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US 5,172,840 AGranted
Dispensing apparatus for primary and remnant rolls of toilet tissue
OwnerNathan D. Bloch, Edward J. O'Brien +1inventors
InventorsNathan D. Bloch, Edward J. O'Brien, W. Scott Reitze
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Abstract
A dispenser for toilet tissue comprises a housing in which are disposed parallel primary and secondary spindles adapted to carry primary and remnant rolls of tissue. The secondary spindle is located below the primary spindle and is spaced horizontally from a vertical centerline of the housing. The secondary spindle is slidably mounted in inclined slots, so that the stub roll, as it is depleted, gradually gravitates away from the vertical centerline, or alternatively the secondary spindle is pivotably mounted to the housing.
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A toilet tissue dispenser comprising:
- (a) a rear housing including a rear wall for attachment to a supporting surface;
- (b) a cover, being closeable on said rear housing to define a chamber including sidewalls for enclosing a roll of toilet tissue, said chamber having an opening at the bottom thereof sufficient to allow manual access to the roll;
- (c) a primary spindle projecting perpendicularly from said rear wall at a fixed position within said chamber for supporting the roll of toilet tissue;
- (d) a secondary spindle within said chamber, said secondary spindle located below said primary spindle and being parallel to said primary spindle, said secondary spindle being further adapted for automatic movement away from a vertical center line of said chamber and toward one or said sidewalls as said stub is depleted thereby facilitating access to said primary roll when said stub roll is fully depleted, said secondary spindle including front and rear journals mounted for sliding movement in front and rear slots in said cover and said rear housing, respectively.
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A toilet tissue dispenser comprising:
- (a) a rear housing including a rear wall for attachment to a supporting surface;
- (b) a cover, being closeable on said rear housing to define a chamber including sidewalls for enclosing a roll of toilet tissue, said chamber having an opening at the bottom thereof sufficient to allow manual access to the roll;
- (c) a primary spindle projecting perpendicularly from said rear wall at a fixed position within said chamber for supporting the roll of toilet tissue;
- (d) a secondary spindle within said chamber, said secondary spindle located below said primary spindle and being parallel to said primary spindle, said secondary spindle adapted to support a stub roll;
- (e) a slotted aperture in said rear wall, said secondary spindle projecting rearwardly through said slotted aperture;
- (f) a hanger plate extending upwardly from said secondary spindle, said hanger plate being pivotally mounted to said rear wall to define an axis of rotation for said hanger plate and said secondary spindle, so that said secondary spindle is adapted for automatic movement away from a vertical center line of said chamber and toward one of said sidewalls as said stub is depleted, said hanger plate located outside of said chamber.
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A toilet tissue dispenser comprising:
- (a) a rear housing including a rear wall for attachment to a supporting surface;
- (b) a cover closeable on said rear housing to define a chamber for enclosing a roll of toilet tissue, said chamber having a tissue removal opening at the bottom thereof sufficient for manual access to said roll of toilet tissue;
- (c) a primary spindle disposed within said chamber projecting perpendicularly from said rear wall at a fixed location and adapted to carry a primary roll of toilet tissue;
- (d) a secondary spindle disposed in said chamber at a location below and horizontally offset from said primary spindle, said secondary spindle disposed parallel to said primary spindle and adapted to carry a stub roll of toilet tissue of smaller diameter than the primary roll, said second spindle extending through a slotter aperture in said rear wall and connected to a hanger residing outside of said chamber, said hanger pivotally connected to said rear wall above said slotter aperture thereby allowing said secondary spindle to move by gravity in a direction downwardly away from a vertical centerline of said chamber as the stub roll is gradually depleted, said secondary spindle and said stub roll substantially blocking manual access to said primary roll until said stub roll has been substantially depleted.
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