Tissue roll dispenser
OwnerCamil Lebruninventor
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Abstract
A tissue roll dispenser provided with a pair of laterally slidable roll holding elements and with a longitudinally slidable roll releasing actuator is described herein. The roll holding elements are biased towards a roll holding position via a spring connected to both roll holding elements. The roll releasing actuator includes a pointed end provided with opposite lateral edges contacting a respective roll holding element. When the roll releasing actuator is moved from a resting position to an actuating position, the pointed end forces the roll holding elements to move laterally from a roll holding position to a roll releasing position.
Claims10
A tissue roll dispenser for dispensing rolls of tissue provided with a hollow core, said dispenser comprising:
- a frame having a longitudinal axis;
- a housing so mounted to said frame as to form an enclosure configured and sized to receive at least one roll of tissue;
- a pair of roll holding elements each provided with a respective projecting portion;
- each said roll holding elements being so mounted to said frame that (I) said projecting portions face one another, and (ii) each roll holding element is laterally slidable between (a) a roll holding position where said projecting portions are separated by a first distance and (b) a roll releasing position where said projecting portions are separated by a second distance, said second distance being greater than said first distance;
- said projecting portions being configured to contact the hollow core of a tissue roll when the roll holding elements are in said roll holding position;
- means for biasing said pair of roll holding elements towards said roll holding position;
- a longitudinal roll releasing actuator including a first lateral edge contacting one of said roll holding element and a second lateral edge contacting the other of said roll holding element;
- said first and second lateral edges converging to form a generally wedge shape actuator end;
- said roll releasing actuator being so mounted to said frame as to be longitudinally and reciprocately movable between a resting position and an actuating position;
- wherein when said actuator is moved from said resting position to said actuating position said lateral edges contacting said roll holding elements to cause said roll holding elements to slide from said roll holding position to said roll releasing position.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.