Automatic Napkin Dispenser
AssigneeGPCP IP Holdings LLC
InventorsABBY C. CASE, DAVID JAMES GENNRICH, STEPHEN ANDREW LATHAM, CHRISTOPHER TIMOTHY STRAHM, KENT J. KALLSEN, THEODORE CASPER
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Abstract
The present application provides a tucker fold dispenser for folding and dispensing a sheet of material. The tucker fold dispenser may include an outer shell, a removable roller cassette positioned within the outer shell, a paper path therethrough, a number of loading rollers positioned about the paper path, a number of folding rollers positioned about the paper path, and a tucker bar mechanism positioned about the folding rollers.
Claims10
A method of dispensing a napkin from a roll of sheet material, comprising:
- pulling a tail of the sheet material through a plurality of feed rollers;
- driving the sheet material along a paper path;
- activating a tucker bar mechanism;
- creating a fold in the sheet material by a plurality of folding rollers;
- and
- lofting the napkin into a presentation tray by the plurality of folding rollers.
A dispenser for folding and dispensing a number of napkins, comprising:
- a paper path therethrough;
- a plurality of folding rollers positioned about the paper path;
- and
- a presentation tray positioned about the plurality of folding rollers;
- the presentation tray comprising an angled orientation;
- wherein the plurality of folding rollers folds each napkin and projects each napkin toward the presentation tray where the number of napkins forms a stack therein.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.