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US 6,629,667 B2Granted
Dispenser for sheet material
AssigneeKimberly-Clark Corporation
InventorPaul Francis Tramontina
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Abstract
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material therefrom includes a housing configured to support a sheet material product therein which has an exit port. The dispenser also includes at least a removable orifice plate for controlling the movement of sheet material from the housing through the exit port. Methods of using and adjusting a dispenser having a removable orifice plate.
Claims20
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing including a platform configured to support sheet material thereon, the platform including a removable orifice plate having an opening therein positioned on a first axis, the housing formed to include an exit port spaced apart from the platform, the exit port positioned on a second axis;
- wherein sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows between the opening in the platform and the exit port on a third axis.
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing including a platform configured to support sheet material thereon, the platform including a removable orifice plate having an opening therein, the housing formed to include an exit port spaced apart from the platform,
- wherein sheet material disposed in the dispenser flows on a generally Z-shaped path from the platform and through the exit port.
A dispenser adapted to dispense sheet material, the dispenser comprising:
- a housing including a platform and an exit port, the platform configured to support sheet material thereon;
- and
- means positioned on the platform for controlling the movement of sheet material disposed in the housing through the exit port, the controlling means including a removable orifice plate having an opening positioned on a first axis and the exit port positioned on a second axis.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.