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Towelette dispenser apparatus

OwnerBeverly Helfer-Grandinventor

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Abstract

A portable dispenser apparatus that dispenses pre-moistened towelettes from a web. The dispenser includes a housing presenting a towelette dispensing opening and a storage compartment adapted to support the web of towelettes in a roll. A dispensing assembly is provided for drawing the end-most towelette from the web and dispensing it through the dispensing opening when a dispensing actuator is operated. The actuator activates the dispensing assembly to dispense a single towelette from the web, and returns the remaining web to the roll subsequent to removal of the end-most towelette by the user so that the next towelette of the web remains moist until subsequently dispensed. A manually operated web-fed dispenser and a travel dispenser are also provided, as is a moistening composition for use on the towelettes.

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Dependent claims

A portable dispenser apparatus for dispensing pre-moistened towelettes from a web roll, comprising:

a housing formed with a towelette dispensing opening, and a storage compartment adapted to support the web of pre-moistened towelettes in a roll;
a dispensing means for drawing an end-most towelette from the web and dispensing it through the dispensing opening;
an activating means for activating the dispensing means to dispense the end-most towelettes from the web, the activating means including an actuator that momentarily actuates the activating means when operated to dispense a single towelette;
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a removal sensing means for sensing removal of the end-most towelette of the web from the dispensing opening and providing a control signal, the dispensing means being responsive to the control signal to return the remainder of the web to the storage compartment subsequent to removal of the end-most towelette from the dispensing opening.

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Facts

Application: 09/187,493Filed 6 Nov 1998 · us provisional application
Priority: 7 Nov 1997
Granted: 10 Apr 2001
Term ends: Not estimatedThe source records don’t support an estimate.

Classification4 codes

A47K 10/34
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: dispensing from a web, e.g. with mechanical dispensing means
A47K 10/485
Drying by means of hot air: combined with a textile or paper towel dispenser
A47K 2010/3266
Dispensers for paper towels or toilet paper: wet wipes
A47K
Sanitary equipment

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Application60/064,810Us provisional application · filed 7 Nov 1997
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