Dispenser and stack of sheet products
AssigneeSCA Hygiene Products AB
InventorBjörn Larsson
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Abstract
A dispenser and a stack combination. The stack is a stack of interfolded webs wherein the lines of weakness of one web are offset from the lines of weakness of another web in a longitudinal direction, and the stack including at least two webs, the webs including: a first web (1) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (12); and a second web (2) divided into individual hygiene products by means of lines of weakness (22); the first web and the second web being interfolded with one another so as to form a nested configuration, wherein the first web and the second web are joined, at a joint, to one another at a leading portion (4) and/or at a trailing portion (4″) of the web.
Claims20
A dispenser, comprising:
- at least one stack of interfolded webs, wherein the stack comprises at least two webs, including:
- a first elongate web divided into sheet products defined between longitudinally separated lines of weakness extending across the first web;
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- a second elongate web divided into sheet products defined between longitudinally separated lines of weakness extending across the second web;
- wherein the webs are interfolded to form the stack so that the lines of weakness of the first web are offset from the lines of weakness of the second web in a longitudinal direction of the first web;
- a housing defining a product reservoir, wherein the at least one stack of interfolded webs is contained in the product reservoir;
- a dispensing opening;
- wherein a leading portion of the webs of the stack is supported in a dispensing path from the product reservoir to the dispensing opening;
- wherein the weight of the stack is downwardly oriented to bare against a bottom of the stack and the leading portion of the first and second webs extends from a top of the stack,
- wherein the webs extend upwardly from the top of the stack, are supported at an apex portion of the dispensing path and then extend downwardly to the dispensing opening, with respect to a dispensing direction along the dispensing path.
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