispenser.
Claims20
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material in a generally vertical direction, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing comprising a platform, an exit plate, and a vertical dispensing axis,
- where the platform is configured to support sheet material thereon,
- where the platform comprises an opening positioned on a first axis,
- where the exit plate is spaced apart from the platform,
- where the exit plate comprises an exit port positioned on a second axis,
- where the second axis is parallel to the first axis and is spaced apart from the first axis,
- where the sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows between the opening and the exit port on a third axis, and
- where the exit plate is adapted to reposition when sheet material applies force on the exit plate as the sheet material is dispensed at an angle of deflection, relative to the vertical dispensing axis.
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing comprising a platform configured to support sheet material thereon, an orifice plate, an exit plate, an exit port, and a vertical dispensing axis,
- where the orifice plate comprises an opening positioned thereon,
- where the exit plate is spaced apart from the orifice plate,
- where the sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows between the opening and the exit port in a generally Z-shaped path, and
- where the exit plate is adapted to reposition when sheet material applies force on the exit plate as the sheet material is dispensed at an angle of deflection, relative to vertical dispensing axis.
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing comprising a platform, a dispensing port, and a vertical dispensing axis, where the platform is configured to support sheet material thereon;
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- means for controlling the movement of sheet material disposed in the housing through the dispensing port and reconfiguring the dispensing port to accommodate dispensing of sheet material at an angle of deflection relative to the vertical dispensing axis,
- where the controlling means comprises an opening positioned on a first axis and a moveable exit port positioned on a second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.