Rolled product dispenser with multiple cutting blades and cutter assembly for a rolled product dispenser
AssigneeCascades Canada Ulc
InventorMichel MORAND
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Abstract
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product. The rolled product dispenser comprises a housing, a dispensing assembly operationally connected to the housing and interacting with the web of the rolled product and a cutting assembly cooperating with the dispensing assembly to sever the web of rolled product. The cutting assembly comprises at least two cutting blades, each one of the cutting blades having a first end and a second end. The first end is pivotally mounted and the second end is operationally connected to a guiding assembly for guiding the blade between a cutting position and a non-cutting position.
Claims25
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product having
- a web width, the rolled product dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a dispensing assembly at least partially housed in the housing, interacting with the web of rolled product, and comprising a rotating drum having a drum width;
- a cutting assembly cooperating with the dispensing assembly to sever the web of rolled product along the web width, the cutting assembly comprising at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades and a guiding assembly, each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades being at least partially contained in the rotating drum and having a pivotal end and a distal end with a cutting edge defined between the pivotal and distal ends, the pivotal end being pivotally mounted to the rotating drum to pivot about a pivoting axis and the distal end being operationally engaged with the guiding assembly for guiding the respective one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades between a cutting position and a non-cutting position, the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades overlapping each other longitudinally along at least a section thereof,
- wherein the cutting edges are configured to cooperate to perforate the web along the web width.
A rolled product dispenser for dispensing a web of rolled product having
- a web width, the rolled product dispenser comprising:
- a housing;
- a rotating drum at least partially housed in the housing and having a drum width;
- and
- at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades at least partially contained in the rotating drum, each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades being pivotally mounted inside the rotating drum to be configurable between a non-cutting configuration and a cutting configuration, each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades having a pivotal end mounted to the rotating drum, a distal end movable along a path inside the housing for configuring the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades repeatedly in the non-cutting configuration and the cutting configuration, and a cutting edge defined between the pivotal and distal ends, wherein the pivotal end of a first one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades is opposed longitudinally to the pivotal end of a second one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades,
- wherein the cutting edges are configured to cooperate to perforate the web along the web width.
A cutting assembly for a rolled product web having a web width, the cutting assembly comprising a rotating drum having a drum width and at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades at least partially contained in the rotating drum, each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades having a pivotal end and a distal end with a cutting edge defined between the pivotal and distal ends and being pivotally mountable and configurable between a non-cutting configuration and a cutting configuration, the pivotal end of each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades being pivotally mounted to the rotating drum, the distal end of each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades being movable along a closed loop path for displacing the respective one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades between the non-cutting configuration and the cutting configuration, wherein the pivotal end of a first one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades is opposed longitudinally to the pivotal end of a second one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades, and
- wherein the cutting edges are configured to cooperate to completely perforate the web along the web width and along a same perforation-line.
A cutting assembly for a rolled product having a web width, the cutting assembly comprising:
- a rotating drum having a drum width;
- at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades at least partially contained in the rotating drum, each one of the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades having a pivotal end and a distal end, opposed to the pivotal end, with a cutting edge defined between the pivotal and distal ends;
- and
- a guiding assembly,
- wherein the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades overlap each other longitudinally along at least a section thereof, the pivotal being pivotally mounted to the rotating drum, and the distal end being operationally engaged with the guiding assembly for configuring the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades between a non-cutting configuration in which the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades are spaced-apart from the rolled product and a cutting configuration in which the at least two longitudinally extending cutting blades are engaged with the rolled product and configured to cooperate to perforate the web along the web width and along a same perforation-line.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.