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US 5,312,021 AGranted
Motorized toilet tissue dispenser
OwnerEric C. Nelsoninventor
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Abstract
The present invention provides a dispenser for both rolled paper products and liquid fluid having scent therein. The dispenser allows an individual that is injured, handicapped, or otherwise unable to grasp and unroll the rolled product, to have the product unrolled automatically by depressing a single button. In addition, a fluid dispenser is incorporated within the rolled paper product dispenser so that the individual using the present invention may be provided with a convenient apparatus for freshening the air adjacent the dispenser when desired.
Claims4
A rolled paper product and fluid dispenser comprising:
- a mounting plate having opposite first and second ends, a housing affixed to said mounting plate first end, a side wall pivotally attached to and biased against said mounting plate second end, and an idler spindle carried by said side wall;
- electric motor drive means within said housing, actuating means controlling operation of said motor drive means, a transfer gear connected to said motor drive means whereby, upon manipulation of said actuating means, a roll of paper products mounted between said idler spindle and said drive spindle is unwound to deliver for use a section of said paper product;
- said housing including a receptacle adapted to contain fluid, and pump means communicating with said receptacle and operable to dispense selected amounts of fluid as contained within said receptacle.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.