Paper towel dispenser with brake
AssigneeWyant & Company Limited
InventorMichel Morano
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Abstract
A dispenser for dispensing a paper sheet from a paper roll having a core. The dispenser can have a spindle made of two separate sleeves. The sleeves are inserted in opposite ends of the core and frictionally retained therein. A support is rotatably mounted in one sleeve to support the roll. A brake member is rotatably mounted in the other sleeve and selectively cooperates therewith to brake rotation of the roll on the support.
Claims27
A dispenser for using in dispensing a paper sheet from a paper roll having a core with at least a bore at each end thereof, the dispenser having
- spindle means for mounting the paper roll core, said spindle means comprising
- first and second individual, separate sleeves having respective openings therein,
- said first sleeve sized so it can be snugly inserted into the bore at one end of the core so as to be normally non-rotatable relative to the core,
- said second sleeve having first braking elements and sized so it can be snugly inserted into the bore at the other end of the core so as to be normally non-rotatable relative to the core;
- a support for the paper roll rotatably mounted in the opening of said first sleeve;
- and
- a brake member rotatably mounted in the opening of said second sleeve and having second braking elements which are resiliently engageable with said first braking elements for positively stopping the relative rotation between said brake member and said second sleeve.
A dispenser for use in dispensing a paper sheet from a paper roll having a core with a bore therein, the dispenser having:
- an elongate spindle means for mounting the core of the paper roll, said spindle means insertable into the bore of the core and sized so that it frictionally engages the core to be normally non-rotatable relative to the core, said spindle means having an opening at each end thereof;
- a support for the paper roll in the opening at only one end of the spindle means and freely rotatable with respect to the spindle means;
- and
- a brake member in only the opening at the other end of the spindle means, the spindle means normally, freely rotatable with respect to the inserted support and brake members thereby allowing the paper roll, carrying the spindle means, to rotate on the support, the brake member and the spindle means having cooperating, resiliently interengagable brake elements for positively stopping the relative rotation between said brake member and said spindle means when engaged.
A dispenser for use in dispensing a paper sheet from a paper roll having a core with a bore therein, the dispenser having:
- spindle means for mounting the core of the paper roll, said spindle means insertable into the bore of the core and sized so that it frictionally engages the core to be normally non-rotatable relative to the core, said spindle means having an opening at each end thereof;
- a support for the paper roll insertable into the opening at one end of said sleeve, said sleeve freely rotatable with respect to the support;
- and
- a brake member insertable into the opening at the other end of the spindle means, wherein the brake member is axially movable in the spindle means between a first non-braking position where the spindle means can rotate with respect to the brake member, and a second braking position where the brake member prevents rotation of the spindle means and thus prevents rotation of the roll, the brake member and the spindle means having cooperating, interengaging brake elements that are engaged when the brake member is in the second braking position.
A dispenser for use in dispensing a paper sheet from a paper roll having a core with a bore therein, the dispenser having:
- elongate spindle means for mounting the paper roll core, said spindle means insertable into the bore of the core and sized so that it frictionally engages the core to be normally non-rotatable relative to the core of the paper roll and said spindle means having a bore at one end thereof;
- a brake member insertable into said bore at said one end of the spindle means, the brake member axially movable in the spindle means between a first non-braking position where the spindle means can freely rotate with respect to the brake member, and a second braking position where the brake member prevents rotation of the spindle means and thus prevents rotation of the roll;
- first brake elements on the brake member,
- second brake elements on the spindle means, the first and second brake elements normally spaced apart with the brake member in the first position and the first and second brake elements interlocking with each other with the brake member in the second position thereby preventing rotation of the paper roll.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.