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US 2025/0151960 A1Published application
Dispenser Assembly For Selectively Dispensing Sheet Material
AssigneeValve Solutions, Inc.
InventorCharles Agnew Osborne, JR.
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Abstract
A dispenser assembly facilitating selective manual dispensing of sheet material from a plurality of supplies of sheet material can be provided. The dispenser assembly can be configured with a side-by-side arrangement of supplies of sheet material and can include a manual drive system to facilitate dispensing of the sheet material from the dispenser. The dispensing system can include a plurality of driven rollers each configured to move sheet material from a respective supply of sheet material, and a manual drive mechanism selectively driving driven rollers of the plurality of driven rollers.
Claims35
A sheet material dispenser, comprising:
- a dispenser housing;
- a first support assembly and a second support assembly, each support assembly rotatably supporting a respective supply of rolled sheet material within the dispenser housing;
- a first roller assembly and a second roller assembly mounted within an enclosure of the dispenser housing, wherein the first roller assembly has a driven roller configured to drive sheet material from the supply of rolled sheet material supported by the first support assembly and the second roller assembly has a driven roller configured to drive sheet material from the supply of rolled sheet material supported by the second support assembly;
- a first drive mechanism operably coupled to the first roller assembly to selectively drive rotation of the select driven roller, wherein the first drive mechanism comprises a first push button assembly that is in geared cooperation with the select driven roller of the first roller assembly;
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- a second drive mechanism operably coupled to the second roller assembly to selectively drive rotation of the select driven roller, wherein the second drive mechanism comprises a second push button assembly that is in geared cooperation with the select driven roller of the second roller assembly,
- wherein a respective driven roller from an actuated drive mechanism is configured to rotate a selected number of rotations to dispense a select amount of sheet material upon actuation of the actuated drive mechanism.
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A sheet material dispenser, comprising:
- a dispenser housing having a back portion and a front cover that is selectively rotatable relative to the back portion;
- a first drive mechanism operably coupled to a first roller assembly to selectively drive rotation of a select driven roller, wherein the first drive mechanism comprises a first push button assembly that is in geared cooperation with the select driven roller of the first roller assembly;
- a second drive mechanism operably coupled to a second roller assembly to selectively drive rotation of a select driven roller, wherein the second drive mechanism comprises a second push button assembly that is in geared cooperation with the select driven roller of the second roller assembly,
- a first support assembly and a second support assembly, each support assembly rotatably supporting a respective supply of rolled sheet material within the dispenser housing, wherein each support assembly comprises a pair of opposing support members that are spaced apart such that a roll of sheet material can be mounted therebetween on a paper mandrel, wherein the pair of opposing support members are configured to move from a first position, in which the roll of sheet material mounted on the paper mandrel is at full size to an in-use position in which the paper material is fed consistently to the select driven roller as the diameter of the in-use roll of sheet material is reduced;
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- a selection mechanism slidably mounted between the first push button assembly and the second push button assembly, the selection mechanism configured to allow for operator selection of the desired supply of rolled sheet material within the dispenser housing.
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Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.