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US 6,457,434 B1Granted
Wet/dry tissue dispenser
AssigneeRosita de Keersmaeker
InventorAri Lazar
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Abstract
A tissue dispenser is disclosed which permits a user to choose from a variety of liquids to be sprayed on a tissue prior to dispensing. To prevent the tissue from dissolving or becomes too wet to handle comfortably, the dispenser folds the tissue into a double layered structure prior to spraying with the selected liquid, and sprays one layer of the two-layer structure just prior to dispensing so that the dry layer can support the paper's shape and enable the user to handle the tissue without tearing it.
Claims6
A tissue dispenser comprising:
- means for holding sheet of tissue sufficient in length to provide for the needs of a plurality of users, said tissue having a leading end portion;
- means for releasably securing the leading end portion of the tissue at a location removed from the holding means so as to create a length of tissue between the holding means and the securing means;
- contact means movable into engagement with the tissue at a region between the holding means and the securing means and, thereafter through continued movement for causing the folding of the tissue into a plural-layer length of tissue;
- cutting means for severing the plural-layer length of tissue from the tissue sheet;
- means for spraying one of the plurality of tissue layers;
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- means for dispensing the sprayed plural-layer length of tissue from the dispenser.
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