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AssigneeGeorgia-Pacific Corporation
InventorsJohn R. Moody, Jean-Louis Neveu, Craig D. Yardley
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A napkin dispenser for dispensing a stack of interfolded napkins includes an enclosure with a top, bottom, sidewalls, a back wall and a dispensing wall provided with a dispensing aperture spanning along its major axis at least the transverse dimension of an interfolded napkin to be dispensed therethrough as well as a pressure carriage slidably mounted in the enclosure provided with biasing means. The enclosure and pressure carriage are configured to receive a stack of interfolded napkins between the dispensing wall and the pressure carriage, whereas the dispensing means urge the carriage and thus the interfolded napkins towards the dispensing wall. The improved dispensing aperture of the napkin dispenser defines a narrow elongated slit about its central portion and a pair of open areas about its terminal portions. In another aspect of the invention there is provided a napkin dispenser insert for providing the geometry of the dispensing aperture to a conventional napkin dispenser provided with an aperture of relatively uniform width.
A napkin dispenser for dispensing a stack of interfolded napkins comprising:
In a napkin dispenser for dispensing a stack of interfolded napkins of the class including an enclosure with a top, bottom, sidewalls, a back wall and a dispensing wall provided with a dispensing aperture of relatively uniform dispensing width spanning along its major axis at least the transverse dimension of an interfolded napkin to be dispensed therethrough and a pressure carriage slidably mounted in said enclosure provided with biasing means wherein the enclosure and pressure carriage are configured to receive said stack of interfolded napkins between said dispensing wall and said pressure carriage and the biasing means urge the pressure carriage and thereby the stack of interfolded napkins toward the dispensing wall,
In a napkin dispenser including an enclosure defining an interior for receiving a stack of interfolded napkins between a biased pressure carriage and a dispensing wall provided with a dispensing aperture, an improved dispensing aperture wherein a baffle plate with arcuate terminal portions is affixed to said dispensing wall with fastening means to define a restricted central portion of said dispensing aperture, said restricted central portion being operable to impede withdrawal of more than a single napkin therethrough and being adjacent terminal portions of relatively open area, said terminal portions of said aperture being configured to allow a user to insert his or her fingers into the interior of said enclosure, whereas said central portion of said dispensing aperture is configured to prevent a user form inserting his or her fingers into the interior of said enclosure.
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