Dispenser for rolls of absorbent paper
AssigneeEssity Hygiene and Health Aktiebolag
InventorsJason ZERWECK, Christian KASILAG, Bre STACHOWSKI
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Abstract
A dispenser includes a housing, a first support for rotatably supporting a first roll and a second support for rotatably supporting a second roll, the dispenser further including a dispensing opening and a door configured to be movable between a first rest position, in which dispensing of material from the first roll when provided on the first support is hindered by the door, and a second rest position , in which dispensing of material from the second roll when provided on the second support via the dispensing opening is hindered by the door. The dispenser further includes a lever arrangement and a biasing element.
Claims15
A dispenser for rolls of absorbent paper, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing configured to house at least two rolls and defining a length dimension and a width dimension, perpendicular to the length dimension,
- the housing comprising:
- a first support for rotatably supporting a first roll of said at least two rolls,
- and a second support, for rotatably supporting a second roll of said at least two rolls,
- the first and second supports being spaced apart from each other as seen along the length dimension;
- and
- the dispenser further comprising:
- a dispensing opening extending along the length dimension, and
- a door arranged in relation to the dispensing opening, the door being configured to be movable along the length extension between a first rest position, in which dispensing of material from the first roll when provided on the first support is hindered by the door, and a second rest position, in which dispensing of material from the second roll when provided on the second support via the dispensing opening is hindered by the door,
- wherein
- the dispenser further comprises a lever arrangement and a biasing element,
- the lever arrangement comprising a lever being configured to be pivotable about a pivot axis, which pivot axis is fixedly arranged in relation to the housing, at a position between the first and second supports as seen along the length dimension;
- the biasing element being configured to urge the lever towards a home position, and
- the lever being configured to be pivotable against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to a first end position, in which a minimum radius from the first support to the lever is shorter than in the home position, and
- the lever being configured to be pivotable against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to a second end position, in which a minimum radius from the second support to the lever is shorter than in the home position;
- and
- the dispenser further comprising a mechanical connection arrangement between the door and the lever arrangement, the mechanical connection arrangement being configured such that
- when the door is in the first rest position, the lever is in the home position, and
- when the door is in the second rest position, the lever is in the home position, and
- movement of the door from the first rest position to the second rest position along the dispensing opening is linked to pivoting the lever against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to the second end position, and subsequently releasing the lever to reassume the home position;
- and
- movement of the door from the second rest position to the first rest position along the dispensing opening is linked to pivoting the lever against the bias of the biasing element from the home position to the first end position, and subsequently releasing the lever to reassume the home position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.