Electric toilet tissue dispenser
OwnerBarry N. Stoneinventor
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Abstract
A toilet tissue dispensing assembly comprising a housing which can fit over the mounting brackets of an existing wall-mounted toilet tissue dispenser and having two opposed, laterally projecting arms, one of the arms having a driving gear assembly powered by a battery-operated motor contained within that arm and a cylindrical core that is received within a roll of toilet tissue and having a driven gear assembly on one of its ends adapted to engage the driving gear in the arm and having a spring-biased pin adapted to engage an opening in the other arm, whereby actuation of the motor will cause the core to be rotated to dispense a desired amount of tissue.
Claims9
A toilet tissue dispensing assembly, comprising in combination:
- a. a housing including a frame and a pair of mounting arms extending from said frame, a portion of one of said arms being hollow,
- b. drive means including a motor, drive gear means within one of said arms and connected to said motor and switch means on said housing to selectively actuate said motor;
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- c. a core rotatably mounted within said housing and in engagement with said drive gear means, said core being adapted to receive thereon a roll of toilet tissue whereby actuation of said switch means selectively rotates said roller to dispense an amount of tissue from said roll.
A toilet tissue dispensing assembly comprising, in combination:
- a. a housing inlcuding a rectangular frame and first and second mounting arms laterally projecting from a side of said frame adjacent opposite ends of said frame;
- b. drive means at least partially within said second arm inlcuding a prime mover, a receiving element facing said first arm operatively connected to said prime mover and a switch for controlling said prime mover, said drive means rotating said receiving element about an axis extending toward said first arm when said switch is closed;
- c. a cylindrical core having first means for receiving a roll of tissue paper thereabout and engaging the roll to prevent relative rotation between said cylindrical core and said roll, said cylindrical core further having second means at one end for being removably received in said receiving element for rotation therewith, said first arm and said cylindrical core being provided with third means by which the other end of said cylindrical core is rotatably supported by said first arm.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.