Process for dispensing paper towels
AssigneeGeorgia-Pacific Corporation
InventorsBernard E. Dodge, John S. Formon
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Abstract
A dispenser for individually dispensing paper towels from a stack of interfolded paper towels. The paper towels are received in a housing and dispensed by their ends through a slot in a smooth and generally uninterrupted manner. The slot is formed with a narrow medial portion and enlarged end portions to release only one paper towel at a time. Moreover, the dispenser effectively resists a user pulling a bunch of paper towels from the dispenser.
Claims12
A process for dispensing paper towels comprising:
- loading a stack of interfolded paper towels into a housing provided with a slot having a length and a width, each paper towel in the stack having at least one fold line and a pair of ends extending generally perpendicular to said fold line, said stack being loaded so that said paper towels are substantially flat and so that one of said ends of each paper towel is generally parallel to the length of the slot and faces toward said slot;
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- dispensing individual paper towels from said stack through said slot.
A process for dispensing paper towels comprising loading a stack of interfolded paper towels into a dispenser, each said paper towel having at least one fold line, a pair of ends extending generally perpendicular to said fold line, a length extending between said ends and a width, said length being no more than about ten percent larger than said width, and dispensing individual paper towels from said dispenser in a direction generally along said lengths of said paper towels.
A process for dispensing paper towels comprising providing a stack of interfolded paper towels within a housing having a slot which is narrower along a medial portion than at each end portion, each said paper towel having at least one fold line and a pair of ends extending generally perpendicular to said fold line, said paper towels being substantially flat in said stack, and removing paper towels one at a time from one end of the stack in a direction generally parallel to the paper towels and generally perpendicular to said ends of said paper towels remaining in said stack.
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