Warming device for disposable towel dispenser

A dispenser for pre-wetted disposable towels packaged in a canister, comprising:

• a tubular cup having an upper sector sized to retain the canister and a dispenser opening in said upper sector for removing the disposable towels;
• securing means for securing the canister in said upper sector of said tubular cup, said securing means including uplift means for urging the canister upwardly towards said dispenser opening of said upper sector;
• a resistive heating means which emits light, said resistive heating means mounted on said uplift means;
• a translucent window in said lower sector of said cup, said translucent window adjacent said resistive heating means;
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• spacer means for separating said resistive heating means from contact with the bottom of the canister.

A dispenser for pre-wetted disposable towels housed in a plastic canister, comprising:

• a cup, having a tubular body with an upper sector sized to enclose a variety of sizes of said plastic canisters;
• incandescent light bulb means disposed adjacent the bottom of said cup in a lower sector of said cup;
• a concave dish, dividing said upper sector and said lower sector;
• spring means below said dish for biasing the dish upwards from the bottom of said cup;
• a depression within said dish, in which said incandescent light bulb means is mounted;
• means for securing said canister in said cup, said means for securing being disposed along the upper surface of said dish for removably engaging the perimeter of said variety of sizes of canisters and seating the canisters above said depression and further comprising a removable cap for said cup, said cap further comprising a dispenser opening and upper stop means to restrain the canister from moving upwardly as a towel is removed from the canister;
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• translucent window means provided in said lower sector of said cup adjacent said incandescent light bulb means.

A dispenser for pre-wetted disposable towels packaged in a plastic canister, comprising:

• a tubular cup having an upper sector sized to retain the canister and having a sealable dispenser opening;
• securing means for securing the canister in said upper sector of said tubular cup, said securing means comprising uplift means for biasing the plastic canister upwardly towards said sealable dispenser opening;
• resistive heating means mounted in a lower sector of said cup, said lower sector being constructed from a translucent material, said resistive heating means comprising at least one incandescent light bulb;
• divider means within said cup for separating said upper sector from said lower sector, said divider means comprising a concave dish within said cup, spaced apart and biased by said uplift means away from the bottom of said cup;
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• spacer means for separating said resistive heating means from contact with the bottom of the canister, said spacer means comprising a recessed bowl in said dish in which said incandescent light bulb means is mounted.

A dispenser for disposable pre-wetted towels prepackaged in plastic canisters, comprising:

• a cup having an upper sector sized and adapted to contain a canister, and a lower sector below said upper sector;
• a sealable dispenser opening in said upper sector;
• incandescent light bulb means disposed within said lower sector of said cup, spaced apart from the bottom of the cup for heating said canister in said cup
• at least a first portion of said lower sector of said cup being constructed from translucent material, such that said first portion of said cup is illuminated by said incandescent light bulb means;
• means for securing said canister within said upper sector comprising uplift means urging said canister towards said sealable dispenser opening and adapted for removably retaining and securing said canister within said cup;
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• engagement means for engaging said canister, said engagement means comprising a dish separating said upper sector from said lower sector, and biased by said uplift means away from the bottom of said cup, said dish having a recessed bowl at its center wherein said incandescent light bulb means is mounted.