Sheet material dispenser
AssigneeMerfin Hygienic Products Ltd.
InventorKurt P. Eberle
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Abstract
The specification discloses a sheet material dispenser for which the angle between axis along which sheet material is dispensed and the dispenser container may be changed. A dispensing funnel is provided on a ball that rotates about its center within a socket mounted on the container. Sheet material extends from the center of a stationary supply of sheet material around a guide bar, through openings in the ball and the container, and to the exterior of the container through the opening of the funnel. Sheet material is manually extracted from the funnel. A stabilizing member extends into a hollow core to the supply of sheet material to stabilize the supply. An access hole is formed in the container to allow adjustment and refeeding of sheet material without unlocking the container.
Claims23
A sheet dispenser from which sheet material is manually extracted, comprising:
- a housing adapted to contain a supply of sheet material;
- a dispensing member having a dispensing opening formed therethrough, where the sheet material extends through the dispensing opening to the exterior of the housing along a dispensing axis;
- and
- mounting means for rotatably mounting the dispensing member onto the housing such that a dispensing angle between the dispensing axis and a surface of the housing may be manually changed during manual extraction of sheet material.
A sheet dispenser from which sheet material is manually extracted, comprising:
- a housing;
- a support member mounted within the housing and having an aperture formed therethrough on which a supply of sheet material is supported, where the supply is a roll of interconnected individual sheets and a hollow core of the roll is substantially aligned with the aperture of the support member;
- a dispensing member mounted on a surface of the housing and having an opening formed therethrough, where the sheet material extends from the supply through the opening to the exterior of the housing;
- a guide bar mounted below the aperture in the support member, where the sheet material passes partially around the guide bar before exiting the housing in the dispensing member;
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- mounting means for rotatably mounting the dispensing member onto the housing such that a dispensing angle between the dispensing axis and a surface of the housing may be manually changed during manual extraction of sheet material.
An sheet dispenser from which sheet material is manually extracted, comprising:
- a housing;
- a support member mounted within the housing and having an aperture formed therethrough on which a supply of sheet material is supported in a supply roll position, where the supply is a roll of interconnected individual sheets and a hollow core of the roll is substantially aligned with the aperture of the support member;
- a dispenser member mounted on a surface of the housing and having an opening formed therethrough, where the sheet material extends from the supply through the opening to the exterior of the housing;
- a cover rotatably attached to the housing for covering a service opening formed on a top portion of the housing through which the supply is inserted into the housing;
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- a stabilizer bar fixed at one end to a stabilizer bracket slideably mounted on the housing, where the stabilizer bracket slides between a lower, stabilizing position in which the stabilizing bar penetrates the hollow core of the supply roll and an upper loading position in which the stabilizing bar is raised through the service opening clear of the supply roll position.
A sheet dispenser from which sheet material is manually extracted, comprising:
- a housing;
- a support member mounted within the housing and having an aperture formed therethrough on which a supply of sheet material is supported in a supply roll position, where the supply is a roll of interconnected individual sheets and a hollow core of the roll is substantially aligned with the aperture of the support member;
- a dispensing member having an opening formed therethrough, where the sheet material extends from the supply through the opening to the exterior of the housing along a dispensing axis;
- mounting means for rotatably mounting the dispensing member onto the housing such that a dispensing angle between the dispensing axis and a surface of the housing may be manually changed during manual extraction of sheet material;
- a cover rotatably attached to the housing for covering an access opening formed on a top portion of the housing through which the supply is inserted into the housing;
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- a stabilizer bar fixed at one end to a stabilizer bracket slideably mounted on the housing, where the stabilizer bracket slides between a lower, stabilizing position in which the stabilizing bar penetrates the hollow core of the supply roll and an upper loading position in which the stabilizing bar is raised through the service opening clear of the supply roll position.
A process of dispensing sheet material comprising the steps of:
- providing a housing which is adapted to contain a supply of sheet material;
- providing a socket means around an orifice on a surface of the housing;
- mounting a ball means in the socket means such that the ball means revolves in the socket means about the center of the ball means, the ball means having first and second openings formed thereon;
- providing a funnel on the ball means, an opening of the funnel being coexistent with the second opening;
- threading an end of the supply of sheet material through the first opening;
- threading an end of the supply of sheet material through the first opening;
- threading the end through the second opening;
- threading the end through the funnel opening to the exterior of the housing;
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- manually extracting individual sheets of sheet material from the housing through the dispensing funnel.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.